Born in 1938, Gerardo Zepeda began fighting professionally at a young
age, before starting work in the film industry. 'Chiquilin' fought for
15 years under the name of 'El Romano'.
His vast film catalog composed by thugs, gangsters,
monsters and other "sensitive" characters, definitely there seems to be
no better adjective to describe the personality of this film actor who,
in about 300 films and over 40 years of career, he has left a
undeniable impression in the memory of several generations of viewers.
Invited by Black Guzman (Guzman's brother Rudy aka 'Santo'), 'The
Roman' traveled to the United States as a wrestler and for 15yrs had
the opportunity to star in bloody battles against The Cave Galindo,
Pompadours Guajardo, Pancho Villalobos, among others, the legendary
Santo, whom the actor claims to have beaten "in two or three occasions"
during the fifteen encounters they had.
Jesus 'Bat' Velasquez himself, who also wrote several Mexican films
(like The Shadow of the Bat and Santo Vs The Cowboys of Terror, and
wrote the novel "Tlayucan" (that Luis Alcoriza adapted and directed
with the same name), was the one who invited him to participate in film
and who urged him to quit wrestling.
