Everybody knows Fidel Castro as the man that instigated the Cuban Revolution. 1 / 8
He’s been played on the big screen by actors including Jack Palance in the 1969 film Che!... 2 / 8
And Mexican actor Demián Bichir in Steven Soderbergh’s 2008 biopic Che. 3 / 8
But not many know that Fidel Castro was once a budding actor himself in the 1940s. 4 / 8
Legend has it he was an extra in the 1942 musical You Were Never Lovelier… 5 / 8
Which starred Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth and was produced by Columbia Pictures. 6 / 8
He’s also rumored to have been in the 1946 MGM musical Holiday In Mexico. 7 / 8
And another 1946 MGM movie Easy To Wed which starred Lucille Ball. 8 / 8