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About Richiardi Jr
- Richiardi Jr.
- (often billed just as Richiardi, and sometimes as Aldo Richiardi)), was the stage name of magician Aldo Izquierdo (24 November 1923 – 6 September 1985), who became famous for dramatic and gory stage presentations of classic stage illusions.
- Richiardi was the son of another professional magician, Ricardo Richiardi (1895–1937), who used the stage name Richiardi the Great; his grandfather, who also used the name Richiardi, had been a stage magician as well.
- He was Peruvian (although sometimes wrongly described as Brazilian or Argentinian).Richiardi Jr made his name with a series of stage shows featuring versions of established illusions such as sawing through a woman.
- What made his shows distinctive was that he used fake blood and other techniques to give the impression that he really was cutting or maiming his assistants.
- In 1949, Time magazine noted that these shock tactics had made his act one of the top earning stage shows in New York.
- He continued performing in that city throughout his career, with shows such as The Incredible World Of Magic & Illusion, which ran at The Village Gate in New York in 1978.
- Richiardi performed the floating "kiddie car" a variation of a well known suspension effect on The Ed Sullivan show which, years later, was used in Doug Henning's successful New York show Doug Henning & His World of Magic.Richiardi made many television appearances, including 24 on The Ed Sullivan Show, the most appearances by any magician on that landmark series.
- In the 1970s he also starred in his own television show Chamber of Horrors, which was introduced by Vincent Price. On 8 June 2007, Criss Angel stated on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson that Richiardi was one of his greatest influences.
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