- Spanish rejoneador (mounted bullfighter)
- Brother of Rafael Peralta
- He became known for his activity as a writer. His philosophical aphorisms are known as "cabriolas". He also published poetry books.
- He was considered one of the best rejoneadors (a bullfighter who fights the bull on horseback) ever.
- In the 1972 season, he began to form a team with his brother Rafael Peralta and Manuel Vidrié to perform a complete rejoneo show. In the fair of April of Seville of 1979, he made a performance in the La Maestranza, obtaining an important triumph.
- He was a Spanish rejoneador. His public debut was in the Plaza de La Pañoleta (Seville) in 1945 and in Las Ventas in 1948 with a bull of Molero, accompanied by the shortlist of bullfighters Morenito de Talavera Chico, Rafael Yagüe and Antonio Chaves Flores.
- In 1954 he filmed alongside the rejoneador Bernardino Landete in scenes from the film That Lady (1955) (La Princesa de Éboli) by Terence Young, and Every Day Is a Holiday (1965) by Mel Ferrer.
- He was awarded with the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts in 2013 by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport.
- He wrote Sevillanas lyrics that have been sung by various groups, such as Los Romeros de la Puebla.
- Acted as stunt double for Bo Derek in the universally panned Bolero (1984).
- Taught Ava Gardner to bullfight for a film called El Centauro de las Marismus (The Centaur of the Marshes), which he had also scripted. The project was abandoned after Ava fell off her horse and bruised her face.
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