Roberto Gómez Bolaños
- Acting
- February 21, 1929 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- November 28, 2014
Biography
He was only 5’6”. One of the funniest Hispanic/Latin-American comedians. Roberto Gómez Bolaños (21 February 1929 – 28 November 2014), more commonly known by his pseudonym Chespirito, was a Mexican screenwriter, actor, comedian, film director, television director, playwright, songwriter, and author. He is widely regarded as one of the most important Spanish-language comedians of the 20th century. He was internationally known for writing, directing, and starring in the Chespirito (1968), El Chavo del Ocho (1971), and El Chapulín Colorado (1972) television series. The character of El Chavo is one of the most iconic in the history of Hispanic/Latin-American television, and El Chavo del Ocho continues to be immensely popular, with daily worldwide viewership averaging 91 million viewers per episode.
Known for
Filmography
- Dare To Live · Self
- Los Colorado · Characters
- Chespirito: Not Really on Purpose · Self / Chavo del 8 (archive footage)
- The Red Grasshopper 3D · Characters
- The Red Grasshopper · Characters, Creator
- A Day in the Life · Chaves (El Chavo) (archive footage )
- TV o no TV · Self
- El Chavo: The Animated Series · Producer, Creator
- Animal nocturno · Self
- El Chavo: The Best of Don Ramón · El Chavo del Ocho
- Lo Mejor del Chavo Del Ocho 1 e 2 · El Chavo del Ocho / Chaves, Screenplay
- Las Lunas del Auditorio · Self
- Best of El Chavo, Vol. 1 · El Chavo del 8, Director
- Chespirito: El Niño Que Somos · Self / Chavo del 8
- In the Shadow of the Moon · Producer
- ¡Que vivan los muertos! · Writer
- Elisa Before the End of the World · Producer
- Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas · Songs
- De pé a pá · Self
- La Chilindrina en apuros · Writer
- Milagro y magia · Director, Executive producer
- Música de Viento · Director, Writer
- Charrito · Charrito, Director
- Don Ratón y Don Ratero · Ratón Pérez, Writer
- El Chanfle 2 · El Chanfle, Producer
- Chespirito · Writer, Director
- El Chanfle · El Chanfle, Writer
- El Chapulín Colorado · Chapulin / Doctor Chapatin / Chespirito / Chómpiras / El Flaco / Charles Chaplin / Mesero majadero / Soldado Shakespeare, Producer
- El Chavo del Ocho · El Chavo del Ocho, Writer
- ¡Ahí, madre! · Story
- Los Supergenios de la Mesa Cuadrada · Writer, Creator
- El Ciudadano Gómez · Ciudadano Gómez
- La hermana Trinquete · Fat tourist's husband
- El cuerpazo del delito · Goliath (segment "La Rebelde")
- Las tres magnificas · Manolo
- Fray Dollar
- Romance sobre ruedas · Writer
- La princesa hippie
- El zángano
- Operación carambola · Carlitos / Scorpio Leader's Deputy #1, Screenplay
- El amor de María Isabel · Instructor Manejo (uncredited)
- The Specter's Road · Writer
- The Crazy World of the Youth
- Dos pintores pintorescos · Screenplay
- Un novio para dos hermanas · Screenplay
- Detectives o ladrones..? · Screenplay
- Dos meseros majaderos · Writer
- Cada quién su lucha · Writer
- La cigüeña distraída · Screenplay
- Los reyes del volante · Adaptation
- Los astronautas · Screenplay
- Los Invisibles · Writer
- ¡En peligro de muerte! · Writer
- Dos tontos y un loco · Story, Writer
- Pegando con tubo · Story
- Un par a todo dar · Writer
- Limosneros con garrote · Screenplay
- Dos Criados Malcriados
- Dos locos en escena · Don Juan
- Los Caquitos · Creator