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El Chapulín Colorado
  • First aired on 02/28/1973 (TV Show)
  • Comedy / Family / Crime / Sci-Fi & Fantasy / Mystery
  • 7 Seasons
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Roberto Gómez Bolaños

Character's name: "Chapolin / Chaves"
Birthday: 02/21/1929
Date of Death: 11/28/2014
Birthplace: Mexico City - Distrito Federal - Mexico
Biography:
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 Latin American television, and El Chavo del Ocho continues to be immensely popular, with daily worldwide viewership averaging 91 million viewers per episode.

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Ramón Valdés

Character's name: "Madruga / Tripa Seca / Conde Terra Nova / Lobisomem / Alma Negra"
Birthday: 09/02/1924
Date of Death: 08/09/1988
Birthplace: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Biography:
Ramón Valdés was a Mexican actor of film and television best known for his portrayal of Don Ramón in the popular sitcom El Chavo. Prior to becoming a television star, Valdés was an extra in many films. Valdés participated in more than 50 Mexican films, specializing in hyperactive underdog characters. He is likely best-remembered for playing Don Ramón in the hit television show El Chavo. Valdés also appeared on Chespirito's other hit show, El Chapulín Colorado, usually as Chapulín's antagonist, the famous Tripaseca ("Dry Gut"). In some episodes, he portrayed a character named Super Sam, an English-speaking, money-thirsty superhero dressed as Superman, clearly mocking Uncle Sam and the relatively wealthy situation of United States, when compared to average Latin American countries, as well as criticizing the American colonialism. Valdés also played El Peterete, the original partner of El Chómpiras in early versions of the Los Caquitos sketches. Both El Chavo and El Chapulín became major international hits across Latin America, Spain, the United States and other non-Spanish speaking countries, giving their entire cast international fame. On 9 August 1988, Valdés died at age 63 after a battle with stomach cancer. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Pedro Borges

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Carlos Villagrán

Character's name: "Kiko / Fura Tripas / Quase Nada / Riacho Molhado"
Birthday: 01/12/1944
Birthplace: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

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María Antonieta de las Nieves

Character's name: "Chiquinha / Dona Neves"
Birthday: 12/22/1950
Biography:
María Antonieta de las Nieves was born on December 22, 1950 in Nayarit, Mexico. She is an actress and writer, known for Chespirito (1980), La Chilindrina en apuros (1994) and Chespirito (1970).

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Edgar Vivar

Character's name: "Barriga"
Birthday: 12/28/1948
Birthplace: Mexico City, Mexico
Biography:
Édgar Vivar is a Mexican actor and comedian, born on December 28, 1948, in Mexico City. Although his grandfather had encouraged his artistic side, in which he was very interested, Edgar ended up choosing medicine as an area of ​​study, preparing at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). But given that his career required completing credits in the artistic area, Vivar found that the only option with space was theater and remembering his interest in it, generated by his grandfather, he decided that it could be an interesting experience. The taste for theater did not end and, although he finished his medical degree, he entered the University Theater Center, which concluded in 1964. He practiced as a doctor for a year, but left the profession when he received a call from Roberto Gómez Bolaños, to join the television show "El Chavo del 8", where he plays "El Señor Barriga", 'Ñoño" and "Caquito Botija", characters for which Édgar is known and admired worldwide.

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Florinda Meza García

Character's name: "Dona Florinda"
Birthday: 02/08/1948
Birthplace: Juchipila - Zacatecas - Mexico

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Rubén Aguirre

Character's name: "Professor Girafales"
Birthday: 06/15/1934
Date of Death: 06/17/2016
Birthplace: Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico

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Angelines Fernández

Character's name: "Dona Clotilde"
Birthday: 07/09/1924
Date of Death: 03/25/1994
Birthplace: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Biography:
Angelines Fernández was born in Madrid, Spain in 1922. During the Spanish Civil War she was supportive the Republicans, and afterwards the Spanish Maquis. As a result of her support of the Spanish Maquis, she fled Spain in 1947 and after a brief time in Cuba she settled in Mexico. She began acting in films in the mid-1950s and television by the end of the decade. She gained her greatest fame playing Doña Clotilde "La Bruja del 71" on the Mexican sitcom "El Chavo del Ocho." Fernández died from lung cancer in 1994. - IMDb Mini Biography By: The Haunter

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Horacio Gómez Bolaños

Character's name: "Godinez"
Birthday: 07/28/1930
Date of Death: 11/21/1999
Birthplace: Mexico - Distrito Federal - Mexico


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Roberto Gómez Bolaños
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