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El Chavo ("The Kid/The Boy", Spanish chavo also meaning "cent"), also known as El Chavo del Ocho ("The Kid/Boy from Number Eight") during its earliest episodes, was a Mexican television sitcom series created by Roberto Gómez Bolaños (Chespirito) and produced by Televisa.
Portrayed by Roberto Gómez Bolaños; Years: 1972–1992; El Chavo del Ocho is an 8-year-old orphan and the main character of the series. "Chavo" is a Mexican Spanish slang for "kid" or "boy"; Chavo's real name is unknown, but is supposed to be Chente, short for Vicente, after a supposed friend that nobody has ever met and according to Chavo, looks a lot like himself.
In December 2016, a rumor began to circulate on the Internet, according to which in the book El Diario del Chavo del Ocho, written by Gómez Bolaños in 1995, his real name is revealed: Rodolfo Pietro Filiberto Raffaelo Guglielmi, [3] however said rumor was denied by official sources [4] since, on the contrary, said book emphasizes on several ...
El Chavo Animado (El Chavo: The Animated Series in English) is a Mexican animated series based on the live action television series El Chavo del Ocho, created by Roberto Gómez Bolaños, produced by Televisa and Ánima Estudios. It aired on Canal 5, and repeats were also shown on Las Estrellas and Cartoon Network Latin America.
[9] [10] He is mostly known by his acting role Chavo from the sitcom El Chavo del Ocho. He is recognized all over the planet for writing, directing, and starring in the Chespirito (1970–1973, 1980–1995), El Chavo del Ocho (1973–1980), and El Chapulín Colorado (1973–1979) television series.
Villagrán in 2015. On April 1st, 2000, in an El Chavo del Ocho special which reunited all the actors from the series to honor the career of Chespirito (except Ramón Valdés, Angelines Fernández, Raúl Padilla, Horacio Gómez Bolaños, who had all passed prior to the special, and Ana Lilian de la Macorra, who was unable to attend), Villagrán and Chespirito saw each other for the first time ...
Raúl "Chato" Padilla García (17 June 1918 – 3 February 1994) was a Mexican actor, and a member of Chespirito's comedy troupe, famous for his character in El Chavo del Ocho, Jaimito, el cartero ("Jaimito, the Mailman").
He also returned to "El Chavo del Ocho", this being kept as a secret until the moment of recording. [14] According to the history behind his return on one of the episodes in the series, Váldes entered the set to surprise La Chilindrina ( María Antonieta de las Nieves ) and such was the surprise of the actress, that the tears shed during that ...