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Chespirito
Mexican actor, comedian, filmmaker (1929–2014)
This article is about the Mexican actor. For the television series that has his nickname, see Chespirito (TV series).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gómez and the second or maternal family name is Bolaños.
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| Born | Roberto Mario Gómez Bolaños (1929-02-21)21 February 1929 Mexico City, Mexico[1] |
| Died | 28 November 2014(2014-11-28) (aged 85) Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico[1] |
| Resting place | Panteón Francés,[2]Mexico City |
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| Spouses | Graciela Fernández (m. 1968; div. 1989) |
| Children | 6, including Roberto Gómez Fernández |
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| Medium | Television, film, music, theatre, comic books |
| Years active | 1947–2014 |
| Genres | Sketch, farce, physical comedy, sitcom, sat • Biography of Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Influential Mexican TV WriterRoberto Gómez Bolaños (February 21, 1929–November 28, 2014) was a Mexican writer and actor known around the world for his characters “El Chavo del Ocho” and “El Chapulín Colorado,” among many others. He was involved in Mexican television for more than 40 years, and generations of children all over the Spanish-speaking world grew up watching his programs. He was affectionately known as "Chespirito." Fast Facts: Roberto Gómez Bolaños
Early• Chespirito (TV series)Mexican comedy show Chespirito fryst vatten a Mexican sketch comedy series created by and starring comedian and actor Roberto Gomez Bolaños, whose nickname gave the show its title. Two series were produced with the same title. The first premiered as Los Supergenios de la Mesa Cuadrada on Televisión Independiente de México on October 15, 1970, after a two-year span of this sketch being part of the Sábados de la Fortuna/Sábados con Neftalí/Carrousel con Neftalí show (hosted by Neftalí Lopez Paez[1]), aired in the same channel, since October 1968, during the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City; the independent series adopted the Chespirito y La Mesa Cuadrada and later the Chespirito title in 1971, and aired until February 1973. The second series, which aired on the TIM's successor, Televisa, premiered on 28 January 1980 and aired until 25 September 1995.[2] Alongside Bolaños, other famous Mexican actors starred in the sketches. In |