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History of Roberto Gómez Bolaños - "Chespirito" Mexican Actor

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(1929/02/21-2014/11/28)

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RobertoGómezBolaños, knownas "Chespirito" (MexicoCity,February 21, 1929- Cancun,Mexico,November 28, 2014) was anactor,comedian, playwright, writer, playwright, composer, directorandproducertelevision, creatorand performer ofElChavo del8 andtheGrasshopperColorado,among other characters.

He was the sonof bilingualsecretaryElsaBolañosCachoand painter, cartoonistand illustratorFranciscoGómezLinares.He studiedmechanical orchestration at theNational Autonomous University of Mexico, butnever graduated.

His father,renowned painterof the vintage, diedwhen he was six.His mother, whonever knewthe fame of theseriesEl Chavo, deadly ofpancreatic cancer.

He began his careeras lever advertisingcreative, whichconnected himwith radio andtelevision,which was,duringthe 1950s,an activewriter.He also madeseveralscreenplaysfor the duoChip andCapulinaandbrieflystartedactingwith themspoiledTwoservantsin 1960.However, hecontinued to devotemost ofhis time to writing, contributingdialoguesandscreenplaysMexican televisionprograms.

His professionalname,Chespirito,thefilm directorAgustínP.Delgadomust bederivedfrom the diminutiveofPeninsularizedpronunciationof depiction nameofWilliamShakespeare (phoneticallyChekspir) dueto the stature ofGómezBolañosand thetalent of thiswritingstoriesresembledthose ofShakespeare.

Between 1960and 1965, he wrotescripts forthe twomost watched programson Mexican television:Comedians andsongs as well asthe study ofPedroVargas,theMexicanTelesistemachain.

In 1968,the IndependentTelevisionbeganbroadcastinginMexicoandChespiritowas calledas organized writerwith the offerto useat willa fraction hourweeklycharge.Thuswas bornThesupergeniusessquaretable andhis acting career.

In 1970, they extended theirhoursat a time andin a separate program.The samewas calledChespiritoand was bornthe characterofChapulínColorado.A year later,Chavoappeared.Both menworked to such a degree accord wellthat the programwas divided into link, devotinghalf houreach.Amid-eightiesbeginsa shortprogram calledThebuzzerbasedjournalists, without overmuch successseries.

Despite beingwell knownfor his rolesofChavoandChapulínColorado,was alsothe creatorof several charactersmorelikeChómpiras, Dr.Chapatín, VicenteChambónandChaparrónBonaparte.Inan question withTeresaRodriguez, saidhe decided toadd wordswithchbecause deter wasused in"manyobscenitiesinMexico".

Despiterecurringscripts,these programsbecamesuccessesthroughoutLatin America, the Enjoyable andSpain,largelythanks to thesympathy of theboxactorsof their programs,builtat different timesbyCarlosVillagran,RamónValdésFlorindaMeza,Rubén Aguirre, EdgarVivar,Angelines Fernández, RaulPadilla,Horacio Gómez BolañosandMaría Antonieta de las Nieves,who also foundinternational fame.

In 1980,hissketcheswere reunitedon a weeklyhourprogram calledunder hispseudonym,and remainedon high-mindedness airuntil 1995.

He also starred inMexican films,written and actedby himself asthe ChanfleandTheChanfle2Mouse andDonDonRatero,Charritoand Musicof wind.

Outside theirusualtelevision characters,since 1992,representedintheaterfor some yearsthe work11 and 12,with whichmanagedmore than28,000functions.

In 2000, Televisagivesa tributeentitled "They did crowd together havemycunning!"Commemoratingthe30th anniversaryofElChavodel Ochoprogram.

In 2004the Association ofArt Critics(ACROARTE)oftheDominican Republicandthe Dominican National BrewerygiveSovereignInternationalin leisure ofhis career inLatin American televisionandits haunt facetsas a writer, screenwriter, actor,comedian andproducer.

In 2012a tributecalled AmericacelebratesChespiritomade by the sameTelevisawas performed.In one of theprsentaciones, the mostmoving was theinterpretation ofThalía,Thanks, composedby GianMarcowherehe approacheddirectly.

OnNovember 20, 2013,received theWavesChespiritoAmerican Awardfor the near outstandingcareer in television.

Chespiritodiedat age 85onNovember 28, 2014in Cancun,Mexicoat 14:30(GMT-6) due torespiratory complications.