Roberto Gómez Bolaños
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.
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Films (56)
Dare To Live
2026 · Self (archive footage)
The Red Grasshopper 3D
2021 · Characters
A Day in the Life
2010 · Chaves (El Chavo) (archive footage )
El Chavo: The Best of Don Ramón
2006 · El Chavo del Ocho
Lo Mejor del Chavo Del Ocho 1 e 2
2005 · El Chavo del Ocho / Chaves, Screenplay, Producer
Best of El Chavo, Vol. 1
2001 · El Chavo del 8, Director, Writer
Chespirito: El Niño Que Somos
2001 · Self / Chavo del 8
In the Shadow of the Moon
1999 · Producer
¡Que vivan los muertos!
1998 · Writer
Elisa Before the End of the World
1997 · Producer
La Chilindrina en apuros
1994 · Writer
Música de Viento
1989 · Director, Writer
Charrito
1984 · Charrito, Director, Screenplay
Don Ratón y Don Ratero
1983 · Ratón Pérez, Writer, Director
El Chanfle 2
1982 · El Chanfle, Writer, Producer, Director
El Chanfle
1979 · El Chanfle, Writer
La guerra de las monjas
1973 · Screenplay
Hijazo de mi vidaza
1972 · Screenplay
¡Ahí, madre!
1970 · Story
La hermana Trinquete
1970 · Fat tourist's husband
El cuerpazo del delito
1970 · Goliath (segment "La Rebelde")
Juan El Desalmado
1970 · Screenplay
Las tres magnificas
1970 · Manolo, Screenplay
Fray Dollar
1970
Romance sobre ruedas
1969 · Writer
La princesa hippie
1969 · Screenplay
El zángano
1968 · Screenplay
Operación carambola
1968 · Carlitos / Scorpio Leader's Deputy #1, Screenplay
El amor de María Isabel
1968 · Instructor Manejo (uncredited)
The Specter's Road
1967 · Writer
The Crazy World of the Youth
1967
Un par de robachicos
1967 · Screenplay
Dos pintores pintorescos
1967 · Screenplay
Un novio para dos hermanas
1967 · Screenplay
Detectives o ladrones..?
1967 · Screenplay
La batalla de los pasteles
1966 · Screenplay
Dos meseros majaderos
1966 · Writer
Cada quién su lucha
1966 · Writer
La cigüeña distraída
1966 · Screenplay
Los reyes del volante
1965 · Adaptation
Los astronautas
1964 · Screenplay
Buenos días, Acapulco
1964 · Screenplay
Los Invisibles
1963 · Writer
¡En peligro de muerte!
1962 · Writer
Dos tontos y un loco
1961 · Original Story, Writer
Pegando con tubo
1961 · Story
Un par a todo dar
1961 · Writer
Limosneros con garrote
1961 · Screenplay
Los desenfrenados
1960 · Screenplay
El dolor de pagar la renta
1960 · Screenplay
Dos Criados Malcriados
1960 · Screenplay
Dos locos en escena
1960 · Don Juan, Screenplay
Little Trapeze Angels
1959 · Screenplay
Vagabundo y Millonario
1959 · Screenplay
Los tigres del desierto
1958 · Screenplay
Los legionarios
1958 · Screenplay
Séries (16)
Los Colorado
2026 · Characters
Chespirito : Sans le vouloir
2025 · Self / Chavo del 8 (archive footage)
The Red Grasshopper
2015 · Characters, Creator
TV o no TV
2008 · Self - Actor 'Chespirito'
El Chavo: The Animated Series
2006 · Producer, Creator
Animal nocturno
2006 · Self
Las Lunas del Auditorio
2002 · Self
Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas
1997 · Songs
De pé a pá
1996 · Self
Milagro y magia
1991 · Director, Executive Producer, Creator
Chespirito
1980 · Writer, Director, Creator
El Chapulín Colorado
1973 · Chapulin / Doctor Chapatin / Chespirito / Chómpiras / El Flaco / Charles Chaplin / Mesero majadero / Soldado Shakespeare, Producer, Writer, Director, Creator
El Chavo del Ocho
1973 · Chaves, Writer, Director, Creator
Los Supergenios de la Mesa Cuadrada
1970 · Writer, Creator
El Ciudadano Gómez
1970 · Ciudadano Gómez
Los Caquitos
· Creator