Pablito Calvo

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Pablito Calvo
Pablito Calvo (right)
Born
Pablo Calvo Hidalgo

(1948-03-16)16 March 1948
Died1 February 2000(2000-02-01) (aged 51)
Alicante, Spain
Years active1955–1963

Pablo Calvo Hidalgo (16 March 1948 – 1 February 2000), better known as Pablito Calvo, was a Spanish child actor.

Biography

After the international success of

Un ángel pasó por Brooklyn (1957),[1] even Toto and Marcellino (1958) in Italy, with Totò
.

Retired from acting at the age of 16 to become an

industrial engineer later, he worked in tourism and promoting buildings in Torrevieja.[2] Calvo sang in a few films, but his singing voice was always dubbed on screen, in Spain by a woman, Matilde F. Vilariño
.

He died on 1 February 2000 from a

brain aneurysm at the age of 51.[3]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1955
Marcelino pan y vino
Marcelino
1956 Uncle Hyacynth Pepote
1957 The Man Who Wagged His Tail Filipo
1958
Totò e Marcellino
Marcellino Merini
1960 Juanito Juanito
1961 Alerta en el cielo Miguelito Ramos
1962 Dos años de vacaciones Brian
1963
Barcos de papel
(final film role)

References

  1. ^ Román, Manuel (1 February 2015). "Hace 15 años que murió Pablito Calvo". Libertad Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Fallece el actor Pablito Calvo, protagonista de "Marcelino, pan y vino"". El Mundo (in Spanish). 2 February 2000. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  3. Prisa
    . 3 February 2000. Retrieved 22 February 2019.

Bibliography

  • Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995, Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 264-265.

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