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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

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After the international success of Marcelino, pan y vino, where he won a Cannes Film Festival award (1955), he became Spain's most famous child actor. He did five more films including Mi tío Jacinto (1956), Un ángel pasó por Brooklyn (1957),[1] and 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

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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

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  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. ^ "Pablo Calvo, el niño de 'Marcelino, pan y vino', muere a los 50 años". El País (in Spanish). Prisa. 3 February 2000. Retrieved 22 February 2019.

Bibliography

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

See also

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