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.

Filmography

• Los Colorado — Characters
• 2021The Red Grasshopper 3D — Characters
• The Red Grasshopper — Characters, Creator
• 2010A Day in the Life — Chaves (El Chavo) (archive footage )
• El Chavo: The Animated Series — Producer, Creator
• 2006El Chavo: The Best of Don Ramón — El Chavo del Ocho
• 2005Lo Mejor del Chavo Del Ocho 1 e 2 — El Chavo del Ocho / Chaves, Screenplay, Producer
• 2001Best of El Chavo, Vol. 1 — El Chavo del 8, Director, Writer
• 1999In the Shadow of the Moon — Producer
• 1998¡Que vivan los muertos! — Writer
• Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas — Songs
• 1997Elisa Before the End of the World — Producer
• 1994La Chilindrina en apuros — Writer
• Milagro y magia — Director, Executive Producer, Creator
• 1989Música de Viento — Director, Writer
• 1984Charrito — Charrito, Director, Screenplay
• 1983Don Ratón y Don Ratero — Ratón Pérez, Writer, Director
• 1982El Chanfle 2 — El Chanfle, Writer, Producer, Director
• Chespirito — Writer, Director, Creator
• 1979El Chanfle — El Chanfle, Writer
• Chaves (Max Exclusivo) — Creator
• El Chapulín Colorado — Chapulin / Doctor Chapatin / Chespirito / Chómpiras / El Flaco / Charles Chaplin / Mesero majadero / Soldado Shakespeare, Producer, Writer, Director, Creator
• El Chavo del Ocho — El Chavo del Ocho, Writer, Director, Creator
• El Ciudadano Gómez — Ciudadano Gómez
• 1970El cuerpazo del delito — Goliath (segment "La Rebelde")
• 1970Fray Dollar
• 1970La hermana Trinquete — Fat tourist's husband
• 1970Las tres magnificas — Manolo
• Los Supergenios de la Mesa Cuadrada — Writer, Creator
• 1970¡Ahí, madre! — Story
• 1969La princesa hippie
• 1969Romance sobre ruedas — Writer
• 1968El amor de María Isabel — Instructor Manejo (uncredited)
• 1968El zángano
• 1968Operación carambola — Carlitos / Scorpio Leader's Deputy #1, Screenplay
• 1967Detectives o ladrones..? — Screenplay
• 1967Dos pintores pintorescos — Screenplay
• 1967The Crazy World of the Youth
• 1967The Specter's Road — Writer
• 1967Un novio para dos hermanas — Screenplay
• 1966Cada quién su lucha — Writer
• 1966Dos meseros majaderos — Writer
• 1966La cigüeña distraída — Screenplay
• 1965Los reyes del volante — Adaptation
• 1964Los astronautas — Screenplay
• 1963Los Invisibles — Writer
• 1962¡En peligro de muerte! — Writer
• 1961Dos tontos y un loco — Original Story, Writer
• 1961Limosneros con garrote — Screenplay
• 1961Pegando con tubo — Story
• 1961Un par a todo dar — Writer
• 1960Dos Criados Malcriados
• 1960Dos locos en escena — Don Juan
• Los Caquitos — Creator

Appearances as themselves (7)

• 2026Dare To Live — Self (archive footage)
• Chespirito: Not Really on Purpose — Self / Chavo del 8 (archive footage)
• TV o no TV — Self - Actor 'Chespirito'
• Animal nocturno — Self
• Las Lunas del Auditorio — Self
• 2001Chespirito: El Niño Que Somos — Self / Chavo del 8
• De pé a pá — Self