Horacio Gómez Bolaños
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Horacio Gómez Bolaños was a Mexican actor and brother of the more famous Roberto Gómez Bolaños (Chespirito)
. On the TV show El Chavo del 8, he played the character Godinez. Although Horacio appeared in many of his brother's productions, he preferred to handle the business aspects. He died on November 21, 1999 of a heart attack during the production of a tribute to Chespirito for Televisa
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Gómez Bolaños did not consider an acting career when he was young. Instead, he went to university to study business and graduated with a degree in business administration.
When Chespirito started production of El Chavo del Ocho and El Chapulín Colorado
in Televisa
during 1970, he needed an experienced sales team to look over the marketing side of the productions. Chespirito hired his brother, who was to see, among other things, the sales of products related to his shows, such as toys, clothes and other show related items.
Chespirito saw something else in his brother, however, and soon, he convinced Horacio to try it out as an actor. As a result, Horacio Gómez Bolanos got the Godines character at El Chavo... Horacio Gómez Bolanos appeared less frequently than his co-stars on both of Chespiritos shows. Nevertheless, he also attained wide fame internationally when the show became a favorite among millions of Latin America
n children, as well as in Spain
, the United States
and other countries.
After the show productions for both El Chavo.. and El Chapulín... were finished in 1978, Horacio Gómez Bolanos retired from acting, focusing instead on directing, producing and overseeing the marketing aspects of other Televisa productions.
He was cremated and his ashes rest at Chestojoback Church, in Lomas de Chapultepec.
Roberto Gómez Bolaños
Roberto Gómez Bolaños is a Mexican writer, actor, director, comedian, humorist, songwriter, poet and philosopher. He is best known by his stage name Chespirito .-Life and work:...
. On the TV show El Chavo del 8, he played the character Godinez. Although Horacio appeared in many of his brother's productions, he preferred to handle the business aspects. He died on November 21, 1999 of a heart attack during the production of a tribute to Chespirito for Televisa
Televisa
Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...
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Gómez Bolaños did not consider an acting career when he was young. Instead, he went to university to study business and graduated with a degree in business administration.
When Chespirito started production of El Chavo del Ocho and El Chapulín Colorado
El Chapulín Colorado
El Chapulín Colorado is a television series, created and played by Roberto Gómez Bolaños, also known as Chespirito, a successful Mexican comedian and TV show producer, which parodied superhero shows...
in Televisa
Televisa
Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...
during 1970, he needed an experienced sales team to look over the marketing side of the productions. Chespirito hired his brother, who was to see, among other things, the sales of products related to his shows, such as toys, clothes and other show related items.
Chespirito saw something else in his brother, however, and soon, he convinced Horacio to try it out as an actor. As a result, Horacio Gómez Bolanos got the Godines character at El Chavo... Horacio Gómez Bolanos appeared less frequently than his co-stars on both of Chespiritos shows. Nevertheless, he also attained wide fame internationally when the show became a favorite among millions of Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
n children, as well as in Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and other countries.
After the show productions for both El Chavo.. and El Chapulín... were finished in 1978, Horacio Gómez Bolanos retired from acting, focusing instead on directing, producing and overseeing the marketing aspects of other Televisa productions.
He was cremated and his ashes rest at Chestojoback Church, in Lomas de Chapultepec.