Pablito Calvo (16 March 1948 – 1 February 2000) was a Spanish child actor

Child actor

The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting in motion pictures or television, but also to an adult who began his or her acting career as a child; to avoid confusion, the latter is also called a former child actor...

. After the international success of Marcelino, pan y vino, where he won a Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival

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 award (1955), he became Spain's most famous child actor. He did five more films, even in Italy

Italy

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, with Totò

Totò

Prince Antonio Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno De Curtis di Bisanzio Gagliardi, best known by his stage name Totò and nicknamed il principe della risata was an Italian comedian, film and theatre actor, writer, singer and songwriter...

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Retired from acting at the age of 16 to become an industrial engineer later, he worked in tourism and promoting buildings in Torrevieja

Torrevieja

Torrevieja is a seaside city and municipality located on the Costa Blanca in the province of Alicante, in south-eastern Spain.Torrevieja lies about 30 miles south of the city of Alicante and has a population of 104,000...

. Calvo sang in a few films, but his singing voice was always dubbed on screen, in Spain by a woman, Matilde F. Vilariño.

Filmography

• Marcelino pan y vino
  Marcelino Pan y Vino
  Marcelino Pan Y Vino is a 1955 Spanish film. It was a success, and other countries have produced versions of it. The 1955 film was written by José María Sánchez Silva, who based it on his novel, and directed by Ladislao Vajda...
  
  (1955)
• Mi tío Jacinto
  Uncle Hyacynth
  Uncle Hyacynth is a 1956 Spanish drama film directed by Ladislao Vajda. At the 6th Berlin International Film Festival it won the Golden Bear .-Cast:* Pablito Calvo - Pepote* Antonio Vico - Jacinto* José Marco Davó - Inspector...
  
  (1956)
• Un ángel se paseó por Brooklyn (1957)
• Totò e Marcellino (1958)
• Juanito
  Juanito
  Juanito is a given name or nickname, meaning "little Juan", and may refer to:*Juan Francisco Rodríguez Herrera, Spanish football defender who played fot Atlético Madrid during the 1990s...
  
  (1960)
• Alerta en el cielo (1961)
• Dos años de vacaciones (1962)
• Barcos de papel (1963)

See also

• Joselito
• Marisol
  Marisol (actress)
  Josefa Flores González, better known as Marisol or Pepa Flores, is a Spanish singer and actress. She is considered one of the most popular icons of the 60s in Spain.-Biography:...