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 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), 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. Calvo sang in a few films, but his singing voice was always dubbed on screen in Spain by a woman named Matilde F. Vilariño.
Calvo married Juana Olmedo in 1976. They had one son.His Son details are not recorded anywhere 25 años sin Pablito Calvo, la estrella de 'Marcelino, pan y vino': la tragedia del niño que salvó a su familia (in Spanish) He died on 1 February 2000 from a brain aneurysm at the age of 51.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1955 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)
See also Joselito Marisol
References
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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