Pablito Calvo

Pablo Calvo Hidalgo (16 March 1948 – 1 February 2000), better known as Pablito Calvo, was a Spanish child actor. 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) and Un ángel pasó por Brooklyn (1957),[1] even Toto and Marcellino (1958) in Italy, with Totò.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Calvo and the second or maternal family name is Hidalgo.
Pablito Calvo
Pablito Calvo (right)
Born
Pablo Calvo Hidalgo

(1948-03-16)16 March 1948
Madrid, Spain
Died1 February 2000(2000-02-01) (aged 51)
Alicante, Spain
Years active8 years (1955–1963)

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 aged 51.[3]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1955Marcelino pan y vinoMarcelino
1956Uncle HyacynthPepote
1957The Man Who Wagged His TailFilipo
1958Totò e MarcellinoMarcellino Merini
1960JuanitoJuanito
1961Alerta en el cieloMiguelito Ramos
1962Dos años de vacacionesBrian
1963Barcos de papel(final film role)
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References
  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
  • 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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