Xavier López

Acting

Xavier López

Born — Died

1935-02-17 — 2023-03-25

Place of birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

35 titles

Xavier López Rodríguez (17 February, 1935 - 25 March, 2023), better known as Chabelo, was a Mexican-American actor, comedian and television host. He hosted a children's program entitled En familia con Chabelo, which aired for forty-eight years. He studied medicine, which he practiced for four years in a private sanatorium where he was a partner. At the same time and while still studying, he missed classes in order to make frequent visits to the facilities of the building known as Televicentro, inaugurated in 1952, owned by the alliance of Mexican radio stations, Telesistema Mexicano, which would later become Televisa. There he met the producer, Luis de Llano Palmer, who offered him work as …

Known for

Conversando con Cristina Pacheco poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

1997

Cero en conducta poster
8.2

Jorgito is a rebellious and insolent student who doesn't mince words when it comes to making fun of his teachers. Maestra Canuta and Director Rigoberto Patiño are the butt of all his jokes and they do not hesitate to give him severe punishments when they realize that Jorgito's sharp tongue is attacking them. This comedy program shows a group of irreverent students who, through their jokes, make fun of the current political and social situation in Mexico. Nobody is saved from the ridicule and the occurrences of these kids who, behind their harmless appearance, hide sharp criticism and double meaning jokes.

Cero en conducta

1999

La Escuelita VIP poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

La Escuelita VIP

2004

La Carabina de Ambrosio poster
9.2

La Carabina de Ambrosio was a variety television program broadcast between 1978 and 1987 presented as a Comic-Magical-Musical Show. It was produced by Humberto Navarro. It was hosted by figures such as Gualberto Castro, César Costa, Fito Girón and Manolo Muñoz. Some of the sketches of the broadcast were Guillo and the altar boy (Chabelo and the host in turn), La escuelita (Gualberto Castro, La pájara Peggy, Guillo, el Vulgarcito), the ventriloquist and Pujitos (César Costa and Chabelo), La Palabra Canta (Alejandro Suárez) and Mercado de Lágrimas (parody of Valle de Lágrimas and soap operas of the time) and parodies of the musical hits of the moment.

La Carabina de Ambrosio

1978

Agente 0013 - Hermelinda Linda 2 poster
4.0

A sophisticated device falls into Hermelinda's hands and when the Soviets and Arabs try to retrieve it, an international witchcraft war breaks out.

Agente 0013 - Hermelinda Linda 2

1986

Mision W2M poster
3.0

Famous internet celebrity Werevertumorro is called by a strange person to carry out an operation, if he doesn't do it the guy will threaten to kill his girlfriend. Werever will have to destroy a virus that kills humans with his friends, also involved.

Mision W2M

2013

Film credits

2010s · 5 titles

Mision W2M poster
3.0

Famous internet celebrity Werevertumorro is called by a strange person to carry out an operation, if he doesn't do it the guy will threaten to kill his girlfriend. Werever will have to destroy a virus that kills humans with his friends, also involved.

Mision W2M

2013

The Mongolian Conspiracy poster
6.4

1963, the Soviet Union intercepts a rumour that China pretends to assassinate the president of the US in his visit to Mexico. Filiberto Garcia, a local policeman, has 72 hours to investigate the Mongolian Conspiracy.

The Mongolian Conspiracy

2019

The Crime of Cacaro Gumaro poster
4.4

After their fathers death, two brothers dispute the inheritance: the local movie theater known as Linterna Mújica. Their dispute may or not bring the town to its apocalypse, but it will for sure turn it upside-down.

The Crime of Cacaro Gumaro

2014

Cartas a Elena poster
6.5

In the beautiful hills of the Copper Canyon in Chihuahua, Mexico, a young boy (Emilio) is adopted by the mailman (Teo). As part of their daily tasks, they not only deliver the mail but read letters to the villagers, as well as take dictation, since most are illiterate. Young Emilio quickly learns to read and write but feels saddened by the mostly difficult stories sent by relatives, that moved north to Denver, Colorado in pursuit of a better future. One day Teo becomes disabled and Emilio takes over the mail route and with great imagination, he changes the letters to happy and optimistic stories. Within days, the village is transformed. The elders, once hopeless, lonely and sad, are now happy and enthusiastic, enjoying the "supposed" success their loved ones write from the United States. But the enjoyment is short lived, as they realize that all the wonderful stories are the same...

Cartas a Elena

2012

Flying low poster
5.3

Chuyín Venegas and Cornelio Barraza were the biggest stars of popular music and cinema of the 80's. "The Goldfinches of Rosarito" had no equal as musical superstars, but after ten years of success, they parted ways. Now held in a mansion in Paris, Chuyín is launching a new album and international tour. But the ghosts of the past and the loneliness will make him change his solo plans and return to the seaside village where he and Cornelius met as children, to live the last musical adventureof "The Goldfinches of Rosarito".

Flying low

2013

1980s · 6 titles

1970s · 5 titles

1960s · 8 titles

The Extra poster
7.2

Cantinflas is a man who hangs around the studios and helps anyone who needs his advice while at the same time envisioning his own versions of how certain scenes should be shot. Both angles provide ample opportunities for very witty, subtle barbs at the foibles of the industry.

The Extra

1962

El aviso inoportuno poster
7.9

The farce starring Polivoces , creative Mexican comedians duo formed by Enrique Cuenca and Eduardo Manzano, in the roles of characters and Gordolfo Naborita respectively. When the child Gordolfo question the identity of his father, devoted Naborita recounts the story of his family in five innings , located in the contexts of the Stone Age , the Roman Empire , incursions of English pirates in the Caribbean , West American and the space race of the years after World War II .

El aviso inoportuno

1969

Autopsy of a Ghost poster
5.1

Satan offers a weary ghost a chance for redemption through true love.

Autopsy of a Ghost

1968

Los reyes del volante poster
8.3

Comedy film starring Viruta and Capulina.

Los reyes del volante

1965

¡Buenas noches, año nuevo! poster
5.5

Backstage comedy; singer-dancer and her songwriter husband pretend to have an open relationship, because it makes them look smart and modern.

¡Buenas noches, año nuevo!

1964

Escuela para solteras poster
8.0

All-star ranchera fest, rom-com style. Four charros, four eligible young ladies.

Escuela para solteras

1965

The Two Rivals poster
7.0

Ranchera comedy -- the hero thinks his girlfriend has another suitor... but the suitor is really she herself in man-drag.

The Two Rivals

1966

La princesa hippie poster
6.8

Twins separated at birth; one grows up to inherit the crown of San Marciano, and the other works in a pawnshop in Mexico City.

La princesa hippie

1969

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