Xavier López

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 a production assistant, a job he accepted and opted to abandon his career in medicine. At the same place, he also worked as a cameraman and floor manager. This experience was what helped him make the decision to become an actor and later he began to study drama for four years. Later, he would begin to have brief appearances in television broadcasts called teleteatros (of which there is not much information), and in which he would participate as a substitute for actors who were late or absent. He got his nickname after telling a joke about a boy named Chabelo and would embody that boy as a character for most of his acting career. He participated in 10 television programs, 34 movies and 4 soap operas, in addition to recording several albums as his character "Chabelo". In 2003 he was awarded a Diosa de Plata for his artistic career. In 2005 he received the Legend Award from the MTV Movie Awards Mexico. In 2006 he received the Gaviota International Award for his artistic career. In June 2010, at the Lunas del Auditorio Awards, he received the special recognition Una Vida en el Escenario (A Life on Stage). During the last broadcast in 2012, he received a tribute for his two thousand three hundred programs of En familia con Chabelo. During that same broadcast, he was awarded two Guinness World Records: the first for the longest career as host of a children's program (forty-four years), and the second for the longest time representing a character, Chabelo (fifty-seven years), "the friend of all children". On March 25, 2023, Chabelo passed away in Mexico City at the age of 88, due to a septic shock caused by an acute abdominal condition. The following day, his body was cremated and his ashes were given to his family.

Known For: Acting

Born: Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1935-02-17

Died: 2023-03-25

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1958	Trip to the Moon	Babyface	58
2	1958	Chistelandia		58
3	1958	Nueva Chistelandia		50
4	1958	Vuelve Chistelandia		50
5	1962	El Extra	Panchito	68
6	1964	¡Buenas noches, año nuevo!	Bailarín	40
7	1965	Escuela para solteras	Photographer	79
8	1965	Los reyes del volante	Chabelo	83
9	1966	Los dos rivales	Javier Gobardilla (as Javier López 'Chabelo')	69
10	1968	Autopsy of a Ghost		48
11	1969	La princesa hippie		64
12	1969	El aviso inoportuno		79
13	1971	Bang bang al hoyo		56
14	1972	La criada bien criada	Little Baby	57
15	1972	Pepito y la lámpara maravillosa		48
16	1973	Chabelo and Pepito vs. the Monsters	Chabelo	72
17	1974	Chabelo y Pepito detectives	Chabelo	78
18	1984	Macho que ladra no muerde		52
19	1985	Los pepenadores de aca		50
20	1986	Agente 0013: Hermelinda linda II	Bebé	40
21	1988	La tumba de Matías		50
22	1988	Dos machos que ladran no muerden		42
23	1988	Mi fantasma y yo		48
24	1994	La Chilindrina en apuros	Chabelo	73
25	2005	Club eutanasia	Mauro	62
26	2009	Amar	Benito	43
27	2012	Cartas a Elena	Don Jacinto	61
28	2013	Mision W2M		30
29	2013	Flying low	Bruno Sánchez Félix	50
30	2014	The Crime of Cacaro Gumaro	Mecha-Chabelo	39
31	2019	The Mongolian Conspiracy	El Coronel	63

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1978	La Carabina de Ambrosio		88
2	1997	Conversando con Cristina Pacheco	Self	55
3	1999	Cero en conducta		80

Xavier López

Film

Television