José Miguel Agrelot

Acting

José Miguel Agrelot

Overview

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Birthday
Apr 21, 1927 (98 years old)
Death date
Jan 28, 2004

José Miguel Agrelot

Known For

And God Created Them 2
2h 17m
Movie 2004

And God Created Them 2

Three stories ("Lo mismo de otra manera", "Félix", and "Te...

Chona, la puerca asesina
0h 38m
Movie 1990

Chona, la puerca asesina

A mad scientist invents a formula to control Puerto Rico....

Cuentos de Abelardo
1h 27m
Movie 1990

Cuentos de Abelardo

A selection of three short stories by Puerto Rican writer...

Biography

Giuseppe Michel Agrelot (April 21, 1927 - San Juan, Puerto Rico, January 28, 2004) known as José Miguel Agrelot or Don Cholito was a popular comedian and radio and television presenter from Puerto Rico. Agrelot was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico of Italian descent.2 3 He was the third of four children of Felipe Agrelot and Ana Luisa Vilá; his sister Ana Mercedes, later also became a part-time comedy actress. He started working at radio stations when he was 14 years old. At that time, he was an employee of the radio businessman Tomás Muñiz, then general manager of WIAC-AM and father of the then producer and actor Tommy Muñiz. During this period Agrelot developed his first comic character, Torito Fuertes, a mischievous eight-year-old boy for a family comedy program sponsored by Borden, Inc. and evaporated suleche (the name Torito Fuertes was a pun with "strong stingray", a desirable consequence of drinking good milk). Later, the character took his own life in a radio program first called Professor Colgate (sponsored by Colgate-Palmolive's flagship toothpaste) and then called El Colegio de la Alegría (The School of Joy). This program introduced Tommy Muñiz as the school teacher of a rather dysfunctional classroom.