![Telecataplum](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Telecataplum.JPG)
Enrique Milton Almada Cavo (15 July 1934, in
Montevideo
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– 29 April 1990), also known as Quique Almada, was a
Uruguay
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an
actor
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and
comedian
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.
In the 1960s he started a long career on television. Together with a notable group of Uruguayan humorists (
Eduardo D'Angelo
Eduardo Luis D'Angelo Belsito (Montevideo, 4 January 1939 - 18 October 2014) was a Uruguayan actor, comedian and impressionist. ,
Ricardo Espalter
Ricardo Espalter Arrieta ( Montevideo, 14 April 1924 - Maldonado, 20 March 2007) was a Uruguayan actor and comedian.
Biography
In the 1960s he started a long career on television. Together with a notable group of Uruguayan humorists (Eduardo D' ...
,
Julio Frade
Julio César Frade Pintos, better known as Julio Frade (born 31 January 1943 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan pianist, actor, comedian and radio host.
As a student, Frade spent a year as an exchange student in the United States with AFS Intercultu ...
,
Raimundo Soto
Edmundo Rey Kelly (known as Raimundo Soto; 1914 in Montevideo, Uruguay – July 7, 1983 in Montevideo, Uruguay) was an Uruguayan film, stage and television actor during the country's Golden Age of film.
He also starred several television com ...
), he was part of several successful humor programs: ''
Telecataplúm'' (1962), ''
Jaujarana'' (1969–1972), ''
Hupumorpo'' (1974–1977), ''
Comicolor
The ComiColor Cartoon series is a series of 25 animated short subjects produced by Ub Iwerks from 1933 to 1936. The series was the last produced by Iwerks Studio; after losing distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1934, the Iwerks studio's senior com ...
'' (1980–1984), ''
Híperhumor'' (1984–1989), ''
Decalegrón
''Decalegrón'' was a Uruguayan television comedy programme which aired on Saeta TV Channel 10 from 1977 till 2002.
Notable for its refined sense of humour, the programme won several awards. '' (1977–2002).
In 1990 he died of cancer. The Uruguayan Senate held a solemn session in his honor.
Nº 18 - Tomo 329 - 9 de Mayo de 1990 - República Oriental del Uruguay - Diario de Sesiones de la Cámara de Senadores - Primer Periodo Ordinario de la XLIII Legislature - 17ª Sesion Ordinaria - 13) Enrique Almada. Su fallecimiento.
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1934 births
1990 deaths
Uruguayan people of Portuguese descent
20th-century Uruguayan male actors
Uruguayan male comedians
Deaths from cancer in Uruguay
Male actors from Montevideo
Uruguayan male television actors
20th-century comedians
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