Martí Galindo Girol (May 21, 1937 – March 3, 2019) was a Spanish theatre actor, who became best known as a collaborator of the television programme ''

Crónicas marcianas ''Crónicas marcianas'' (''Martian Chronicles'') was a Spanish late-night talk show produced by and broadcast by Telecinco from 1997 to 2005. It was directed and presented by , and had Miquel José and Jordi Roca, with whom Sardá had created ' ...

,'' in which he starred from 1997 to 2002.

Biography

Due to his short height he usually played the role of children in plays. In 1986 he played the role of Martí, the book eater vampire in the TV programme '' Planeta imaginario'' on TVE. He also appeared in comedy sketches in the programme ''Ahí te quiero ver''. From 1997 to 2002 he became well known in Spain for appearing on the late-night show ''

''. The show's presenter, Xavier Sardà, knew Galindo through his sister Rosa María, and knowing his roles as children, Galindo was asked to appear like a Martian on the show. "Señor Galindo", as he became known, retired from the show as ''Crónicas'' enjoyed its best success: he surprised his former co-star Sardà on the chat show ''¡Qué tiempo tan feliz!'' in 2017 in what became his final TV appearance.

Theatre

* 1963. ''El hombre, la bestia y la virtud'' by

Luigi Pirandello Luigi Pirandello (; ; 28 June 1867 – 10 December 1936) was an Italians, Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his bold and ...

. * 1985. ''La desaparición de Wendy'' by Josep Maria Benet y Jornet. * 1991. ''Snoopy'' (

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), directed by Ricard Reguant.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Galindo, Marti 1937 births 2019 deaths Male actors from Barcelona Actors with dwarfism Spanish male stage actors Spanish male television actors 20th-century Spanish male actors 21st-century Spanish male actors