Juan Carlos Calabró

Juan Carlos Calabró was an Argentine comic actor who began in radio and moved to television with the comedy Telecómicos. He appeared in revue theatres such as the Maipo, the Nacional and the Astros, and in Neil Simon's Extraña pareja. With the programme Calabromas he introduced characters including Johnny Tolengo, el Majestuoso, Gran Valor and Aníbal, el pelotazo en contra. The programme El Contra became a classic. He also made films, among them the Mingo y Aníbal comedies with Juan Carlos Altavista, and a film built around Johnny Tolengo.