Director

Rubén Aguirre

Acting

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 1All crew credits: 1

TMDB ID: 31324

IMDb ID: nm0013749

Known for: Acting

Born: June 15, 1934

Died: June 17, 2016

Age: 82

Place of birth: Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1970 - 2024

Years active: 55

Average TMDB rating: 7.53

Wikidata: Q3446584

Also known as

Rubén Aguirre 'El Shori' • 'El Shori' • Rubén Aguirre 'El Shorty' • Rubén Aguirre 'Shorty'

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Biography

Huge, intimidating, cool, and funny, Native-Latino American businessman, entrepreneur, actor, producer, director, comedian and screenwriter. Ruben Aguirre was from Saltillo, Coahuila. He was best remembered for his characterization of Profesor Jirafales in the Televisa's television show El Chavo. Aguirre also participated in another well known television show of the era, El Chapulín Colorado, albeit less frequently. When he first began looking for acting work, he was told that at 6'8" (203cm), he was too tall. He wore size 19 6E shoes. He also had a monstrous wingspan of 7'4" (224cm). Native-Latino American comic actor Ruben Aguirre, loved by millions of children and adults across Latin America. Aguirre passed from complications of pneumonia, two days after his 82nd birthday.

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