Édgar Ángel Vivar Villanueva is a Mexican actor and comedian. He is best known for his characters of Señor Barriga and his son Ñoño from El Chavo del Ocho, and El Botija from Los Caquitos and Chespirito.
Vivar at the ITSEM Mexico City campus in 2014
El Chavo ; — also known as El Chavo del Ocho during its earliest episodes – is a Mexican television sitcom series created by Roberto Gómez Bolaños (Chespirito), produced by Televisa. It premiered on February 26, 1973 and ended on January 7, 1980 after 7 seasons and 290 episodes and aired across Latin America and Spain.
Recreation of the set of the series at the Chanfle y Recontrachanfle themed restaurant, located in the State of Mexico.
The cast of the series photograph themselves for a picture in 1977, without Carlos Villagrán (Quico). Chespirito is leaning on Chavo's trademark barrel at the center of the picture.
A statue of El Chavo in Cali, Colombia