Carlos Balá

Carlos Balá (born Carlos Salim Balaá on August 13, 1925 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine actor who specialized in children's entertainment. Descended from Lebanese immigrants, he was born in 1925 in the Chacarita neighborhood. His father, Mustafá Balaá, was a butcher and his mother was Juana Boglich His trademarks were his particular bowl cut hairstyle and catch phrases with a nonsense flavor, repeated in many gags: On TV, Carlitos had a supposedly invisible dog named Angueto; Balá would be pulled around by a taut leash, with no dog at the end. He also starred in movies, most notably in the Canuto Cañete series in the 1960s, and in other family-oriented films that opened during school vacations. He toured Argentina with many theatrical...