Editing José Miguel Agrelot (section)

==Biography==
Agrelot was born in [[Santurce, Puerto Rico]]. He was the third of four children of Felipe Antonio Agrelot Fittipaldi and Ana Luisa Vilá Cruz. His paternal grandparents were born in [[Lauria|Lauria, Italy]] and immigrated to Puerto Rico in 1892, two years before his father's birth.<ref>[https://www.latinamericanstudies.org/puertorico/don-cholito-bio.htm Biografia de Jose Miguel Agrelot], [[El Nuevo Día]], January 29, 2004</ref><ref name="prpop">{{cite web | title=José Miguel Agrelot | website=Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular | url=https://prpop.org/biografias/jose-miguel-agrelot/ | access-date=2021-08-20|language=es}}</ref> His sister, Ana Luisa, a teacher, later became a part-time comedic actress as well. He started working on [[radio station]]s when he was 14. At that time, he was employed by radio entrepreneur [[Tomás Muñiz]], then the general manager of WIAC-AM and the father of later producer and actor [[Tommy Muñiz]]. During this period Agrelot developed his first comedic character, ''Torito Fuertes'', a mischievous eight-year-old for a family comedy show sponsored by [[Borden, Inc.]] and its [[evaporated milk]] (the name Torito Fuertes was a [[pun]] on "strong calf", a desirable consequence of drinking good milk). The character later took a life of his own on a radio show first named ''El Profesor Colgate'' (sponsored by [[Colgate-Palmolive]]'s flagship toothpaste) and later called ''El Colegio de la Alegría'' (''The School of Joy''). This program featured Tommy Muñiz as the schoolteacher of a rather dysfunctional classroom.

Apart from appearances in numerous commercials, Agrelot's credits in Puerto Rican television   included:

*''La Criada Malcriada'' (''The Rude Maid'')
*''El Especial de Corona'' (''The Corona Special'')
*''Desafiando a los Genios'' (''Challenging The Geniuses''), a personal favorite of [[Pablo Casals]]
*''Haciendo Historia'' (''Making History'')
*''El Show del Mediodia'' (''The Midday show'', as ''Don Cholito'', another legendary character of his)
*''Parece Increible'' (''It Seems Incredible'')
*''Ja ja, Ji ji, Jo jo con Agrelot''