A review of the history of Tomás Vidiella on television

During this day The outstanding national actor Tomás Vidiella passed away at the age of 83, who was hospitalized as a result of a contagion by Covid-19.

The interpreter began his television career with The Tomás Vidiella show at Channel 9 of the University of Chile in 1978. Then, in 1980, he played doctor Ismael Flores, the protagonist of Three times love of THE T.V, the first feature film made especially for Chilean television.

However, it would be in 1982 when he arrived at what we know today as telenovelas, his first foray being the leading role of Ignacio Martínez, a Spanish teacher in Looking to Tomorrow, where he is listed as one of the first gallants in the dramatic area of ​​TVN.

Later, he continued to stand out in the world of national soap operas, with characters such as Hernán Ugalde in The Tower 10 (1984), Ruperto in The Lady on the Balcony (1986), Ignacio Montes and Héctor Pereira in La Villa (1986), all productions of the public channel and in a lapse of two years.

After his continuous performances on National Television, the considered “father of the café concert” in our country, was also a participant in novels by Canal 13, giving life to Gaspar Encina in Love at home (1995) and Aarón Hurtado “El viejo Aarón” in Out of Control (1999).

Already going back to the time of 2000, the Chilean artist while he was nominated for the Altazor Award thanks to the work Long journey from day to night the year 2002, and continued venturing into television giving life to Sergio Bustamante in Rebel Heart (2009).

He was also part of casts in two box office fictions of Mega: Montecristo (2006) Y Quiet Dad (2017), this being the last telenovela in which Tomás Vidiella showed his talent on the small screen.

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