Peret
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 24, 1935
- Died
- August 27, 2014
- Birthplace
- Mataró, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
Pedro Pubill Calaf, better known as Peret, was a Spanish Romani singer, guitar player, composer and actor, called the King of Catalan Rumba. Known for his 1971 single “Borriquito,” Peret represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 with the song “Canta y sé feliz.” In 1982, Peret withdrew from the music industry, joining the Iglesia Evangélica de Filadelfia, a large religious community of the Spanish gypsies, devoting himself in the following years exclusively to preaching and other religious activities. After leaving the church in 1991, he resumed his music activity and recorded new albums. In 1992, he sang at the Barcelona Olympic Games during the closing ceremonies. Peret died in Barcelona in 2014 from lung cancer, aged 79.
Filmography
La casa de Peret 2026
as Self (archive footage)
El ventilador. Una història de rumba 2023
as Self (archive footage)
Peret: The King of the Gipsy Rumba 2019
as Self - Singer (archive footage), Music
Petitet 2018
as Himself (archive footage)
Rumba Tres, de ida y vuelta 2016
as Self
Peret i l’origen de la rumba catalana 2016
as Himself
¡Cuchíbiri, cuchíbiri! La rumba de Peret 2013
Actor
Killer Housewives 2001
as Cura
¡Qué cosas tiene el amor! 1973
as Peret / Antonio
A mí las mujeres ni fu ni fa 1971
as Pedro
Si Fulano fuese Mengano 1971
as Raúl Arévalo / Miguel García, Music
El mesón del gitano 1970
as Peret
Amor a todo gas 1969
as Self
El taxi de los conflictos 1969
as El bígamo
Un día después de agosto 1968
as Guitarist
Los Tarantos 1963
as Guitarist
Credits from TMDB.