Julio Frade

{{Short description|Uruguayan pianist, actor, comedian and radio host (born 1943)}}

Julio César Frade Pintos, better known as Julio Frade (born 31 January 1943 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan pianist, actor, comedian and radio host.[https://web.archive.org/web/20150617060945/http://www.juntamvd.gub.uy/es/archivos/actas/854-ho18042012.pdf Honors to Julio Frade]

As a student, Frade spent a year as an exchange student in the United States with AFS Intercultural Programs, as a high school student at Elmont Memorial High School in Elmont, New York.

In the 1960s, he started a long television career by joining in a well-known group of other Uruguayan comedians (Ricardo Espalter, Eduardo D'Angelo, Enrique Almada, Raimundo Soto), he was also part of several successful humor TV shows such as Telecataplúm (1962), Jaujarana (1969-1972), Comicolor (1981-1984), Híperhumor (1984-1989), Decalegrón (1977-2002). Since 2021, he has been part of the television contest team, Los 8 escalones, broadcast on Channel 4.{{Cite web|last=ElPais|title=El programa "Los ocho escalones" ya tiene fecha de estreno: conoce los detalles|url=https://www.tvshow.com.uy/tv/programa-ocho-escalones-fecha-estreno-conoce-detalles.html|access-date=2021-04-04|website=Diario EL PAIS Uruguay|date=9 March 2021 |language=spanish}}

He became also renowned for his music, playing alongside Astor Piazzolla and other famous musicians.[http://www.clarin.com/espectaculos/musica/comico-musico-profesional_0_950305020.html A professional musician] {{in lang|es}}