Francisco Rabal
Born March 08, 1926 (Age: 100)
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Águilas, Murcia, Región de Murcia, Spain
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Francisco Rabal (March 8, 1926 – August 29, 2001), perhaps better known as Paco Rabal, was a Spanish actor born in Águilas, a small town in the province of Murcia, Spain. In 1936, after the Spanish Civil War broke out. Rabal and his family left Murcia and moved to Madrid. Young Francisco had to work as a street salesboy and in a chocolate factory. When he was 13 years old, he left school to work as an electrician at Estudios Chamartín. Rabal got some sporadic jobs as an extra. Dámaso Alonso and other people advised him to try his luck with a career in theater. During the following years, he got some roles in theater companies such as Lope de Vega or María Guerrero. It was there that he met actress Asunción Balaguer; they married and remained together for the rest of Rabal's life. Their daughter, Teresa Rabal, is also an actor. In 1947, Rabal got some regular jobs in theater. He used his full name, Francisco Rabal, as stage name. However, the people who knew him always called him Paco Rabal. (Paco is the familiar form for Francisco.) "Paco Rabal" became his unofficial stage name. During the 1940s, Rabal began acting in movies as an extra, but it was not until 1950 that he was first cast in speaking roles, and played romantic leads and rogues. He starred in three films directed by Luis Buñuel - Nazarín (1959), Viridiana (1961) and Belle de jour (1967). William Friedkin thought of Rabal for the French villain of his 1971 movie The French Connection. However, he could not remember the name of "that Spanish actor". Mistakenly, his staff hired another Spanish actor, Fernando Rey. Friedkin discovered that Rabal did not speak English or French, so he decided to keep Rey. Rabal has previously worked with Rey in Viridiana. Rabal did, however, work with Friedkin in the much less successful but Academy Award-nominated cult classic Sorcerer (1977), a remake of The Wages of Fear (1953). Throughout his career, Rabal worked in France, Italy and Mexico with directors such as Gillo Pontecorvo, Michelangelo Antonioni, Luchino Visconti, Valerio Zurlini, Jacques Rivette and Alberto Lattuada. It is widely considered that Rabal's best performances came after Francisco Franco's death on 1975. In the 1980s, Rabal starred in Los santos inocentes, winning the Award as Best Actor in Cannes Film Festival, in El Disputado Voto del Señor Cayo and also in the TV series Juncal. In 1989, he was a member of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival. In the 1999 he played the character of Francisco Goya in Carlos Saura Goya en Burdeos, winning a Goya Award as Best Actor. Francisco Rabal is the only Spanish actor to have received a honoris causa doctoral degree from the University of Murcia. Rabal's final movie was Dagon, a film which was dedicated to him right before the credits. The dedication read "Dedicated to Francisco Rabal, a wonderful actor and even better human being." Rabal died in 2001 from compensatory dilating emphysema, while on an airplane travelling to Bordeaux, when he was coming back from receiving an Award at Montreal Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Francisco Rabal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Francisco Rabal (March 8, 1926 – August 29, 2001), perhaps better known as Paco Rabal, was a Spanish actor born in Águilas, a small town in the province of Murcia, Spain.
In 1936, after the Spanish Civil War broke out. Rabal and his family left Murcia and moved to Madrid. Young Francisco had to work as a street salesboy and in a chocolate factory. When he was 13 years old, he left school to work as an electrician at Estudios Chamartín.
Rabal got some sporadic jobs as an extra. Dámaso Alonso and other people advised him to try his luck with a career in theater.
During the following years, he got some roles in theater companies such as Lope de Vega or María Guerrero. It was there that he met actress Asunción Balaguer; they married and remained together for the rest of Rabal's life. Their daughter, Teresa Rabal, is also an actor.
In 1947, Rabal got some regular jobs in theater. He used his full name, Francisco Rabal, as stage name. However, the people who knew him always called him Paco Rabal. (Paco is the familiar form for Francisco.) "Paco Rabal" became his unofficial stage name.
During the 1940s, Rabal began acting in movies as an extra, but it was not until 1950 that he was first cast in speaking roles, and played romantic leads and rogues. He starred in three films directed by Luis Buñuel - Nazarín (1959), Viridiana (1961) and Belle de jour (1967).
William Friedkin thought of Rabal for the French villain of his 1971 movie The French Connection. However, he could not remember the name of "that Spanish actor". Mistakenly, his staff hired another Spanish actor, Fernando Rey. Friedkin discovered that Rabal did not speak English or French, so he decided to keep Rey. Rabal has previously worked with Rey in Viridiana. Rabal did, however, work with Friedkin in the much less successful but Academy Award-nominated cult classic Sorcerer (1977), a remake of The Wages of Fear (1953).
Throughout his career, Rabal worked in France, Italy and Mexico with directors such as Gillo Pontecorvo, Michelangelo Antonioni, Luchino Visconti, Valerio Zurlini, Jacques Rivette and Alberto Lattuada.
It is widely considered that Rabal's best performances came after Francisco Franco's death on 1975. In the 1980s, Rabal starred in Los santos inocentes, winning the Award as Best Actor in Cannes Film Festival, in El Disputado Voto del Señor Cayo and also in the TV series Juncal. In 1989, he was a member of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival. In the 1999 he played the character of Francisco Goya in Carlos Saura Goya en Burdeos, winning a Goya Award as Best Actor.
Francisco Rabal is the only Spanish actor to have received a honoris causa doctoral degree from the University of Murcia.
Rabal's final movie was Dagon, a film which was dedicated to him right before the credits. The dedication read "Dedicated to Francisco Rabal, a wonderful actor and even better human being."
Rabal died in 2001 from compensatory dilating emphysema, while on an airplane travelling to Bordeaux, when he was coming back from receiving an Award at Montreal Film Festival.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Francisco Rabal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
The Revolution on Two Horses
2002
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as Zio Henrique
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Age: 76
Zero/infinito
2002
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as (voice)
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Age: 75
Nights of Constantinople
2001
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as
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Age: 74
Divertimento
2000
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as
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Age: 74
Moonfish
2000
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as Tio Nini
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Age: 74
Speaking of Buñuel
2000
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as Self
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Age: 74
Talk of Angels
1998
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as Don Jorge
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Age: 72
Divine
1998
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as Papá Basilio
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Age: 72
Les paradoxes de Buñuel
1998
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as Self
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Age: 72
Water Easy Reach
1998
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as
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Age: 71
La novia de medianoche
1997
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as Wenceslao Corredoira
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Age: 71
Little Miracles
1997
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as Don Francisco
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Age: 71
Little Bird
1997
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as El Abuelo
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Age: 71
Airbag
1997
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as Villambrosa
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Age: 71
Day and Night
1997
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as Cristobal
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Age: 70
Oedipus Mayor
1996
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as Tiresias
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Age: 70
La mujer cualquiera
1994
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as
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Age: 68
La Lola se va a los puertos
1993
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as Don Diego
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Age: 67
Paco, mi padre
1992
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as
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Age: 66
The Man Who Lost His Shadow
1992
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as Antonio
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Age: 65
Ni contigo ni sin ti
1992
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as
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Age: 65
The Other
1991
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as
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Age: 65
La taberna fantástica
1991
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as Rogelio
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Age: 65
Manuel, le fils emprunté
1990
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as Juan Alvarez
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Age: 63
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
1990
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as Máximo Espejo
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Age: 63
The White Dove
1989
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as Domingo
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Age: 63
Baroque
1989
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as El Hispano
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Age: 63
Torquemada
1989
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as Torquemada
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Age: 63
Buñuel
1989
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as Self
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Age: 62
Scent of a Crime
1988
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as Coronel Olvera
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Age: 62
A Time of Destiny
1988
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as Jorge Larraneta
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Age: 62
Il mistero del panino assassino
1987
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as Arno dei conti Vincini
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Age: 61
Divine Words
1987
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as Pedro Gailo
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Age: 61
Scapegoat
1985
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as Comisario Cárdenas
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Age: 59
The Witching Hour
1985
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as Cesar
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Age: 59
Marbella
1985
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as Juan
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Age: 59
La vieja música
1985
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as Domingo Ferreiro
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Age: 59
Bohemian Nights
1985
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as Max Estrella
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Age: 59
Our Father
1985
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as Abel
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Age: 59
The Lost Paradise
1985
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as El político anciano
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Age: 58
No Image
Un delitto
1984
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as Abbot
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Age: 58
The Holy Innocents
1984
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as Azarías
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Age: 58
Epilogue
1984
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as Rocabruno
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Age: 57
Reborn
1981
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as Giacomo
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Age: 55
Vultures Over the City
1981
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as Bender
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Age: 54
Nightmare City
1980
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as Major Warren Holmes
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Age: 54
Speed Driver
1980
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as Esposito
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Age: 54
El gran secreto
1980
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as Domingo
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Age: 54
Traficantes Del Panico
1980
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as William Lombard
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Age: 54
The Rebel
1980
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as Tony
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Age: 53
Corleone
1978
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as Don Giusto Provenzano
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Age: 52
Stay as You Are
1978
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as Lorenzo
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Age: 52
Hotel Fear
1978
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as Marta's lover
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Age: 51
Sorcerer
1977
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as Nilo
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Age: 51
The Tempter
1974
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as Bishop Marquez
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Age: 48
Tormento
1974
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as Agustín Caballero
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Age: 48
It's Nothing Mama, Just a Game
1974
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as Tío
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Age: 48
Dormir Y Ligar: Todo Es Empezar
1974
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as Self (uncredited)
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Age: 48
Death Will Have Your Eyes
1974
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as The Blackmailer
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Age: 47
Counselor at Crime
1973
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as Vincent Garofalo
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Age: 47
La otra imagen
1973
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as
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Age: 47
La colonna infame
1973
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as Giacomo Mora - il barbiere
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Age: 47
La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea
1973
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as Pedro Crespo, Alcalde de Zalamea
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Age: 47
The Guerrilla
1973
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as El Cabrero (The Shepherd)
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Age: 46
Planet Venus
1972
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as Party chauffer
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Age: 46
N.P. - The Secret
1972
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as Ingegnere N.P.
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Age: 46
Le soldat Laforêt
1972
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as Paco
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Age: 46
It Can Be Done Amigo
1972
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as Sheriff
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Age: 46
Nada menos que todo un hombre
1972
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as Alejandro Gómez
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Age: 45
The Big Black Sow
1971
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as Il Medico
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Age: 45
Ann and Eve
1970
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as Francesco
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Age: 44
The Challenges
1969
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as Carlos
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Age: 43
Simón Bolívar
1969
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as José Antonio Del Llano
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Age: 43
Un adulterio decente
1969
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as Conserje (uncredited)
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Age: 43
Spain Again
1969
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as Reportero
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Age: 43
Eagles Over London
1969
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as Martin
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Age: 43
Blood in the Bullring
1969
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as Juan Carmona
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Age: 43
Les Anges exterminés
1968
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as
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Age: 41
Cristóbal Colón
1968
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as
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Age: 41
María Rosa
1965
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as
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Age: 39
Legacy of the Incas
1965
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as Gambusino
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Age: 39
The Blue Panther
1965
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as Paco Castillo
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Age: 39
Currito de la Cruz
1965
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as Manuel Carmona
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Age: 39
España insólita
1965
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as (voice)
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Age: 39
The Devil Also Cries
1965
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as Tomás
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Age: 39
Intimidad de los parques
1965
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as Héctor
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Age: 38
The Other Woman
1964
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as Zaylor
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Age: 38
Weeping for a Bandit
1964
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as José María 'El Tempranillo'
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Age: 38
The Big Hit
1964
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as Michel Arland
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Age: 38
The Reunion
1963
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as Alberto
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Age: 37
Autopsia de un criminal
1963
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as Carlos
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Age: 37
Summer Night
1963
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as Bernardo
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Age: 37
Mathias Sandorf
1963
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as Frédéric de Rotenbourg
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Age: 36
I tromboni di Fra' Diavolo
1962
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as Fra Diavolo
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Age: 36
The Female: Seventy Times Seven
1962
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as Pascual
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Age: 36
L'Eclisse
1962
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as Riccardo
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Age: 36
Viridiana
1962
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as Jorge
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Age: 36
Azahares rojos
1961
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as Arturo Gómez Mancera
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Age: 35
Pigeon Shoot
1961
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as Elia
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Age: 35
At Five in the Afternoon
1961
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as Juan Reyes
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Age: 35
The Hand in the Trap
1961
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as Cristóbal Archaval
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Age: 35
Hijo de hombre
1961
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as
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Age: 34
El hombre de la isla
1960
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as Lorenzo 'El Moro'
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Age: 34
Trío de damas
1960
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as Alberto Sáinz Robledo
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Age: 33
Cavalcata selvaggia
1960
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as
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Age: 33
Sonatas
1959
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as Marqués Javier de Bradomín
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Age: 33
Two Men in Town
1959
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as Superintendente
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Age: 33
Diez fusiles esperan
1959
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as José Iribarren
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Age: 33
Nazarín
1959
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as Father Nazario
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Age: 33
La noche y el alba
1958
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as Pedro
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Age: 32
Cuenca
1958
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 32
L'uomo dai calzoni corti
1958
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as Mario
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Age: 32
Revenge
1958
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as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 32
La gran mentira
1956
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as César Neira
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Age: 30
Revelation
1955
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as Sergio Gresky
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Age: 29
The Miller's Saucy Wife
1955
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as Cristóbal Paterna
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Age: 29
El canto del gallo
1955
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as Padre Miller
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Age: 29
Death of a Cyclist
1955
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as (uncredited)
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Age: 29
Radio Stories
1955
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as Gabriel
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Age: 29
Murió hace quince años
1954
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as Diego
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Age: 28
All Is Possible in Granada
1954
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as Fernando Ortega
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Age: 28
Judas' Kiss
1954
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as Quinto Licinio
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Age: 27
Hay un camino a la derecha
1953
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as Miguel
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Age: 27
I Was a Parish Priest
1953
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as Martín
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Age: 27
La honradez de la cerradura
1950
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as Ernesto
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Age: 24
La rueda de la vida
1942
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as Bronquista de pelea en salón (uncredited)
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Age: 16