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Francisco Rabal

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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Born:
Mar 8, 1926 In Águilas, Murcia, Región de Murcia, Spain
Movie/TV Credits:
169
First Appeared:
In the movie Land Without Bread 1933-12-01
Latest Project:
Movie The Revolution on Two Horses 2002-04-25
Known For
Poster of Tiempo de silencio
Poster of Coarse Salt
Poster of Long Days of Vengeance
Poster of All Is Possible in Granada
Filmography
Movie The Revolution on Two Horses Zio Henrique 2002-04-25
Movie Lázaro de Tormes El Ciego 2001-01-19
Movie Just Run! Don Vicente 2001-06-28
Movie Dagon Ezequiel 2001-10-12
Movie Speaking of Buñuel Himself 2000-06-09
Movie Divertimento 2000-10-22
Movie Peixe-Lua Tio Nini 2000-09-29
Movie Goya in Bordeaux Goya 1999-09-04
Movie Divine Papá Basilio 1998-09-16
Movie Talk of Angels Don Jorge 1998-10-30
Movie Day and Night Cristobal 1997-02-12
Movie La novia de medianoche Wenceslao Corredoira 1997-10-30
Movie Airbag Villambrosa 1997-06-20
Movie Little Bird El Abuelo 1997-08-31
Movie Little Miracles Don Francisco 1997-09-04
Movie Oedipus Mayor Tiresias 1996-08-23
Movie One Hundred and One Nights Luis Buñuel (voice) 1995-01-25
Movie Felicidades, Tovarich Abuelo 1995-01-01
Movie On Earth as It Is in Heaven San Pedro 1995-11-03
Movie The Lame Pigeon 1995-10-06
Movie La Lola se va a los puertos Don Diego 1993-09-10
Series Truhanes Ginés Giménez 1993-10-05
Movie The Man Who Lost His Shadow Antonio 1992-01-15
Movie Manuel, le fils emprunté Juan Alvarez 1990-02-09
Movie Torquemada Torquemada 1989-05-12
Movie Baroque 1989-10-10
Series Juncal José Álvarez "Juncal" 1989-02-18
Movie Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! Máximo Espejo 1989-12-12
Movie The White Dove Domingo 1989-11-23
Movie A Time of Destiny Jorge Larraneta 1988-04-22
Movie Scent of a Crime Coronel Olvera 1988-10-21
Movie Divine Words Pedro Gailo 1987-09-15
Movie Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime) Guaglione 1986-01-24
Movie History Remo 1986-01-02
Movie El hermano bastardo de Dios 1986-09-10
Movie Tiempo de silencio Muecas 1986-03-13
Movie El disputado voto del señor Cayo Señor Cayo 1986-11-03
Movie Our Father Abel 1985-04-21
Movie The Lost Paradise El político anciano 1985-01-13
Movie Futuro Imperfecto 1985-01-28
Movie Bohemian Nights Max Estrella 1985-08-21
Movie La vieja música Domingo Ferreiro 1985-09-26
Movie Scapegoat Comisario Cárdenas 1985-11-14
Movie The Witching Hour Cesar 1985-11-04
Movie Marbella Juan 1985-10-13
Movie Victòria! 3: El seny i la rauxa Coronel Márquez 1984-02-03
Movie Coarse Salt Gabino 1984-02-06
Movie Epilogue Rocabruno 1984-01-20
Movie Los zancos Manuel 1984-10-10
Movie The Holy Innocents Azarías 1984-04-04
Series Teresa de Jesús Alonso 1984-03-12
Movie Treasure of the Four Crowns Sócrates 1983-01-21
Movie Victòria! La gran aventura d'un poble Coronel Márquez 1983-09-09
Movie Crooks Ginés Jiménez Valera 1983-09-21
Movie Victòria! 2: La disbauxa del 17 Coronel Márquez 1983-12-06
Movie The Beehive Ricardo Sorbedo 1982-10-11
Series Cervantes Mateo Alemán 1981-04-06
Movie Reborn Giacomo 1981-09-27
Movie Under Siege William Lombard 1980-08-08
Movie Vultures Over the City Bender 1980-01-01
Movie The Rebel Tony 1980-01-01
Movie El gran secreto Domingo 1980-10-12
Movie Nightmare City Major Warren Holmes 1980-12-11
Movie Speed Driver Esposito 1980-12-04
Movie Hunted City Don Alfonso 1979-09-27
Movie El buscón Mata 1979-11-27
Movie Hotel Fear Marta's lover 1978-02-16
Movie Corleone Don Giusto Provenzano 1978-11-10
Movie Stay As You Are Lorenzo 1978-09-14
Movie Sorcerer Nilo 1977-06-24
Movie I Am the Law Albanese the Outlaw 1977-09-23
Movie Io sono mia Padre di Orio 1977-11-18
Movie Emilia... parada y fonda 1976-08-15
Movie The Desert of the Tartars M.llo Tronk 1976-10-29
Movie The Long Vacations of '36 Teacher 1976-10-28
Movie The Dead Man Azevedo Bandeira 1975-08-21
Movie Fight to the Death Comisario Emilio Mendoza 1975-01-27
Movie La peccatrice Turco 1975-07-20
Movie C.I.A. Secret Story Mehdi Ben Barka 1975-08-21
Movie The City of World Matteo 1975-10-16
Movie Blanca's Weddings Antonio 1975-11-17
Movie Eye of the Cat Eminenza 1975-10-19
Movie Dormir Y Ligar: Todo Es Empezar Self (uncredited) 1974-05-15
Movie Death Will Have Your Eyes The Blackmailer 1974-01-01
Movie It's Nothing Mama, Just a Game Tío 1974-05-29
Movie Tormento Agustín Caballero 1974-09-02
Movie The Tempter Bishop Marquez 1974-11-22
Movie The Guerrilla El Cabrero (The Shepherd) 1973-02-16
Movie Counselor at Crime Vincent Garofalo 1973-08-30
Movie La colonna infame Giacomo Mora - il barbiere 1973-04-19
Movie It Can Be Done Amigo Sheriff 1972-03-31
Movie Nada menos que todo un hombre Alejandro Gómez 1972-02-14
Movie Le soldat Laforêt Paco 1972-04-21
Movie Planet Venus Party chauffer 1972-08-27
Movie Exorcism's Daughter Fuso 1971-01-01
Movie N.P. Ingegnere N.P. 1971-01-01
Movie El apartamento de la tentación Hombre que se cruza con Julieta (uncredited) 1971-05-24
Movie Laia 1970-01-01
Movie Ann and Eve Francesco 1970-08-03
Movie Cutting Heads Díaz II 1970-10-16
Movie Blood in the Bullring Juan Carmona 1969-05-19
Movie Un adulterio decente Conserje (uncredited) 1969-08-25
Movie Spain Again Reportero 1969-06-07
Movie The Challenges Carlos 1969-09-19
Movie Eagles Over London Martin 1969-09-20
Movie Simon Bolivar José Antonio Del Llano 1969-09-12
Movie Bloody Che Contra Che Guevara 1968-01-01
Movie After the Deluge Pedro 1968-01-25
Movie The Witches Paolo 1967-02-22
Movie Long Days of Vengeance Sheriff Douglas 1967-02-23
Movie Oscuros sueños de agosto Julio 1967-07-01
Movie Cervantes Rodrigo Cervantes 1967-11-02
Movie The Nun Dom Morel 1966-05-06
Movie Hoy como ayer Ramón 1966-08-29
Movie Camino del Rocío José Antonio 1966-12-05
Movie España insólita (voice) 1965-05-13
Movie The Devil Also Cries Tomás 1965-03-14
Movie Currito de la Cruz Manuel Carmona 1965-07-01
Movie The Blue Panther Paco Castillo 1965-08-25
Movie María Rosa 1965-11-13
Movie Legacy of the Incas Gambusino 1965-09-08
Movie Le Gros Coup Michel Arland 1964-06-24
Movie Weeping for a Bandit José María 'El Tempranillo' 1964-08-31
Movie Summer Night Bernardo 1963-06-03
Movie Mathias Sandorf Frédéric de Rotenbourg 1963-02-13
Movie Autopsy of a Criminal Carlos 1963-08-05
Movie The Reunion Alberto 1963-09-19
Movie Viridiana Jorge 1962-04-01
Movie L'Eclisse Riccardo 1962-04-12
Movie The Female: Seventy Times Seven Pascual 1962-08-30
Movie I tromboni di Fra' Diavolo Fra Diavolo 1962-10-11
Movie The Hand in the Trap Cristóbal Archaval 1961-05-01
Movie At Five in the Afternoon Juan Reyes 1961-05-16
Movie Hijo de hombre 1961-01-16
Movie Pigeon Shoot Elia 1961-05-25
Movie Azahares rojos Arturo Gómez Mancera 1961-11-01
Movie Trío de damas Alberto Sáinz Robledo 1960-01-01
Movie El hombre de la isla Lorenzo 'El Moro' 1960-07-07
Movie Nazarin Father Nazario 1959-06-04
Movie Diez fusiles esperan José Iribarren 1959-06-15
Movie Sonatas Marqués Javier de Bradomín 1959-10-12
Movie Revenge Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 1958-05-02
Movie L'uomo dai calzoni corti Mario 1958-06-23
Movie La noche y el alba Pedro 1958-10-10
Movie Saranno uomini Giacomo 1957-03-23
Movie Marisa la civetta Antonio 1957-03-19
Movie Whom God Forgives Juan Cuenca 1957-05-05
Movie The Mighty Crusaders Tancredi d'Altavilla 1957-12-23
Movie The Wide Blue Road Salvatore 1957-11-22
Movie La gran mentira César Neira 1956-04-01
Movie Radio Stories Gabriel 1955-07-25
Movie Death of a Cyclist (uncredited) 1955-09-07
Movie The Miller's Saucy Wife Cristóbal Paterna 1955-12-05
Movie El canto del gallo Padre Miller 1955-09-26
Movie Revelation Sergio Gresky 1955-12-30
Movie All Is Possible in Granada Fernando Ortega 1954-03-08
Movie Judas' Kiss Quinto Licinio 1954-02-27
Movie Murió hace quince años Diego 1954-10-04
Movie I Was a Parish Priest Martín 1953-09-30
Movie Hay un camino a la derecha 1953-10-28
Movie Luna de sangre Pedro Alvareda 1952-02-18
Movie Sor Intrépida Tomás 1952-01-04
Movie María Morena El Sevillano 1952-06-02
Movie Doubt Rafael Figueroa 1951-10-08
Movie Alhucemas Tostado (uncredited) 1948-02-06
Movie Don Quixote (uncredited) 1947-03-01
Movie El crimen de Pepe Conde 1946-10-28
Movie La rueda de la vida Bronquista de pelea en salón (uncredited) 1942-11-30
Movie Land Without Bread Spanish Narrator, 1996 (voice) 1933-12-01