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Alfredo Landa

Actor
Born March 4, 1933Died May 9, 2013 (80 years)
Alfredo Landa (3 March 1933 – 9 May 2013) was a Spanish actor.

Alfredo Landa Arena born in Pamplona (Navarre), Spain. He finished his pre-university studies in San Sebastián. He then began university studies on Law, where he began to work with university school groups. He left university to work in the theater. After working as a dubbing actor for a short time in the 1950s, he debuted with his first considerable role in film in José María Forqué's Atraco a las tres in 1962. When Francisco Franco died in 1975, censorship began to disappear. This led to a growth of erotic comedies on Spanish cinema. Landa became the "sexually repressed" role of that trend, especially under directors Mariano Ozores and Pedro Lazaga. He even created his own trend, that some people called landismo.[2]

Afterwards, Landa changed his image, taking much deeper roles, like his bandit in El Bosque animado. Landa, along with Francisco Rabal, won Best Actor award at 1984 Cannes Film Festival for his memorable performance in Los santos inocentes. He is now widely recognized as a great dramatic actor. After a career with more than one hundred and twenty movies, one dozen of television series, and several stage successes, with a great amount of Spanish and European awards, 74-year-old Landa announced his retirement at the X Festival de Cine de Málaga (10th Movie Festival of Málaga) while receiving a new award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alfredo Landa (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • The Holy Innocents
  • The Heifer
  • El crack
  • The Enchanted Forest
  • El crack dos
  • La marrana
  • Sunday Light
  • Vente a Alemania, Pepe
  • The Green Pastures
  • The End of a Mystery
  • Story of a Kiss
  • Canción de cuna
  • Cateto a babor
  • Moscow Gold
  • Sinatra
  • Don Quijote de la Mancha
  • Foul Play
  • No desearás al vecino del quinto
  • The Girl in Mourning
  • Manolo by Night
  • Robbery at 3 O'clock
  • El rey del río
  • Jenaro el de los 14
  • ¡Por fin solos!

Filmography

2013
Barefoot in the Kitchen · as (archive Footage)
2007
Sunday Light · as Joaco
2005
2004
Tiovivo c. 1950 · as Eusebio Cascajero Y Esparza
2003
The Serrano (TV Series) · as Francisco Serrano
2003
Moscow Gold · as Faustino Peláez
2003
The End of a Mystery · as Joaquín Panjero
2002
El refugio del mal · as Gasolinero
2002
Story of a Kiss · as Blas Otamendi
2000
The Island of the Crab · as Narrator (sam)
1995
El rey del río · as Antón Costa
1994
¡Por fin solos! · as Arturo
1994
Canción de cuna · as Don José
1993
Lleno, por favor (TV Series) · as Don Pepe
1992
La marrana · as Bartolomé
1992
1992
1991
Don Quijote de la Mancha (TV Series) · as Sancho Panza
1991
Marcellino · as Brother Pappina
1989
El río que nos lleva · as El Americano
1988
Sinatra · as Sinatra
1987
The Enchanted Forest · as Malvís
1987
¡Biba la banda! · as Sargento Pérez
1986
Bandera negra · as Patxi
1986
Tristeza de Amor (TV Series) · as Ceferino Reyes
1986
Dear Nanny · as Teo
1985
The Heifer · as Brigada Castro
1985
1984
The Holy Innocents · as Paco, El Bajo
1984
Piernas cruzadas · as Jeremías
1983
Las autonosuyas · as Austrasigildo
1983
El crack dos · as Areta
1983
Un rolls para Hipólito · as Hipólito Castañón
1982
La próxima estación · as José Luis
1981
Profesor eróticus · as Profesor Mussy
1981
1981
El crack · as Areta
1981
1980
1980
El alcalde y la política · as Tomás Sierra
1980
Friend · as Padre Velasco
1979
Polvos mágicos · as Arturo
1979
1979
El rediezcubrimiento de México · as Ceferino Díaz Fernández
1979
The Green Pastures · as José Rebolledo
1979
Historia de 'S' · as Sebastián
1977
Foul Play · as Juan
1977
1976
Celedonio y yo somos así · as Daniel Martínez
1976
Alcalde por elección · as Federico Villalba/ricardo Smith
1976
Mayordomo para todo · as Germán
1975
Solo ante el Streaking · as Ángel Perales
1975
1975
1974
El reprimido · as Lucas Trigo
1974
Fin de semana al desnudo · as Rodolfo Cisneros
1974
Dormir y ligar: todo es empezar · as Saturnino Del Olmo
1974
Un curita cañón · as Padre Saturio
1974
Jenaro el de los 14 · as Jenaro Castrillo
1973
Manolo by Night · as Manolo Olmedillo
1973
Pisito de solteras · as Emilio Vallejo
1972
1972
Guapo heredero busca esposa · as Fidel Frutos
1972
Los novios de mi mujer · as Emilio Antúnez
1972
1972
Simón, contamos contigo · as Simón Giménez
1972
1971
Los días de Cabirio · as Alfredo Velázquez
1971
1971
Aunque la hormona se vista de seda... · as Bienvenido Garcés
1971
1971
1971
La decente · as Comisario Miranda
1970
No desearás al vecino del quinto · as Antón Gutiérrez
1970
Cateto a babor · as Miguel Cañete Moste
1970
El alma se serena · as Manolo Cortés
1969
Las Leandras · as Casildo
1969
1969
Cuatro noches de boda · as Lorenzo
1969
1969
1968
La dinamita está servida · as Bruno - El Jeque Árabe
1968
Tuset Street · as Cheering Man In Audience (uncredited)
1968
Los que tocan el piano · as Venancio Torralba 'el Torralba'
1968
No somos de piedra · as Lucas
1968
Despedida de casada · as Casimiro Rodríguez, El Albañil
1968
Los subdesarrollados · as Timoteo Fonseca
1968
1967
40 grados a la sombra · as Máximo
1967
Novios 68 · as Pepe García Moratillo, Fontanero
1967
Pero... ¿en qué país vivimos? · as Rodolfo Sicilia
1967
Las que tienen que servir · as Antonio Ponce De León
1967
1967
Crónica de nueve meses · as Alejandro
1967
Las cicatrices · as Tormento
1967
1967
Los guardiamarinas · as Ignacio Vidal
1967
1966
El arte de casarse · as Dr. León Hernández
1966
Las viudas · as Valentín Martínez (segment "el Retrato De Regino")
1966
Hoy como ayer · as Felipe
1966
El arte de no casarse · as Alfonso De La Peña Y Peña, Abogado (1) / Alfredo, Marqués (2) / Benito López (3) / Pascual, Soldado (4)
1966
Nuevo en esta plaza · as Marcial Flores 'el Verónicas'
1966
1966
1965
Nobleza baturra · as Perico
1965
Estudio 1 (TV Series) · as Bibiano
1965
Historias de la televisión · as Antonio Parrondo Y Carnicero, Novio De Katy (2)
1964
Casi un caballero · as Gabriel Mostazo
1964
The Girl in Mourning · as Rafael Castroviejo
1964
1963
Fair of the Dove · as Manolo
1963
The Executioner · as Sacristán
1963
Sword of Zorro · as Soldado
1962
Robbery at 3 O'clock · as Castrillo
1958
El puente de la paz · as Jornalero Burro (uncredited)
1956
Around the World in 80 Days · as Extra (uncredited)

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