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Paco Martínez Soria

Actor, Additional Credits
Born December 18, 1902Died February 26, 1982 (79 years)
Although he was born in Tarazona, he was only five when his family moved to Barcelona, where he went to school. He worked as a clerk and then as a salesperson. At the same time he participated in performances of local theatre groups in Gràcia.

During the Spanish Civil War he left his work and focused on theatre as an amateur actor. In 1938 he debuted in Teatro Fontalba with the theatre company of Rafael López Somoza with the work Antonio pasó el infierno (Antonio goes to hell). Two years later he founded his own theatre company with which he worked during the 1940s from Teatro Urquinaona and in the 1950s from Talía theatre.

In 1934 he collaborated as an extra in the black and white comedy Sereno with director Ignacio F. Iquino. He continued working with Iquino in eleven more films. He got his first leading role in 1938 in the comedy Paquete, el fotógrafo público número uno (Paquete, the number one public photographer). He continued playing supporting roles in many films until 1944 when he returned to theatre as an actor and entrepreneur.

His name achieved some fame between 1942 and 1944, when he was named director and first actor in the theatre company of Teatro de la Zarzuela.

He returned to cinema in the rolesstudd in 1950s. In 1965 he was very successful with the film La ciudad no es para mí (The city is not for me) directed by Pedro Lazaga. From that moment on, his screen character as an affectionate country bumpkin did not cease to appear in films until his death with his friend Pedro Lazaga.

Known For

  • La ciudad no es para mí
  • El turismo es un gran invento
  • Don Erre que erre
  • Old Man Made in Spain
  • Estoy hecho un chaval
  • ¡Vaya par de gemelos!
  • Es peligroso casarse a los 60
  • Hay que educar a papá
  • ¡¡Se armó el belén!!
  • El abuelo tiene un plan
  • El alegre divorciado
  • ¿Qué hacemos con los hijos?
  • La tía de Carlos
  • El calzonazos
  • El padre de la criatura
  • Deliciosamente tontos
  • Alma de Dios
  • Boda accidentada
  • El difunto es un vivo
  • Un enredo de familia
  • Su desconsolada esposa

Filmography

2006
XX premios Goya · as Cast
1982
La tía de Carlos · as Fermín Recuero/falsa Tía De Carlos
1981
1978
¡Vaya par de gemelos! · as Lucas / Pedro / Tío Lucas
1977
Estoy hecho un chaval · as Juan Esteban
1976
El alegre divorciado · as Ramón Pozuelo
1974
El calzonazos · as Juan
1973
El abuelo tiene un plan · as Leandro Cano
1972
El padre de la criatura · as Eduardo Contreras
1971
Hay que educar a papá · as Severiano Paredes
1970
Don Erre que erre · as Don Rodrigo Quesada
1969
¡¡Se armó el belén!! · as Don Mariano
1969
Old Man Made in Spain · as Marcelino
1968
El turismo es un gran invento · as Benito Requejo
1967
¿Qué hacemos con los hijos? · as Antonio Martínez
1966
La ciudad no es para mí · as Agustín Valverde
1958
Su desconsolada esposa · as Padre De Dora
1943
1943
1943
Boda accidentada · as Profesor
1941
El difunto es un vivo · as Luquitas - El Amigo
1941
Alma de Dios · as Saturiano

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