Ramón Torrado

Biography

Ramón Torrado (5 April 1905 – January 1990) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 50 films between 1942 and 1978. Along his brother Adolfo Torrado, they worked in Suevia Films, and he directed Botón de ancla (1948), with a good success and was adapted many times, El famoso Carballeira, Polizón a bordo (1941), Mar abierto (1946) and Sabela de Cambados (1948). He met dancer Lola Flores and she appeared in Estrella de Sierra Morena (1952), and María de la O (1959), which was adapted from the 1936 version by Francisco Elías Riquelme and Carmen Amaya, Julio Peña, Antonio Moreno and Pastora Imperio were the main characters. He directed Mi canción es para ti (1965), starring Manolo Escobar, Ángel de Andrés, María Martín, Alejandra Nilo, María Isbert and Rafaela Aparicio. He directed others musical films with Manolo Escobar such as Un beso en el puerto, (1966) and El padre Manolo (1967). He directed Spaghetti Western films such as Cavalry Charge (1964).

Directed

1. Un beso en el puerto (1966) — Director
2. Mi canción es para ti (1965) — Director
3. El padre Manolo (1967) — Director
4. María de la O (1959) — Director
5. Fray Escoba (1961) — Director
6. Amor a todo gas (1969) — Director
7. La virgen gitana (1951) — Director
8. Black Angel of the Mississippi (1964) — Director
9. La montaña rebelde (1971) — Director
10. The Girl at the Inn (1951) — Director
11. En un mundo nuevo (1972) — Director
12. Texas Jim (1965) — Director
13. Cavalry Charge (1964) — Director
14. Suspiros de Triana (1955) — Director
15. Cristo Negro (1963) — Director
16. Relevo para un pistolero (1964) — Director
17. Estrella de Sierra Morena (1952) — Director
18. El niño y el potro (Más allá de río Miño) (1969) — Director
19. Nadie lo sabrá (1953) — Director
20. Der Löwe von Babylon (1959) — Director
21. Les Lavandières du Portugal (1957) — Director
22. Guerreras verdes (1976) — Director
23. Botón de ancla (1948) — Director
24. La alegre caravana (1953) — Director
25. Feather in the Wind (1952) — Director
26. Air Lashings (1951) — Director
27. Los caballeros del botón de ancla (1974) — Director
28. ¡¡Campeones!! (1943) — Director
29. Sabela De Cambados (1949) — Director
30. Ella y los veteranos (1961) — Director
31. Un paso al frente (1960) — Director
32. Rumbo (1950) — Director
33. Love on Wheels (1954) — Director
34. Hollyhock (1954) — Director
35. Curra Veleta (1956) — Director
36. Pasión inconfesable (1978) — Director
37. Mar abierto (1946) — Director
38. Castañuela (1945) — Director
39. ¡Che, qué loco! (1953) — Director
40. El rey de las finanzas (1944) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Mar abierto (1946) — Painter (uncredited)