Francisco Rabal

Biography

Francisco Rabal Valera (8 March 1926 – 29 August 2001), popularly known as Paco Rabal, was a Spanish actor. His career spanned more than 200 film and television roles, between 1942 and 2001. He received numerous accolades both in Spain and abroad, including the Cannes Film Festival's Best Actor Award and the Goya Award for Best Actor. Rabal was best known internationally for his collaborations with director Luis Buñuel, with Ronald Bergan writing "most of his other major roles he carried the heady, perverse whiff of the great surrealist director with him." He worked with many other notable directors, including Carlos Saura, Pedro Almodóvar, William Friedkin, Michelangelo Antonioni, Claude Chabrol, Luchino Visconti, and Gillo Pontecorvo. One of Spain's most-loved and acclaimed actors during his lifetime, he also was known for his commitment to human rights and other social causes. Description above from the Wikipedia article Francisco Rabal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Belle de Jour (1967) — Hyppolite
2. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990) — Máximo Espejo
3. Sorcerer (1977) — Nilo
4. Viridiana (1962) — Jorge
5. L'Eclisse (1962) — Riccardo
6. Dagon (2001) — Ezequiel
7. Nightmare City (1980) — Major Warren Holmes
8. Land Without Bread (1933) — Narrator (voice)
9. Nazarín (1959) — Father Nazario
10. The Holy Innocents (1984) — Azarías
11. Death of a Cyclist (1955) — (uncredited)
12. Airbag (1997) — Villambrosa
13. The Nun (1967) — Dom Morel
14. The Desert of the Tartars (1976) — M.llo Tronk
15. It Can Be Done Amigo (1972) — Sheriff Franciscus
16. The Witches (1967) — Paolo (segment "La strega bruciata viva")
17. One Hundred and One Nights (1995) — Luis Buñuel (voice)
18. Stay as You Are (1978) — Lorenzo
19. The Beehive (1982) — Ricardo Sorbedo
20. Goya in Bordeaux (1999) — Goya
21. On Earth as It Is in Heaven (1995) — San Pedro
22. I Am the Law (1977) — Albanese the Outlaw
23. Hotel Fear (1978) — Marta's lover
24. The Female: Seventy Times Seven (1962) — Pascual
25. The Blue Panther (1965) — Paco Castillo
26. Eagles Over London (1969) — Martin
27. Talk of Angels (1998) — Don Jorge
28. Tiempo de silencio (1986) — Muecas
29. Little Bird (1997) — El Abuelo
30. Day and Night (1997) — Cristobal
31. The Reunion (1963) — Alberto
32. Long Days of Vengeance (1967) — Sheriff Douglas
33. Crooks (1983) — Ginés Jiménez Valera
34. Radio Stories (1955) — Gabriel
35. Don Quixote (1947) — (uncredited)
36. The Long Vacations of '36 (1976) — Teacher
37. Counselor at Crime (1973) — Vincent Garofalo
38. It's Nothing Mama, Just a Game (1974) — Tío
39. Oedipus Mayor (1996) — Tiresias
40. The Wide Blue Road (1957) — Salvatore