Francisco Rabal
Birthdate: Mar 8, 1926
Birthplace: Águilas, Murcia, Región de Murcia, Spain
Died: Aug 28, 2001
Francisco Rabal -- Paco to everyone -- was born in the mining camp where his father worked. His mother owned a small mill. At the age of six, with the Civil War breaking out, the family emigrated to Madrid and he started working as a street salesman and later in a chocolate factory, which later led to him working as an electrician in the Chamartín Film Studios. It was here he started in his first films in crowd scenes and so on. However, following advice from people like Dámaso Alonso, he found his way into the theatre and in 1950 started working with José Tamayo where he met Asunción Balaguer, who was to become his wife and inseparable companion for the rest of his life. One of the plays he starred in was a Spanish version of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman." The big breakthrough came when he met Luis Buñuel, one of the greatest of Spanish film directors. They became great friends, in part due to their similar philosophies on life. Nazarín and Viridiana remain as hallmarks of that early period. However, with maturity and the passing of the Franco Régime, Rabal's best work was yet to come, and indeed culminated with his exceptional rôle in _Santos Inocentes, Los (1984)_, one of the best three or four Spanish films of all time. In 1987 he made a wonderful TV series called Juncal (1989) which was probably the character which mostly resembled the real-life Paco Rabal: a veritable "truhan" -- a roguish rascal. However, he has played the character of the Aragonese painter Francisco Goya in three different films, a personage who he became heavily identified with. It is in this period that he received his highest awards in Spain, Cannes, Montreal, etc. He is the only Spanish actor to have been given a Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of his native Murcia. Returning from the XXV Montreal Festival where he was homaged for a lifetime's work, he died over the English Channel aboard the aeroplane bringing him from London to Madrid and, despite the emergency landing in Bordeaux, nothing could be done for him. The pressure inside the plane aggravated his chronic bronchitis and started a fit of coughing which he was not able to overcome. He has published a few books which he called "some little things of mine," but most notably his collection of verses and "coplas" in 1994 and a little later collaborated with Agustín Cerezales on his biography "Si yo te contara" (If I told you all about it). His daughter, Teresa Rabal, is a successful actress, singer and TV presenter, while his son, Benito, also works as film director.
Known For
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
(1989)
Viridiana
(1961)
Sorcerer
(1977)
Goya in Bordeaux
(1999)
Francisco Rabal Movies
actor
Previous (160)
- 2019 |
- 2014 |
The Other Woman
asZaylor
After discovering that her boyfriend is married, Carly meets the wife he's been betraying; when yet another affair is discovered, all three women team up to plot revenge on the three-timing S.O.B.
- 2003 | Variaciones 1/113
- 2002 | Zero/infinito
- 2001 | Dagonas Ezequiel
- 2001 | Las noches de Constantinoplaas Doña Eugenoia's brother
- 2001 | Torero, fra sogno e realtàas Narrator
- 2000 | Divertimentoas Bernardo Gabler
- 2000 | Just Run!as Don Vicente
- 2000 | Moonfishas Tio Nini
- 1999 | Goya in Bordeauxas Goya
- 1998 | Divineas Papá Basilio
- 1998 | Water Easy Reach
- 1998 | Talk of Angelsas Don Jorge
- 1997 | Airbagas Villambrosa
- 1997 | Day and Nightas Cristobal
- 1997 | La novia de medianocheas Wenceslao Corredoira
- 1997 | Les paradoxes de Buñuel
- 1997 | Little Birdas El Abuelo
- 1997 | Little Miraclesas Don Francisco
- 1996 | Oedipus Mayoras Tiresias
- 1995 | Felicidades, Tovarichas Abuelo
- 1995 | On Earth as It Is in Heavenas San Pedro
- 1995 | The Lame Pigeonas Tío
- 1995 |
- 1993 | La Lola se va a los puertosas Don Diego
- 1991 | L'autreas Simm
- 1991 | La taberna fantástica
- 1991 | Manuelas Alvarez
- 1991 | The Man Who Lost His Shadowas Antonio
- 1990 |
The Witches
asPaolo (segment "La Strega Bruciata Viva")
A young boy stumbles onto a witch convention and must stop them, even after he has been turned into a mouse.
- 1989 | Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!as Máximo Espejo
- 1989 | Barrocoas El Hispano
- 1989 | La blanca palomaas Domingo
- 1989 | Torquemadaas Torquemada
- 1988 | Scent of a Crimeas Coronel Olvera
- 1988 | A Time of Destinyas Jorge Larraneta
- 1987 | Divinas palabrasas Pedro Gailo
- 1986 | El disputado voto del Sr. Cayoas Señor Cayo
- 1986 | The Bastard Brother of Godas Rosendo
- 1986 | Tiempo de silencioas Muecas
- 1985 | Los paraísos perdidosas El político anciano
- 1985 | Luces de bohemiaas Max Estrella
- 1985 | Marbella, un golpe de cinco estrellasas Juan
- 1985 | Padre nuestroas Abel
- 1985 | Scapegoatas Comisario Cárdenas
- 1985 | The Witching Houras César
- 1984 | Buñuel
- 1984 | Coarse Saltas Gabino
- 1984 | Epílogoas Rocabruno
- 1984 | Los zancosas Manuel
- 1984 | The Holy Innocentsas Azarías
- 1983 | Truhanesas Ginés Jiménez Valera
- 1983 | Treasure of the Four Crownsas Sócrates
- 1982 | La colmenaas Ricardo Sorbedo
- 1981 | Rebornas Giacomo
- 1980 | El gran secretoas Domingo
- 1980 | Nightmare Cityas Maj. Warren Holmes
- 1980 | Speed Driveras Lucky Esposito
- 1980 | The Rebelas Tony
- 1980 | Under Siegeas William Lombard
- 1979 | Ciao cialtroni!
- 1979 | Sbirro, la tua legge è lenta... la mia... no!as Don Alfonso
- 1978 | Corleoneas Don Giusto Provenzano
- 1978 | Hotel Fearas Marta's Lover
- 1978 | Io sono miaas Padre di Orio
- 1978 | Stay as You Areas Lorenzo
- 1977 | Existió otra humanidad
- 1977 | Sorcereras Nilo
- 1976 | Emilia, parada y fondaas Joaquín
- 1976 | Long Vacations of 36as El Maestro
- 1976 | The Desert of the Tartarsas Il maresciallo Tronk
- 1975 | C.I.A. Secret Storyas Mehdi Ben Barka
- 1975 | Las bodas de Blancaas Antonio
- 1975 | Metralleta 'Stein'as Comisario Emilio Mendoza
- 1975 | The Sinneras 'Turco'
- 1974 | Beyond Eroticaas Tío Juan Manuel
- 1974 | Death Will Have Your Eyesas Il ricattatore
- 1974 | The Devil Is a Womanas Bishop Marquez
- 1974 | Tormentas Agustín Caballero
- 1973 | Counselor at Crimeas Vincent Garofalo
- 1973 | La colonna infameas Giacomo Mora - il barbiere
- 1973 | La guerrillaas El Cabrero
- 1973 | La leyenda del alcalde de Zalameaas Pedro Crespo
- 1973 | La otra imagen
- 1972 | It Can Be Done Amigoas Sheriff Franciscus
- 1972 | Laforet the Soldieras Paco
- 1972 | Laiaas Quelot
- 1972 | Nada menos que todo un hombreas Alejandro Gómez
- 1972 | Pianeta Venereas Party chauffer
- 1971 | Exorcism's Daughteras Fuso
- 1971 | Goya, historia de una soledadas Goya
- 1971 | N.P.as engineer N.P.
- 1971 | The Big Black Sowas Il Medico
- 1970 | Ann and Eveas Francesco
- 1970 | Cutting Headsas Díaz II
- 1969 | Eagles Over Londonas Martin Donovan
- 1969 | Sangre en el ruedoas Juan Carmona
- 1969 | Simón Bolívaras Fen. José Antonio Del Llano
- 1969 | The Challengesas Carlos (segment 1)
- 1968 | Bloody Che Contraas Che Guevara
- 1968 | Después del diluvioas Pedro
- 1968 | Oscuros sueños de agostoas Julio
- 1967 | Long Days of Vengeanceas Sheriff Douglas
- 1967 | The Young Rebelas Rodrigo Cervantes
- 1966 | Camino del Rocíoas José Antonio
- 1965 | Blue Pantheras Paco Castillo
- 1965 | Currito de la Cruzas Manuel Carmona
- 1965 | España insólita
- 1965 | Intimidad de los parquesas Héctor
- 1965 | María Rosaas Marsal
- 1964 | Le gros coupas Michel Arland
- 1964 | Weeping for a Banditas José María 'El Tempranillo'
- 1963 | Autopsy of a Criminalas Carlos
- 1963 | El diablo también lloraas Tomás
- 1963 | Mathias Sandorfas Frédéric de Rotenbourg
- 1963 | Noche de veranoas Bernardo
- 1963 | The Reunionas Alberto
- 1962 | I tromboni di Fra Diavoloas Fra Diavolo
- 1962 | L'Eclisseas Riccardo
- 1962 | The Female: Seventy Times Sevenas Pascual
- 1962 |
- 1961 | Death of a Banditas Vito Ribera - un famoso bandito siciliano
- 1961 | La sedas Cablo Cristóbal Jara
- 1961 | Pigeon Shootas Elia
- 1961 | Red Blossomsas Arturo Gómez Mancera
- 1961 | The Hand in the Trapas Cristóbal Achával
- 1961 | Viridianaas Jorge
- 1960 | At Five in the Afternoonas Juan Reyes
- 1960 | El hombre de la islaas Lorenzo 'El Moro'
- 1960 | Trío de damasas Alberto Sáinz Robledo
- 1959 | Nazarinas Padre Nazario
- 1959 | Sonatasas Marqués Javier de Bradomín
- 1959 | Ten Ready Riflesas José Iribarren
- 1959 | Two Men in Townas Superintendente
- 1958 | Bugles of Fearas Aceituno
- 1958 | Cuenca
- 1958 | L'uomo dai calzoni cortias Mario
- 1958 | La noche y el albaas Pedro
- 1957 | La Gerusalemme liberataas Tancredi d'Altavilla
- 1957 | La grande strada azzurraas Salvatore
- 1957 | Marisaas Antonio
- 1957 | Saranno uominias Giacomo
- 1957 | Whom God Forgivesas Juan Cuenca
- 1956 | La gran mentiraas César Neira
- 1955 | El canto del galloas Padre Daniel Müller
- 1955 | Historias de la radioas Gabriel
- 1955 | La pícara molineraas Cristóbal Paterna - el molinero
- 1955 | Revelationas Sergio Gresky
- 1954 | Judas' Kissas Quinto Licinio
- 1954 | Murió hace quince añosas Diego
- 1954 | ¡¡Todo es posible en Granada!!as Fernando Ortega
- 1953 | I Was a Parish Priestas Martín
- 1953 | There's a Road on the Rightas Miguel
- 1952 | Luna de sangreas Pedro Alvareda
- 1952 | María Morenaas El Sevillano
- 1952 | Path to the Kingdomas Tomás
- 1952 | Perseguidos
- 1951 | Doubtas Rafael Figueroa
- 1950 | La honradez de la cerraduraas Ernesto
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