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- Actor
- Costume Designer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Spanish actor. He started his career in theatre in 1939, when he was only 17, with the support of the director Modesto Higueras and the painter José Caballero. His first works were as actor, set decorator and costume designer in non-commercial amateur theatre plays, basically at the 'Teatro de las Organizaciones Juveniles (TOI)' and at the TEU. In cinema, he started as a costume designer in films mostly directed by José López Rubio and Rafael Gil and as an assistant director to Pío Ballesteros and Enrique Herreros.
His debut as a professional actor was in 1946 at the 'Teatro María Guerrero' theatre in Madrid, playing roles in plays like 'El Anticuario', 'El vergonzoso en palacio' or 'La dama boba'. Later he formed part of the companies owned by Conchita Montes and Alberto Closas. His debut as a cinema actor was also in 1946 with a little role in _María Fernanda la Jerezana (1946)_. In 1951, in the film _Esa pareja feliz (1951)_, he appeared in the credits together with two debutant key directors in Spanish cinema: Juan Antonio Bardem and Luis García Berlanga.
His first roles were comic roles in general, and increasingly important. In 1958 he started to have his first successes ('Una muchachita de Valladolid' in theatre together with 'Elisa Montes' and Alberto Closas, and The Little Apartment (1958) in cinema together with Mary Carrillo and Concha López Silva).
Since that moment on, he acted in the best theatre companies and also became an almost indispensable figure in Spanish cinema in the following two decades. Some of his best films from this stage are El cochecito (1960), Placido (1961), Robbery at 3 O'clock (1962) and The Executioner (1963). He met film-makers like Marco Ferreri, Juan Antonio Bardem, José María Forqué and Luis García Berlanga, who were able to extract from his funniness amazing nuances like tenderness, dirtiness, meanness, absurd and even nonsense. His popularity raised dramatically after he worked together with Gracita Morales in several films of less importance under the direction of Mariano Ozores and also performed the main role in the TV series "Tercero izquierda".
In the early 70s he surprisingly started to do good dramatic performances in films like _Peppermint frappé (1967)_, The Garden of Delights (1970), _Bosque del lobo, El (1970)_ (Best Actor Award in the 1971 Chicago Film Festival), _Mi querida señorita (1971)_ (Best Actor Award in the 1972 Chicago Film Festival), _Cabina, La (1970) (TV)_ (winner of an Emmy Award), or Habla, mudita (1973). He made a great success with these films which even got stronger after the international effects caused by his TV film 'La cabina' and his contribution to George Cukor's Travels with My Aunt (1972). And this success set the rest of his career, full of successful films both dramatic and comic (_Escopeta nacional, La (1978)_, _Verdad sobre el caso Savolta, La (1979)_, La colmena (1982), _Corte del faraón, La (1985)_, Mi general (1987), _Largo invierno, El (1991)_...
In 1985 he received the 'Medalla de Oro de las Bellas Artes' (Arts Gold Medal).- Lou Fillipo was born on 1 December 1925 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Rocky IV (1985), Rocky II (1979) and Rocky (1976). He was married to Pat Filippo. He died on 2 November 2009 in Downey, California, USA.
- Jorge Vargas was born on 25 June 1941 in Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico. He was an actor, known for María Isabel (1997), La traición (1984) and Corazón salvaje (1977). He was married to Mery Gonzalez and Lupita D'Alessio. He died on 2 November 2009 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
- Lonnie Zamora was born on 7 September 1933 in Magdalena, New Mexico, USA. He was married to Mary Baca . He died on 2 November 2009 in Socorro, New Mexico, USA.
- Brian James was born on 5 July 1918 in Maryborough, Victoria, Australia. He was an actor, known for Stormy Petrel (1960), A Cry in the Dark (1988) and Skyways (1979). He died on 2 November 2009 in Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- Actor
- Producer
Pierre Belot was born on 13 March 1919 in Paris, France. He was an actor and producer, known for The Last Metro (1980), Rosa la rose, fille publique (1986) and To Kill a Cop (1981). He died on 2 November 2009 in Dax, Landes, France.- Silvia Morgan was born on 2 October 1923 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. She was an actress, known for Cerca de las estrellas (1962), An Impossible Crime (1954) and La mestiza (1956). She was married to Sergio Newman. She died on 2 November 2009 in Tucson, Arizona, USA.
- Cinematographer
- Director
- Writer
Carsten Diercks was born on 8 August 1921 in Kloster Preetz, Germany. Carsten was a cinematographer and director, known for Pazifisches Tagebuch (1957), Fliegen Sie mit Hannibal! (1956) and Musuri! (1954). Carsten was married to Helga Diercks-Norden. Carsten died on 2 November 2009.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Beverley O'Sullivan was born on 16 January 1981 in Donaghmede, Dublin, Ireland. She was an actress, known for Happy Ever Afters (2009). She died on 2 November 2009 in Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.- Producer
Irène Silberman was a producer, known for Diva (1981), Ave Maria (1984) and À nous les petites Anglaises! (1976). She died on 2 November 2009 in France.- Actress
Brenda Lomas was born on 29 September 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress. She was married to Tom L. Dittman, Gerald W Rogers and Larry J McBride. She died on 2 November 2009 in Costa Mesa, California, USA.- Camera and Electrical Department
Ron Bowey is known for A Family at War (1970), The Liverpool Scene (1969) and World in Action (1963). Ron was married to Joan Knight. Ron died on 2 November 2009.