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Francisco Rabal

Acting
Known For

75 Years Old

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Francisco Rabal (March 8, 1926 – August 29, 2001), perhaps better known as Paco Rabal, was a Spanish actor born in Águilas, a small town in the province of Murcia, Spain. In 1936, after the Spanish Civil War broke out. Rabal and his family left Murcia and moved to Madrid. Young Francisco had to work as a street salesboy and in a chocolate factory. When he was 13 years old, he left school to work as an electrician at Estudios Chamartín. Rabal got some sporadic jobs as an extra. Dámaso Alonso and other people advised him to try his luck with a career in theater. During the following years, he got some roles in theater companies such as Lope de Vega or María Guerrero. It was there that he met actress Asunción Balaguer; they married and remained together for the rest of Rabal's life. Their daughter, Teresa Rabal, is also an actor. In 1947, Rabal got some regular jobs in theater. He used his full name, Francisco Rabal, as stage name. However, the people who knew him always called him Paco Rabal. (Paco is the familiar form for Francisco.) "Paco Rabal" became his unofficial stage name. During the 1940s, Rabal began acting in movies as an extra, but it was not until 1950 that he was first cast in speaking roles, and played romantic leads and rogues. He starred in three films directed by Luis Buñuel - Nazarín (1959), Viridiana (1961) and Belle de jour (1967). William Friedkin thought of Rabal for the French villain of his 1971 movie The French Connection. However, he could not remember the name of "that Spanish actor". Mistakenly, his staff hired another Spanish actor, Fernando Rey. Friedkin discovered that Rabal did not speak English or French, so he decided to keep Rey. Rabal has previously worked with Rey in Viridiana. Rabal did, however, work with Friedkin in the much less successful but Academy Award-nominated cult classic Sorcerer (1977), a remake of The Wages of Fear (1953). Throughout his career, Rabal worked in France, Italy and Mexico with directors such as Gillo Pontecorvo, Michelangelo Antonioni, Luchino Visconti, Valerio Zurlini, Jacques Rivette and Alberto Lattuada. It is widely considered that Rabal's best performances came after Francisco Franco's death on 1975. In the 1980s, Rabal starred in Los santos inocentes, winning the Award as Best Actor in Cannes Film Festival, in El Disputado Voto del Señor Cayo and also in the TV series Juncal. In 1989, he was a member of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival. In the 1999 he played the character of Francisco Goya in Carlos Saura Goya en Burdeos, winning a Goya Award as Best Actor. Francisco Rabal is the only Spanish actor to have received a honoris causa doctoral degree from the University of Murcia. Rabal's final movie was Dagon, a film which was dedicated to him right before the credits. The dedication read "Dedicated to Francisco Rabal, a wonderful actor and even better human being." Rabal died in 2001 from compensatory dilating emphysema, while on an airplane travelling to Bordeaux, when he was coming back from receiving an Award at Montreal Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Francisco Rabal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

Águilas, Murcia, Región de Murcia, Spain on 8th March 1926

Died

29th August 2001

All Credits

Truhanes Image
Truhanes
Ginés Giménez
Teresa de Jesús Image
Teresa de Jesús
Alonso
Fortunata and Jacinta Image
Fortunata and Jacinta
José Izquierdo
Il giovane Garibaldi Image
Il giovane Garibaldi
Bento Gonçalvez
Juncal Image
Juncal
José Álvarez "Juncal"
Sorcerer Image
Sorcerer
Nilo
Belle de Jour Image
Belle de Jour
Hyppolite
Los desastres de la guerra Image
Los desastres de la guerra
Goya
Cervantes Image
Cervantes
Mateo Alemán
Dagon Image
Dagon
Ezequiel
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! Image
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Máximo Espejo
One Hundred and One Nights Image
One Hundred and One Nights
Luis Buñuel (voice)
L'Eclisse Image
L'Eclisse
Riccardo
Stay as You Are Image
Stay as You Are
Lorenzo
Little Bird Image
Little Bird
El Abuelo
Viridiana Image
Viridiana
Jorge
It Can Be Done Amigo Image
It Can Be Done Amigo
Sheriff
Nightmare City Image
Nightmare City
Major Warren Holmes
Eagles Over London Image
Eagles Over London
Martin
The Desert of the Tartars Image
The Desert of the Tartars
M.llo Tronk
The Witches Image
The Witches
Paolo (segment "La strega bruciata viva")
Nazarin Image
Nazarin
Father Nazario
Talk of Angels Image
Talk of Angels
Don Jorge
It's Nothing Mama, Just a Game Image
It's Nothing Mama, Just a Game
Tío
The Blue Panther Image
The Blue Panther
Paco Castillo
Airbag Image
Airbag
Villambrosa
Goya in Bordeaux Image
Goya in Bordeaux
Goya
The Holy Innocents Image
The Holy Innocents
Azarías
Reborn Image
Reborn
Giacomo
Day and Night Image
Day and Night
Cristobal
The Nun Image
The Nun
Dom Morel
I Am the Law Image
I Am the Law
Albanese the Outlaw
No Image
Imágenes perdidas
Himself - Narrator
Hotel Fear Image
Hotel Fear
Marta's lover
The Lame Pigeon Image
The Lame Pigeon
Tío Ricardo
María Rosa Image
María Rosa
Death of a Cyclist Image
Death of a Cyclist
(uncredited)
Counselor at Crime Image
Counselor at Crime
Vincent Garofalo
Under Siege Image
Under Siege
William Lombard
Hunted City Image
Hunted City
Don Alfonso
Long Days of Vengeance Image
Long Days of Vengeance
Sheriff Douglas
The Beehive Image
The Beehive
Ricardo Sorbedo
Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes Image
Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
Rodrigo Cervantes
Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime) Image
Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
Guaglione
Just Run! Image
Just Run!
Don Vicente
Legacy of the Incas Image
Legacy of the Incas
Gambusino
On Earth as It Is in Heaven Image
On Earth as It Is in Heaven
San Pedro
Treasure of the Four Crowns Image
Treasure of the Four Crowns
Sócrates
Oscuros sueños de agosto Image
Oscuros sueños de agosto
Julio
Revelation Image
Revelation
Sergio Gresky
Bloody Che Contra Image
Bloody Che Contra
Che Guevara
A Time of Destiny Image
A Time of Destiny
Jorge Larraneta
La colonna infame Image
La colonna infame
Giacomo Mora - il barbiere
Bohemian Nights Image
Bohemian Nights
Max Estrella
Radio Stories Image
Radio Stories
Gabriel
Don Quixote Image
Don Quixote
(uncredited)
Death Will Have Your Eyes Image
Death Will Have Your Eyes
The Blackmailer
I Was a Parish Priest Image
I Was a Parish Priest
Martín
Un adulterio decente Image
Un adulterio decente
Conserje (uncredited)
The Guerrilla Image
The Guerrilla
El Cabrero (The Shepherd)
The Mighty Crusaders Image
The Mighty Crusaders
Tancredi d'Altavilla
El crimen de Pepe Conde Image
El crimen de Pepe Conde
Corleone Image
Corleone
Don Giusto Provenzano
Mathias Sandorf Image
Mathias Sandorf
Frédéric de Rotenbourg
El hombre de la isla Image
El hombre de la isla
Lorenzo 'El Moro'
Marisa Image
Marisa
Antonio
Tiempo de silencio Image
Tiempo de silencio
Muecas
Divine Image
Divine
Papá Basilio
History Image
History
Remo
Ann and Eve Image
Ann and Eve
Francesco
Weeping for a Bandit Image
Weeping for a Bandit
José María 'El Tempranillo'
Les Anges exterminés Image
Les Anges exterminés
Exorcism's Daughter Image
Exorcism's Daughter
Fuso
Divine Words Image
Divine Words
Pedro Gailo
Pigeon Shoot Image
Pigeon Shoot
Elia
The Long Vacations of '36 Image
The Long Vacations of '36
Teacher
Oedipus Mayor Image
Oedipus Mayor
Tiresias
Vultures Over the City Image
Vultures Over the City
Bender
Speaking of Buñuel Image
Speaking of Buñuel
Self
Peixe-Lua Image
Peixe-Lua
Tio Nini
El apartamento de la tentación Image
El apartamento de la tentación
Hombre que se cruza con Julieta (uncredited)
La gran mentira Image
La gran mentira
César Neira
The White Dove Image
The White Dove
Domingo
Camino del Rocío Image
Camino del Rocío
José Antonio
Io sono mia Image
Io sono mia
Padre di Orio
Sonatas Image
Sonatas
Marqués Javier de Bradomín
Los zancos Image
Los zancos
Manuel
Scent of a Crime Image
Scent of a Crime
Coronel Olvera
The Wide Blue Road Image
The Wide Blue Road
Salvatore
C.I.A. Secret Story Image
C.I.A. Secret Story
Mehdi Ben Barka
El canto del gallo Image
El canto del gallo
Padre Miller
After the Deluge Image
After the Deluge
Pedro
Eye of the Cat Image
Eye of the Cat
Eminenza
The Devil Also Cries Image
The Devil Also Cries
Tomás
Trío de damas Image
Trío de damas
Alberto Sáinz Robledo
Simon Bolivar Image
Simon Bolivar
José Antonio Del Llano
Summer Night Image
Summer Night
Bernardo
Epilogue Image
Epilogue
Rocabruno
Blood in the Bullring Image
Blood in the Bullring
Juan Carmona
The Rebel Image
The Rebel
Tony
The Miller's Saucy Wife Image
The Miller's Saucy Wife
Cristóbal Paterna
The Big Hit Image
The Big Hit
Michel Arland
La novia de medianoche Image
La novia de medianoche
Wenceslao Corredoira
All Is Possible in Granada Image
All Is Possible in Granada
Fernando Ortega
Judas' Kiss Image
Judas' Kiss
Quinto Licinio
Nada menos que todo un hombre Image
Nada menos que todo un hombre
Alejandro Gómez
No Image
Don Juan Tenorio
Don Juan Tenorio
Azahares rojos Image
Azahares rojos
Arturo Gómez Mancera
Victòria! 3: El seny i la rauxa Image
Victòria! 3: El seny i la rauxa
Coronel Márquez
N.P. - The Secret Image
N.P. - The Secret
Ingegnere N.P.
La rueda de la vida Image
La rueda de la vida
Bronquista de pelea en salón (uncredited)
Little Miracles Image
Little Miracles
Don Francisco
Scapegoat Image
Scapegoat
Comisario Cárdenas
Il mistero del panino assassino Image
Il mistero del panino assassino
Arno dei conti Vincini
Hijo de hombre Image
Hijo de hombre
Revenge Image
Revenge
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
La Lola se va a los puertos Image
La Lola se va a los puertos
Don Diego
Water Easy Reach Image
Water Easy Reach
Felicidades, Tovarich Image
Felicidades, Tovarich
Abuelo
The Female: Seventy Times Seven Image
The Female: Seventy Times Seven
Pascual
Emilia... parada y fonda Image
Emilia... parada y fonda
The Revolution on Two Horses Image
The Revolution on Two Horses
Zio Henrique
The Hand in the Trap Image
The Hand in the Trap
Cristóbal Archaval
Diez fusiles esperan Image
Diez fusiles esperan
José Iribarren
The Witching Hour Image
The Witching Hour
Cesar
Baroque Image
Baroque
El Hispano
Dormir Y Ligar: Todo Es Empezar Image
Dormir Y Ligar: Todo Es Empezar
Self (uncredited)
La vieja música Image
La vieja música
Domingo Ferreiro
Torquemada Image
Torquemada
Torquemada
The Tempter Image
The Tempter
Bishop Marquez
Lázaro de Tormes Image
Lázaro de Tormes
El Ciego
Fight to the Death Image
Fight to the Death
Comisario Emilio Mendoza
Whom God Forgives Image
Whom God Forgives
Juan Cuenca
The Other Woman Image
The Other Woman
Zaylor
Coarse Salt Image
Coarse Salt
Gabino
Sor Intrépida Image
Sor Intrépida
Tomás
I tromboni di Fra' Diavolo Image
I tromboni di Fra' Diavolo
Fra Diavolo
The Big Black Sow Image
The Big Black Sow
Il Medico
The Reunion Image
The Reunion
Alberto
Spain Again Image
Spain Again
Reportero
Hoy como ayer Image
Hoy como ayer
Ramón
Tormento Image
Tormento
Agustín Caballero
Victòria! La gran aventura d'un poble Image
Victòria! La gran aventura d'un poble
Coronel Márquez
Marbella Image
Marbella
Juan
The Lost Paradise Image
The Lost Paradise
El político anciano
Luna de sangre Image
Luna de sangre
Pedro Alvareda
La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea Image
La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea
Pedro Crespo, Alcalde de Zalamea
Autopsia de un criminal Image
Autopsia de un criminal
Carlos
Victòria! 2: La disbauxa del 17 Image
Victòria! 2: La disbauxa del 17
Coronel Márquez
Cutting Heads Image
Cutting Heads
Díaz II
Our Father Image
Our Father
Abel
L'uomo dai calzoni corti Image
L'uomo dai calzoni corti
Mario
El buscón Image
El buscón
Mata
The Challenges Image
The Challenges
Carlos
At Five in the Afternoon Image
At Five in the Afternoon
Juan Reyes
Speed Driver Image
Speed Driver
Esposito
The Man Who Lost His Shadow Image
The Man Who Lost His Shadow
Antonio
Saranno uomini Image
Saranno uomini
Giacomo
María Morena Image
María Morena
El Sevillano
La otra imagen Image
La otra imagen
Buñuel Image
Buñuel
Self
Alhucemas Image
Alhucemas
Tostado (uncredited)
Ciao Cialtroni! Image
Ciao Cialtroni!
Fra' Giovanni
La peccatrice Image
La peccatrice
Turco
Crooks Image
Crooks
Ginés Jiménez Valera
La taberna fantástica Image
La taberna fantástica
Rogelio
El hermano bastardo de Dios Image
El hermano bastardo de Dios
Planet Venus Image
Planet Venus
Party chauffer
Currito de la Cruz Image
Currito de la Cruz
Manuel Carmona
Hay un camino a la derecha Image
Hay un camino a la derecha
Miguel
Intimidad de los parques Image
Intimidad de los parques
Héctor
La honradez de la cerradura Image
La honradez de la cerradura
Ernesto
The Dead Man Image
The Dead Man
Azevedo Bandeira
El gran secreto Image
El gran secreto
Domingo
María Antonia "La Caramba" Image
María Antonia "La Caramba"
La mujer cualquiera Image
La mujer cualquiera
Perseguidos Image
Perseguidos
Futuro Imperfecto Image
Futuro Imperfecto
España insólita Image
España insólita
(voice)
Cavalcata selvaggia Image
Cavalcata selvaggia
El disputado voto del señor Cayo Image
El disputado voto del señor Cayo
Señor Cayo
Blanca's Weddings Image
Blanca's Weddings
Antonio
Murió hace quince años Image
Murió hace quince años
Diego
No Image
Salzillo
Salzillo
Cuenca Image
Cuenca
Narrator (voice)
Divertimento Image
Divertimento
No Image
Un delitto
No Image
The City of World
Matteo
Goya: A Story of Solitude Image
Goya: A Story of Solitude
Goya
Diario Spagnolo Image
Diario Spagnolo
Él mismo
Le soldat Laforêt Image
Le soldat Laforêt
Paco
The Other Image
The Other
Doubt Image
Doubt
Rafael Figueroa
Zero/infinito Image
Zero/infinito
(voice)
Manuel, le fils emprunté Image
Manuel, le fils emprunté
Juan Alvarez
La noche y el alba Image
La noche y el alba
Pedro
No Image
Laia
Two Men in Town Image
Two Men in Town
Superintendente
Nights of Constantinople Image
Nights of Constantinople
No Image
Ni contigo ni sin ti