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Francisco Rabal

Francisco Rabal

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1926-03-08

Birth Place

Águilas, Murcia, Región de Murcia, Spain

Movies and TV shows :

A Time of Destiny

A Time of Destiny

1988

4.8

Movie
After the Deluge

After the Deluge

1968

5.8

Movie
Airbag

Airbag

1997

6.5

Movie
Alhucemas

Alhucemas

1948

0.0

Movie
All Is Possible in Granada

All Is Possible in Granada

1954

5.0

Movie
Ann and Eve

Ann and Eve

1970

4.0

Movie
At Five in the Afternoon

At Five in the Afternoon

1961

5.0

Movie
Autopsia de un criminal

Autopsia de un criminal

1963

5.0

Movie
Azahares rojos

Azahares rojos

1961

5.0

Movie
Baroque

Baroque

1989

5.6

Movie
Belle de Jour

Belle de Jour

1967

7.4

Movie
Blanca's Weddings

Blanca's Weddings

1975

5.0

Movie
Blood in the Bullring

Blood in the Bullring

1969

5.0

Movie
Bloody Che Contra

Bloody Che Contra

1968

7.9

Movie
Bohemian Nights

Bohemian Nights

1985

5.7

Movie
Buñuel

Buñuel

1989

0.0

Movie
C.I.A. Secret Story

C.I.A. Secret Story

1975

5.8

Movie
Camino del Rocío

Camino del Rocío

1966

5.4

Movie
Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)

Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)

1986

5.9

Movie
Cavalcata selvaggia

Cavalcata selvaggia

1960

0.0

Movie
Cervantes

Cervantes

1967

7.5

Movie
poster

Cervantes

1981

6.5

TV
Coarse Salt

Coarse Salt

1984

5.0

Movie
Corleone

Corleone

1978

7.4

Movie
Counselor at Crime

Counselor at Crime

1973

5.6

Movie
Crooks

Crooks

1983

5.4

Movie
Cuenca

Cuenca

1958

6.5

Movie
Currito de la Cruz

Currito de la Cruz

1965

5.0

Movie
Cutting Heads

Cutting Heads

1970

4.3

Movie
Dagon

Dagon

2001

6.1

Movie
Day and Night

Day and Night

1997

2.2

Movie
Death of a Cyclist

Death of a Cyclist

1955

7.1

Movie
Death Will Have Your Eyes

Death Will Have Your Eyes

1974

3.8

Movie
Diario Spagnolo

Diario Spagnolo

1970

0.0

Movie
Diez fusiles esperan

Diez fusiles esperan

1959

5.0

Movie
Divertimento

Divertimento

2000

10.0

Movie
Divine

Divine

1998

4.9

Movie
Divine Words

Divine Words

1987

5.4

Movie
Don Juan Tenorio

Don Juan Tenorio

1966

0.0

Movie
Don Quixote

Don Quixote

1947

5.5

Movie
Dormir Y Ligar: Todo Es Empezar

Dormir Y Ligar: Todo Es Empezar

1974

5.8

Movie
Doubt

Doubt

1951

0.0

Movie
Eagles Over London

Eagles Over London

1969

6.3

Movie
El apartamento de la tentación

El apartamento de la tentación

1971

5.0

Movie
El buscón

El buscón

1979

5.0

Movie
El canto del gallo

El canto del gallo

1955

5.0

Movie
El crimen de Pepe Conde

El crimen de Pepe Conde

1946

4.0

Movie
El disputado voto del señor Cayo

El disputado voto del señor Cayo

1986

5.3

Movie
El gran secreto

El gran secreto

1980

0.0

Movie
El hermano bastardo de Dios

El hermano bastardo de Dios

1986

5.0

Movie
El hombre de la isla

El hombre de la isla

1960

5.5

Movie
Emilia... parada y fonda

Emilia... parada y fonda

1976

4.3

Movie
Epilogue

Epilogue

1984

4.2

Movie
España insólita

España insólita

1965

6.0

Movie
Exorcism's Daughter

Exorcism's Daughter

1971

4.6

Movie
Eye of the Cat

Eye of the Cat

1975

4.5

Movie
Felicidades, Tovarich

Felicidades, Tovarich

1995

0.0

Movie
Fight to the Death

Fight to the Death

1975

3.5

Movie
poster

Fortunata and Jacinta

1980

5.8

TV
Futuro Imperfecto

Futuro Imperfecto

1985

0.0

Movie
Goya in Bordeaux

Goya in Bordeaux

1999

6.2

Movie
Goya, a Story of Solitude

Goya, a Story of Solitude

1971

7.3

Movie
Hay un camino a la derecha

Hay un camino a la derecha

1953

5.8

Movie
Hijo de hombre

Hijo de hombre

1961

6.0

Movie
History

History

1986

6.9

Movie
Hotel Fear

Hotel Fear

1978

5.7

Movie
Hoy como ayer

Hoy como ayer

1966

0.0

Movie
Hunted City

Hunted City

1979

5.4

Movie
I Am the Law

I Am the Law

1977

6.8

Movie
I tromboni di Fra' Diavolo

I tromboni di Fra' Diavolo

1962

5.8

Movie
I Was a Parish Priest

I Was a Parish Priest

1953

7.0

Movie
poster

Il giovane Garibaldi

1974

0.0

TV
Il mistero del panino assassino

Il mistero del panino assassino

1987

0.0

Movie
poster

Imágenes perdidas

1991

0.0

TV
Intimidad de los parques

Intimidad de los parques

1965

4.8

Movie
Io sono mia

Io sono mia

1977

4.9

Movie
It Can Be Done Amigo

It Can Be Done Amigo

1972

5.7

Movie
It's Nothing Mama, Just a Game

It's Nothing Mama, Just a Game

1974

4.4

Movie
Judas' Kiss

Judas' Kiss

1954

10.0

Movie
poster

Juncal

1989

6.0

TV
Just Run!

Just Run!

2001

0.0

Movie
L'Eclisse

L'Eclisse

1962

7.7

Movie
L'uomo dai calzoni corti

L'uomo dai calzoni corti

1958

5.0

Movie
La colonna infame

La colonna infame

1973

6.0

Movie
La gran mentira

La gran mentira

1956

6.0

Movie
La honradez de la cerradura

La honradez de la cerradura

1950

6.4

Movie
La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea

La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea

1973

8.0

Movie
La Lola se va a los puertos

La Lola se va a los puertos

1993

4.9

Movie
La mujer cualquiera

La mujer cualquiera

1994

0.0

Movie
La noche y el alba

La noche y el alba

1958

5.6

Movie
La novia de medianoche

La novia de medianoche

1997

0.0

Movie
La otra imagen

La otra imagen

1973

0.0

Movie
La peccatrice

La peccatrice

1975

3.0

Movie
La rueda de la vida

La rueda de la vida

1942

6.0

Movie
La taberna fantástica

La taberna fantástica

1991

0.0

Movie
La vieja música

La vieja música

1985

5.0

Movie
Laia

Laia

1970

0.0

Movie
Land Without Bread

Land Without Bread

1933

7.0

Movie
Lázaro de Tormes

Lázaro de Tormes

2001

5.2

Movie
Le soldat Laforêt

Le soldat Laforêt

1972

7.0

Movie
Legacy of the Incas

Legacy of the Incas

1965

5.8

Movie
Les Anges exterminés

Les Anges exterminés

1968

0.0

Movie
Little Bird

Little Bird

1997

6.1

Movie
Little Miracles

Little Miracles

1997

5.5

Movie
Long Days of Vengeance

Long Days of Vengeance

1967

5.8

Movie
poster

Los Desastres de la Guerra

1983

0.0

TV
Los zancos

Los zancos

1984

6.7

Movie
Luna de sangre

Luna de sangre

1952

4.3

Movie
Manuel, le fils emprunté

Manuel, le fils emprunté

1990

6.3

Movie
Marbella

Marbella

1985

4.3

Movie
María Antonia "La Caramba"

María Antonia "La Caramba"

1951

0.0

Movie
María Morena

María Morena

1952

0.0

Movie
María Rosa

María Rosa

1965

7.2

Movie
Marisa

Marisa

1957

5.5

Movie
Mathias Sandorf

Mathias Sandorf

1963

6.0

Movie
Murió hace quince años

Murió hace quince años

1954

4.4

Movie
N.P.

N.P.

1972

6.5

Movie
Nada menos que todo un hombre

Nada menos que todo un hombre

1972

6.0

Movie
Nazarin

Nazarin

1959

7.7

Movie
Ni contigo ni sin ti

Ni contigo ni sin ti

1992

0.0

Movie
Nightmare City

Nightmare City

1980

5.7

Movie
Nights of Constantinople

Nights of Constantinople

2001

1.0

Movie
Oedipus Mayor

Oedipus Mayor

1996

5.2

Movie
On Earth as It Is in Heaven

On Earth as It Is in Heaven

1995

5.3

Movie
One Hundred and One Nights

One Hundred and One Nights

1995

6.2

Movie
Oscuros sueños de agosto

Oscuros sueños de agosto

1967

4.9

Movie
Our Father

Our Father

1985

4.6

Movie
Peixe-Lua

Peixe-Lua

2000

5.0

Movie
Perseguidos

Perseguidos

1951

0.0

Movie
Pigeon Shoot

Pigeon Shoot

1961

7.2

Movie
Planet Venus

Planet Venus

1972

0.0

Movie
Radio Stories

Radio Stories

1955

7.3

Movie
Reborn

Reborn

1981

4.4

Movie
Revelation

Revelation

1955

7.0

Movie
Revenge

Revenge

1958

5.8

Movie
Salzillo

Salzillo

1983

0.0

Movie
Saranno uomini

Saranno uomini

1957

5.0

Movie
Scapegoat

Scapegoat

1985

0.0

Movie
Scent of a Crime

Scent of a Crime

1988

4.3

Movie
Simon Bolivar

Simon Bolivar

1969

5.5

Movie
Sonatas

Sonatas

1959

4.6

Movie
Sor Intrépida

Sor Intrépida

1952

0.0

Movie
Sorcerer

Sorcerer

1977

7.4

Movie
Spain Again

Spain Again

1969

5.8

Movie
Speaking of Buñuel

Speaking of Buñuel

2000

5.9

Movie
Speed Driver

Speed Driver

1980

4.8

Movie
Stay As You Are

Stay As You Are

1978

5.8

Movie
Summer Night

Summer Night

1963

5.9

Movie
Talk of Angels

Talk of Angels

1998

5.8

Movie
poster

Teresa de Jesús

1984

5.4

TV
The Beehive

The Beehive

1982

6.5

Movie
The Big Black Sow

The Big Black Sow

1971

0.0

Movie
The Big Hit

The Big Hit

1964

6.4

Movie
The Blue Panther

The Blue Panther

1965

4.8

Movie
The Challenges

The Challenges

1969

5.2

Movie
The City of World

The City of World

1975

0.0

Movie
The Dead Man

The Dead Man

1975

5.0

Movie
The Desert of the Tartars

The Desert of the Tartars

1976

6.8

Movie
The Devil Also Cries

The Devil Also Cries

1965

5.8

Movie
The Female: Seventy Times Seven

The Female: Seventy Times Seven

1962

5.9

Movie
The Guerrilla

The Guerrilla

1973

2.0

Movie
The Hand in the Trap

The Hand in the Trap

1961

6.4

Movie
The Holy Innocents

The Holy Innocents

1984

7.8

Movie
The Lame Pigeon

The Lame Pigeon

1995

5.0

Movie
The Long Vacations of '36

The Long Vacations of '36

1976

6.0

Movie
The Lost Paradise

The Lost Paradise

1985

6.2

Movie
The Man Who Lost His Shadow

The Man Who Lost His Shadow

1992

5.2

Movie
The Mighty Crusaders

The Mighty Crusaders

1957

5.0

Movie
The Miller's Saucy Wife

The Miller's Saucy Wife

1955

5.0

Movie
The Nun

The Nun

1966

7.2

Movie
The Other Woman

The Other Woman

1964

0.0

Movie
The Rebel

The Rebel

1980

4.5

Movie
The Reunion

The Reunion

1963

5.9

Movie
The Revolution on Two Horses

The Revolution on Two Horses

2002

4.8

Movie
The Tempter

The Tempter

1974

5.4

Movie
The White Dove

The White Dove

1989

6.0

Movie
The Wide Blue Road

The Wide Blue Road

1957

6.0

Movie
The Witches

The Witches

1967

6.1

Movie
The Witching Hour

The Witching Hour

1985

4.4

Movie
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

1990

6.9

Movie
Tiempo de silencio

Tiempo de silencio

1986

5.0

Movie
Tormento

Tormento

1974

4.8

Movie
Torquemada

Torquemada

1989

8.0

Movie
Treasure of the Four Crowns

Treasure of the Four Crowns

1983

4.0

Movie
Trío de damas

Trío de damas

1960

4.7

Movie
poster

Truhanes

1993

4.0

TV
Two Men in Town

Two Men in Town

1959

0.0

Movie
Un adulterio decente

Un adulterio decente

1969

1.5

Movie
Under Siege

Under Siege

1980

4.8

Movie
Victòria! 2: La disbauxa del 17

Victòria! 2: La disbauxa del 17

1983

2.0

Movie
Victòria! 3: El seny i la rauxa

Victòria! 3: El seny i la rauxa

1984

0.0

Movie
Victòria! La gran aventura d'un poble

Victòria! La gran aventura d'un poble

1983

0.0

Movie
Viridiana

Viridiana

1962

7.6

Movie
Vultures Over the City

Vultures Over the City

1980

5.4

Movie
Water Easy Reach

Water Easy Reach

1998

6.4

Movie
Weeping for a Bandit

Weeping for a Bandit

1964

5.1

Movie
Whom God Forgives

Whom God Forgives

1957

4.8

Movie
Zero/infinito

Zero/infinito

2002

0.0

Movie