Francisco Rabal
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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 he...
Known For
Filmography
The Revolution on Two Horses
2002
as Zio Henrique
Zero/infinito
2002
as (voice)
Dagon
2001
as Ezequiel
Just Run!
2001
as Don Vicente
Nights of Constantinople
2001
Lázaro de Tormes
2001
as El Ciego
Speaking of Buñuel
2000
as Self
Moonfish
2000
as Tio Nini
Divertimento
2000
Goya in Bordeaux
1999
as Goya
Talk of Angels
1998
as Don Jorge
Divine
1998
as Papá Basilio
Water Easy Reach
1998
Les paradoxes de Buñuel
1998
as Self
Day and Night
1997
as Cristobal
La novia de medianoche
1997
as Wenceslao Corredoira
Little Bird
1997
as El Abuelo
Little Miracles
1997
as Don Francisco
Airbag
1997
as Villambrosa
Oedipus Mayor
1996
as Tiresias
On Earth as It Is in Heaven
1995
as San Pedro
The Lame Pigeon
1995
as Tío Ricardo
Felicidades, Tovarich
1995
as Abuelo
One Hundred and One Nights
1995
as Luis Buñuel (voice)
La mujer cualquiera
1994
La Lola se va a los puertos
1993
as Don Diego
Truhanes
1993
as Ginés Giménez
The Man Who Lost His Shadow
1992
as Antonio
Ni contigo ni sin ti
1992
Paco, mi padre
1992
La taberna fantástica
1991
as Rogelio
The Other
1991
Imágenes perdidas
1991
as Himself - Narrator
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
1990
as Máximo Espejo
Manuel, le fils emprunté
1990
as Juan Alvarez
Baroque
1989
as El Hispano
The White Dove
1989
as Domingo
Buñuel
1989
as Self
Torquemada
1989
as Torquemada
Juncal
1989
as José Álvarez "Juncal"
Scent of a Crime
1988
as Coronel Olvera
A Time of Destiny
1988
as Jorge Larraneta
Il mistero del panino assassino
1987
as Arno dei conti Vincini
Divine Words
1987
as Pedro Gailo
El disputado voto del señor Cayo
1986
as Señor Cayo
Tiempo de silencio
1986
as Muecas
El hermano bastardo de Dios
1986
Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
1986
as Guaglione
History
1986
as Remo
Bohemian Nights
1985
as Max Estrella
Scapegoat
1985
as Comisario Cárdenas
The Witching Hour
1985
as Cesar
Our Father
1985
as Abel
Marbella
1985
as Juan
The Lost Paradise
1985
as El político anciano
La vieja música
1985
as Domingo Ferreiro
Coarse Salt
1984
as Gabino
Epilogue
1984
as Rocabruno
The Holy Innocents
1984
as Azarías
Victòria! 3: El seny i la rauxa
1984
as Coronel Márquez
The Stilts
1984
as Manuel
Un delitto
1984
as Abbot
Teresa de Jesús
1984
as Alonso
Crooks
1983
as Ginés Jiménez Valera
Treasure of the Four Crowns
1983
as Sócrates
Victòria! La gran aventura d'un poble
1983
as Coronel Márquez
Victòria! 2: La disbauxa del 17
1983
as Coronel Márquez
Salzillo
1983
as Salzillo
Los desastres de la guerra
1983
as Goya
The Beehive
1982
as Ricardo Sorbedo
Reborn
1981
as Giacomo
Vultures Over the City
1981
as Bender
Cervantes
1981
as Mateo Alemán
Under Siege
1980
as William Lombard
The Rebel
1980
as Tony
Speed Driver
1980
as Esposito
El gran secreto
1980
as Domingo
Nightmare City
1980
as Major Warren Holmes
Fortunata and Jacinta
1980
as José Izquierdo
Hunted City
1979
as Don Alfonso
El buscón
1979
as Mata
Ciao Cialtroni!
1979
as Fra' Giovanni
Hotel Fear
1978
as Marta's lover
Corleone
1978
as Don Giusto Provenzano
Stay as You Are
1978
as Lorenzo
Sorcerer
1977
as Nilo
I Am the Law
1977
as Albanese the Outlaw
Io sono mia
1977
as Padre di Orio
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
1977
The Desert of the Tartars
1976
as M.llo Tronk
The Long Vacations of '36
1976
as Teacher
Emilia... parada y fonda
1976
Blanca's Weddings
1975
as Antonio
Fight to the Death
1975
as Comisario Emilio Mendoza
La peccatrice
1975
as Turco
The City of World
1975
as Matteo
C.I.A. Secret Story
1975
as Mehdi Ben Barka
The Dead Man
1975
as Azevedo Bandeira
Eye of the Cat
1975
as Eminenza
Death Will Have Your Eyes
1974
as The Blackmailer
The Tempter
1974
as Bishop Marquez
Tormento
1974
as Agustín Caballero
It's Nothing Mama, Just a Game
1974
as Tío
Dormir Y Ligar: Todo Es Empezar
1974
as Self (uncredited)
Il giovane Garibaldi
1974
as Bento Gonçalvez
The Guerrilla
1973
as El Cabrero (The Shepherd)
The Counsellor
1973
as Vincent Garofalo
La otra imagen
1973
La colonna infame
1973
as Giacomo Mora - il barbiere
La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea
1973
as Pedro Crespo, Alcalde de Zalamea
It Can Be Done Amigo
1972
as Sheriff Franciscus
N.P. - The Secret
1972
as Ingegnere N.P.
Planet Venus
1972
as Party chauffer
Le Soldat Laforêt
1972
as Paco
Nada menos que todo un hombre
1972
as Alejandro Gómez
Exorcism's Daughter
1971
as Fuso
El apartamento de la tentación
1971
as Hombre que se cruza con Julieta (uncredited)
The Big Black Sow
1971
as Il Medico
Goya: A Story of Solitude
1971
as Goya
Ann and Eve
1970
as Francesco
Cutting Heads
1970
as Díaz II
Laia
1970
Diario Spagnolo
1970
as Él mismo
Eagles Over London
1969
as Martin
Blood in the Bullring
1969
as Juan Carmona
Simón Bolívar
1969
as José Antonio Del Llano
The Challenges
1969
as Carlos
Spain Again
1969
as Reportero
Un adulterio decente
1969
as Conserje (uncredited)
Les Anges exterminés
1968
Bloody Che Contra
1968
as Che Guevara
After the Deluge
1968
as Pedro
Christopher Colombus
1968
as Christopher Colombus
Belle de Jour
1967
as Hyppolite
Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
1967
as Rodrigo Cervantes
The Witches
1967
as Paolo (segment "La strega bruciata viva")
The Nun
1967
as Dom Morel
Long Days of Vengeance
1967
as Sheriff Douglas
Oscuros sueños de agosto
1967
as Julio
Hoy como ayer
1966
as Ramón
Camino del Rocío
1966
as José Antonio
Don Juan Tenorio
1966
as Don Juan Tenorio
Legacy of the Incas
1965
as Gambusino
The Blue Panther
1965
as Paco Castillo
Currito de la Cruz
1965
as Manuel Carmona
The Devil Also Cries
1965
as Tomás
España insólita
1965
as (voice)
María Rosa
1965
Intimidad de los parques
1965
as Héctor
Weeping for a Bandit
1964
as José María 'El Tempranillo'
The Big Hit
1964
as Michel Arland
The Other Woman
1964
as Zaylor
The Reunion
1963
as Alberto
Autopsia de un criminal
1963
as Carlos
Summer Night
1963
as Bernardo
Mathias Sandorf
1963
as Frédéric de Rotenbourg
Viridiana
1962
as Jorge
L'Eclisse
1962
as Riccardo
The Female: Seventy Times Seven
1962
as Pascual
I tromboni di Fra' Diavolo
1962
as Fra Diavolo
Pigeon Shoot
1961
as Elia
Azahares rojos
1961
as Arturo Gómez Mancera
The Hand in the Trap
1961
as Cristóbal Archaval
At Five in the Afternoon
1961
as Juan Reyes
Hijo de hombre
1961
El hombre de la isla
1960
as Lorenzo 'El Moro'
Trío de damas
1960
as Alberto Sáinz Robledo
Cavalcata selvaggia
1960
Nazarín
1959
as Father Nazario
Sonatas
1959
as Marqués Javier de Bradomín
Two Men in Town
1959
as Superintendente
Diez fusiles esperan
1959
as José Iribarren
L'uomo dai calzoni corti
1958
as Mario
Cuenca
1958
as Narrator (voice)
La noche y el alba
1958
as Pedro
Revenge
1958
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Los clarines del miedo
1958
as Aceituno
The Wide Blue Road
1957
as Salvatore
Marisa
1957
as Antonio
The Mighty Crusaders
1957
as Tancredi d'Altavilla
Whom God Forgives
1957
as Juan Cuenca
Saranno uomini
1957
as Giacomo
La gran mentira
1956
as César Neira
The Miller's Saucy Wife
1955
as Cristóbal Paterna
Death of a Cyclist
1955
as (uncredited)
Revelation
1955
as Sergio Gresky
Radio Stories
1955
as Gabriel
El canto del gallo
1955
as Padre Miller
Murió hace quince años
1954
as Diego
All Is Possible in Granada
1954
as Fernando Ortega
Judas' Kiss
1954
as Quinto Licinio
I Was a Parish Priest
1953
as Martín
Hay un camino a la derecha
1953
as Miguel
Path to the Kingdom
1952
as Tomás
Luna de sangre
1952
as Pedro Alvareda
María Morena
1952
as El Sevillano
Doubt
1951
as Rafael Figueroa
María Antonia "La Caramba"
1951
Perseguidos
1951
La honradez de la cerradura
1950
as Ernesto
Alhucemas
1948
as Tostado (uncredited)
Don Quixote
1947
as (uncredited)
El crimen de Pepe Conde
1946
La rueda de la vida
1942
as Bronquista de pelea en salón (uncredited)
Land Without Bread
1933
as Narrator (voice)