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.
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Águilas, Murcia, Región de Murcia, Spain
    Birthday
    March 1926
Belle de Jour
Belle de Jour
7.366
Cervantes
Cervantes
7.5
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
6.9
Under Siege
Under Siege
4.8
Dagon
Dagon
6.1
Viridiana
Viridiana
7.6
Death Will Have Your Eyes
Death Will Have Your Eyes
3.8
L'Eclisse
L'Eclisse
7.734
Eagles Over London
Eagles Over London
6.286
Nazarin
Nazarin
7.7
On Earth as It Is in Heaven
On Earth as It Is in Heaven
5.3
The Witches
The Witches
6.1
The Nun
The Nun
7.2
Les Anges exterminés
0
The Man Who Lost His Shadow
The Man Who Lost His Shadow
5.2
Ann and Eve
Ann and Eve
4
Sorcerer
Sorcerer
7.4
It Can Be Done Amigo
It Can Be Done Amigo
5.652
The Desert of the Tartars
The Desert of the Tartars
6.8
La Lola se va a los puertos
La Lola se va a los puertos
4.9
Day and Night
Day and Night
2.2
Legacy of the Incas
Legacy of the Incas
5.8
The Blue Panther
The Blue Panther
4.842
Talk of Angels
Talk of Angels
5.8
Hoy como ayer
Hoy como ayer
0
La gran mentira
La gran mentira
6
Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
5.9
La honradez de la cerradura
La honradez de la cerradura
6.4
Long Days of Vengeance
Long Days of Vengeance
5.8
I Was a Parish Priest
I Was a Parish Priest
7
Hotel Fear
Hotel Fear
5.7
Camino del Rocío
Camino del Rocío
5.4
Currito de la Cruz
Currito de la Cruz
5
La novia de medianoche
La novia de medianoche
0
El disputado voto del señor Cayo
El disputado voto del señor Cayo
5.3
El hombre de la isla
El hombre de la isla
5.5
Murió hace quince años
Murió hace quince años
4.4
The Female: Seventy Times Seven
The Female: Seventy Times Seven
5.9
Blood in the Bullring
Blood in the Bullring
5
The Miller's Saucy Wife
The Miller's Saucy Wife
5
Scent of a Crime
Scent of a Crime
4.3
Trío de damas
Trío de damas
4.7
The Rebel
The Rebel
4.5
Hunted City
Hunted City
5.4
Hay un camino a la derecha
Hay un camino a la derecha
5.8
Exorcism's Daughter
Exorcism's Daughter
4.6
Tiempo de silencio
Tiempo de silencio
5
Little Bird
Little Bird
6.1
The Wide Blue Road
The Wide Blue Road
6
Sonatas
Sonatas
4.6
Coarse Salt
Coarse Salt
5
Reborn
Reborn
4.4
The Reunion
The Reunion
5.9
All Is Possible in Granada
All Is Possible in Granada
5
Speaking of Buñuel
Speaking of Buñuel
5.9
Judas' Kiss
Judas' Kiss
10
Bohemian Nights
Bohemian Nights
5.7
Crooks
Crooks
5.4
Two Men in Town
Two Men in Town
0
I tromboni di Fra' Diavolo
I tromboni di Fra' Diavolo
5.75
Corleone
Corleone
7.4
The Devil Also Cries
The Devil Also Cries
5.8
Marisa
Marisa
5.5
Goya in Bordeaux
Goya in Bordeaux
6.2
The Long Vacations of '36
The Long Vacations of '36
6
Simon Bolivar
Simon Bolivar
5.5
Cutting Heads
Cutting Heads
4.3
The Guerrilla
The Guerrilla
2
Scapegoat
Scapegoat
0
The Witching Hour
The Witching Hour
4.4
Peixe-Lua
Peixe-Lua
5
The Tempter
The Tempter
5.4
Little Miracles
Little Miracles
5.5
Autopsia de un criminal
Autopsia de un criminal
5
A Time of Destiny
A Time of Destiny
4.8
Laia
0
Speed Driver
Speed Driver
4.8
The Challenges
The Challenges
5.2
Epilogue
Epilogue
4.2
Blanca's Weddings
Blanca's Weddings
5
Our Father
Our Father
4.6
Treasure of the Four Crowns
Treasure of the Four Crowns
4
Airbag
Airbag
6.5
Summer Night
Summer Night
5.9
Fight to the Death
Fight to the Death
3.5
The Mighty Crusaders
The Mighty Crusaders
5
Counselor at Crime
Counselor at Crime
5.6
Tormento
Tormento
4.8
Whom God Forgives
Whom God Forgives
4.8
La peccatrice
La peccatrice
3
Weeping for a Bandit
Weeping for a Bandit
5.1
Pigeon Shoot
Pigeon Shoot
7.2
Bloody Che Contra
Bloody Che Contra
7.9
N.P.
N.P.
6.5
Stay As You Are
Stay As You Are
5.8
History
History
6.9
Baroque
Baroque
5.6
Marbella
Marbella
4.3
The Lame Pigeon
The Lame Pigeon
5
The Lost Paradise
The Lost Paradise
6.2
Ni contigo ni sin ti
0
The Beehive
The Beehive
6.477
Sor Intrépida
Sor Intrépida
0
España insólita
España insólita
6
Just Run!
Just Run!
0
Nights of Constantinople
Nights of Constantinople
1
Divertimento
Divertimento
10
Il mistero del panino assassino
Il mistero del panino assassino
0
Mathias Sandorf
Mathias Sandorf
6
I Am the Law
I Am the Law
6.8
La otra imagen
La otra imagen
0
Planet Venus
0
The Big Hit
The Big Hit
6.4
Oscuros sueños de agosto
Oscuros sueños de agosto
4.9
The City of World
0
Azahares rojos
Azahares rojos
5
María Rosa
María Rosa
7.2
Io sono mia
Io sono mia
4.9
Death of a Cyclist
Death of a Cyclist
7.15
El hermano bastardo de Dios
El hermano bastardo de Dios
5
The Holy Innocents
The Holy Innocents
7.774
C.I.A. Secret Story
C.I.A. Secret Story
5.8
Emilia... parada y fonda
Emilia... parada y fonda
4.3
Diario Spagnolo
Diario Spagnolo
0
Divine Words
Divine Words
5.4
The Hand in the Trap
The Hand in the Trap
6.4
It's Nothing Mama, Just a Game
It's Nothing Mama, Just a Game
4.4
Vultures Over the City
Vultures Over the City
5.4
Dormir Y Ligar: Todo Es Empezar
Dormir Y Ligar: Todo Es Empezar
5.8
Divine
Divine
4.9
L'uomo dai calzoni corti
L'uomo dai calzoni corti
5
Diez fusiles esperan
Diez fusiles esperan
5
Le soldat Laforêt
Le soldat Laforêt
7
Cuenca
Cuenca
6.5
Revelation
Revelation
7
The White Dove
The White Dove
6
Victòria! La gran aventura d'un poble
Victòria! La gran aventura d'un poble
0
Intimidad de los parques
Intimidad de los parques
4.8
Victòria! 2: La disbauxa del 17
Victòria! 2: La disbauxa del 17
2
Victòria! 3: El seny i la rauxa
Victòria! 3: El seny i la rauxa
0
After the Deluge
After the Deluge
5.8
El gran secreto
El gran secreto
0
Felicidades, Tovarich
Felicidades, Tovarich
0
Radio Stories
Radio Stories
7.25
At Five in the Afternoon
At Five in the Afternoon
5
El canto del gallo
El canto del gallo
5
Spain Again
Spain Again
5.8
La colonna infame
La colonna infame
6
The Revolution on Two Horses
The Revolution on Two Horses
4.8
Los zancos
Los zancos
6.7
The Dead Man
The Dead Man
5
Eye of the Cat
Eye of the Cat
4.5
Hijo de hombre
Hijo de hombre
6
Salzillo
0
Land Without Bread
Land Without Bread
7
El apartamento de la tentación
El apartamento de la tentación
5
The Other Woman
The Other Woman
0
La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea
La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea
8
The Big Black Sow
The Big Black Sow
0
Manuel, le fils emprunté
Manuel, le fils emprunté
6.3
Zero/infinito
Zero/infinito
0
Buñuel
Buñuel
0
Goya, a Story of Solitude
Goya, a Story of Solitude
7.3
One Hundred and One Nights
One Hundred and One Nights
6.2
Water Easy Reach
Water Easy Reach
6.357
Nada menos que todo un hombre
Nada menos que todo un hombre
6
Torquemada
Torquemada
8
Lázaro de Tormes
Lázaro de Tormes
5.2
Nightmare City
Nightmare City
5.739
El buscón
El buscón
5
Futuro Imperfecto
Futuro Imperfecto
0
La vieja música
La vieja música
5
Cavalcata selvaggia
Cavalcata selvaggia
0
Don Juan Tenorio
0
La noche y el alba
La noche y el alba
5.6
El crimen de Pepe Conde
El crimen de Pepe Conde
4
Luna de sangre
Luna de sangre
4.3
María Morena
María Morena
0
Doubt
Doubt
0
Revenge
Revenge
5.8
La rueda de la vida
La rueda de la vida
6
Saranno uomini
Saranno uomini
5
Alhucemas
Alhucemas
0
Don Quixote
Don Quixote
5.5
Un adulterio decente
Un adulterio decente
1.5
La mujer cualquiera
La mujer cualquiera
0
La taberna fantástica
La taberna fantástica
0
Oedipus Mayor
Oedipus Mayor
5.2
María Antonia "La Caramba"
María Antonia "La Caramba"
0
Perseguidos
Perseguidos
0
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