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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 18, 1902
Died
February 26, 1982
Place of Birth
Tarazona, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain
Also Known As
- Paco Martinez Soria
Paco Martínez Soria
0.2 Popularity
Biography
Although he was born in Tarazona, he was only five when his family moved to Barcelona, where he went to school. He worked as a clerk and then as a salesperson. At the same time he participated in performances of local theatre groups in Gràcia. During the Spanish Civil War he left his work and focused on theatre as an amateur actor. In 1938 he debuted in Teatro Fontalba with the theatre company of Rafael López Somoza with the work Antonio pasó el infierno (Antonio goes to hell). Two years later he founded his own theatre company with which he worked during the 1940s from Teatro Urquinaona and in the 1950s from Talía theatre. In 1934 he collaborated as an extra in the black and white comedy Sereno with director Ignacio F. Iquino. He continued working with Iquino in eleven more films. He got his first leading role in 1938 in the comedy Paquete, el fotógrafo público número uno (Paquete, the number one public photographer). He continued playing supporting roles in many films until 1944 when he returned to theatre as an actor and entrepreneur. His name achieved some fame between 1942 and 1944, when he was named director and first actor in the theatre company of Teatro de la Zarzuela. He returned to cinema in the rolesstudd in 1950s. In 1965 he was very successful with the film La ciudad no es para mí (The city is not for me) directed by Pedro Lazaga. From that moment on, his screen character as an affectionate country bumpkin did not cease to appear in films until his death with his friend Pedro Lazaga.
Known For
6.0
Himself (archive footage)
El precio de la risa
2017
6.1
Fermín Recuero/Falsa tía de Carlos
La tía de Carlos
1982
5.5
Mariano
Es peligroso casarse a los 60
1981
5.9
Lucas / Pedro / Tío Lucas
¡Vaya par de gemelos!
1978
5.8
Juan Esteban
Estoy hecho un chaval
1977
5.7
Ramón Pozuelo
El alegre divorciado
1976
5.5
Juan
Hen Pecked
1974
5.6
Leandro Cano
El abuelo tiene un plan
1973
5.8
Eduardo Contreras
El padre de la criatura
1972
5.6
Severiano Paredes
Hay que educar a papá
1971
Credits
El precio de la risa
as Himself (archive footage)
2017
6.0
La tía de Carlos
as Fermín Recuero/Falsa tía de Carlos
1982
6.1
Es peligroso casarse a los 60
as Mariano
1981
5.5
¡Vaya par de gemelos!
as Lucas / Pedro / Tío Lucas
1978
5.9
Estoy hecho un chaval
as Juan Esteban
1977
5.8
El alegre divorciado
as Ramón Pozuelo
1976
5.7
Hen Pecked
as Juan
1974
5.5
El abuelo tiene un plan
as Leandro Cano
1973
5.6
El padre de la criatura
as Eduardo Contreras
1972
5.8
Hay que educar a papá
as Severiano Paredes
1971
5.6
Don erre que erre
as Don Rodrigo Quesada
1970
5.7
¡Se armó el belén!
as Don Mariano
1969
6.3
Old Man Made in Spain
as Marcelino
1969
6.1
El turismo es un gran invento
as Benito Requejo
1968
5.3
¿Qué hacemos con los hijos?
as Antonio Martínez
1967
6.1
La ciudad no es para mí
as Agustín Valverde
1966
6.3
Su desconsolada esposa
as Padre de Dora
1958
0.0
Sendas marcadas
1957
6.5
Veraneo en España
as Gasolina
1956
5.0
El difunto es un vivo
as Rosendo Prado / Fulgencio Prado / Padre / Madre
1956
6.3
Lawless Mountain
as Tío Pistola
1953
6.0
Fantasía española
as Sueve
1953
6.0
La danza del corazón
as Jaime Miravall
1952
0.0
Souls in Danger
as Borracho
1952
0.0
El hombre de los muñecos
as Don Eduardo
1943
7.5
Un enredo de familia
as Samuel
1943
4.4
Deliciosamente tontos
1943
5.7
Boda accidentada
as Profesor
1943
5.0
Viviendo al revés
1943
0.0
El difunto es un vivo
as Luquitas - El amigo
1941
5.0
Alma de Dios
as Saturiano
1941
5.0
Paquete, el fotógrafo público número uno
1938
0.0
Diego Corrientes
as Sinropas
1937
0.0
Al margen de la ley
1936
0.0