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Paco Martínez Soria
Tarazona, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain
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…
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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.
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2017
El precio de la risa
Movie Himself (archive footage)
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1982
La tía de Carlos
Movie Fermín Recuero/Falsa tía de Carlos
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1981
Es peligroso casarse a los 60
Movie Mariano
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1978
¡Vaya par de gemelos!
Movie Lucas / Pedro / Tío Lucas
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1977
Estoy hecho un chaval
Movie Juan Esteban
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1976
El alegre divorciado
Movie Ramón Pozuelo
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1974
Hen Pecked
Movie Juan
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1973
El abuelo tiene un plan
Movie Leandro Cano
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1972
El padre de la criatura
Movie Eduardo Contreras
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1971
Hay que educar a papá
Movie Severiano Paredes
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1970
Don erre que erre
Movie Don Rodrigo Quesada
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1969
¡Se armó el belén!
Movie Don Mariano
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1969
Old Man Made in Spain
Movie Marcelino
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1968
El turismo es un gran invento
Movie Benito Requejo
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1967
¿Qué hacemos con los hijos?
Movie Antonio Martínez
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1966
La ciudad no es para mí
Movie Agustín Valverde
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1958
Su desconsolada esposa
Movie Padre de Dora
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1957
Sendas marcadas
Movie
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1956
Veraneo en España
Movie Gasolina
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1956
El difunto es un vivo
Movie Rosendo Prado / Fulgencio Prado / Padre / Madre
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1953
Lawless Mountain
Movie Tío Pistola
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1953
Fantasía española
Movie Sueve
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1952
La danza del corazón
Movie Jaime Miravall
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1952
Souls in Danger
Movie Borracho
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1943
El hombre de los muñecos
Movie Don Eduardo
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1943
Un enredo de familia
Movie Samuel
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1943
Deliciosamente tontos
Movie
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1943
Boda accidentada
Movie Profesor
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1943
Viviendo al revés
Movie
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1941
El difunto es un vivo
Movie Luquitas - El amigo
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1941
Alma de Dios
Movie Saturiano
- 1938
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1937
Diego Corrientes
Movie Sinropas
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1936
Al margen de la ley
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