Ángel Garasa Bergés (12 December 1905 – 27 August 1976) was a Spanish-Mexican

film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lite ...

.Pilcher p.85 Garasa was born in Madrid and emigrated to Mexico in 1937, fleeing the

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Selected filmography

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The Three Musketeers ''The Three Musketeers'' (french: Les Trois Mousquetaires, links=no, ) is a French historical adventure novel written in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is in the swashbuckler genre, which has heroic, chivalrous swordsmen who fight f ...

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Beautiful Michoacán ''Beautiful Michoacán'' (Spanish: ''¡Qué lindo es Michoacán!'') is a 1943 Mexican musical comedy film directed by Ismael Rodríguez and starring Tito Guízar, Gloria Marín and Víctor Manuel Mendoza.Hellier-Tinoco p.282 A wealthy woman trave ...

'' (1943) * ''

Romeo and Juliet ''Romeo and Juliet'' is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetim ...

'' (1943) * ''

El Ametralladora ''El Ametralladora'' (English: "The machine gun") is a 1943 film directed by Aurelio Robles Castillo and Jaime Luis Contreras, starring Pedro Infante, Margarita Mora and Ángel Garasa. It is the sequel to the movie '' Ay, Jalisco...no te rajes ...

'' (1943) * ''

The Lieutenant Nun ''The Lieutenant Nun'' (Spanish: ''La monja alférez'') is a 1944 Mexican historical adventure film directed by Emilio Gómez Muriel and starring María Félix, Ángel Garasa and José Cibrián. It is based on the life of Catalina de Erauso.Klo ...

'' (1944) * '' El Sexo Fuerte'' (1946) * ''

Fly Away, Young Man! ''Fly Away, Young Man!'' (Spanish: ''¡A volar joven!'') is a 1947 Mexican comedy film directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Cantinflas, Julio Villarreal, Miroslava and Ángel Garasa. It was produced by Posa Films and distributed internatio ...

'' (1947) * ''

La casa de la Troya ''La casa de la Troya'' ("The House of Troy") is a 1948 Mexican film based on Alejandro Pérez Lugín's novel of the same name. It stars Armando Calvo, Rosario Granados, Ángel Garasa and Luis Alcoriza Luis Alcoriza de la Vega (September 5, ...

'' (1948) * '' Doña Clarines'' (1951) * '' You Had To Be a Gypsy'' (1953) * ''

The Photographer ''The Photographer'' is a three-part mixed media performance accompanied by music (also sometimes referred to as a chamber opera) by composer Philip Glass. The libretto is based on the life and homicide trial of 19th-century English photographer ...

'' (1953) * ''

A Tailored Gentleman ''A Tailored Gentleman'' (Spanish: ''Caballero a la medida'') is a 1954 Mexican comedy film, directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Cantinflas, Martha Valdés and Ángel Garasa.Pilcher, p. 156. The film's art direction was by Gunther Gerszo ...

'' (1954) * ''

The Fair of the Dove ''The Fair of the Dove'' (Spanish:''La verbena de la Paloma'') is a 1963 Spanish musical comedy film directed by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia and starring Concha Velasco, Vicente Parra and Miguel Ligero. It is a remake of the film ''Paloma Fair'' ...

'' (1963) * '' Scandal in the Family'' (1967) * ''

Un Quijote sin mancha ''Un Quijote sin mancha'' (aka ''A Quixote Without La Mancha'') is a 1969 Mexican comedy film directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Cantinflas, Ángel Garasa, Lupita Ferrer and Susana Salvat. The title is a pun on the title of the novel '' D ...

'' (1969) * ''

Las golfas ''Las golfas'' is a 1969 Mexican film directed by Fernando Cortés and starring Isela Vega, Gilda Mirós, Gina Romand, José Luis Rodríguez and Ángel Garasa.Garcia Berumen, p. 114 Plot The stories of sex workers and their struggle to leave th ...

'' (1969) * ''

The Rebellious Novice ''The Rebellious Novice'' ( es, La novicia rebelde, links=no) is a 1972 Spanish-Mexican musical film directed by Luis Lucia and starring Rocío Dúrcal, Guillermo Murray and Isabel Garcés.Mira p.192 It is a musical version of the 1889 novel '' Si ...

'' (1971) * ''

Poor But Honest ''Poor But Honest'' (Mexican:''Pobre, pero honrada!'') is a 1973 Mexican comedy film directed by Fernando Cortés and starring María Elena Velasco, Fernando Soler and Norma Lazareno.Mora p.162 It was made at the Estudios América. It was one of a ...

'' (1973)

References

Bibliography

* Pilcher, Jeffrey M. ''Cantinflas and the Chaos of Mexican Modernity''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2001.

External links

* 1905 births 1976 deaths Mexican male film actors Spanish male film actors People from Madrid Spanish emigrants to Mexico {{Spain-film-actor-stub