Conrado San Martín Prieto (20 February 1921 – 24 April 2019) was a Spanish actor with a long and prolific career. He made his film debut in 1941 and was particularly popular during the 1950s.

Life

Conrado San Martín left behind a career as an amateur boxer to take small roles in the theater in the company of Cayetano Luca de Tena and to act as an extra in some films.Torres, '' ''Diccionario del cine Español'', p. 419 He made his film debut with ''Oro vil'' (1941) a film directed by Eduardo García Maroto. During the 1940s, San Martín became an actor in secondary roles and was very much in demand in some of the most important Spanish films of that period: ''El fantasma y Doña Juanita'' (1944) directed by

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, ''Los últimos de Filipinas'' (1945) directed by

Antonio Román Antonio Román (9 November 1911 – 16 June 1989) was a prolific Spanish film director, screenwriter, film producer. Antonio Román was born Ourense, Spain on 9 November 1911. Román began directing films in the later 1930s starting with doc ...

; ''A los pies de usted'' de Garcia Viñolas (1945); ''La princesa de los Ursinos'' (1947), by

Luis Lucia Luis Lucia Mingarro (24 May 1914, in Valencia – 12 March 1984, in Madrid) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. His father, Luis Lucia, was the Spanish minister of communications in 1935. He studied Law and was the attorney of CI ...

and ''La Lola se va a los puertos'' (1947) and ''

Locura de amor ''Madness for Love'' ( es, Locura de amor, links=no) is a 1948 Spanish historical drama film directed by Juan de Orduña.Mira p.211 The movie is based on the play '' The Madness of Love'' written in 1855 by Manuel Tamayo y Baus around the figu ...

'' (1948), both films directed by

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. These roles led the Catalan production company Emisora films to give him an exclusive contract and he starred in the comedies: ''Siempre vuelve de madrugada'' (1948) ''(He always come back at dawn)'': ''Despertó su corazón'' ''Awoke his heart'' (1949) and ''Mi adorado Juan'' ''My beloved Juan'' (1949) a film directed by Jerónimo Mihura. San Martín also took roles in the thriller ''

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'' (1950); ''Mail box 1001'', a film directed by Julio Salvador which was a great hit with audiences; and ''Relato policíaco'' (1954) by

Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi Lasa (22 March 1927 – 28 September 2017) was a Spanish film director and producer. Isasi-Isasmendi began working in the production firm Emisora Films as an assistant manager, film editor, scriptwriter, lead producer, a ...

. The success of some of these productions gave him the starring role in ''Amenaza'' (1950); ''Threat'' a film directed by Antonio Román; ''La patrulla'', (1954) a film directed by

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with

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and Arturo Fernández; ''Pasión en el mar'' (1956) and o ''...Y eligió el infierno'' (1957). He created his own production company, Laurus films, producing the melodramas: ''Lo que nunca muere'' (1954) and ''Sin la sonrisa de Dios'' (1955). As his career consolidated, he began to work in international co-productions like: ''Le legioni di Cleopatra'' (1959) by

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, ''

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'' (1960), the first film directed by

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, ''

King of Kings King of Kings; grc-gre, Βασιλεὺς Βασιλέων, Basileùs Basiléōn; hy, արքայից արքա, ark'ayits ark'a; sa, महाराजाधिराज, Mahārājadhirāja; ka, მეფეთ მეფე, ''Mepet mepe'' ...

'' (1961), in the paper of

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, ''La Muerte silba un blues'' (1962), directed by

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; the

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All'ombra di una colt ''In a Colt's Shadow'' ( it, All'ombra di una colt) is a 1965 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed and written by Giovanni Grimaldi. Story Two professional gunfighters separate after they complete a job in a small Mexican town where they rid ...

(In the Shadow of a Colt) (1966) directed by

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; ''Los largos días de la venganza'' (1967) directed by Florestano Vancini; ''

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'' (1969) a film directed by

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. The failure of his production company eventually made him retire from the big screen in the early 1970s. He came back to take on important secondary roles a decade later in films like: '' Asesinato en el comité central'' (Murder in the Central Committee) (1983); ''A la pálida luz de la Luna'' (1985), a film directed by José María González Sinde; ''Extramuros'' (1985), a film directed by

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; ''Dragon Rapide'' (1986) by

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; ''Boom Boom'' (1989) by Rosa Vergés; '' Riders of the Dawn'' (1990) by

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and ''A solas contigo'' (1990), a film directed by Eduardo Campoy. He also made some appearances on television roles but in his last years he was retired from the industry. He died on 24 April 2019.

Selected filmography

* ''

Last Stand in the Philippines ''Last Stand in the Philippines'' () is a 1945 Spanish biographical war film directed by Antonio Román. It is based on a radio script by Enrique Llovet, ''Los Héroes de Baler,'' and novel, ''El Fuerte de Baler,'' by Enrique Alfonso Barcones an ...

'' (1945) * ''

The Princess of the Ursines ''The Princess of the Ursines'' (Spanish:''La princesa de los ursinos'') is a 1947 Spanish historical film directed by Luis Lucia and starring Ana Mariscal. It was made by CIFESA, Spain's largest studio at the time. The film is loosely based on r ...

'' (1947) * ''

Lola Leaves for the Ports ''Lola Leaves for the Ports'' (Spanish: ''La Lola se va a los puertos'') is a 1947 Spanish historical musical drama film directed by Juan de Orduña and starring Juanita Reina, Nani Fernández and Manuel Luna.Mira p.64 It is based on a 1929 play ...

'' (1947) * ''

Guest of Darkness ''Guest of Darkness'' (Spanish: ''El huésped de las tinieblas'') is a 1948 Spanish historical drama film directed by Antonio del Amo and starring Carlos Muñoz and Pastora Peña.Mira p.218 It portrays the life of the nineteenth century romantic ...

'' (1948) * ''

In a Corner of Spain ''In a Corner of Spain'' (Spanish: ''En un rincón de España'') is a 1949 Spanish drama film directed by Jerónimo Mihura and starring Carlos Agostí, Juan de Landa and Blanca de Silos. It was the first Spanish film in colour, using the cinefo ...

'' (1949) * '' They Always Return at Dawn'' (1949) * '' My Beloved Juan'' (1950) * ''

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'' (1951) * ''

Nothing Less Than an Archangel ''Nothing Less Than an Archangel'' (Spanish: ''Nada menos que un arkángel'') is a 1960 Spanish comedy film directed by Jaime D'Ors, Antonio del Amo and Esteban Madruga.de España p.9 Cast * Manuel Aroca * Inocencio Barbán * Roberto Camard ...

'' (1960) * '' The Red Rose'' (1960) * '' Revolt of the Mercenaries'' (1961) * ''

'' (1961) as Pompey * ''

The Avenger of Venice ''The Avenger of Venice'' ( it, Il ponte dei sospiri, es, El puente de los suspiros, link=no) is a 1964 adventure film written and directed by Pierro Pierotti and Carlo Campogalliani and starring Brett Halsey and Gianna Maria Canale. It is b ...

'' (1964) * '' Target Goldseven'' (1966) * '' Maestros'' (2000) * ''Vampyres'' (2005)

Notes

References

* Torres, Augusto, ''Diccionario del cine Español'', Espasa Calpe, 1994.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:San Martin, Conrado 1921 births 2019 deaths Spanish male film actors People from the Province of Ávila Spanish film producers Male Spaghetti Western actors