Rogelio Enrique San Francisco Cobo (10 March 1955 – 1 March 2021), better known as Quique San Francisco, was a Spanish actor and comedian. He was a noted figure in the so-called ''cine quinqui'' scene.

Biography

Enrique marked his theatre debut with '' El sueño de una noche de verano''. In 1965, he started his Television career with

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's show ''Santi, botones de hotel'' at the age of 10. and ''Diario Vasco'' on 13 March 1965. In 1975, he joined Madrid Actors' Studio. In 1975, he starred in the TV series '' El pícaro'', directed by

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. He appeared in acclaimed films directed by

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such as ''

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'' (1982), ''

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'' (1980) o ''

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'' (1983) in the 1980s. On 24 October 2002, Enrique suffered a severe accident which led to his prolonged illness. He later appeared in Television Series '' Cuéntame cómo pasó'' (2001-2008). His theatre plays include '' Frankie y la boda'' (1965), '' Los ochenta son nuestros'' (1988), '' La noche del sábado'' (1991), ''Decíamos ayer'' (1997), ''Entre fuerte y flojo'' (2004), ''Hijos de mamá'' (2005), ''

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'' (2007), '' El enfermo imaginario'' (2009), ''

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'' (2010), ''¡Se quieren!'' (2011), remake of 2002 drama

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and '' Orquesta Club Virginia'' (2012), adaptation of 1992 theatre film of the same title. As a Radio Presenter, he worked in shows like ''

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'' in

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. He also lent his voice to

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(''El Mánager'') with

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(''Gypsy Funky Love Me Do'') and with La Fuga (''Humo y cristales'') etc. San Francisco died on 1 March 2021, aged 65.

Filmography

* ''

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'' (1962), by

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. * '' Diferente'' (1962), by Luis María Delgado. * '' El aprendiz de clown'' (1967), by Manuel Esteba Gallego. * '' La banda del Pecas'' (1968), by Jesús Pascual Aguilar. * '' Le Paria'' (1969), by Claude Carliez avec Jean Marais. * '' Un invierno en Mallorca'' (1969), by Jaime Camino. * '' Estoy hecho un chaval'' (1975), by

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. * '' La larga noche de los bastones blancos'' (1977), by Javier Elorrieta. * '' Arriba Hazaña'' (1978), by José María Gutiérrez. * '' Sentados al borde de la mañana, con los pies colgando'' (1978), by Antonio José Betancor. * ''

'' (1980), by

. * '' Maravillas'' (1981), by

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. * '' La mujer del ministro'' (1981), by Eloy de la Iglesia. * ''

'' (1982), by Eloy de la Iglesia. * ''

'' (1983), by Eloy de la Iglesia. * ''

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'' (1988), by

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. * '' La huella del crimen: El crimen del expreso de Andalucía'' (TV) (1991), by Imanol Uribe. * '' Orquesta Club Virginia'' (1992), by Manuel Iborra. * '' Acción mutante'' (1993), by

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. * '' La mujer de tu vida: La mujer gafe'' (TV) (1994), by Imanol Uribe. * ''La mujer de tu vida: La mujer vacía'' (TV) (1994), by Manuel Iborra. * ''

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'' (1995), by

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. * '' Así en el cielo como en la tierra'' (1995), by José Luis Cuerda. * '' La ley de la frontera'' (1995), by

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. * '' Belmonte'' (1995), by Juan Sebastián Bollaín. * '' Hotel y domicilio'' (1995), by Ernesto Del Río. * '' La leyenda de Balthasar el castrado'' (1996), by Juan Miñón. * '' Pepe Guindo'' (1999), by Manuel Iborra. * '' París-Tombuctú'' (1999), by

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. * '' Más pena que gloria'' (2000), by Víctor García León. * '' El chocolate del loro'' (2001), by Ernesto Martín Ataz. * '' Sinfín'' (2005), by Manuel Sanabria and Carlos Villaverde. * '' Hot Milk'' (2005), by Ricardo Bofill Maggiora. * '' La dama boba'' (2005), by Manuel Iborra. * '' Animal Crisis'' (2008), by Pedro Rivero. * '' Save the Zombies'' (2013), by Federico López. * '' Sin rodeos'' (2018), diredcted by

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. * '' 4 latas'' (2019), directed by Gerardo Olivares.

Television

Series and fictions * ''

Estudio 1 ''Estudio 1'' was a long-running Spanish TV drama series by Televisión Española since 1965 presenting many classic plays for the home audience. It was equivalent to '' :fr:Au théâtre ce soir'' (1966-1985) on TF1 and ''Play of the Month'' (1 ...

'' (1971–80) in TVE. * '' Los libros'' (1974–77) in TVE. * '' Cuentos y leyendas'' (1978) in TVE. * '' Los pintores del Prado'' (1974) in TVE. * '' El pícaro'' (1975) in TVE. * '' Curro Jiménez'' (1976) in TVE. * '' Proceso a Mariana Pineda'' (1984) in TVE. * '' Miguel Servet, la sangre y la ceniza'' (1989) in TVE. * '' La mujer de tu vida'' (1990–94) in TVE. * '' Compuesta y sin novio'' (1994) in Antena 3. * '' Colegio Mayor'' (1994) in

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. * '' Los ladrones van a la oficina'' (1993–95) in Antena 3. * ''

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'' (1998) in

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. * '' Condenadas a entenderse'' (1998) in TVE. * '' Ellas son así'' (1999) in

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. * ''

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'' (2005) in Antena 3. * '' Cuéntame cómo pasó'' (2001–08) in TVE. * ''

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'' (2005) in Telecinco. * ''

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'' (2015) in TVE. * '' Gym Tony'' (2016) in

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. * ''Follow San Francisco'' (2019) in Flooxer. Programs * '' La bola de cristal'' (1987–88) in TVE. * '' La noche con Fuentes y cía'' (2001–04) in Telecinco. * '' Un, dos, tres... a leer esta vez'' (2004) in TVE. * '' El club de la comedia'' (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2011 and 2012) in

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, Antena 3 and

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* ''

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'' (2007–19) (Guest) in Cuatro (2007–11) and Antena 3 (2011–19) * '' Mi casa es la tuya'' (2018) in Telecinco

Awards and nominations

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;Actors' Union Awards ;Other Awards *

Gijón International Film Festival The Gijón International Film Festival ( ast, Festival Internacional de Cine de Xixón or ''FICXixón'') is an annual film festival held in Gijón, a city in northwest Spain. History The festival's origins date back to 1963. In the beginning ...

Best Actor Award for '' El aprendiz de clown'' (1968) * Culture Ministry's Best Actor Award - 1979

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:San Francisco, Enrique 1955 births 2021 deaths Male actors from Madrid Spanish film actors Spanish television actors 20th-century Spanish male actors 21st-century Spanish male actors Deaths from pneumonia in Spain