Fernando Fernández Gómez (28 August 1921 – 21 November 2007) better known as Fernando Fernán Gómez was a Spanish actor, screenwriter, film director, theater director and member of the

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for seven years. He was born in

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while his mother, Spanish actress Carola Fernán-Gómez, was making a tour in

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. He would later use her surname for his stage name when he moved to

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in 1924.

Biography

The most probable thing, as he wrote in his memoirs, is that he was born in Lima on 28 August 1921, even if his birth certificate indicates that he was born in the Argentine capital,

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. The reason for this is that his mother, the theater actress Carola Fernán Gómez, was touring

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when he was born in

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, so his birth certificate was issued days later in Argentina, a country whose nationality he retained, in addition to Spanish nationality, which was granted to him in 1984. Being an extramarital son, his father was also the actor Fernando Díaz de Mendoza y Guerrero, whose mother,

María Guerrero María Ana de Jesús Guerrero Torija (April 17, 1867 - January 23, 1928), better known as María Guerrero, was a prominent Spanish theatre actor, producer and director. Life and work María Guerrero Torija was born in Madrid in 1867. She enrol ...

, prevented the marriage between Fernando Fernán Gómez's parents. After the

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he began to study law but interrupted his studies to work in theater. In 1942 he began to act in movies but also continued working on plays. He formed his own theater company and received awards for directing and writing. In the 1950s he began to direct movies, including the film of his novel, ''

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''. He received praise for his 1958 comedy ''

La vida por delante ''La vida por delante'' is a 1958 Spanish comedy film starring and written and directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez. The film enjoyed enough success to inspire a sequel, '' La vida alrededor'', released in 1959 Events January * Januar ...

'', which led to a sequel, ''

La vida alrededor ''La vida alrededor'' ( en, Life Around Us) is a 1959 Spanish comedy film written, starred and directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez. The movie follows ''La vida por delante'' made by the same crew in 1958 Events January * January 1 � ...

''. In 1977, he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the

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for his role in '' The Anchorite''. He won the award again at the

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in 1985 for his role in ''

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'' and finally the Honorary Golden Bear at the

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in 2005. Having been very much in demand during the 1970s and 1980s, the 1990s was a less active period for him, but towards the end of his life, he enjoyed something of a revival, featuring in three major projects: "

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", "Plenilunio", and a starring role in the hit " La lengua de las mariposas". He married María Dolores Pradera in 1945; they divorced in 1959. He married Emma Cohen in 2000. Fernando Fernán Gómez died in

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on 21 November 2007 from a

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aggravated by

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and

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. On 19 November 2007, he was admitted to the Oncology area of the Madrid University Hospital La Paz to be treated for pneumonia. After the President of the Government

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announced the death of the actor, the Government of Spain posthumously awarded Fernán Gómez the Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise on 23 November. The mayor of Madrid, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, also announced that the Cultural Center of the Villa de

would be renamed the Fernando Fernán Gómez Theater. As he was a lifelong

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, his coffin was covered in a black and red anarchist flag and was later cremated in the Almudena Cemetery in Madrid.

Filmography

Writer and Director

Actor

*'' Rosas de otoño'' (1943, directed by Juan de Orduña and Eduardo Morera) *'' Cristina Guzmán'' (1943, directed by Gonzalo Delgrás) as Bob *''Noche fantástica'' (1943, directed by Luis Marquina) as Enamorado *''La chica del gato'' (1943, directed by Ramón Quadreny) as Paco *''Viviendo al revés'' (1943, directed by Ignacio F. Iquino) *''Turbante blanco'' (1943, directed by Ignacio F. Iquino) *''A Palace for Sale'' (1943, directed by Ladislao Vajda) *''Fin de curso'' (1943, directed by Ignacio F. Iquino) as Himself (uncredited) *''Una chica de opereta'' (1944, directed by Ramón Quadreny) as Salvador Viana *''Mi enemigo y yo'' (1944, directed by Ramón Quadreny) as Antonio Aguilar 'Tony' *''Empezó en boda'' (1944, directed by Raffaello Matarazzo) *''

El destino se disculpa ''El destino se disculpa'' is a 1945 Spanish drama film directed by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia. It is based on the novel ''El fantasma'' ('The Ghost') written by Wenceslao Fernández Flórez Wenceslao Fernández Flórez (1885 in A Coruñ ...

'' (1945, directed by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia) as Teófilo Dueñas *''

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'' (1945, directed by Jerónimo Mihura) as Marcelino Pastor *''Espronceda'' (1945, directed by Fernando Alonso Casares) *'' Bambú'' (1945, directed by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia) as Antonio *''Domingo de carnaval'' (1945, directed by Edgar Neville) as Matías *''Se le fue el novio'' (1945, directed by Julio Salvador) as Miguel Novak *''Es peligroso asomarse al exterior'' (1946, directed by

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, Arthur Duarte) as Silvio *''Eres un caso'' (1946, directed by Ramón Quadreny) *''Los habitantes de la casa deshabitada'' (1946, directed by Gonzalo Delgrás) as Gregorio *''Noche sin cielo'' (1947, directed by Ignacio F. Iquino) as Emilio *''

Botón de ancla ''Anchor Button'' (Spanish: ''Botón de ancla'') is a 1961 Spanish musical comedy film directed by Miguel Lluch and starring Manuel Gil, Ramón Arcusa and Manuel de la Calva. It is a remake of the 1948 film of the same title about three naval ...

'' (1948, directed by Ramón Torrado) as Enrique Tejada y Sandoval *''Embrujo'' (1948, directed by Carlos Serrano de Osma) as Mentor *''La muralla feliz'' (1948, directed by

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) as Don Fulgencio Ríos *''The Black Siren'' (1948, directed by Carlos Serrano de Osma) as Gaspar de Montenegro *''La próxima vez que vivamos'' (1948, directed by Enrique Gómez) as Pablo *''Pototo, Boliche y compañía'' (1948, directed by Ramón Barreiro) *''Hoy no pasamos lista'' (1948, directed by Raúl Alfonso, Rafael Alonso) as Don Manuel *''Encrucijada'' (1948, Short, directed by Pedro Lazaga) *''La mies es mucha'' (1949, directed by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia) as Padre Santiago Hernández *''Vida en sombras'' (1949, directed by Lorenzo Llobet Gracia) as Carlos *'' Saturday Night'' (1949, directed by Rafael Gil) as Carlos *''Rosas de otoño'' (1949, directed by Eduardo Morera and Juan de Orduña) as Adolfo Barona *'' Wings of Youth'' (1949, directed by Antonio del Amo) as Rodrigo *'' Ninety Minutes'' (1950, directed by Antonio del Amo) as Sr. Marchand *''Tiempos felices'' (1950, directed by Enrique Gómez) *'' El último caballo'' (1950, directed by Edgar Neville) as Fernando *''La noche del sábado'' (1950, directed by Rafael Gil) as Director de orquesta (uncredited) *'' Balarrasa'' (1951, directed by José Antonio Nieves Conde) as Javier Mendoza 'Balarrasa' *''

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'' (1951, directed by Jerónimo Mihura) as Ramón *''

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'' (1951, directed by

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) as Zanahoria *'' Captain Poison'' (1951, directed by Luis Marquina) as Jorge de Córdoba *''

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'' (1952, directed by Ignacio F. Iquino) as Héctor Pelegrín *''Facultad de letras'' (1952, directed by Pío Ballesteros) as Fernando *''The Eyes Leave a Trace'' (1952, directed by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia) as Agente Díaz *''Cincuenta años del Real Madrid'' (1952, directed by Rafael Gil) as Himself *'' La voce del silenzio'' (1953, directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst) as Fernando Layer - assistente spirituale *''

Esa pareja feliz ''Esa pareja feliz'' (translation: ''That Happy Couple'') is a Spanish comedy film co-written and co-directed by Juan Antonio Bardem and Luis García Berlanga. It was their feature film debut. The film was made in 1951, but not released until 195 ...

'' (1953, directed by Juan Antonio Bardem, Luis García Berlanga) as Juan Granados Muñoz *''

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'' (1953, directed by Luis Lucia Mingarro) as Luis *''

Nadie lo sabrá ''Nobody Will Know'' (Spanish: ''Nadie lo sabrá'') is a 1953 Spanish comedy film directed by Ramón Torrado and starring Fernando Fernán Gómez, Julia Martínez and Julia Caba Alba.García p.105 Complications ensue when a modest bank clerk be ...

'' (1953, directed by Ramón Torrado) as Pedro Gutiérrez *''Manicomio'' (1953, directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez, Luis María Delgado) as Carlos *''

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'' (1954, directed by José Antonio Nieves Conde) as Federico Lanuza *''El mensaje'' (1954) *''

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'' (1954, directed by Luis Lucia Mingarro) as Ramsés 45 / Don Lope de Baena y Carrasco / Don Enrique de Baena Rodríguez *''

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'' (1955, directed by Rafael Gil) as Alonso Contreras *''El guardián del paraíso'' (1955, directed by Arturo Ruiz Castillo) as Manuel *'' Congress in Seville'' (1955, directed by Antonio Román) as Dr. Guillermo Kroll *'' Lo scapolo'' (''El soltero'') (1955, directed by Antonio Pietrangeli) as Armando *'' La gran mentira'' (1956, directed by Rafael Gil) as Fernando Fernán Gómez (uncredited) *''El fenómeno'' (1956, directed by José María Elorrieta) as Claudio Henkel *''Viaje de novios'' (1956, directed by León Klimovsky) as Juan Torregrosa Orózco *'' El malvado Carabel'' (1956) as Amaro Carabel *''La ironía del dinero'' (1957, directed by Edgar Neville and Guy Lefranc) as Frasquito (segment "Sevilla") *''Un marido de ida y vuelta'' (1957, directed by Luis Lucia Mingarro) as Ramírez (uncredited) *'' Faustina'' (1957, directed by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia) as Mogon *''Un marido de ida y vuelta'' (1957) as Pepe López Garcerán *''Los ángeles del volante'' (1957, directed by Ignacio F. Iquino) as Juanito *''Las muchachas de azul'' (1957, directed by Pedro Lazaga) as Juan Ferrandis *'' The Tenant'' (1958, directed by José Antonio Nieves Conde) as Evaristo González *''

'' (1958, directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez and José Luis de la Torre) as Antonio Redondo *''Ana dice sí'' (1958, directed by Pedro Lazaga) as Juan *''Luna de verano'' (1959, directed by Pedro Lazaga) as Juan *''Soledad'' (1959, directed by Mario Craveri, Enrico Gras as Félix Acaso) as Manuel *''Bombas para la paz'' (1959, directed by Antonio Román) as Alfredo *''

'' (1959) as Antonio Redondo *''Crimen para recién casados'' (1960, directed by Pedro Luis Ramírez) as Antonio Menéndez *''Les Trois etc. du Colonel'' (''Los tres etc. del coronel'') (1960, directed by Claude Boissol) as Le guérillo Lorenzo *'' Sólo para hombres'' (1960) as Pablo Meléndez *''Adiós, Mimí Pompón'' (1961, directed by Luis Marquina) as Heriberto Promenade *''La vida privada de Fulano de Tal'' (1961, directed by José María Forn) *''Fantasmas en la casa'' (1961, directed by Pedro Luis Ramírez) *'' La venganza de Don Mendo'' (1962) as Don Mendo Salazar - Marqués de Cabra *''¿Dónde pongo este muerto?'' (1962, directed by Pedro Luis Ramírez) as Manuel Carrasco *'' La becerrada'' (1963, directed by José María Forqué) as Francisco Rodríguez 'Juncal' *' (1963, directed by Jesús Franco) as Sargento Detective Miguel Mora *''Benigno, hermano mío'' (1963, directed by Arturo González hijo) *''El mundo sigue'' (1965) as Faustino *''Un vampiro para dos'' (1965, directed by Pedro Lazaga) as Baron de Rosenthal *''Ninette y un señor de Murcia'' (1966) as Andrés Martínez Segura *''La Mujer de tu prójimo'' (1966, directed by Enrique Carreras) *''Mayores con reparos'' (1966) as Fernando / Miguel / Manuel *''La vil seducción'' (1968, directed by José María Forqué) as Ismael Bolante *''Carola de día, Carola de noche'' (1969, directed by Jaime de Armiñán) as Hombre del motocarro *''Un adulterio decente'' (1969, directed by Rafael Gil) as Dr. Leopoldo Cumberri *''Estudio amueblado 2.P.'' (1969, directed by José María Forqué) as Miguel Aguirrezabala *''Las panteras se comen a los ricos'' (1969, directed by Ramón Fernández) as José *''De profesión, sus labores'' (1970, directed by Javier Aguirre) as Federico *''¿Por qué pecamos a los cuarenta?'' (1970, directed by Pedro Lazaga) as Dr. Alejandro Quesada *''Crimen imperfecto'' (1970) as Salomón *''

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'' (1970, directed by Javier Aguirre) as Amadeo - Duque de Daroca *''Cómo casarse en 7 días'' (1971) (uncredited) *''Las Ibéricas F.C.'' (1971, directed by Pedro Masó) as Federico *''Los gallos de la madrugada'' (1971, directed by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia) as Afilador *''El triangulito'' (1972, directed by José María Forqué) as Lázaro López *'' Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo'' (1973, directed by Roberto Gavaldón) as Don Quijote / Alonso Quixano *''La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea'' (1973, directed by Mario Camus) as Don Lope *'' Ana y los lobos'' (1973, directed by Carlos Saura) as Fernando *''

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'' (1973, directed by Víctor Erice) as Fernando *''Vera, un cuento cruel'' (1974, directed by Josefina Molina) as Roger *''Yo la vi primero'' (1974) as Doctor *'' El amor del capitán Brando'' (1974, directed by Jaime de Armiñán) as Fernando *'' Pim, pam, pum... ¡fuego!'' (1975, directed by Pedro Olea) as Julio *''Yo soy Fulana de Tal'' (1975, directed by Pedro Lazaga) as Rodolfo Pellejo *''Jó, papá'' (1975, directed by Jaime de Armiñán) as Julio *''Sensualidad'' (1975, directed by Germán Lorente) as Carlos Baena *''Imposible para una solterona'' (1976, directed by Rafael Romero Marchent) as Manuel *''La querida'' (1976) as Eduardo *''El anacoreta'' (1976, directed by Juan Estelrich) as Fernando Tobajas *''Más fina que las gallinas'' (1977, directed by Jesús Yagüe) as Don Enrique *''Parranda'' (1977, directed by Gonzalo Suárez) as Escribiente *''Bruja, más que bruja'' (1977) as Tío Justino *''Las cuatro novias de Augusto Pérez'' (1977, directed by José Jara) as Augusto Pérez *''Gulliver'' (1977, directed by Alfonso Ungría) as Martín *''Chely'' (1977, directed by Ramón Fernández) as Nicolás *''Reina Zanahoria'' (1977, directed by Gonzalo Suárez) as J. J *''

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'' (''La chica del pijama amarillo'') (1977, directed by Flavio Mogherini) as Forensics detective *''Arriba Hazaña'' (1978, directed by José María Gutiérrez Santos) as Hermano Prefecto *'' Los restos del naufragio'' (1978, directed by Ricardo Franco) *''Madrid al desnudo'' (1979, directed by Jacinto Molina) as Baltasar *''Milagro en el circo'' (1979, directed by Alejandro Galindo) as Macario *''Mamá cumple cien años'' (1979, directed by Carlos Saura) as Fernando *''Cuentos eróticos'' (1980) as Don Enrique (segment "Tiempos rotos") (voice) *''Yo qué sé'' (1980, Short, directed by Emma Cohen) *'' Maravillas'' (1981, directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón) as Fernando *''Apaga... y vámonos'' (1981, directed by Antonio Hernández) as Prof. Benjamín Rodero *''127 millones libres de impuestos'' (1981, directed by Pedro Masó) as Félix *''Copia cero'' (1982, directed by Eduardo Campoy) as Carlos *''Bésame, tonta'' (1982, directed by Fernando González de Canales) as Director general *'' La colmena'' (1982, directed by Mario Camus) *''Interior roig'' (''Interior rojo'') (1983, directed by Eugenio Anglada) *''Soldados de plomo'' (1983, directed by José Sacristán) as Don Dimas *'' Juana la loca... de vez en cuando'' (1983, directed by José Ramón Larraz) as Sir Henry *'' Feroz'' (1984, directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón) as Luis *''Los Zancos'' (1984, directed by Carlos Saura) as Ángel *'' La noche más hermosa'' (1984, directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón) as Luis *''

'' (1985, directed by Jaime de Armiñán) as Don Leopoldo Contreras de Tejada *''De hombre a hombre'' (1985, directed by Ramón Fernández) as Silvestre *''Luces de bohemia'' (1985, directed by Miguel Ángel Díez) as Ministro *''Réquiem por un campesino español'' (1985, directed by Francisco Betriú) as Don Valeriano *''La corte de Faraón'' (1985, directed by José Luis García Sánchez) as Roque *'' Marbella, un golpe de cinco estrellas'' (1985, directed by Miguel Hermoso) as Germán *'' Pobre mariposa'' (1986, directed by Raúl de la Torre) as Exiliado español *'' Mambrú se fue a la guerra'' (1986) as Emiliano *''

'' (1986) as Don Arturo *'' La mitad del cielo'' (1986, directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón) as Don Pedro *''Delirios de amor'' (1986, directed by Antonio González Vigil, Luis Eduardo Aute, Cristina Andreu and Félix Rotaeta) *'' Cara de acelga'' (1987, directed by José Sacristán) as Madariaga *''Mi general'' (1987, directed by Jaime de Armiñán) as General Mario del Pozo *''Moros y Cristianos'' (1987, directed by Luis García Berlanga) as Don Fernando *''El gran Serafín'' (1987, directed by José María Ulloque) as Padre Bellot *''

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'' (1989, directed by Josefina Molina) as Esquilache *''El río que nos lleva'' (1989, directed by Antonio del Real) as Don Ángel *''El mar y el tiempo'' (1989) as Eusebio *''Fuera de juego'' (1991) as Don Aníbal *''

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'' (1991, directed by Imanol Uribe) as Gran Inquisidor *''Marcellino'' (''Marcelino, pan y vino'') (1991, directed by Luigi Comencini) as Il priore *''Chechu y familia'' (1992, directed by Álvaro Sáenz de Heredia) as Don José *''

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'' (1992, directed by Fernando Trueba) as Manolo *''Cartas desde Huesca'' (1993, directed by Antonio Artero) as Mainar *''

Así en el cielo como en la tierra ''Así en el cielo como en la tierra'' (In heaven as it is on earth, referencing the Our Father) is a 1995 Spanish comedy film directed by José Luis Cuerda. Plot Matacanes arrives at Heaven but it is not exactly as he imagined it, as it resembl ...

'' (1995, directed by José Luis Cuerda) as Dios Padre *''El sueño de los héroes'' (1996, directed by Sergio Renán) as Taboada *''Tranvía a la Malvarrosa'' (1996, directed by José Luis García Sánchez) as Catedrático *''Pesadilla para un rico'' (1996) as Presidente *''La hermana'' (1997, directed by Juan José Porto) as Don Julián *''Pintadas'' (1997, directed by Juan Estelrich junior) as José *'' El abuelo'' (1998, directed by José Luis Garci) as Don Rodrigo de Arista Potestad *''

'' (1999, directed by Pedro Almodóvar) as Padre de Rosa *''Pepe Guindo'' (1999, directed by Manuel Iborra) *''

Plenilunio ''Plenilune'' ( es, Plenilunio, links=no) or ''Full Moon'' is a 2000 Spanish film directed by Imanol Uribe and written by Elvira Lindo, consisting of an adaptation of the novel ''Plenilunio'' by Antonio Muñoz Molina. It stars Miguel Ángel Sol� ...

'' (1999, directed by Imanol Uribe) as Padre Orduña *'' La lengua de las mariposas'' (1999, directed by José Luis Cuerda) as Don Gregorio *''Voz'' (2000, directed by Javier Aguirre) *'' Visionarios'' (2001, Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón) as Gobernador *''

En la ciudad sin límites ''In the City Without Limits'' ( es, En la ciudad sin límites) is a 2002 Spanish-Argentine thriller drama film directed by Antonio Hernández and starring Leonardo Sbaraglia, Fernando Fernán Gómez and Geraldine Chaplin. The film was nominated ...

'' (2002, directed by Antonio Hernández) as Max *'' El embrujo de Shanghai'' (2002, directed by Fernando Trueba) as Capitán Blay *''Variaciones 1/113'' (2003) (voice) *''Bibliofrenia'' (2003, directed by Marcos Moreno, 2003) as Profesor Arturo Fuentes *'' Tiovivo c. 1950'' (2004, directed by José Luis Garci) as Tertuliano *''¡Hay motivo!'' (2004, Various) as voz en el epílogo *'' Para que no me olvides'' (2005, directed by Patricia Ferreira) as Mateo *''Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones'' (2005, directed by Diego Galán) as Himself *''Medea 2'' (2006) as Mensajero *''Mia Sarah'' (2006, directed by Gustavo Ron) as Paul (final film role)

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Las bicicletas son para el verano (1978)

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*''El Vendedor de Naranjas'' Madrid, Tebas, 1961. Madrid, Espasa-Calpe, 1986. *''

El Viaje a Ninguna Parte ''Voyage to Nowhere'' ( es, El viaje a ninguna parte) is a 1986 Spanish comedy drama film written, starred and directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez. It is based on his own novel with the same title. Awards The film won the First Goya Award ever g ...

'' Madrid, Debate, 1985. *''El Mal Amor'' Barcelona, Planeta. Historic novel. *''El Mar y El Tiempo Barcelona, Planeta, 1988. *''El Ascensor de Los Borrachos'' Madrid, Espasa-Calpe, 1993. *''La Cruz y el Lirio Dorado'' Madrid, Espasa-Calpe, 1998.

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Fernán Gómez: Writer, Movie-Maker, Anarchist
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fernan Gomez, Fernando 1921 births 2007 deaths 20th-century Spanish male actors 21st-century Spanish male actors Spanish male film actors Spanish film directors Spanish male screenwriters Spanish anarchists Members of the Royal Spanish Academy Best Supporting Actor Goya Award winners Best Director Goya Award winners Silver Bear for Best Actor winners Honorary Golden Bear recipients Anarchist writers 20th-century Spanish screenwriters 20th-century Spanish male writers Deaths from pneumonia in Spain Deaths from cancer in Spain Deaths from colorectal cancer

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