Luis García Ortega was a Spanish

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 (), li ...

and

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

. He had served in the

Spanish Foreign Legion For centuries, Spain recruited foreign soldiers to its army, forming the Foreign Regiments () - such as the Regiment of Hibernia (formed in 1709 from Irishmen who fled their own country in the wake of the Flight of the Earls and the penal ...

which was a major influence on his screenplay for the 1941 film '' ¡Harka!''.Europe and Love in Cinema p.133

Selected filmography

Actor

* '' Cristina Guzmán'' (1943) * ''

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)

References

Bibliography

Luisa Passerini Luisa Passerini (born 1941) is an Italian cultural historian. Formerly Professor of Cultural History at the University of Turin, she is External Professor of History at the European University Institute, Florence, and Visiting Professor in the Oral ...

, Jo Labanyi & Karen Diehl. ''Europe and Love in Cinema''. Intellect Books, 2012.

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* Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Spanish male film actors Spanish male television actors Spanish screenwriters {{Spain-bio-stub