Miguel Ligero (Argentine Actor)

Miguel Ligero (1911–1989) was a film, television and theater actor from Argentina.

Biography

Ligero was born in 1911 in Rosario, Santa Fe.
In 1938 he made his film debut with '' The Caranchos of Florida'' and went on to appear in some twenty films.
For his work in ''Castigo al traidor'' (Punishment to the Traitor) and ''El ojo que espía'' (the spying eye), both from 1966, he was awarded the Silver Condor award for best supporting actor.
In 1965 he received the Martin Fierro Award for Best Actor in a novel.
Other works were ''Palo y hueso'' (1967), ''La guerra del cerdo'' (1975), ''El soltero'' (1977) and ''El hombre del subsuelo'' (1981).

In theater he worked with Luis Arata, Enrique de Rosas and Olinda Bozán and acted for several seasons at the Teatro General San Martín.
Among other works, he appeared in Waiting for Godot and The Caucasian Chalk Circle.
After the beginning of television soap operas he worked on ''Señorita Medianoche'' (Miss Midnight - 1963), ''Mariana'' and other programs.
He was received the Konex Award in 1981 in the category of Actor in a Comedy Film and Theater.

He died on 1 February 1989 (aged 77) in Buenos Aires, Argentina after a heart attack.

Films

Miguel Ligero appeared in the following films:
*1938 '' The Caranchos of Florida''
*1943 '' Los Hombres las prefieren viudas''
*1950 '' La Vendedora de fantasías''
*1951 '' Cuidado con las mujeres''
*1952 ''Como yo no hay dos''
*1953 '' The Black Market''
*1954 ''Torrente indiano''
*1954 '' Un Hombre cualquiera''
*1955 '' El Juramento de Lagardere''
*1958 '' Rosaura a las 10 (Rosaura at 10 O'Clock)''
*1960 ''Todo el año es Navidad''
*1962 ''El hombre que perdió su risa''
*1962 ''Mañana puede ser verdad'' (TV series)
*1964 '' La Cigarra no es un bicho''
*1965 '' Psique y sexo''
*1966 '' El Ojo de la cerradura''
*1966 ''El ojo que espía''
*1966 ''Castigo al traidor'' ( Punishment to the Traitor)
*1968 Palo y hueso as Don Arce
*1969 ''Flor de piolas''
*1969 ''Newcomers to Love''
*1970 ''Esta noche... miedo'' (TV series)
*1974 ''Los bulbos'' (TV mini-series)
*1975 ''A World of Love''
*1975 '' La Guerra del cerdo (Diary of a Pig War)'' as Jimmy Neuman
*1976 ''Tiempos duros para Drácula''
*1977 ''El soltero''
*1979 ''Mañana puedo morir'' (TV movie)
*1980 '' Frutilla''
*1981 '' El hombre del subsuelo'' (The Underground Man) as Severo
*1983 ''Amar... al salvaje'' (TV series) as Serafín
*1988 '' Apartment Zero'' as Mr. Palma
*1989 ''Eversmile, New Jersey'' as Brother Felix

Theatre

*''Tangolandia'' (1957)
*''Discepoliana'' (1966)
*''El Señor Puntila Y Su Chofer'' (1965)
*''Mustafá'' (1977)
*''Esperando a Godot'' ( Waiting for Godot)
*''El círculo de tiza caucasiano'' (The Caucasian Chalk Circle)

Television

* '' Amar... al salvaje'' (1983) Series .... Serafín (1983)
* '' Quiero gritar tu nombre'' (1981) Series .... (1981)
* '' Mañana puedo morir'' (1979) (TV)
* '' Los bulbos'' (1974) mini-series
* '' Alta comedia'' (episode ''Los árboles mueren de pie'' (1974) .... Balboa
* '' Esta noche... miedo'' (1970) Series
* '' El mundo del espectáculo'' (1968) Series
* '' Burbuja'' (1967) Series .... León Ramos
* '' Mariana'' (1966) Series .... Padre Florencio
* '' Show Standard Electric'' (1965) mini-series .... (1965)
* '' Candilejas'' (1965) Series .... Felipe
* '' Dos gotas de agua'' (1964) Serie .... Don Paco
* '' Señorita Medianoche'' (1963) Serie .... Don César
* '' Mañana puede ser verdad'' (episodio ''El hombre que perdió su risa'' (1962) series.
* '' Blum''
* '' Teatro como en el Teatro''

References

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1911 births
1989 deaths
Argentine male actors
Argentine male television actors
20th-century Argentine male actors