Rafael Félix Rivelles Guillén (23 December 1898 — 3 December 1971) was a Spanish actor born in
El Cabañal (El Cabanyal), a small town in the province of
Valencia,
Spain. Son of play actor José Rivelles and play actress Amparo Guillén, he was the father of famous Spanish star
Amparo Rivelles. In the 1930s, with the advent of talking films, he went to Hollywood to make Spanish-language versions of American films, but eventually came back to Spain.
Rivelles had two especially notable roles - the title role in ''
Don Quijote de la Mancha'', and the Prior in ''
Marcelino pan y vino
''Miracle of Marcelino'' ( es, Marcelino, pan y vino, "Marcelino, bread and wine") is a 1955 Spanish film written by José Maria Sanchez-Silva, based on his novel, and directed by Ladislao Vajda. It starred, Juan Calvo (who also starred together ...
'' (1955). He died in Madrid on 3 December 1971 and was interred at the El Cabanyal Cemetery in Valencia along with his father.
Filmography
*1914: ''
Prueba trágica''
*1931: ''
La Mujer X
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* "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...
'' (''Lady X'') - Luis Floriot
*1931: ''
El Embrujo de Sevilla
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* El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American po ...
'' (''The Charm of Seville'') - Paco Quiñones
*1931: ''
El Proceso de Mary Dugan'' - Fiscal
*1931: ''
¿Conoces a tu mujer?'' - Robert Felton
*1931: ''
Mamá'' (''Mommy'') - Santiago
*1932: ''
Fog
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''
*1933: ''
The Man Who Laughed at Love
''The Man Who Laughed at Love'' (Spanish:''El hombre que se reÃa del amor'') is a 1933 Spanish comedy film directed by Benito Perojo.Peiró p.304 It was made at the Orphea Studios in Barcelona.
Cast
* MarÃa Fernanda Ladrón de Guevara
* Rafae ...
'' - Juan Herrero
*1934: ''
El Café de la Marina
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* El (deity), a Semitic word for "God"
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* El DeBarge, music artist
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'' - (Castilian version)
*1936: ''
Nuestra Natacha
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The film ...
'' - Lalo
*1938: ''
Carmen, la de Triana
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'' - José Navarro
*1939: ''
Carmen fra i rossi'' - Saverio (Spanish version)
*1940: ''
The Sin of Rogelia Sanchez'' - Don Fernando
*1940: ''
Santa Rogelia'' - Fernando
*1942: ''
Capitan Tempesta'' (''Captain Storm'') - Lachinsky
*1942: ''
Il Leone di Damasco'' (''The Lion of Damascus'') - Lachinsky
*1942: ''
Goyescas
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'' (''Goyesque'') - Capitán Fernando Pizarro
*1944: ''
Lessons in Good Love'' - Federico Montero
*1947: ''
Don Quixote'' - Don Quijote (Don Quixote)
*1954: ''
Judas' Kiss'' - Judas Iscariote
*1954: ''
He Died Fifteen Years Ago
''He Died Fifteen Years Ago'' (Spanish: ''Murió hace quince años'') is a 1954 Spanish drama film directed by Rafael Gil and starring Rafael Rivelles, Francisco Rabal and Lyla Rocco.
Synopsis
Diego Acuña was one of the children transferred to ...
'' - Coronel Acuña
*1955: ''
Marcelino pan y vino
''Miracle of Marcelino'' ( es, Marcelino, pan y vino, "Marcelino, bread and wine") is a 1955 Spanish film written by José Maria Sanchez-Silva, based on his novel, and directed by Ladislao Vajda. It starred, Juan Calvo (who also starred together ...
'' - El Padre Superior
*1960: ''
La rivolta degli schiavi
''The Revolt of the Slaves'' ( it, La rivolta degli schiavi) is a 1960 Italian film directed by Nunzio Malasomma. It is based on the 1854 novel '' Fabiola'' by Nicholas Wiseman.
Cast
*Rhonda Fleming: Claudia
*Lang Jeffries: Vibio
*DarÃo Moreno ...
'' (''Revolt of the Slaves'') - Rutilius (Rutilio)
*1964: ''
Cyrano et d'Artagnan'' - Cardinal Duc de Richelieu
*1964: ''
El Señor de La Salle
EL, El or el may refer to:
Religion
* El (deity), a Semitic word for "God"
People
* EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer
* El DeBarge, music artist
* El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American po ...
'' (''Master of the Halls'') - Cardenal Noailles
*1966: ''
El Greco
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'' - Marquis of Villena
Theatre
* ''El nido ajeno'' (1923)
* ''El bandido de la Sierra'' (''Bandit of the Mountain'') (1926)
* ''Carlo Monte in Monte Carlo'' (''Carlo Monte en Monte Carlo'') (1939)
* ''La visita que no llamó al timbre'' (1949)
* ''Al amor hay que mandarlo al colegio'' (1950)
* ''Criminal de guerra'' (1951).
* ''Callados como muertos'' (1952)
*''Señora ama'' (1953)
* ''La mariposa y el ingeniero'' (1953)
* ''La muralla'' (''The Wall'') (1954)
* ''La herida luminosa'' (1955)
*''Pepa Doncel'' (1956)
* ''La herencia'' (1957)
El el Alcázar se estrenó "La herencia", de JoaquÃn Calvo Sotelo
Diario ABC,December 28, 1958, retrieved on November 23, 2011
*''Papá se enfada por todo'' (1959)
*''Cuidado con las personas formales'' (1960)
* ''Reinar después de morir'' (1964)
References
External links
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* http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/servlet/SirveObras/12826400880173731865846/p0000020.htm Rivelles in Hollywood (Spanish)
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Spanish male film actors
1898 births
1971 deaths
20th-century Spanish male actors
Male actors from the Valencian Community