Luis Escobar y Kirkpatrick, 7th Marquess of Marismas del Guadalquivir (5 September 1908 – 16 February 1991), was a Spanish nobleman and actor. He was an

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, and

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who advanced the interests of

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, and

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. A flamboyant aristocrat, he was particularly known to have played ''el marqués de Leguineche'' (the Marquess of Leguineche) in

Luis García Berlanga Luis García-Berlanga Martí (12 June 1921 – 13 November 2010) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. Acclaimed as a pioneer of modern Spanish cinema, his films are marked by social satire and acerbic critiques of Spanish culture under t ...

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La Escopeta Nacional ''La escopeta nacional'' (in English, ''The National Shotgun'') is a 1978 Spanish comedy film directed by Luis García Berlanga. The first installment in a critically and commercially successful trilogy, the picture is an indictment of the legacy ...

(1978),

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(1981) and

Nacional III Nacional III is a Spanish comedy film from 1982 directed by Luis García Berlanga and written by him together with Rafael Azcona, the third part of the trilogy about the Leguineche family after La escopeta nacional (1978) and Patrimonio nacional ...

(1982). In 1950, he directed '' La honradez de la cerradura,'' being nominated at the

1951 Cannes Film Festival The 4th Cannes Film Festival was held from 3 to 20 April 1951. The previous year, no festival had been held because of financial reasons. In 1951, the festival took place in April instead of September to avoid direct competition with the Venice Fi ...

. Escobar never married and was openly

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, especially after

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was restored in 1975. His niece, María Victoria Escobar y Cancho, succeeded him in the Marquessate of Marismas del Guadalquivir at his death in 1991.

Selected filmography

Film

* ''

'' (1978) * ''

'' (1981) * ''

'' (1982) * '' La Colmena'' (1982)

Director

* ''

Malibran's Song ''Malibran's Song'' (Spanish: ''La canción de La Malibrán'') is a 1951 Spanish historical musical film directed by Luis Escobar.de España p.320 It is based on the life of the nineteenth century singer Maria Malibran. Plot When María marries ...

'' (1951)

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* 1908 births 1991 deaths Spanish nobility Spanish male dramatists and playwrights Spanish male film actors Spanish gay writers Male actors from Madrid 20th-century Spanish dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Spanish male actors 20th-century Spanish male writers 20th-century LGBT people {{Spain-dramatist-stub

Selected filmography

Film

Director

See also

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