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
Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area al ...
,
Spain
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. Son of play actor José Rivelles and play actress Amparo Guillén, he was the father of famous Spanish star
Amparo Rivelles
María Amparo Rivelles Ladrón de Guevara Medal of Merit in Labour, MML (11 February 1925 – 7 November 2013), better known as Amparo Rivelles, was a Spanish Actor, actress.
She was the daughter of actor Rafael Rivelles and actress María Ferna ...
. 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
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'', 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''
* 1930 : ''
El Embrujo de Sevilla'' (''The Witch of Seville'')
* 1931 : ''
El Proceso de Mary Dugan
''The Trial of Mary Dugan'' (Spanish:''El proceso de Mary Dugan''; French:''Le procès de Mary Dugan'') is a 1931 American drama film directed by Marcel De Sano and Gregorio Martínez Sierra and starring José Crespo, Adrienne D'Ambricourt and ...
''
* 1931 : ''
The Charm of Seville''
* 1931 : ''
La Mujer X'' (''Lady X'') : ''Luis Floriot''
* 1931 : ''
¿Conoces a tu mujer?'' : ''Robert Felton''
* 1931 : ''
Mamá (film)'' (''Mommy'') : ''Santiago''
* 1932 : ''
The Man Who Laughed at Love''
* 1932 : ''
Fog''
* 1933 : ''
El Café de la Marina'' : ''(Castilian version)''
* 1936 : ''
Nuestra Natacha'' : ''Lalo''
* 1938 : ''
Carmen, la de Triana''
* 1939 : ''
Carmen fra i rossi
''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the Carmen (novella), novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first perfo ...
'' : ''Saverio (Spanish version)''
* 1940 : ''
The Sin of Rogelia Sanchez
''The Sin of Rogelia Sanchez'' (Italian:''Il peccato di Rogelia Sanchez'') is a 1940 Italian drama film directed by Carlo Borghesio and Roberto de Ribón and starring Germaine Montero, Juan de Landa and Rafael Rivelles.Balma p.128
It was made at ...
'' : ''Don Fernando''
* 1940 : ''
Santa Rogelia
''Saint Rogelia'' (Spanish:''Santa Rogelia'') is a 1940 Spanish drama film directed by Roberto de Ribón and starring Germaine Montero, Rafael Rivelles and Juan de Landa. It was shot at Cinecitta in Rome as part of an agreement between Francisco ...
''
* 1942 : ''
Capitán Tormenta
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'' : ''Lachinsky''
* 1942 : ''
Capitan Tempesta
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'' (''Captain Storm'') : ''Lachinsky''
* 1942 : ''
Il Leone di Damasco'' (''The Lion of Damascus'') : ''Lachinsky''
* 1942 : ''
Goyescas
''Goyescas'', Op. 11, subtitled ''Los majos enamorados'' (''The Gallants in Love''), is a piano suite written in 1911 by Spanish composer Enrique Granados. It was inspired by the work of the Spanish artist Francisco Goya. The piano pieces have no ...
'' (''Goyesque'')
* 1944 : ''
Lessons in Good Love
''Lessons in Good Love'' (Spanish:''Lecciones de buen amor'') is a 1944 Spanish film directed by Rafael Gil.de España p.119
Cast
* Juan Domenech
* Félix Fernández
* Milagros Leal
* Luis Martínez
* Manolo Morán
* José Orjas
* Nicol ...
''
* 1947 : ''
Don Quixote
is a Spanish epic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615, its full title is ''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha'' or, in Spanish, (changing in Part 2 to ). A founding work of West ...
'' : ''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''
* 1961 : ''
La rivolta degli schiavi'' (''Revolt of the Slaves'') : ''Rutilius'' (''Rutilio'')
* 1964 : ''
El Señor de La Salle'' (''Master of the Halls'') : ''Cardenal Noailles''
* 1964 : ''
Cyrano et d'Artagnan
''Cyrano and d'Artagnan'' () is a 1964 French adventure film directed by Abel Gance, starring José Ferrer and Jean-Pierre Cassel. It is set in 1642 and tells the story of how the poet and duelist Cyrano de Bergerac teams up with the musketeer d' ...
'' : ''Cardinal Duc de Richelieu''
* 1966 : ''
El Greco'' : ''Marquis of Villena''
Theatre
* ''Reinar después de morir'' (1964)
*''Cuidado con las personas formales'' (1960)
*''Papá se enfada por todo'' (1959)
* ''La herencia'' (1957)
*''Pepa Doncel'' (1956)
* ''La herida luminosa'' (1955)
* ''La muralla'' (''The Wall'') (1954)
* ''La mariposa y el ingeniero'' (1953)
*''Señora ama'' (1953)
* ''Callados como muertos'' (1952)
* ''Criminal de guerra'' (1951).
Estreno de la comedia dramática "Criminal de guerra", de Joaquín Calvo Sotelo
Diario ABC
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, February 17, 1951, retrieved on November 8, 2011
* ''Al amor hay que mandarlo al colegio'' (1950)
* ''La visita que no llamó al timbre'' (1949)
* ''Carlo Monte in Monte Carlo'' (''Carlo Monte en Monte Carlo'') (1939)
* ''El bandido de la Sierra'' (''Bandit of the Mountain'') (1926)
* ''El nido ajeno'' (1923)
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