Roberto Escalada born Aldo Roberto Leggero (4 July 1914 – 5 December 1986 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine actor, an icon of the classic era of Argentine cinema. Roberto Escalada began his career working on the radio, and it was his voice that caught the attention of producers. On meeting him, film producers, pleased by his physical appearance, immediately put him in as a member of different movie casts. One of his more acclaimed films of the 1940s was ''Los Pulpos'' (''The Octopuses''), a film directed by

Carlos Hugo Christensen Carlos Hugo Christensen ( Santiago del Estero, 15 December 1914 – Rio de Janeiro, 30 November 1999) was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer. He was of Danish descent through his paternal side. Christensen directed fi ...

. In 1950, Escalada played the central role in ''Mr Oribe's Crime'', based on Bioy Casares' short novel. In 1955 he played a conniving businessman in '' Ayer fue primavera'' (''Yesterday it was spring''), directed by

Fernando Ayala Fernando Ayala (2 July 1920 – 11 September 1997) was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer of the classic era. He is widely considered one of the most important Argentine film directors and producers in the history of ...

. His life changed at the beginning of the 1960s when he got married and start working on TV. As a heavy smoker, he had some health concerns during the 1960s, and he spent the later years of this life in television taking a number of smaller roles. He made over 55 film and TV appearances in Argentina between 1939 and 1980. His health declined in the early 1980s, and he died on 5 December 1986 of a smoking related heart attack at age 72 in Buenos Aires.

Filmography

*''El diablo metió la pata'' (1980) dir. Carlos Rinaldi *''Hormiga negra'' (1979) dir. Ricardo Alberto Defilippi *''Un idilio de estación'' (1978) dir. Aníbal Uset *''Los irrompibles'' (1975) dir. Emilio Vieyra *''Clínica con música'' (1974) dir. Francisco Guerrero *'' El profesor tirabombas'' (1972) dir.

*''Nino'' (1972) dir. Federico Curiel *''Con alma y vida'' (1970) dir.

David José Kohon David José Kohon (18 October 1929; Buenos Aires – 30 October 2004; ''ibid. Ibid. is an abbreviation for the Latin word '' ibīdem'', meaning "in the same place", commonly used in an endnote, footnote, bibliography citation, or scholarly ...

*''El mundo es de los jóvenes'' (1970) dir.

Julio Porter Julio Porter (July 14, 1916 in Buenos Aires – October 24, 1979 in Mexico City) was an Argentina, Argentine screenwriter and film director known as one of the most prolific screenwriters and film directors in the history of the Cinema of Arge ...

*''Los debutantes en el amor'' (1969) dir.

Leo Fleider Leo Fleider (October 12, 1913 in Hermanowa, Poland - August 5, 1977 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) was a Polish born Argentine film director and screenwriter, and one of the influential directors in the Cinema of Argentina of the classic era. ...

*''

El profesor hippie '' El Profesor Hippie'' is a 1969 Argentine musical comedy film directed by Fernando Ayala and written by Abel Santacruz which Ayala produced with Héctor Olivera. The film starred Luis Sandrini, Roberto Escalada and Soledad Silveyra. The ...

'' (1969) dir. Fernando Ayala *''Viaje de una noche de verano'' (1965) *''Esta noche mejor no'' (1965) dir.

Julio Saraceni Julio Saraceni (October 10, 1912 – October 12, 1998) was a prolific Argentina, Argentine film director whose career in the Cinema of Argentina as a movie director spanned six decades. He was an aviator as a young man, but later found a car ...

*''Dos quijotes sobre ruedas'' (1964) dir. Emilio Vieyra *''La familia Falcón'' (1963) dir.

Román Viñoly Barreto Román Viñoly Barreto (8 August 1914 – 20 August 1970) was a Uruguayan- Argentine film director. Biography Viñoly Barreto directed 28 feature films between 1947 and 1966 including '' The Black Vampire'', '' Paper Boats'', the 1954 film ...

*''Culpable'' (1960) dir.

Hugo del Carril Pierre Bruno Hugo Fontana, otherwise known as Hugo del Carril (30 November 1912 – 13 August 1989 in Buenos Aires), was an Argentine film actor, film director and tango singer of the classic era. Early life Born in Buenos Aires, del Carril ...

*''La sombra de Safo'' (1957) dir. Julio Porter *''Pecadora'' (1956) dir.

Enrique Carreras Enrique Carreras (6 January 1925 – 29 August 1995) was a Peruvian-born Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer, and was one of the most prolific film directors in the history of the Cinema of Argentina. Born in Lima, Peru, ...

*''De noche también se duerme'' (1956) dir. Enrique Carreras *''Ayer fue primavera'' (1955) dir. Fernando Ayala *''Vida nocturna'' (1955) dir. Leo Fleider *''La bestia humana'' (1954) dir.

Daniel Tinayre Daniel Tinayre (14 September 1910 – 24 October 1994) was a French-born Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer. Moving to Buenos Aires at a young age, Tinayre directed some 23 films between 1934 and 1974, directing films such ...

*''Sucedió en Buenos Aires'' (1954) dir.

Enrique Cahen Salaberry Enrique Cahen Salaberry (born 12 October 1911 – 29 June 1991 in Buenos Aires) was a prolific Argentine film director whose career in the Cinema of Argentina as a movie director spanned five decades. He directed some 60 films between 1943 a ...

*''El vampiro negro'' (1953) dir. Román Viñoly Barreto * '' Black Ermine'' (1953) dir.

* ''

Don't Ever Open That Door ''Don't Ever Open That Door'' (Spanish:''No abras nunca esa puerta'') is a 1952 Argentine thriller film directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen and starring Ángel Magana, Roberto Escalada and Norma Giménez. It is a film noir in two separate epis ...

'' (1952) dir. Carlos Hugo Christensen *'' Sala de guardia'' (1952) dir. Tulio Demicheli *''De turno con la muerte (1951) dir. Julio Porter *''Cartas de amor'' (1951) dir. Mario C. Lugones *'' Una Viuda casi alegre'' (1950) dir. Román Viñoly Barreto *''El crimen de Oribe'' (1950) dir.

Leopoldo Torres Ríos Leopoldo Torres Ríos (27 December 1899 – 10 April 1960) was an Argentine film director and screenwriter. His brother Carlos Torres Ríos was a notable cinematographer. His son was the film director and screenwriter Leopoldo Torre Nilsson. ...

*''Morir en su ley'' (1949) dir. Manuel Romero *''Se llamaba Carlos Gardel'' (1949) dir. León Klimovsky *''¿Por qué mintió la cigüeña?'' (1949) dir. Carlos Hugo Christensen *'' La gran tentación'' (1948) dir. Ernesto Arancibia *'' La muerte camina en la lluvia'' (1948) Carlos Hugo Christensen *''Una atrevida aventurita'' (1948) dir. Carlos Hugo Christensen *''Los pulpos'' (1948) dir. Carlos Hugo Christensen *''El jugador'' (1947) dir. León Klimovsky *''

Madame Bovary ''Madame Bovary'' (; ), originally published as ''Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners'' ( ), is a novel by French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1856. The eponymous character lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emp ...

'' (1947) dir.

Carlos Schlieper Carlos Schlieper (23 September 1902 – 11 April 1957 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentina, Argentine film director and screenwriter of the classic era. His father, Hermann Heinrich Schlieper Feldmann (1842-1925), was an industrialist of Germans, ...

*''Treinta segundos de amor'' (1947) dir. Luis Mottura *''Un beso en la nuca'' (1946) dir. Luis Mottura *''Cinco besos'' (1945) dir.

Luis Saslavsky Luis Saslavsky (April 21, 1903 – March 20, 1995) was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer, and one of the influential directors in the Cinema of Argentina of the classic era. Personal life Saskavsky was born in Rosar ...

* '' Swan Song'' (1945) dir. Carlos Hugo Christensen *''Veinticuatro horas en la vida de una mujer'' (1944) dir. Carlos Borcosque *'' Safo, historia de una pasión'' (1943) dir. Carlos Hugo Christensen *''Pájaros sin nido'' (1940) dir. José A. Ferreyra *'' El matrero'' (1939) dir. Orestes Caviglia *''Doce mujeres'' (1939) dir. Luis J. Moglia Barth

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Escalada, Roberto 1914 births 1986 deaths Male actors from Buenos Aires Argentine male radio actors Argentine male film actors Burials at La Chacarita Cemetery 20th-century Argentine male actors