Ángel de Andrés Miquel was a Spanish theatre

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and director.

Background

In 1938, after the

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broke out, the young Andrés worked as an amateur street actor and then as a "galán cómico" in the

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theatre company. In 1940, he played roles in the Isbert, Infanta Isabel and

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theatre companies, among others. Andrés began his own theatre company with Antonio Casal, which became very successful. It was there that Andrés met actress Chity Juárez. Andrés and Juárez married in 1959 and remained together for the rest of Andrés' life. They had two children. From 1939 until the 1990s, Andrés had regular jobs in theatre, cinema and television. He used his full name as his stage name, however, the people who knew him always called him Angelito de Andrés (Angelito is the familiar form for Ángel). During the 1940s, Andrés began acting in movies as an extra, but it was not until 1950 that he was first cast serious roles. Throughout his career, Andrés worked by then in

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and

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. In the 1950s as a presenter and actor in

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and

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. Andrés' best performances came after

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's death in 1975. In the 1980s, Andrés starred in numerous comedy films, winning the affection as a humorist and also in the TV series '' Celia'' and ''Lorca la muerte de un poeta'' of

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. In the 1988 he played the character of Zenón de Somodevilla in

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'' with

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. After suffering a paralysis due to a thrombus in the 1990s, he retired from the theaters, but not from television screens. In the summer of 2006, Andrés died in his sleep from a heart attack.

Selected filmography

* ''Fin de curso'' (1944, by Ignacio F. Iquino) - Gorito * ''Turbante blanco'' (1944) - Duque Gregorio * ''Paraíso sin Eva'' (1944) - Mariano * ''Cabeza de hierro'' (1944) - Polilla * '' Thirsty Land'' (1945) * ''Leyenda de feria'' (1946) * '' The Prodigal Woman'' (1946, by

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) - Miguel * ''

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'' (1946, by

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) - Peter * ''Dulcinea'' (1947) - Diego Hernández * '' The Faith'' (1947, by Rafael Gil) - Dueño casa huéspedes * ''

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'' (1947, by Rafael Gil) - Primer Caballero (First Gentleman) (uncredited) * '' Confidences'' (1948, by Jerónimo Mihura) - Luis * ''

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'' (1948) - José * ''

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'' (1948) - Toni * ''Pototo, Boliche y Compañía'' (1948) * ''

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'' (1949, by Fernando de Fuentes) * ''Currito de la Cruz'' (1949) - Empleado de la taberna 'La gallega' (uncredited) * ''¡Fuego!'' (1949, by Arthur Duarte) - Bombero * ''

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'' (1949) - Camionero * ''¡El santuario no se rinde!'' (1949) - Curro * ''Un corazón en el ruedo'' (1950) - (uncredited) * ''Hipólito, el de Santa'' (1950) * ''Tres ladrones en la casa'' (1950) - Talia * '' I Want to Marry You'' (1951) - Andrés * ''Tercio de quites'' (1951, by Emilio Gómez Muriel) - Angelillo * '' Fantasía española'' (1953, by Javier Setó) - Pepe * ''Juzgado permanente'' (1954) - Carterista * ''Historias de la radio'' (1955, by

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) - Ladrón * ''Manolo guardia urbano'' (1956, by Rafael J. Salvia) - Felipe, el limpiabotas * ''Un Abrigo a cuadros'' (1957, by Alfredo Hurtado) - Germán * ''El Hincha'' (1958, by

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) - Nicolás, el hincha * ''Pasa la tuna'' (1960, by José María Elorrieta) - Tomás González * ''091 Policía al habla'' (1960, by José María Forqué) - Manolo * ''Las Estrellas'' (1962, by Miguel Lluch) - El Ciruqui * ''

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'' (1962, by Rafael Gil) - Chófer * ''La Pandilla de los once'' (1963, by

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) - Dick 'EL Chuleta' * ''La Batalla del domingo'' (1963, by Luis Marquina) - Pepe, el limpiabotas * '' Tomy's Secret'' (1963, by

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) - Presentador del concurso * ''El espontáneo'' (1964) - Situado * ''Fin de semana.'' (1964, by

) - Fernando * ''Dulcinea del Toboso'' (1964) * ''Mi canción es para ti'' (1965, by

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) - Melitón Pérez Tumbao 'Tumbaito' * ''Suena el clarín'' (1965) - Apoderado * '' He's My Man!'' (1966, by Rafael Gil) - Portero Club Pinky * ''El Padre Manolo'' (1966, by Ramón Torrado) - Roberto, el chófer * ''Aquí mando yo'' (1967, by

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) - Guardia urbano * ''

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'' (1967, by Rafael Gil) - Taxista * ''

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'' (1968, by Rafael Gil) - Héctor * ''De Picos Pardos a la ciudad'' (1969, by Ignacio F. Iquino) - Pepe * ''Relaciones casi públicas'' (1969) - Empresario teatral * ''¡Se armó el belén!'' (1969, by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia) - Comprador y decorador * ''Con ella llegó el amor'' (1970, by Ramón Torrado) - Rafael * ''Don Erre que erre'' (1970, by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia) * ''La casa de los Martínez'' (1971) - Bombero * ''Secuestro a la española'' (1972, by Mateo Cano) - Martín * ''Casa Flora'' (1973, by Ramón Fernández) - Leoncio * ''La llamaban La Madrina'' (1973) - Pardillo timado * ''Me has hecho perder el juicio'' (1973) - Hombre en el metro * ''El Reprimido'' (1974, by

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) - Pepe * ''No quiero perder la honra'' (1975, by Eugenio Martín) - Camacho * ''Bienvenido, Mister Krif'' (1975) * ''El último tango en Madrid'' (1975) * ''El mejor regalo'' (1975) - Taxista * '' And in the Third Year, He Rose Again'' (1980) - Leoncio * ''Brujas mágicas'' (1981, by

hijo) - Don Lope * '' Cristóbal Colón, de oficio... descubridor'' (1982, by Mariano Ozores hijo) - Fray Juan Pérez * ''La canción de los niños'' (1982) - Andrés * ''Una pequeña movida'' (1983) * ''

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'' (1983, by Rafael Gil) - Telesforo * '' Juana la loca... de vez en cuando'' (1983, by José Ramón Larraz) - Duque de Medina Sidonia * ''El Cid cabreador'' (1983, by Angelino Fons) - Cardenal * ''Libro Luces de bohemia'' (1985, by Miguel Ángel Díez) * ''

'' (1989, by

) - Ensenada * ''Tahiti's Girl'' (1990) - Senador Menéndez * '' La forja de un rebelde'' (1990, TV Series, by

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) - José * ''Celia'' (1993, TV Series, by

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) - Don Restituto

Sources

* ''La auténtica vida e historia del teatro''. Juan José Videgain (2005). * ''La revista'' (1997) Ramón Femenía * ''Diccionario de Teatro Akal'' (1997) * Prensa nacional española entre 1940 y 2005: ''ABC, El Alcázar, Pueblo, Digame, Ya, El país, El mundo, La razón''... * ''Teatralerias, tres siglos de la escena'', (2018) Madrid: P & V.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Andres, Angel 1918 births 2006 deaths Spanish male film actors Spanish male stage actors Spanish male television actors 20th-century Spanish male actors Spanish theatre directors Male actors from Madrid Burials at Cementerio de la Almudena