Enrique García Álvarez (1896–1971) was a Spanish-Mexican actor.

Early life and career

García Álvarez was born in

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in 1896. He began his career in 1922. In 1938, near the end of the

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, he fled to Paris, France, where he was helped by

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, with which help he went into exile Mexico, where he would establish and live until shortly before his death. He debuted in the cinema in Mexico in 1940, where he would work with

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and

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in the latter's Mexican phase. He founded the magazine ''La Voz del Actor'' and received the

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award (from the Cinematographic Journalists of Mexico, PECIME) for his role in Buñuel's ''

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'' (1962).Arjona, p. 115. García Álvarez was married to Carmen Collado and died of a heart attack in 1971 (other sources erroneously state 1973) in

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, his wife's hometown, where she was recovering from an eye operation.

Filmography

* '' The 9.15 Express'' (1941) *''

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'' (1942) * ''

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'' (1943) * ''

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'' (1943) *'' The Lieutenant Nun'' (1944) * ''

A Woman's Diary ''A Woman's Diary'' (Spanish: ''Diario de una mujer'') is a 1944 Mexican drama film directed by José Benavides (director), José Benavides and starring Sofía Álvarez (actress, born 1913), Sofía Álvarez, Luis Aldás and Rafael Baledón. Tuñó ...

'' (1944) *''

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'' (1946) * '' The Operetta Queen'' (1946) *''

Five Faces of Woman ''Five Faces of Woman'' (Spanish: ''Cinco rostros de mujer'') is a 1947 Mexican musical drama film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and starring Arturo de Córdova, Pepita Serrador and Ana María Campoy.Berumen p.340 It was shot at the Cla ...

'' (1947) *'' Jalisco Fair'' (1948) *'' The Genius'' (1948) *'' The Magician'' (1949) * '' She and I'' (1951) * ''

Get Your Sandwiches Here ''Get Your Sandwiches Here'' (Spanish: ''Acá las tortas'') is a 1951 Mexican drama film directed by Juan Bustillo Oro and starring Sara García, Meche Barba and Carlos Orellana. It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The fil ...

'' (1951) *'' The Martyr of Calvary'' (1952) *''

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'' (1953) *'' La intrusa'' (1954) *''

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'' (1954) * ''

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'' (1954) *'' Adventures of Joselito and Tom Thumb'' (1960) *''

'' (1962) *''

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'' (1965) *'' The Partisan of Villa'' (1967)

References

Bibliography

* Arjona, Manuel Palomino. ''Dramaturgia Asturiana Contemporánea''. Lulu, 2019.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia Alvarez, Enrique 1896 births 1971 deaths Mexican male film actors Spanish male film actors Spanish emigrants to Mexico People from Langreo Actors from Asturias