Homero Cárpena (14 February 1910 – 17 January 2001) was an Argentine film actor born in
Mar del Plata
Mar del Plata is a city on the coast of the Argentine Sea, Atlantic Ocean, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the seat of General Pueyrredón Partido, General Pueyrredón district. Mar del Plata is the second largest city in Buenos Aires ...
, notable for his work during the
Golden Age of Argentine cinema
The Golden Age of Argentine cinema (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Época de Oro del cine argentino'' or other equivalent names), sometimes known interchangeably as the broader classical or classical-industrial period (Spanish: ''período clásico- ...
. He appeared in 72 films between 1933 and 1972 although the bulk of his work was in the late 1930s and 1940s. He starred in ''
El hombre señalado'', which was entered into the
7th Berlin International Film Festival
The 7th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 21 June to 2 July 1957.
The Golden Bear was awarded to '' 12 Angry Men'' directed by Sidney Lumet. The International Federation of Film Critics awarded FIPRESCI Award for the firs ...
.
He was the father of actresses
Claudia Cárpena and
Nora Cárpena.
Selected filmography
* ''
Los tres berretines'' (1933)
* ''
The Boys Didn't Wear Hair Gel Before'' (1937)
* ''
La fuga'' (1937)
* ''
The Caranchos of Florida'' (1938)
* ''
Encadenado'' (1940)
* ''
El Fin de la noche'' (1944)
* ''
Our Natacha'' (1944)
* ''
Madame Sans-Gêne'' (1945)
* ''
La Amada Inmóvil'' (1945)
* ''
The Abyss Opens'' (1945)
* ''
Buenos Aires Sings'' (1947)
* ''
Story of a Bad Woman'' (1948)
* ''
Hardly a Criminal'' (1949)
* ''
The Gaucho Priest'' (1941)
* ''
Los Lobos del palmar'' (1954)
* ''
El hombre señalado'' (1957)
* ''
El Rufián
''El Rufián'' is a 1961 Argentina, Argentine film directed by Daniel Tinayre.
Cast
*Egle Martin ... Isabel-Florelle
*Carlos Estrada (actor), Carlos Estrada ... Hector
*Óscar Rovito ... Raul
*Nathán Pinzón ... Andres
*Aída Luz ... Berta ...
'' (1960)
External links
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1910 births
2001 deaths
Argentine male film actors
People from Mar del Plata
20th-century Argentine male actors
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