José Crespo (1900–1997) was a Spanish
film actor
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. During the late 1920s and 1930s he worked in
Hollywood
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, often as a leading man in
Spanish-language
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versions of studio hits. Crespo was thought to resemble
John Gilbert by
MGM bosses, and was given roles performed by the American in the English versions. The two men became friends.
[Jarvinen p.49] Once the fashion for making separate Spanish versions was brought to an end by the rise of
dubbing, Crespo moved to Mexico to work. He later returned to his native Spain.
Selected filmography
* ''
Revenge
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'' (1928)
* ''
Joy Street'' (1929)
* ''
Love in Every Port'' (1931)
* ''
The Trial of Mary Dugan'' (1931)
* ''
Mystery at Monte Carlo
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'' (1933)
* ''
Angelina o el honor de un brigadier'' (1935)
* ''
Tengo fe en ti'' (1940)
* ''
Nobody's Wife'' (1950)
References
Bibliography
* Lisa Jarvinen. ''The Rise of Spanish-Language Filmmaking: Out from Hollywood's Shadow, 1929-1939''. Rutgers University Press, 2012.
External links
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1900 births
1997 deaths
Spanish male film actors
Spanish emigrants to the United States
Spanish emigrants to Mexico
20th-century Spanish male actors
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