Luis Peña Martínez-Illescas (20 June 1918, in
Santander – 29 March 1977, in
Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...
) was a Spanish actor.
Peña came from a family of actors and performed in films and theater. His sister was the actress
Pastora Peña. In 1946, he married
Luchy Soto; the two formed a stage company. He worked on filmed plays for television which were shown on
Televisión Española
(acronym TVE, branded tve, "Spanish Television") is Spain's national state-owned public television broadcaster and the oldest regular television service in the country. It was also the first regular television service in Equatorial Guinea.
T ...
in the 1960s. At the end of his career, he acted for
Carlos Saura
Carlos Saura Atarés (4 January 1932 – 10 February 2023) was a Spanish film director, photographer and writer. With Luis Buñuel and Pedro Almodóvar, he is considered to be among Spain's great filmmakers. He had a long and prolific career th ...
.
Selected filmography
* ''
The Birth of Salome'' (1940)
* ''
Follow the Legion'' (1942)
* ''
Ella, él y sus millones
''Ella, él y sus millones'' is a 1944 Spain, Spanish comedy film written and directed by Juan de Orduña.
The movie is based on the play written by Honorio Maura.
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ella, El Y Sus Millones
1944 films
194 ...
'' (1944)
* ''
Bamboo
Bamboos are a diverse group of mostly evergreen perennial plant, perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily (biology), subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family, in th ...
'' (1945)
* ''
The Holy Queen'' (1947)
* ''
The Maragatan Sphinx'' (1950)
* ''
Surcos'' (1951)
* ''
Calle mayor Calle Mayor may refer to:
* Calle Mayor (Madrid), a street in Madrid, Spain
* ''Calle Mayor'' (film), a 1956 Spanish film
* Calle Mayor Middle School, a middle school in Torrance, California
See also
* Main Street (disambiguation)
Main Street ...
'' (1956)
* ''
Amanecer en puerta oscura'' (1957)
* ''
Back to the Door
''Back to the Door'' (Spanish: ''De espaldas a la puerta'') is a 1959 Spanish crime film directed by José María Forqué and starring Emma Penella, Amelia Bence and Luis Prendes.de España, Rafael. ''Directory of Spanish and Portuguese Film-M ...
'' (1959)
* ''
The Red Rose'' (1960)
* ''
Due mafiosi nel far west
''Two Mafiamen in the Far West'' () is a 1964 Italian comedy western film directed by Giorgio Simonelli. Its stars Franco and Ciccio, and Fernando Sancho.
Cast
* Franco Franchi as Franco Capone
* Ciccio Ingrassia as Ciccio Capone
* Fernand ...
'', regia di
Giorgio Simonelli
Giorgio Simonelli (14 November 1901 Birth name: Giorgio Simonelli. – 3 October 1966), was an Italian film director, editor, screenwriter and journalist.
Life and career
Born in Rome, Simonelli got a high school diploma in business studies, ...
(1964)
* ''
Due mafiosi contro Goldginger'', regia di Giorgio Simonelli (1965)
* ''
I due parà'', regia di
Lucio Fulci
Lucio Fulci (; 17 June 1927 – 13 March 1996) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. Although he worked in a wide array of genres through a career spanning nearly five decades, including Commedia all'italiana, comedies and spagh ...
(1966)
* ''
Z7 Operation Rembrandt'' (1966)
* ''
El jardín de las delicias
''El jardín de las delicias'', also known as ''The Garden of Delights'' in English language cinema, is a 1970 Spanish drama film co-written and directed by Carlos Saura.
The film was censored by contemporary Spanish censorship because of its Fr ...
'' (1970)
* ''
A House Without Boundaries'' (1972)
* ''
La prima Angélica'' (1974)
External links
*
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1918 births
1977 deaths
People from Santander, Spain
Actors from Cantabria
Spanish male film actors
Spanish male television actors
20th-century Spanish male actors