Pedro Beltrán Rentero (20 April 1927 – 9 March 2007) was a Spanish screenwriter and actor. He was born in

Cartagena, Murcia Cartagena () is a Spanish city belonging to the Region of Murcia. As of January 2018, it has a population of 218,943 inhabitants. The city lies in a natural harbor of the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula. Cartage ...

on 20 April 1927. His father was a

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for Heraclio Fournieren Cartagena and a founding member of Unión Republicana. They moved to Valencia and he studied for being a dancer, actor, singer, poet, screenwriter and

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, and worked as a nurse. He started as an actor in '' Bajo el cielo de España'' (1953), directed by

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. He collaborated with

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in '' Calabuch'' (1956), ''

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'' (1963), ''

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'' (1985) and ''

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'' (1981). In 1964 he debuted as a screenwriter in ''

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'', directed by

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, ''¡Bruja, más que bruja!'' (1977), and ''

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'' (1986), for which he was nominated to the

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. He died on 9 March 2007 in Madrid at the age of 79, suffering from economic problems. His body was found by

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beltrán, Pedro 1927 births 2007 deaths 20th-century Spanish screenwriters 21st-century Spanish screenwriters Spanish male screenwriters 20th-century Spanish male actors 21st-century Spanish male actors People from Cartagena, Spain