Pedro López Lagar (18 June 1899, in

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– 21 August 1977, in

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) was a Spanish-born

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, notable for his work during the

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in the 1940s and 1950s. Although born in

he moved to

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as a young man and began acting in films in 1938. He starred with Enrique Borrás and

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in Alejandro Casona's '' La sirena varada'', released in 1934. He made some 20 film appearances but his career was at its peak in the mid to late 1940s, with Lopez appearing in '' Albéniz'' in 1946 and '' A sangre fría'' in 1947 in which he starred alongside

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and Amelia Bence.

Selected filmography

* '' Son cartas de amor'' (1943) * '' Two Angels and a Sinner'' (1945) * '' Road of Hell'' (1946) *''

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'' (1951) * '' The Boy and the Fog'' (1953)

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* Argentine male film actors 1899 births 1977 deaths Male actors from Buenos Aires 20th-century Argentine male actors Spanish emigrants to Argentina {{Argentina-actor-stub