Francisco Rabal

Francisco Rabal

1926-03-08 – 2001-08-29 (age 75) Águilas, Murcia, Región de Murcia, Spain
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Biography

Francisco Rabal Valera (8 March 1926 – 29 August 2001), popularly known as Paco Rabal, was a Spanish actor. His career spanned more than 200 film and television roles, between 1942 and 2001. He received numerous accolades both in Spain and abroad, including the Cannes Film Festival's Best Actor Award and the Goya Award for Best Actor.

Rabal was best known internationally for his collaborations with director Luis Buñuel, with Ronald Bergan writing "most of his other major roles he carried the heady, perverse whiff of the great surrealist director with him." He worked with many other notable directors, including Carlos Saura, Pedro Almodóvar, William Friedkin, Michelangelo Antonioni, Claude Chabrol, Luchino Visconti, and Gillo Pontecorvo.

One of Spain's most-loved and acclaimed actors during his lifetime, he also was known for his commitment to human rights and other social causes.

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Known For

Oedipus Mayor
Oedipus Mayor

1996

as Tiresias

Sorcerer
Sorcerer

1977

as Nilo

Belle de Jour
Belle de Jour

1967

as Hyppolite

The Other
L'Eclisse
L'Eclisse

1962

as Riccardo

Dagon
Dagon

2001

as Ezequiel

El buscón
El buscón

1979

as Mata

María Rosa
Little Miracles
Little Miracles

1997

as Don Francisco

Crooks
Crooks

1983

as Ginés Jiménez Valera

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

1990

as Máximo Espejo

Fight to the Death
Fight to the Death

1975

as Comisario Emilio Mendoza

La vieja música
La vieja música

1985

as Domingo Ferreiro

Path to the Kingdom
Path to the Kingdom

1952

as Tomás

Stay as You Are
Stay as You Are

1978

as Lorenzo

El disputado voto del señor Cayo
Doubt
Doubt

1951

as Rafael Figueroa

Spain Again
Spain Again

1969

as Reportero

Intimidad de los parques