Francisco Rabal profile
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Francisco Rabal

8th March 1926 Águilas, Murcia, Región de Murcia, Spain Acting

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Francisco Rabal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

191 Movies 9 TV Shows 206 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Dagon poster
Dagon 12th October 2001 as Ezequiel
Divine poster
Divine 16th September 1998 as Papá Basilio
Airbag poster
Airbag 20th June 1997 as Villambrosa
Baroque poster
Baroque 10th October 1989 as El Hispano
Scapegoat poster
Scapegoat 14th November 1985 as Comisario Cárdenas
Crooks poster
Crooks 21st September 1983 as Ginés Jiménez Valera
Reborn poster
Reborn 27th September 1981 as Giacomo
Corleone poster
Corleone 10th November 1978 as Don Giusto Provenzano
Tormento poster
Tormento 2nd September 1974 as Agustín Caballero
The Witches poster
The Witches 22nd February 1967 as Paolo (segment "La strega bruciata viva")
Sonatas poster
Sonatas 12th October 1959 as Marqués Javier de Bradomín
Cuenca poster
Cuenca 1st July 1958 as Narrator (voice)
Revenge poster
Revenge 2nd May 1958 as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Marisa poster
Marisa 19th March 1957 as Antonio
Doubt poster
Doubt 8th October 1951 as Rafael Figueroa
Alhucemas poster
Alhucemas 6th February 1948 as Tostado (uncredited)
Truhanes poster
Truhanes 5th October 1993 as Ginés Giménez
Juncal poster
Juncal 18th February 1989 as José Álvarez "Juncal"