Francisco Rabal

12 titles·Since 1933

March 8, 1926 · Águilas, Murcia, Región de Murcia, Spain

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.

Frequently works with

Luis Buñuel

3 titles together

Filmography (12)

Dagon

2001 · Ezequiel

The Beehive

1982 · Ricardo Sorbedo

Nightmare City

1980 · Major Warren Holmes

Stay as You Are

1978 · Lorenzo

Sorcerer

1977 · Nilo

It Can Be Done Amigo

1972 · Sheriff Franciscus

The Nun

1967 · Dom Morel

The Witches

1967 · Paolo (segment "La strega bruciata viva")

L'Eclisse

1962 · Riccardo

Viridiana

1962 · Jorge

Nazarín

1959 · Father Nazario

Land Without Bread

1933 · Narrator (voice)

March 8, 1926 · Águilas, Murcia, Región de Murcia, Spain

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.