From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Francisco Rabal (March 8, 1926 – August 29, 2001), perhaps better known as Paco Rabal, was a Spanish actor born in Águilas, a small town in the province of Murcia, Spain. In 1936, after the Spanish Civil War broke out. Rabal and his family left Murcia and moved to Madrid. Young Francisco had to work as a street salesboy and in a chocolate factory. When he was 13 years old, he left school to work as an electrician at Estudios Chamartín. Rabal got some sporadic jobs as an extra. Dámaso Alonso and other people advised him to try his luck with a career in theater. During the following years, he got some roles in theater companies such as Lope de Vega or María Guerrero. It was there that he met actress Asunción Balaguer; they married and remained together for the rest of Rabal's life. Their daughter, Teresa Rabal, is also an actor. In 1947, Rabal got some regular jobs in theater. He used his full name, Francisco Rabal, as stage name. However, the people who knew him always called him Paco Rabal. (Paco is the familiar form for Francisco.) "Paco Rabal" became his unofficial stage name. During the 1940s, Rabal began acting in movies as an extra, but it was not until 1950 that he was first cast in speaking roles, and played romantic leads and rogues. He starred in three films directed by Luis Buñuel - Nazarín (1959), Viridiana (1961) and Belle de jour (1967). William Friedkin thought of Rabal for the French villain of his 1971 movie The French Connection. However, he could not remember the name of "that Spanish actor". Mistakenly, his staff hired another Spanish actor, Fernando Rey. Friedkin discovered that Rabal did not speak English or French, so he decided to keep Rey. Rabal has previously worked with Rey in Viridiana. Rabal did, however, work with Friedkin in the much less successful but Academy Award-nominated cult classic Sorcerer (1977), a remake of The Wages of Fear (1953). Throughout his career, Rabal worked in France, Italy and Mexico with directors such as Gillo Pontecorvo, Michelangelo Antonioni, Luchino Visconti, Valerio Zurlini, Jacques Rivette and Alberto Lattuada. It is widely considered that Rabal's best performances came after Francisco Franco's death on 1975. In the 1980s, Rabal starred in Los santos inocentes, winning the Award as Best Actor in Cannes Film Festival, in El Disputado Voto del Señor Cayo and also in the TV series Juncal. In 1989, he was a member of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival. In the 1999 he played the character of Francisco Goya in Carlos Saura Goya en Burdeos, winning a Goya Award as Best Actor. Francisco Rabal is the only Spanish actor to have received a honoris causa doctoral degree from the University of Murcia. Rabal's final movie was Dagon, a film which was dedicated to him right before the credits. The dedication read "Dedicated to Francisco Rabal, a wonderful actor and even better human being." Rabal died in 2001 from compensatory dilating emphysema, while on an airplane travelling to Bordeaux, when he was coming back from receiving an Award at Montreal Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Francisco Rabal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie | The Revolution on Two Horses | Zio Henrique | 2002-04-25 |
Movie | Zero/infinito | (voice) | 2002-01-01 |
Movie | Nights of Constantinople | 2001-01-01 | |
Movie | Lázaro de Tormes | El Ciego | 2001-01-19 |
Movie | Just Run! | Don Vicente | 2001-06-28 |
Movie | Dagon | Ezequiel | 2001-10-12 |
Movie | Speaking of Buñuel | Self | 2000-06-09 |
Movie | Divertimento | 2000-10-22 | |
Movie | Peixe-Lua | Tio Nini | 2000-09-29 |
Movie | Goya in Bordeaux | Goya | 1999-09-04 |
Movie | Talk of Angels | Don Jorge | 1998-10-30 |
Movie | Water Easy Reach | 1998-03-06 | |
Movie | Divine | Papá Basilio | 1998-09-16 |
Movie | Day and Night | Cristobal | 1997-02-12 |
Movie | Airbag | Villambrosa | 1997-06-20 |
Movie | Little Miracles | Don Francisco | 1997-09-04 |
Movie | Little Bird | El Abuelo | 1997-08-31 |
Movie | La novia de medianoche | Wenceslao Corredoira | 1997-10-30 |
Movie | Oedipus Mayor | Tiresias | 1996-08-23 |
Movie | One Hundred and One Nights | Luis Buñuel (voice) | 1995-01-25 |
Movie | Felicidades, Tovarich | Abuelo | 1995-01-01 |
Movie | The Lame Pigeon | 1995-10-06 | |
Movie | On Earth as It Is in Heaven | San Pedro | 1995-11-03 |
Movie | La Lola se va a los puertos | Don Diego | 1993-09-10 |
Series | Truhanes | Ginés Giménez | 1993-10-05 |
Movie | The Man Who Lost His Shadow | Antonio | 1992-01-15 |
Movie | Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! | Máximo Espejo | 1990-01-22 |
Movie | Manuel, le fils emprunté | Juan Alvarez | 1990-02-09 |
Movie | Buñuel | Self | 1989-01-01 |
Series | Juncal | José Álvarez "Juncal" | 1989-02-18 |
Movie | Torquemada | Torquemada | 1989-05-12 |
Movie | The White Dove | Domingo | 1989-11-23 |
Movie | Baroque | El Hispano | 1989-10-10 |
Movie | A Time of Destiny | Jorge Larraneta | 1988-04-22 |
Movie | Scent of a Crime | Coronel Olvera | 1988-10-21 |
Movie | Il mistero del panino assassino | Arno dei conti Vincini | 1987-10-28 |
Movie | Divine Words | Pedro Gailo | 1987-09-15 |
Movie | Tiempo de silencio | Muecas | 1986-03-13 |
Movie | History | Remo | 1986-01-02 |
Movie | Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime) | Guaglione | 1986-01-24 |
Movie | El hermano bastardo de Dios | 1986-09-10 | |
Movie | El disputado voto del señor Cayo | Señor Cayo | 1986-11-03 |
Movie | Our Father | Abel | 1985-04-21 |
Movie | Futuro Imperfecto | 1985-01-28 | |
Movie | Bohemian Nights | Max Estrella | 1985-08-21 |
Movie | The Lost Paradise | El político anciano | 1985-01-13 |
Movie | La vieja música | Domingo Ferreiro | 1985-09-26 |
Movie | Scapegoat | Comisario Cárdenas | 1985-11-14 |
Movie | The Witching Hour | Cesar | 1985-11-04 |
Movie | Marbella | Juan | 1985-10-13 |
Movie | Victòria! 3: El seny i la rauxa | Coronel Márquez | 1984-02-03 |
Movie | Epilogue | Rocabruno | 1984-01-20 |
Movie | Coarse Salt | Gabino | 1984-02-06 |
Series | Teresa de Jesús | Alonso | 1984-03-12 |
Movie | Los zancos | Manuel | 1984-10-10 |
Movie | The Holy Innocents | Azarías | 1984-04-04 |
Movie | Treasure of the Four Crowns | Sócrates | 1983-01-21 |
Series | Los Desastres de la Guerra | Francisco de Goya | 1983-06-06 |
Movie | Victòria! 2: La disbauxa del 17 | Coronel Márquez | 1983-12-06 |
Movie | Victòria! La gran aventura d'un poble | Coronel Márquez | 1983-09-09 |
Movie | Crooks | Ginés Jiménez Valera | 1983-09-21 |
Movie | The Beehive | Ricardo Sorbedo | 1982-10-11 |
Series | Cervantes | Mateo Alemán | 1981-04-06 |
Movie | Reborn | Giacomo | 1981-09-27 |
Movie | Vultures Over the City | Bender | 1980-01-01 |
Movie | The Rebel | Tony | 1980-01-01 |
Movie | Under Siege | William Lombard | 1980-08-08 |
Series | Fortunata and Jacinta | José Izquierdo | 1980-05-07 |
Movie | Nightmare City | Major Warren Holmes | 1980-12-11 |
Movie | Speed Driver | Esposito | 1980-12-04 |
Movie | El gran secreto | Domingo | 1980-10-12 |
Movie | Hunted City | Don Alfonso | 1979-09-27 |
Movie | El buscón | Mata | 1979-11-27 |
Movie | Hotel Fear | Marta's lover | 1978-02-16 |
Movie | Corleone | Don Giusto Provenzano | 1978-11-10 |
Movie | Stay As You Are | Lorenzo | 1978-09-14 |
Movie | Sorcerer | Nilo | 1977-06-24 |
Movie | I Am the Law | Albanese the Outlaw | 1977-09-23 |
Movie | Io sono mia | Padre di Orio | 1977-11-18 |
Movie | Emilia... parada y fonda | 1976-08-15 | |
Movie | The Desert of the Tartars | M.llo Tronk | 1976-10-29 |
Movie | The Long Vacations of '36 | Teacher | 1976-10-28 |
Movie | The Dead Man | Azevedo Bandeira | 1975-08-21 |
Movie | Fight to the Death | Comisario Emilio Mendoza | 1975-01-27 |
Movie | La peccatrice | Turco | 1975-07-20 |
Movie | C.I.A. Secret Story | Mehdi Ben Barka | 1975-08-21 |
Movie | The City of World | Matteo | 1975-10-16 |
Movie | Blanca's Weddings | Antonio | 1975-11-17 |
Movie | Eye of the Cat | Eminenza | 1975-10-19 |
Series | Il giovane Garibaldi | Bento Gonçalvez | 1974-02-10 |
Movie | Dormir Y Ligar: Todo Es Empezar | Self (uncredited) | 1974-05-15 |
Movie | Death Will Have Your Eyes | The Blackmailer | 1974-01-01 |
Movie | It's Nothing Mama, Just a Game | Tío | 1974-05-29 |
Movie | The Tempter | Bishop Marquez | 1974-11-22 |
Movie | Tormento | Agustín Caballero | 1974-09-02 |
Movie | The Guerrilla | El Cabrero (The Shepherd) | 1973-02-16 |
Movie | La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea | Pedro Crespo, Alcalde de Zalamea | 1973-04-13 |
Movie | La otra imagen | 1973-06-16 | |
Movie | Counselor at Crime | Vincent Garofalo | 1973-08-30 |
Movie | La colonna infame | Giacomo Mora - il barbiere | 1973-04-19 |
Movie | Nada menos que todo un hombre | Alejandro Gómez | 1972-02-14 |
Movie | Le soldat Laforêt | Paco | 1972-04-21 |
Movie | It Can Be Done Amigo | Sheriff | 1972-03-31 |
Movie | Planet Venus | Party chauffer | 1972-08-27 |
Movie | N.P. | Ingegnere N.P. | 1972-07-26 |
Movie | Exorcism's Daughter | Fuso | 1971-01-01 |
Movie | The Big Black Sow | Il Medico | 1971-04-13 |
Movie | El apartamento de la tentación | Hombre que se cruza con Julieta (uncredited) | 1971-05-24 |
Movie | Goya, a Story of Solitude | Goya | 1971-06-07 |
Movie | Diario Spagnolo | Él mismo | 1970-01-01 |
Movie | Laia | 1970-01-01 | |
Movie | Cutting Heads | Díaz II | 1970-10-16 |
Movie | Ann and Eve | Francesco | 1970-08-03 |
Movie | Spain Again | Reportero | 1969-06-07 |
Movie | Un adulterio decente | Conserje (uncredited) | 1969-08-25 |
Movie | Blood in the Bullring | Juan Carmona | 1969-05-19 |
Movie | Simon Bolivar | José Antonio Del Llano | 1969-09-12 |
Movie | Eagles Over London | Martin | 1969-09-20 |
Movie | The Challenges | Carlos | 1969-09-19 |
Movie | Bloody Che Contra | Che Guevara | 1968-01-01 |
Movie | Les Anges exterminés | 1968-01-15 | |
Movie | After the Deluge | Pedro | 1968-01-25 |
Movie | The Witches | Paolo (segment "La strega bruciata viva") | 1967-02-22 |
Movie | Long Days of Vengeance | Sheriff Douglas | 1967-02-23 |
Movie | Cervantes | Rodrigo Cervantes | 1967-11-02 |
Movie | Belle de Jour | Hyppolite | 1967-05-24 |
Movie | Oscuros sueños de agosto | Julio | 1967-07-01 |
Movie | The Nun | Dom Morel | 1966-05-06 |
Movie | Hoy como ayer | Ramón | 1966-08-29 |
Movie | Camino del Rocío | José Antonio | 1966-12-05 |
Movie | Don Juan Tenorio | Don Juan Tenorio | 1966-11-02 |
Movie | España insólita | (voice) | 1965-05-13 |
Movie | Intimidad de los parques | Héctor | 1965-03-03 |
Movie | The Devil Also Cries | Tomás | 1965-03-14 |
Movie | Currito de la Cruz | Manuel Carmona | 1965-07-01 |
Movie | María Rosa | 1965-11-13 | |
Movie | Legacy of the Incas | Gambusino | 1965-09-08 |
Movie | The Blue Panther | Paco Castillo | 1965-08-25 |
Movie | Weeping for a Bandit | José María 'El Tempranillo' | 1964-08-31 |
Movie | The Big Hit | Michel Arland | 1964-06-24 |
Movie | The Other Woman | Zaylor | 1964-09-04 |
Movie | Mathias Sandorf | Frédéric de Rotenbourg | 1963-02-13 |
Movie | Summer Night | Bernardo | 1963-06-03 |
Movie | The Reunion | Alberto | 1963-09-19 |
Movie | Autopsy of a Criminal | Carlos | 1963-08-05 |
Movie | Viridiana | Jorge | 1962-04-01 |
Movie | L'Eclisse | Riccardo | 1962-04-13 |
Movie | I tromboni di Fra' Diavolo | Fra Diavolo | 1962-10-11 |
Movie | The Female: Seventy Times Seven | Pascual | 1962-08-30 |
Movie | The Hand in the Trap | Cristóbal Archaval | 1961-05-01 |
Movie | Hijo de hombre | 1961-01-16 | |
Movie | At Five in the Afternoon | Juan Reyes | 1961-05-16 |
Movie | Pigeon Shoot | Elia | 1961-05-25 |
Movie | Azahares rojos | Arturo Gómez Mancera | 1961-11-01 |
Movie | Trío de damas | Alberto Sáinz Robledo | 1960-01-01 |
Movie | El hombre de la isla | Lorenzo 'El Moro' | 1960-07-07 |
Movie | Nazarin | Father Nazario | 1959-06-04 |
Movie | Diez fusiles esperan | José Iribarren | 1959-06-15 |
Movie | Sonatas | Marqués Javier de Bradomín | 1959-10-12 |
Movie | Revenge | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1958-05-02 |
Movie | L'uomo dai calzoni corti | Mario | 1958-06-23 |
Movie | La noche y el alba | Pedro | 1958-10-10 |
Movie | Saranno uomini | Giacomo | 1957-03-23 |
Movie | Marisa | Antonio | 1957-03-19 |
Movie | Whom God Forgives | Juan Cuenca | 1957-05-05 |
Movie | The Mighty Crusaders | Tancredi d'Altavilla | 1957-12-23 |
Movie | The Wide Blue Road | Salvatore | 1957-11-22 |
Movie | La gran mentira | César Neira | 1956-04-01 |
Movie | Radio Stories | Gabriel | 1955-07-25 |
Movie | Death of a Cyclist | (uncredited) | 1955-09-07 |
Movie | El canto del gallo | Padre Miller | 1955-09-26 |
Movie | Revelation | Sergio Gresky | 1955-12-30 |
Movie | The Miller's Saucy Wife | Cristóbal Paterna | 1955-12-05 |
Movie | Judas' Kiss | Quinto Licinio | 1954-02-27 |
Movie | Murió hace quince años | Diego | 1954-10-04 |
Movie | All Is Possible in Granada | Fernando Ortega | 1954-03-08 |
Movie | I Was a Parish Priest | Martín | 1953-09-30 |
Movie | Hay un camino a la derecha | Miguel | 1953-10-28 |
Movie | María Morena | El Sevillano | 1952-06-02 |
Movie | Sor Intrépida | Tomás | 1952-01-04 |
Movie | Luna de sangre | Pedro Alvareda | 1952-02-18 |
Movie | María Antonia "La Caramba" | 1951-03-24 | |
Movie | Doubt | Rafael Figueroa | 1951-10-08 |
Movie | La honradez de la cerradura | Ernesto | 1950-06-08 |
Movie | Alhucemas | Tostado (uncredited) | 1948-02-06 |
Movie | Don Quixote | (uncredited) | 1947-03-01 |
Movie | El crimen de Pepe Conde | 1946-10-28 | |
Movie | La rueda de la vida | Bronquista de pelea en salón (uncredited) | 1942-11-30 |
Movie | Land Without Bread | Spanish Narrator, 1996 (voice) | 1933-12-01 |