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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Francisco Rabal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acted in 193
2000s
- 2002
The Revolution on Two Horses
Zio Henrique
Zero/infinito
(voice)
- 2001
Lázaro de Tormes
El Ciego
Nights of Constantinople
Movie
- 2000
Divertimento
Movie
Moonfish
Tio Nini
1990s
- 1999
Goya in Bordeaux
Goya
- 1998
Talk of Angels
Don Jorge
Divine
Papá Basilio
Water Easy Reach
Movie
- 1997
La novia de medianoche
Wenceslao Corredoira
Little Miracles
Don Francisco
Little Bird
El Abuelo
Airbag
Villambrosa
Day and Night
Cristobal
- 1996
- 1995
On Earth as It Is in Heaven
San Pedro
The Lame Pigeon
Tío Ricardo
Felicidades, Tovarich
Abuelo
- 1994
La mujer cualquiera
Movie
- 1993
Truhanes
Ginés Giménez · 26 episodes
La Lola se va a los puertos
Don Diego
- 1992
Paco, mi padre
Movie
The Man Who Lost His Shadow
Antonio
Ni contigo ni sin ti
Movie
- 1991
La taberna fantástica
Rogelio
- 1990
Manuel, le fils emprunté
Juan Alvarez
1980s
- 1989
The White Dove
Domingo
Torquemada
Torquemada
Juncal
José Álvarez "Juncal" · 7 episodes
- 1988
Scent of a Crime
Coronel Olvera
A Time of Destiny
Jorge Larraneta
- 1987
Il mistero del panino assassino
Arno dei conti Vincini
Divine Words
Pedro Gailo
- 1986
History
Remo · 3 episodes
El disputado voto del señor Cayo
Señor Cayo
El hermano bastardo de Dios
Movie
Tiempo de silencio
Muecas
Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
Guaglione
- 1985
Scapegoat
Comisario Cárdenas
The Witching Hour
Cesar
Marbella
Juan
La vieja música
Domingo Ferreiro
Bohemian Nights
Max Estrella
Our Father
Abel
The Lost Paradise
El político anciano
- 1984
The Stilts
Manuel
The Holy Innocents
Azarías
Teresa de Jesús
Alonso · 8 episodes
Coarse Salt
Gabino
Victòria! 3: El seny i la rauxa
Coronel Márquez
Epilogue
Rocabruno
- 1983
Victòria! 2: La disbauxa del 17
Coronel Márquez
Victòria! La gran aventura d'un poble
Coronel Márquez
Los desastres de la guerra
Goya · 6 episodes
- 1982
The Beehive
Ricardo Sorbedo
- 1981
Cervantes
Mateo Alemán · 9 episodes
Vultures Over the City
Bender
- 1980
Speed Driver
Esposito
El gran secreto
Domingo
Under Siege
William Lombard
Fortunata and Jacinta
José Izquierdo · 10 episodes
The Rebel
Tony
1970s
- 1979
Ciao Cialtroni!
Fra' Giovanni
Hunted City
Don Alfonso
- 1978
Hotel Fear
Marta's lover
- 1977
Io sono mia
Padre di Orio
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
Movie
- 1976
The Desert of the Tartars
M.llo Tronk
The Long Vacations of '36
Teacher
Emilia... parada y fonda
Movie
- 1975
Blanca's Weddings
Antonio
Eye of the Cat
Eminenza
C.I.A. Secret Story
Mehdi Ben Barka
La peccatrice
Turco
Fight to the Death
Comisario Emilio Mendoza
- 1974
The Tempter
Bishop Marquez
Tormento
Agustín Caballero
It's Nothing Mama, Just a Game
Tío
Il giovane Garibaldi
Bento Gonçalvez · 6 episodes
Death Will Have Your Eyes
The Blackmailer
- 1973
The Counsellor
Vincent Garofalo
La otra imagen
Movie
La colonna infame
Giacomo Mora - il barbiere
La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea
Pedro Crespo, Alcalde de Zalamea
The Guerrilla
El Cabrero (The Shepherd)
- 1972
Planet Venus
Party chauffer
N.P. - The Secret
Ingegnere N.P.
Le Soldat Laforêt
Paco
Nada menos que todo un hombre
Alejandro Gómez
- 1971
Goya: A Story of Solitude
Goya
El apartamento de la tentación
Hombre que se cruza con Julieta (uncredited)
The Big Black Sow
Il Medico
Exorcism's Daughter
Fuso
- 1970
Cutting Heads
Díaz II
Ann and Eve
Francesco
Laia
Movie
Diario Spagnolo
Él mismo
1960s
- 1969
The Challenges
Carlos
Simón Bolívar
José Antonio Del Llano
Un adulterio decente
Conserje (uncredited)
Spain Again
Reportero
Blood in the Bullring
Juan Carmona
- 1968
After the Deluge
Pedro
Christopher Colombus
Christopher Colombus · 4 episodes
- 1967
Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
Rodrigo Cervantes
The Nun
Dom Morel
Oscuros sueños de agosto
Julio
- 1966
Camino del Rocío
José Antonio
Hoy como ayer
Ramón
- 1965
Legacy of the Incas
Gambusino
The Blue Panther
Paco Castillo
Currito de la Cruz
Manuel Carmona
España insólita
(voice)
The Devil Also Cries
Tomás
Intimidad de los parques
Héctor
- 1964
The Other Woman
Zaylor
The Big Hit
Michel Arland
- 1963
The Reunion
Alberto
Autopsia de un criminal
Carlos
Summer Night
Bernardo
Mathias Sandorf
Frédéric de Rotenbourg
- 1962
I tromboni di Fra' Diavolo
Fra Diavolo
The Female: Seventy Times Seven
Pascual
Viridiana
Jorge
- 1961
Azahares rojos
Arturo Gómez Mancera
Pigeon Shoot
Elia
At Five in the Afternoon
Juan Reyes
The Hand in the Trap
Cristóbal Archaval
Hijo de hombre
Movie
- 1960
El hombre de la isla
Lorenzo 'El Moro'
Trío de damas
Alberto Sáinz Robledo
Cavalcata selvaggia
Movie
1950s
- 1959
Sonatas
Marqués Javier de Bradomín
Two Men in Town
Superintendente
Diez fusiles esperan
José Iribarren
Nazarín
Father Nazario
- 1958
Los clarines del miedo
Aceituno
La noche y el alba
Pedro
L'uomo dai calzoni corti
Mario
- 1957
The Mighty Crusaders
Tancredi d'Altavilla
The Wide Blue Road
Salvatore
Whom God Forgives
Juan Cuenca
Saranno uomini
Giacomo
Marisa
Antonio
- 1956
La gran mentira
César Neira
- 1955
Revelation
Sergio Gresky
The Miller's Saucy Wife
Cristóbal Paterna
El canto del gallo
Padre Miller
Death of a Cyclist
(uncredited)
Radio Stories
Gabriel
- 1954
Murió hace quince años
Diego
All Is Possible in Granada
Fernando Ortega
Judas' Kiss
Quinto Licinio
- 1953
Hay un camino a la derecha
Miguel
I Was a Parish Priest
Martín
- 1952
María Morena
El Sevillano
Luna de sangre
Pedro Alvareda
- 1951
María Antonia "La Caramba"
Movie
- 1950
La honradez de la cerradura
Ernesto
1940s
- 1948
Alhucemas
Tostado (uncredited)
- 1947
Don Quixote
(uncredited)
- 1946
El crimen de Pepe Conde
Movie
- 1942
La rueda de la vida
Bronquista de pelea en salón (uncredited)
Appearances7
2000s
- 2000
Speaking of Buñuel
Self
1990s
- 1998
Les paradoxes de Buñuel
Self
1980s
- 1989
Buñuel
Self
1970s
- 1974
Dormir Y Ligar: Todo Es Empezar
Self (uncredited)
1950s
- 1958
Cuenca
Narrator (voice)
Revenge
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1930s
- 1933
Land Without Bread
Narrator (voice)