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Juan Calvo

Juan Calvo

Biography

Juan Calvo was a Spanish actor. He began his contact with cinema in 1934, with a small part in the sound version of Florián Rey's La hermana San Sulpicio. During part of the war he was representing theatrical plays in the national zone, but at the end of the war he abandoned the stage to devote himself fully to the cinema, whose filmography consists of about eighty titles. In 1938 he shot in the German studios of Ufa, Suspiros de España, by Benito Perojo, and the following year he finished shooting the film by Fernando Delgado, El genio alegre, begun in 1936, which had remained unfinished due to the outbreak of the Civil War. After shooting Florián Rey's La Dolores in 1940, he spent a couple of seasons filming between Spain and Italy, where he stood out in Ladislao Vajda's film Conjura en Venecia. In the first half of this decade he also stood out in two other films by this director, El testamento del Virrey and Cinco lobitos, as well as in Raza and El escándalo, by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia; Huella de luz, El clavo, Eloísa está debajo de un almendro and Tierra sedienta, by Rafael Gil; Boda en el infierno and Los últimos de Filipinas, by Antonio Román, or Tuvo la culpa Adán and Ella, él y sus millones, by Juan de Orduña. In 1946 he moved to Mexico, where he filmed until 1953, although he finished filming Don Quixote de la Mancha for Rafael Gil in Madrid in 1947, excelling in his interpretation of Sancho Panza. In his Aztec journey he worked under the orders of some Spanish directors who were in exile, standing out in Bel Ami, la historia de un canalla (Bel Ami, the story of a scoundrel), by Antonio Momplet. It is also worth mentioning his performance in Allá en el rancho grande, by Fernando de Fuentes. After filming La venenosa, La virgen desnuda and El mártir del calvario for Miguel Morayta, and, finally, Educando a papá, for Fernando Soler, he returned to film again in Spain, although at this stage he definitively stopped alternating with theater. Of his activity on the screen, in this decade he stands out in the film by Ladislao Vajda, Marcelino, pan y vino, in which he gave a memorable performance in the character of Fray Papilla, for which he received the Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos Award in 1955, an entity that also distinguished him the following year for his work in Calabuch, a film by Berlanga, which gave him the same year the award of the Sindicato Nacional del Espectáculo (National Union of the Spectacle). He also shot for Vajda, Aventuras del barbero de Sevilla, Tarde de toros and Mi tío Jacinto, and for Berlanga, Los jueves, milagro, as well as in Historias de la radio and in Diez fusiles esperan, for Sáenz de Heredia. His last screen appearance was in 1961, in Fray Escoba, by Ramón Torrado. In his long cinematographic history, he was mainly cast in the roles of bullfighting impresario and businessman, often with the repeated image of an angry man, with a Havana cigar between his fingers, although it was also common that behind that interpretative mask he was allowed to show off his bonhomie. That easy-going spirit was consubstantial in him. He always stood out for his very personal voice, which he had undoubtedly educated in his years of work in the theater.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1892-05-22

Place of Birth

Onteniente, Valencia, Spain

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    El fantasma y doña Juanita

    El fantasma y doña Juanita

    19453.5 / 10

    L'ispettore Vargas

    L'ispettore Vargas

    19400.0 / 10

    Ella y los veteranos

    Ella y los veteranos

    19610.0 / 10

    Don Quixote

    Don Quixote

    19475.5 / 10

    Eloísa está debajo de un almendro

    Eloísa está debajo de un almendro

    19435.4 / 10

    Miracles of Thursday

    Miracles of Thursday

    19576.8 / 10

    El fenómeno

    El fenómeno

    19567.7 / 10

    La patria chica

    La patria chica

    19430.0 / 10

    Suspiros de España

    Suspiros de España

    19395.0 / 10

    The Rocket from Calabuch

    The Rocket from Calabuch

    19567.5 / 10

    Los tramposos

    Los tramposos

    19596.2 / 10

    Uncle Hyacynth

    Uncle Hyacynth

    19566.8 / 10

    Nosotros los rateros

    Nosotros los rateros

    19496.1 / 10

    Castles in Spain

    Castles in Spain

    19544.0 / 10

    … Y después del cuplé

    … Y después del cuplé

    19595.0 / 10

    Suspiros de Triana

    Suspiros de Triana

    19556.0 / 10

    The Miracle of Marcelino

    The Miracle of Marcelino

    19557.3 / 10

    La donna che venne dal mare

    La donna che venne dal mare

    19576.5 / 10

    Raza

    Raza

    19424.8 / 10

    Educando a papá

    Educando a papá

    19555.0 / 10

    For Men Only

    For Men Only

    19605.8 / 10

    Quanto sei bella Roma

    Quanto sei bella Roma

    19590.0 / 10

    Tuvo la culpa Adán

    Tuvo la culpa Adán

    19440.0 / 10

    El escándalo

    El escándalo

    19436.2 / 10

    The Other Life of Captain Contreras

    The Other Life of Captain Contreras

    19558.0 / 10

    El puente de la paz

    El puente de la paz

    19585.7 / 10

    Fray Escoba

    Fray Escoba

    19616.2 / 10

    La venenosa

    La venenosa

    19495.5 / 10

    Capitan Tempesta

    Capitan Tempesta

    19425.0 / 10

    Vivillo desde chiquillo

    Vivillo desde chiquillo

    19515.2 / 10

    Radio Stories

    Radio Stories

    19557.2 / 10

    Il conte Max

    Il conte Max

    19577.1 / 10

    Nel blu dipinto di blu

    Nel blu dipinto di blu

    19596.0 / 10

    La gran mentira

    La gran mentira

    19566.0 / 10

    Ana María

    Ana María

    19440.0 / 10

    Lecciones de buen amor

    Lecciones de buen amor

    19446.0 / 10

    L'uomo dai calzoni corti

    L'uomo dai calzoni corti

    19585.0 / 10

    Las locuras de Bárbara

    Las locuras de Bárbara

    19595.0 / 10

    La fiel infanteria

    La fiel infanteria

    19606.0 / 10

    Fiebre

    Fiebre

    19430.0 / 10

    Martes y trece

    Martes y trece

    19625.0 / 10

    El hombre que las enamora

    El hombre que las enamora

    19445.0 / 10

    Ella, él y sus millones

    Ella, él y sus millones

    19445.5 / 10

    Sister San Sulpicio

    Sister San Sulpicio

    19340.0 / 10

    Three Etc.'s and the Colonel

    Three Etc.'s and the Colonel

    19600.0 / 10

    Good news

    Good news

    19540.0 / 10

    Afternoon at the Bulls

    Afternoon at the Bulls

    19564.8 / 10

    El hombre del paraguas blanco

    El hombre del paraguas blanco

    19580.0 / 10

    Goyescas

    Goyescas

    19420.0 / 10

    Correo de Indias

    Correo de Indias

    19426.0 / 10

    Diez fusiles esperan

    Diez fusiles esperan

    19595.0 / 10

    Allá en el Rancho Grande

    Allá en el Rancho Grande

    19495.5 / 10

    Everybody’s Woman

    Everybody’s Woman

    19465.7 / 10

    Monte de piedad

    Monte de piedad

    19515.0 / 10

    Giuliano de' Medici

    Giuliano de' Medici

    19410.0 / 10

    Tosca

    Tosca

    19415.3 / 10

    El tren expreso

    El tren expreso

    19550.0 / 10

    Un americano en Toledo

    Un americano en Toledo

    19650.0 / 10

    The Adventurer of Seville

    The Adventurer of Seville

    19545.7 / 10

    Condemned to Hang

    Condemned to Hang

    19535.3 / 10

    Huella de luz

    Huella de luz

    19436.6 / 10