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Francisco Rabal Valera, better known as Paco Rabal, was a Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter born in Águilas, a town in the south-western part of the province of Murcia, Spain. Throughout his career, Rabal appeared in around 200 films working with directors including Francesc Rovira-Beleta, Luis Buñuel, José Luis Sáenz de Heredia, Carlos Saura, Pedro Almodóvar, William Friedkin, Michelangelo Antonioni, Claude Chabrol, Luchino Visconti, and Gillo Pontecorvo. Paco Rabal was recognized both in his native Spain and internationally, winning the Award for Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival for Los Santos Inocentes and a Goya Award for Best Actor for playing Francisco de Goya in Carlos Saura's Goya en Burdeos. One of Spain's most loved actors, Rabal also was known for his commitment to human rights and other social causes.
Birth Name
Francisco Rabal Valera
Born
Monday, 08 March 1926
Died
Wednesday, 29 August 2001
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Protagonistas del recuerdo | Juncal | 2006 |
Hécuba, un sueño de pasión | (archive footage) | 2006 |
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons | (archive footage) | 2005 |
Off to the Revolution by a 2CV | Zio Enrique | 2002 |
El sueño del caimán | Anciano | 2001 |
Dagon | Ezequiel | 2001 |
Cuéntame cómo pasó | Don Juan / Azarías | 2001 |
Just Run! | Don Vicente | 2001 |
Las noches de Constantinopla | Doña Eugenoia's brother | 2001 |
Lázaro de Tormes | El Ciego | 2000 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Protagonistas del recuerdo | Juncal | 2006 |
Hécuba, un sueño de pasión | (archive footage) | 2006 |
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons | (archive footage) | 2005 |
Off to the Revolution by a 2CV | Zio Enrique | 2002 |
El sueño del caimán | Anciano | 2001 |
Dagon | Ezequiel | 2001 |
Cuéntame cómo pasó | Don Juan / Azarías | 2001 |
Just Run! | Don Vicente | 2001 |
Las noches de Constantinopla | Doña Eugenoia's brother | 2001 |
Lázaro de Tormes | El Ciego | 2000 |
Divertimento | Bernardo Gabler | 2000 |
Moonfish | Tio Nini | 2000 |
Regarding Buñuel | Self / Himself | 2000 |
Goya in Bordeaux | Goya | 1999 |
Talk of Angels | Don Jorge | 1998 |
Divine | Papá Basilio | 1998 |
Water Easy Reach | 1998 | |
La novia de medianoche | Wenceslao Corredoira | 1997 |
Little Miracles | Don Francisco | 1997 |
Pajarico | El Abuelo | 1997 |
Airbag | Villambrosa | 1997 |
Day and Night | Cristobal | 1997 |
Oedipo alcalde | Tiresias | 1996 |
Caiga quien caiga | Self | 1996 |
On Earth as It Is in Heaven | San Pedro | 1995 |
The Lame Pigeon | Tío | 1995 |
One Hundred and One Nights | La voix de Buñuel / Luis Buñuel (voice) | 1995 |
Felicidades, Tovarich | Abuelo | 1995 |
The Man Who Lost His Shadow | Antonio | 1991 |
L'autre | Simm | 1991 |
Imágenes perdidas | Self | 1991 |
La taberna fantástica | Rogelio | 1991 |
Manuel | Alvarez / Juan Alvarez | 1990 |
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! | Máximo Espejo | 1990 |
La blanca paloma | Domingo | 1990 |
El encargo del cazador | Self | 1990 |
Barroco | El Hispano | 1989 |
Juncal | Juncal | 1989 |
Scent of a Crime | Coronel Olvera | 1988 |
A Time of Destiny | Jorge Larraneta | 1988 |
Gallego | Fabián | 1988 |
Divinas palabras | Pedro Gailo | 1987 |
History | Remo | 1986 |
El disputado voto del Sr. Cayo | Señor Cayo | 1986 |
The Bastard Brother of God | Rosendo | 1986 |
Tiempo de silencio | Muecas | 1986 |
Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime) | Guaglione | 1986 |
Scapegoat | Comisario Cárdenas | 1985 |
The Witching Hour | Cesar / César | 1985 |
Marbella, un golpe de cinco estrellas | Juan | 1985 |
The Old Music | Domingo Ferreiro | 1985 |
Luces de bohemia | Max Estrella | 1985 |
Padre nuestro | Abel | 1985 |
Los paraísos perdidos | El político anciano | 1985 |
Un marinaio e mezzo | Eduardo Guerrero | 1985 |
Los zancos | Manuel | 1984 |
The Holy Innocents | Azarías | 1984 |
La piovra | Abbott Lovani | 1984 |
Coarse Salt | Gabino | 1984 |
Victòria! 3: El seny i la rauxa | Coronel Márquez | 1984 |
Epílogo | Rocabruno | 1984 |
Buñuel | Self | 1984 |
Truhanes | Ginés Jiménez Valera | 1983 |
La colmena | Ricardo Sorbedo | 1982 |
Los desastres de la guerra | Goya | 1983 |
Treasure of the Four Crowns | Sócrates | 1983 |
Reborn | Giacomo | 1981 |
Nightmare City | Major Warren Holmes | 1980 |
Speed Driver | Lucky Esposito / Esposito | 1980 |
El gran secreto | Domingo | 1980 |
The Rebel | Tony | 1980 |
Under Siege | William Lombard | 1980 |
Fortunata y Jacinta | José Izquierdo | 1980 |
Buitres sobre la ciudad | Bender | 1980 |
El buscón | Mata | 1979 |
Ciao cialtroni! | 1979 | |
Sbirro, la tua legge è lenta... la mia... no! | Don Alfonso | 1979 |
Corleone | Don Giusto Provenzano | 1978 |
Stay as You Are | Lorenzo | 1978 |
Hotel Fear | Marta's Lover | 1978 |
Io sono mia | Padre di Orio | 1977 |
Il prefetto di ferro | Il brigante Calogero Albanese / Brigante Albanese | 1977 |
Sorcerer | Nilo | 1977 |
Kolossal - i magnifici Macisti | Tancredi d'Altavilla | 1977 |
The Desert of the Tartars | Marshal Tronk / M.llo Tronk | 1976 |
Long Vacations of 36 | El Maestro / Teacher | 1976 |
Emilia, parada y fonda | Joaquín | 1976 |
Las bodas de Blanca | Antonio | 1975 |
Eye of the Cat | Eminence / Eminenza | 1975 |
Cacique Bandeira | Azevedo Bandeira | 1975 |
C.I.A. Secret Story | Mehdi Ben Barka | 1975 |
The Sinner | 'Turco' / Turco | 1975 |
Metralleta 'Stein' | Comisario Emilio Mendoza | 1975 |
Torment | Agustín Caballero | 1974 |
Beyond Erotica | Tío | 1974 |
Dormir y ligar: todo es empezar | Self | 1974 |
Laforet the Soldier | Paco | 1974 |
Il giovane Garibaldi | Bento Gonçalvez | 1974 |
The Devil Is a Woman | Bishop Marquez | 1974 |
Death Will Have Your Eyes | The Blackmailer / Il ricattatore | 1974 |
Counselor at Crime | Vincent Garofalo | 1973 |
La otra imagen | 1973 | |
La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea | Pedro Crespo / Pedro Crespo, Alcalde de Zalamea | 1973 |
La guerrilla | El Cabrero / El Cabrero (The Shepherd) | 1973 |
Planet Venus | Party chauffer | 1972 |
It Can Be Done Amigo | Sheriff Franciscus / Sheriff | 1972 |
Nada menos que todo un hombre | Alejandro Gómez | 1972 |
Goya, historia de una soledad | Goya | 1971 |
El apartamento de la tentación | Hombre que se cruza con Julieta | 1971 |
The Big Black Sow | Il Medico | 1971 |
N.P. | engineer N.P. / Ingegnere N.P. | 1971 |
Exorcism's Daughter | Fuso | 1971 |
Cutting Heads | Díaz II | 1970 |
Ann and Eve | Francesco | 1970 |
Eagles Over London | Martin / Martin Donovan | 1969 |
The Challenges | Carlos / Carlos (segment 1) | 1969 |
Un adulterio decente | Conserje | 1969 |
Simón Bolívar | José Antonio Del Llano / Fen. José Antonio Del Llano | 1969 |
Sangre en el ruedo | Juan Carmona | 1969 |
Spain Again | Reportero | 1969 |
Después del diluvio | Pedro | 1968 |
Bloody Che Contra | Che Guevara | 1968 |
The Young Rebel | Rodrigo Cervantes | 1967 |
The Nun | Dom Morel | 1967 |
Oscuros sueños de agosto | Julio | 1967 |
Belle de Jour | Hyppolite | 1967 |
Long Days of Vengeance | Sheriff Douglas | 1967 |
The Witches | Paolo (segment "La Strega Bruciata Viva") / Paolo | 1967 |
Camino del Rocío | José Antonio | 1966 |
Blue Panther | Paco Castillo | 1965 |
Legacy of the Incas | Gambusino | 1965 |
Currito de la Cruz | Manuel Carmona | 1965 |
El diablo también llora | Tomás | 1965 |
Intimidad de los parques | Héctor | 1965 |
Weeping for a Bandit | José María 'El Tempranillo' | 1964 |
Le gros coup | Michel Arland | 1964 |
Autopsy of a Criminal | Carlos | 1963 |
Mathias Sandorf | Frédéric de Rotenbourg | 1963 |
The Reunion | Alberto | 1963 |
I tromboni di Fra Diavolo | Fra Diavolo | 1962 |
Setenta veces siete | The Horsethief / Pascual | 1962 |
L'Eclisse | Riccardo | 1962 |
Noche de verano | Bernardo | 1962 |
Pigeon Shoot | Elia | 1961 |
Viridiana | Jorge | 1961 |
At Five in the Afternoon | Juan Reyes | 1961 |
The Hand in the Trap | Cristóbal Achával / Cristóbal Archaval | 1961 |
La sed | Cablo Cristóbal Jara | 1961 |
Death of a Bandit | Vito Ribera - un famoso bandito siciliano | 1961 |
Trío de damas | Alberto Sáinz Robledo | 1960 |
El hombre de la isla | 1960 | |
Cavalcata selvaggia | 1960 | |
Sonatas | Marqués Javier de Bradomín | 1959 |
Two Men in Town | Superintendente | 1959 |
Nazarin | Padre Nazario / Father Nazario | 1959 |
Ten Ready Rifles | José Iribarren | 1959 |
Bugles of Fear | Aceituno | 1958 |
La noche y el alba | Pedro | 1958 |
L'uomo dai calzoni corti | Mario | 1958 |
La venganza | Narrador | 1958 |
La Gerusalemme liberata | Tancredi d'Altavilla | 1957 |
La grande strada azzurra | Salvatore | 1957 |
Whom God Forgives | Juan Cuenca | 1957 |
Saranno uomini | Giacomo | 1957 |
Marisa | Antonio | 1957 |
La gran mentira | César Neira | 1956 |
Revelation | Sergio Gresky | 1955 |
La pícara molinera | Cristóbal Paterna - el molinero / Cristóbal Paterna | 1955 |
El canto del gallo | Padre Daniel Müller / Padre Miller | 1955 |
Historias de la radio | Gabriel | 1955 |
Murió hace quince años | Diego | 1954 |
Path to the Kingdom | Tomás | 1954 |
I Was a Parish Priest | Martín | 1953 |
There's a Road on the Right | Miguel | 1953 |
María Morena | El Sevillano | 1952 |
La honradez de la cerradura | Ernesto | 1950 |
Alhucemas | Tostado | 1948 |
El crimen de Pepe Conde | 1946 | |
La rueda de la vida | Bronquista de pelea en salón | 1942 |
Las Hurdes | Himself - Spanish Narrator, 1996 (voice) | 1933 |