José Suárez

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birthdate = 19 September 1919
location = Trubia, Asturias, Spain
deathdate = 6 August 1981
deathplace = Moreda, Aller, Asturias, Spain
birthname = José Suárez Sánchez
yearsactive = 1944 - 1977
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José Suárez (1919-1981), was a Spanish film actor.

Career

José Suárez made his debut in a short role in "Altar Mayor" (1944), a very conventional film, whose director, Gonzalo Delgrás, had paid attention to him in his work as a train conductor in Asturias. He played increasingly important roles in following Delgrás's movies and by 1948 he was already a lead actor.

He then became very popular in Spain along the late 40s and early 50s, as one of the main s of the Spanish cinema, along with his contemporaries Francisco Rabal, Jorge Mistral and Alfredo Mayo. Nevertheless he performed remarkably in three outstanding dramas, namely "Brigada criminal" (1950), "Condenados" (1953) and "Así es Madrid" (1953), in the screen version of Buero Vallejo`s most famous play, "Historia de una escalera" (1950), and in the historical superproduction (for Spanish standards) "Alba de América" ("Dawn of America", 1951), playing King Fernando el Católico. He also co-starred with the popular Andalusian gipsy singer and dancer Lola Flores "La danza de los deseos" (1954), directed by the most prestigious veteran Spanish film-maker, Florián Rey.

In 1956, his lead role in the internationally acclaimed Calle Mayor provided him with the opportunity to work in Italy with well-known film directors as Luigi Zampa and Francesco Rosi, while he gradually lost his popularity in his home country, despite still appearing in some interesting Spanish movies, such as "A tiro limpio" (1963) or "La boda" (1964), and in two successful mainstream Italian films: "Scano Boa" (1961) and "Sette uomini d'oro" (1965).

Eventually he was almost confined to the Spanish-Italian peplum and spaghetti westerns, the most interesting of all them being The Price of Power (1969), also known as "Il Prezzo del potere" or "La Muerte de un Presidente".

His last film was "La trastienda" (1975), an artistically dispensable but sociologically significant Spanish picture, coincident with the end of Franco era in Spain.

Suárez was for many years president of the Spanish Actors Union.

Selected Filmography

*1975 "La Trastienda" 
*1974 "Los Caballeros del Botón de Ancla" 
*1972 "A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die" 
*1972 "Marianela"
*1971 "La Montaña rebelde"
*1971 "El Cristo del Océano"· 
*1969 "La muerte de un presidente"
*1969 "Il Pistolero dell'Ave Maria"
*1969 "El Taxi de los conflictos"
*1967 "Mister Dynamit - morgen küßt Euch der Tod"
*1966 "El Primer cuartel"
*1966 "Texas, addio"
*1965 "Sette uomini d'oro "
*1964 "El llanero"
*1964 "La Boda"
*1964 "Le Verdi bandiere di Allah"
*1963 "A tiro limpio"
*1961 "Scano Boa"
*1959 "Cartagine in fiamme"
*1959 "Il magistrato"
*1958 "La Sfida"
*1958 "Gli italiani sono matti"
*1957 "Las aeroguapas"
*1956 "Calle mayor"
*1954 "Once pares de botas"· 
*1954 "La Danza de los deseos"· 
*1953 "Condenados"· 
*1953 "Así es Madrid"· 
*1952" Ronda española"· 
*1951 "Alba de América"· 
*1950 "Historia de una escalera".
*1950 "Aquel hombre de Tánger"· 
*1950 "Brigada criminal"· 
*1949" La Mujer de nadie"
*1947 "Oro y marfil"· 
*1947 "Trece onzas de oro"· 
*1944 "Altar mayor"· 

Bibliography

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See also

* Spanish cinema

External links

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