Xan das Bolas
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1908-10-31
Day of Death
1977-10-13 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
La Coruña, Spain
Xan das Bolas
Biography
Tomás Ares Pena was a Spanish actor. He started in the theater in the thirties as a comedian and variety actor. After the Spanish Civil War, he began his film career, and in the following years he became one of the supporting actors with one of the longest careers in the history of Spanish cinema.
Known For
Acting
(1977)
My Daughter Hildegart
as Un republicano
(1976)
La Carmen
as Padre de José
(1976)
Volvoreta
as Ramón
(1976)
(1976)
Vuelve, querida Nati
as Conserje
(1976)
El segundo poder
as Fray Lope
(1976)
Los hijos de...
as Barrendero
(1976)
El chiste
as Guardia forestal / Ganadero / Jefe indio
(1976)
Madrid, Costa Fleming
as Marcelo
(1975)
Cry, Onion!
as Sam - Merchant (uncredited)
(1975)
El mejor regalo
as Invitado a la boda
(1974)
Una pareja... distinta
as Truhán
(1974)
Five Pillows for One Night
as Recepcionista del Balneario Fuencaliente
(1974)
(1974)
Cuando los niños vienen de Marsella
as Padre de José
(1973)
Celos, amor y Mercado Común
as Amigo de Felipe
(1971)
Delusions of Grandeur
as Sheikh of the Barbary (uncredited)
(1971)
Murders in the Rue Morgue
as Orsini's Assistant
(1971)
Cut-Throats Nine
as Buddy
(1971)
(1971)
El apartamento de la tentación
as Forest Guard
(1971)
(1971)
La montaña rebelde
as Ermitaño
(1970)
Sabata the Killer
as Telegrafo
(1970)
Don erre que erre
as Guardia Civil 1
(1970)
El alma se serena
as Jefe de estación
(1970)
A Lady Called Andrew
as Empleado de limpieza
(1970)
Con ella llegó el amor
as Huésped de la pensión
(1970)
El mesón del gitano
as Ezequiel
(1969)
Amor a todo gas
as Cristobal
(1969)
Dead Are Countless
as Potter (uncredited)
(1969)
Juicio de faldas
as Paco, amigo de Gregorio
(1969)
No somos ni Romeo ni Julieta
as Policía secreta de noche 1º
(1969)
(1969)
(1969)
(1968)
Villa Rides
as Villa's Telegraphist (uncredited)
(1968)
One by One
as Bartender Ben (uncredited)
(1968)
(1968)
¡Cómo está el servicio!
as Sereno con un bastón
(1968)
Operation Mata Hari
as Jefe de sala del cabaret
(1968)
Los que tocan el piano
as Rufino Celeiro - el Sereno
(1968)
¡Cuidado con las señoras!
as Camarero
(1968)
Objetivo: BI-KI-NI
as Camarero
(1967)
Clint the Stranger
as Simpson
(1967)
Run Like a Thief
as Gonzalez
(1967)
Two Crosses in Danger Pass
as Bartender
(1967)
Club de solteros
as Lucas
(1967)
40 grados a la sombra
as Portero casa de Evaristo
(1967)
Operación cabaretera
as Guardia
(1967)
Vestida de novia
as Camarero gallego
(1967)
La niña del patio
as Don Calixto, administrador
(1966)
Lost Command
as Old Man with Flag (uncredited)
(1966)
Seven Guns for the MacGregors
as Barman (uncredited)
(1966)
(1966)
(1966)
Ypotron: Final Countdown
as Il portiere dell'hotel
(1966)
Fray Torero
as Un habitante del pueblo
(1966)
(1966)
The Tough One
as Padre O’Hara
(1965)
In a Colt's Shadow
as Veterinarian
(1965)
Cotolay
as Monje
(1965)
Whisky y vodka
as Pintor
(1965)
Dos chicas locas locas
as Guarda de la estación de tren
(1965)
Texas Jim
as Pedro, the Mexican
(1965)
Amador
as Limpiabotas
(1965)
Mi canción es para ti
as Propietario caballos de carreras
(1964)
El camino
as Germán's Father
(1964)
Backfire
as Guard of the boat parking
(1964)
Como dos gotas de agua
as Martínez
(1964)
Gunfighters of Casa Grande
as Vasco (uncredited)
(1964)
Strange Voyage
as Cosme
(1964)
(1964)
Death Whistles the Blues
as Policía
(1964)
Gunmen Of The Rio Grande
as Peon
(1964)
Los dinamiteros
as Marmolista
(1964)
(1964)
The Spy
as Poker Player
(1964)
El pecador y la bruja
as Portero
(1964)
La chica del gato
as Venancio
(1964)
The Palomos
as Taxi driver
(1964)
Black Angel of the Mississippi
as Lopez
(1964)
Relevo para un pistolero
as Recepcionista del hotel
(1963)
Gunfight at Red Sands
as Barber
(1963)
The Executioner
as Guarda de la obra
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
The Implacable Three
as Cartero
(1963)
(1963)
The Swindlers
as Antonio Monterosi (segment "Medico i fidanzata")
(1963)
Jaguar
as Lugarteniente del llanero
(1963)
(1963)
Mathias Sandorf
as Carpena
(1963)
Girl from La Mancha
as Carretero
(1963)
Sign of Zorro
as Mejicano
(1963)
Un demonio con ángel
as Don Federico
(1963)
La revoltosa
as Jugador de cartas
(1963)
Plaza de Oriente
as Camarero
(1963)
Heroes of the West
as Doctor
(1963)
El precio de un asesino
as Cura
(1963)
Pacto de silencio
as Guardia del tren
(1963)
An Almost Decent Girl
as Propietario bar
(1963)
El turista
as Atracador
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
Death and the Lumberjack
as Guardia
(1963)
Chica para todo
as Gancho del Timador
(1963)
José María
as Coronel
(1962)
Placido
as Rivas - The Administrator
(1962)
(1962)
The Son of Captain Blood
as Matt
(1962)
Two Against All
as Wagon Loader (uncredited)
(1962)
I motorizzati
as (uncredited)
(1962)
The Shadow of Zorro
as Empleado de banca
(1962)
Those Who Did Not Go to War
as Propietario bar Fandiño
(1962)
La gran familia
as (uncredited)
(1962)
Torrejón City
as Ojo de Halcón
(1962)
Zorro the Avenger
as Soldado
(1962)
Martes y trece
as Invitado con botella
(1962)
(1961)
(1961)
The Savage Guns
as Cantinero pedro
(1961)
Pecado de amor
as Sereno
(1961)
Fantasmas en la casa
as Pascasio
(1961)
Revolt of the Mercenaries
as Katia's Companion
(1961)
La venganza de Don Mendo
as Alí
(1961)
Conqueror of Maracaibo
as Ben Yussuf (uncredited)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
El pobre García
as Felipe
(1961)
¡Aquí están las vicetiples!
as Dueño Kiosco
(1961)
Ella y los veteranos
as Dueño caseta de tiro
(1960)
El indulto
as Músico ambulante
(1960)
(1960)
Ama Rosa
as Cochero
(1960)
The Boy Who Stole a Million
as Knife Grinder
(1960)
Un paso al frente
as Román
(1960)
(1960)
El hombre que perdió el tren
as Federico Méndez
(1959)
Der Löwe von Babylon
as Abdullah (uncredited)
(1959)
Sonatas
as Tercer centinela
(1959)
El gafe
as Sobrino de D. Balbino #2
(1959)
¿Dónde vas, Alfonso XII?
as Madrileño gritón (uncredited)
(1959)
Streetcar for Sale
as Marmolista
(1959)
(1959)
La vida alrededor
as Demetrio Suárez 'El Asunción'
(1959)
Diez fusiles esperan
as Cañete
(1959)
(1959)
Poison at 2:30
as Hombre en consulta veterinario
(1958)
Anna Said Yes
as Don Cristino
(1958)
Life Ahead
as Copiloto de la camioneta
(1958)
Revenge
as Galician Harvester
(1958)
Die Sklavenkarawane
as Hassan (uncredited)
(1958)
Historias de Madrid
as Ciriaco - guarda del cementerio (uncredited)
(1958)
Aquellos tiempos del cuplé
as Tendero
(1958)
El puente de la paz
as Dedos Largos
(1958)
Farmacia de guardia
as Sereno
(1958)
El hombre del paraguas blanco
as Alguacil #1
(1958)
Héroes del aire
as Percebe
(1958)
(1957)
The Pride and the Passion
as (uncredited)
(1957)
Fulano y Mengano
as Conductor del coche fúnebre
(1957)
El hombre que viajaba despacito
as Jugador de cartas
(1957)
Un marido de ida y vuelta
as Díaz
(1957)
(1957)
Las muchachas de azul
as Felipe - padre de Ana
(1957)
Susanna and Me
as Bedel
(1957)
Faustina
as Lipio
(1957)
(1956)
Fedra, the Devil's Daughter
as (uncredited)
(1956)
(1956)
Afternoon at the Bulls
as Portero de la enfermería
(1956)
Saeta rubia
as Taxista
(1956)
¡Aquí hay petróleo!
as Baldomero
(1956)
Pasión en el mar
as El Sabio
(1956)
El rey de la carretera
as Pedro
(1956)
El fenómeno
as Guardia del Parque
(1956)
Curra Veleta
as Sereno
(1956)
The Wicked Carabel
as Bedel
(1956)
(1956)
(1955)
Radio Stories
as Sargento de la guardia civil
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
La Cruz de Mayo
as Félix
(1955)
Pride
as Gabriel
(1955)
La reina mora
as Presidiario
(1955)
Un día perdido
as Maestro de baile
(1955)
El guardián del paraíso
as Sereno
(1954)
The Devil Plays the Flute
as Presidente
(1954)
Hollyhock
as Barrabás
(1954)
Love on Wheels
as Cristóbal
(1954)
Tres huchas para Oriente
as Portero del estadio (uncredited)
(1954)
Tres eran tres
as (segment "Una de indios")
(1954)
(1954)
Good news
as Alguacil
(1953)
Airport
as Sereno
(1953)
La alegre caravana
as Titiritero
(1953)
Vuelo 971
as Padre
(1953)
Nadie lo sabrá
as Cartero
(1953)
(1953)
(1953)
(1951)
Doubt
as Sereno (uncredited)
(1951)
The Great Galeoto
as Cochero
(1951)
Air Lashings
as Pepiño
(1951)
The Girl at the Inn
as Dimas
(1951)
Niebla y sol
as Meigo
(1950)
(1950)
(1950)
(1950)
Yo no soy la Mata-Hari
as Don Cosme Fernández
(1950)
(1949)
Sabela De Cambados
as Benito
(1948)
(1948)
The Marquis of Salamanca
as Hombre almacén figuras de cera
(1948)
Botón de ancla
as Trinquete
(1947)
Heroes del 95
as Fadeiro
(1946)
Mar abierto
as Peirán
(1946)
(1946)
El pirata Bocanegra
as Cayetano
(1945)
Un hombre de negocios
as Conserje del museo
(1945)
(1944)
La vida empieza a medianoche
as Regidor del teatro
(1944)
Tuvo la culpa Adán
as Guardia
(1944)
Ella, él y sus millones
as El guía
(1942)
El hombre que se quiso matar
as Huésped
(1942)
La rueda de la vida
as Juanito
(1942)
(1942)
Goyescas
as Asistente
(1942)
(1942)
(1941)
Torbellino
as Juan José
(1941)
Stowaway on Board!
as Alguacil
(1940)