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