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