
Alfredo Landa
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1933-03-04
Day of Death
2013-05-09 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
Alfredo Landa
Biography
Alfredo Landa (3 March 1933 – 9 May 2013) was a Spanish actor.
Alfredo Landa Arena born in Pamplona (Navarre), Spain. He finished his pre-university studies in San Sebastián. He then began university studies on Law, where he began to work with university school groups. He left university to work in the theater. After working as a dubbing actor for a short time in the 1950s, he debuted with his first considerable role in film in José María Forqué's Atraco a las tres in 1962. When Francisco Franco died in 1975, censorship began to disappear. This led to a growth of erotic comedies on Spanish cinema. Landa became the "sexually repressed" role of that trend, especially under directors Mariano Ozores and Pedro Lazaga. He even created his own trend, that some people called landismo.[2]
Afterwards, Landa changed his image, taking much deeper roles, like his bandit in El Bosque animado. Landa, along with Francisco Rabal, won Best Actor award at 1984 Cannes Film Festival for his memorable performance in Los santos inocentes. He is now widely recognized as a great dramatic actor. After a career with more than one hundred and twenty movies, one dozen of television series, and several stage successes, with a great amount of Spanish and European awards, 74-year-old Landa announced his retirement at the X Festival de Cine de Málaga (10th Movie Festival of Málaga) while receiving a new award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alfredo Landa (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Acting
(2019)
El Quijote desde la platea
as Self - Actor / Sancho Panza (archive footage)
(2017)
El precio de la risa
as Himself (archive footage)
(2013)
Barefoot in the Kitchen
as (archive footage)
(2007)
Sunday Light
as Joaco
(2004)
Merry-Go-Round c. 1950
as Eusebio Cascajero y Esparza
(2003)
Moscow Gold
as Faustino Peláez
(2003)
The End of a Mystery
as Joaquín Panjero
(2002)
Historia de un beso
as Blas Otamendi
(2002)
El refugio del mal
as Gasolinero
(2000)
El árbol del penitente
as El Cura
(1996)
Los porretas
as Segismundo Porretas
(1995)
King of the River
as Antón Costa
(1994)
Alone, at Last!
as Arturo
(1994)
Cradle Song
as Don José
(1992)
The Sow
as Bartolomé
(1992)
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
as Sancho Panza
(1992)
(1991)
Miracle of Marcellino
as Brother Pappina
(1988)
Sinatra
as Sinatra
(1988)
El río que nos lleva
as El americano
(1987)
The Enchanted Forest
as Malvís
(1987)
¡Biba la banda!
as Sargento Pérez
(1987)
The Impeccable Sinner
as Honorio Sigüenza
(1986)
Tata Mía
as Teo
(1986)
Bandera negra
as Patxi
(1985)
The Heifer
as Brigada Castro
(1985)
The Lost Paradise
as Benito
(1984)
The Holy Innocents
as Paco, El Bajo
(1984)
Piernas cruzadas
as Jeremías
(1984)
A Rose in the Wind
as José
(1983)
Las autonosuyas
as Austrasigildo
(1983)
El crack dos
as Areta
(1983)
Un rolls para Hipólito
as Hipólito Castañón
(1982)
La próxima estación
as José Luis
(1981)
El crack
as Areta
(1981)
Préstame tu mujer
as Blas
(1981)
El poderoso influjo de la luna
as Morán
(1981)
Profesor eróticus
as Profesor Mussy
(1980)
Amigo
as Padre Velasco
(1980)
The Song of the Cicada
as Aris
(1980)
El alcalde y la política
as Tomás Sierra
(1979)
El rediezcubrimiento de México
as Ceferino Díaz Fernández
(1979)
Historia de S
as Sebastián
(1979)
Magic Powder
as Arturo
(1979)
Las verdes praderas
as José Rebolledo
(1979)
Paco the Infallible
as Paco
(1977)
Foul Play
as Juan
(1977)
Celedonio y yo somos así
as Daniel Martínez
(1976)
Alcalde por elección
as Federico Villalba/Ricardo Smith
(1976)
Mayordomo para todo
as Germán
(1976)
Esclava te doy
as Alberto
(1976)
(1975)
Cuando el cuerno suena
as José
(1975)
Uncle, Are You Really Coming From Paris?
as Alberto
(1975)
(1975)
Solo ante el Streaking
as Ángel Perales
(1974)
Naked Weekend
as Rodolfo Cisneros
(1974)
Jenaro, el de los 14
as Jenaro Castrillo
(1974)
Un curita cañón
as Padre Saturio
(1974)
Dormir Y Ligar: Todo Es Empezar
as Saturnino del Olmo
(1974)
El reprimido
as Lucas Trigo
(1974)
Las obsesiones de Armando
as Armando
(1973)
Pisito de solteras
as Emilio Vallejo
(1973)
Manolo by Night
as Manolo Olmedillo
(1973)
Las estrellas están verdes
as Luis Oñate
(1972)
París bien vale una moza
as Juan
(1972)
Guapo heredero busca esposa
as Fidel Frutos
(1972)
¡No firmes más letras, cielo!
as Sabino Gurupe
(1972)
Vente a ligar al Oeste
as Benito
(1972)
My Wife's Boyfriends
as Emilio Antúnez
(1971)
¡Vente a Alemania, Pepe!
as Pepe
(1971)
La decente
as Comisario Miranda
(1971)
Préstame quince días
as Galdino
(1971)
Los días de Cabirio
as Alfredo Velázquez
(1971)
(1971)
Aunque la hormona se vista de seda...
as Bienvenido Garcés
(1971)
Simón, contamos contigo
as Simón Giménez
(1971)
El diablo Cojuelo
as Cleofás Pérez Zambullo
(1971)
Si estás muerto, ¿por qué bailas?
as Inspector Murphy
(1970)
Cateto a babor
as Miguel Cañete Moste
(1970)
El alma se serena
as Manolo Cortés
(1970)
Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Fifth Floor Neighbour
as Antón Gutiérrez
(1969)
Las Leandras
as Casildo
(1969)
Unmarried and Mother in Life
as Paco
(1969)
Cuatro noches de boda
as Lorenzo
(1969)
Why Does Your Husband Deceive You?
as Eduardo
(1969)
Una vez al año ser hippy no hace daño
as Ricardo
(1968)
Los subdesarrollados
as Timoteo Fonseca
(1968)
Tuset Street
as Cheering Man in Audience (uncredited)
(1968)
Los que tocan el piano
as Venancio Torralba 'El Torralba'
(1968)
No somos de piedra
as Lucas
(1968)
A Devil Under the Pillow
as Brocheros
(1968)
La dinamita está servida
as Bruno - El jeque árabe
(1968)
Despedida de casada
as Casimiro Rodríguez, el albañil
(1967)
Las cicatrices
as Tormento
(1967)
The Midshipmen
as Ignacio Vidal
(1967)
40 grados a la sombra
as Máximo
(1967)
Novios 68
as Pepe García Moratillo, fontanero
(1967)
Las que tienen que servir
as Antonio Ponce de León
(1967)
Crónica de nueve meses
as Alejandro
(1967)
Pero… ¡en qué país vivimos!
as Rodolfo Sicilia
(1967)
De cuerpo presente
as Joe
(1967)
¿Qué hacemos con los hijos?
as Enrique
(1967)
Amor a la española
as Rafa
(1966)
Las viudas
as Valentín Martínez (segment "El Retrato de Regino")
(1966)
La ciudad no es para mí
as Genaro
(1966)
Nuevo en esta plaza
as Marcial Flores 'El Verónicas'
(1966)
Hoy como ayer
as Felipe
(1966)
El arte de no casarse
as Alfonso de la Peña y Peña, abogado (1) / Alfredo, marqués (2) / Benito López (3) / Pascual, soldado (4)
(1966)
El arte de casarse
as Dr. León Hernández
(1966)
Ninette and a Gentleman from Murcia
as Armando
(1965)
Historias de la televisión
as Antonio Parrondo y Carnicero, novio de Katy (2)
(1965)
Rustic Chivalry
as Perico
(1965)
Whisky y vodka
as Cosme
(1964)
The Girl in Mourning
as Rafael Castroviejo
(1964)
(1964)
Casi un caballero
as Gabriel Mostazo
(1963)
The Executioner
as Sacristán
(1963)
The Fair of the Dove
as Manolo
(1963)
(1962)
Robbery at 3 O'clock
as Castrillo
(1958)
El puente de la paz
as Jornalero burro (uncredited)
(1956)
Around the World in Eighty Days
as Extra (uncredited)