Alfonso Paso
Personal Info
Known for
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1926-09-12
Day of Death
1978-07-10 (51 years old)
Place of Birth
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Alfonso Paso
Biography
Alfonso Paso (12 September 1926 – 10 July 1978) was a Spanish dramatist. He wrote over a hundred plays, mainly light comedies, sometimes laced with black humour and tragedy. There were also police dramas and examples of what he called "social theatre". He was known for the well crafted complexity of his plots and for the originality of his situations and characters.
Alfonso Paso Gil was born into a "theatre dynasty" in Madrid. His father was the Zarzuela playwright and librettist Antonio Paso y Cano (1878–1950). His mother was the actress Juana Gil.
Early on he abandoned a career as an aeronautical engineer and turned to the study of Philosophy and Literature, graduating in 1952 and focusing on American History and Archeology. Later he studied Medicine and Psychiatry, then switching again, this time to journalism. He would continue to work as a journalist until the mid-1970s. He married Evangelina Jardiel, daughter of Enrique Jardiel Poncela (1901–1952). Their children included the actress Paloma Paso Jardiel. Although he often worked as an actor, his more lasting notability results from his work as a writer.
Known For
Acting
(1976)
Mauricio, mon amour
as Enfermo en la clínica
(1976)
El señor está servido
as Sotillo
(1974)
Dormir Y Ligar: Todo Es Empezar
as Alfonso Paso, miembro del jurado (uncredited)
(1973)
El abuelo tiene un plan
as Dr. Juan G. Bolt
(1972)
Ligue Story
as Señor del anuncio (uncredited)
(1967)
Amor a la española
as Van Criep
(1966)
Lola, espejo oscuro
as Dorigan
Crew
(1986)
(1984)
(1978)
Préstamela esta noche
Writer
(1977)
Estoy hecho un chaval
Writer
(1977)
(1977)
La mujer es un buen negocio
Screenplay
(1974)
(1974)
Doctor, me gustan las mujeres, ¿es grave?
Story, Screenplay
(1974)
(1973)
El abuelo tiene un plan
Writer
(1973)
Celos, amor y Mercado Común
Director, Writer
(1973)
El canto de la cigarra
Theatre Play
(1973)
(1972)
Ligue Story
Director, Screenplay
(1972)
Vamos a contar mentiras
Writer
(1971)
(1970)
Los extremeños se tocan
Director, Screenplay
(1970)
La otra residencia
Director, Writer
(1970)
(1970)
En un lugar de la Manga
Dialogue
(1970)
Una señora estupenda
Story
(1969)
Vamos por la parejita
Director
(1969)
No somos ni Romeo ni Julieta
Director, Writer
(1969)
Españolear
Screenplay
(1969)
Cuatro noches de boda
Screenplay
(1968)
Este cura
Story
(1968)
Los que tocan el piano
Writer
(1968)
Los subdesarrollados
Writer
(1967)
Si quiero
Writer
(1967)
(1967)
40 grados a la sombra
Writer
(1967)
Amor a la española
Writer
(1966)
Life is formidable
Theatre Play, Story
(1966)
De profesión sospechosos
Theatre Play
(1965)
Una tal Dulcinea
Writer
(1965)
Fiebre de primavera
Theatre Play
(1964)
The New Cinderella
Writer
(1964)
(1964)
The Palomos
Story
(1963)
Una tal Dulcinea
Writer
(1963)
Marisol rumbo a Río
Writer
(1963)
Los derechos de la mujer
Writer
(1962)
Wedding Dinner
Book
(1962)
Salto mortal
Writer
(1962)
Vamos a contar mentiras
Theatre Play
(1961)
Usted puede ser un asesino
Theatre Play
(1961)
(1961)
¡Adiós, Mimí Pompón!
Screenplay
(1960)
Crimen para recién casados
Dialogue
(1960)
There Is Someone Behind the Door
Screenplay
(1960)
Navidades en junio
Screenplay
(1959)
De espaldas a la puerta
Screenplay
(1958)
(1958)
La noche y el alba
Story
(1957)
Susanna and Me
Writer
(1957)
Un tesoro en el cielo
Additional Dialogue
(1956)
La fierecilla domada
Additional Dialogue
(1955)
Blocked paths
Writer
(1955)
Cursed Mountains
Writer
(1954)
Merry Christmas
Writer
(1954)
El alcalde de Zalamea
Writer
(1948)
Conflicto inesperado
Writer