Ramón Torrado
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
-
Birthday
1905-04-05
Day of Death
1990-01-01 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Ramón Torrado
Biography
Ramón Torrado (5 April 1905 – January 1990) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 50 films between 1942 and 1978.
Along his brother Adolfo Torrado, they worked in Suevia Films, and he directed Botón de ancla (1948), with a good success and was adapted many times, El famoso Carballeira, Polizón a bordo (1941), Mar abierto (1946) and Sabela de Cambados (1948).
He met dancer Lola Flores and she appeared in Estrella de Sierra Morena (1952), and María de la O (1959), which was adapted from the 1936 version by Francisco Elías Riquelme and Carmen Amaya, Julio Peña, Antonio Moreno and Pastora Imperio were the main characters. He directed Mi canción es para ti (1965), starring Manolo Escobar, Ángel de Andrés, María Martín, Alejandra Nilo, María Isbert and Rafaela Aparicio. He directed others musical films with Manolo Escobar such as Un beso en el puerto, (1966) and El padre Manolo (1967).
He directed Spaghetti Western films such as Cavalry Charge (1964).
Acting
(1946)
Mar abierto
as Painter (uncredited)
Crew
(1978)
Pasión inconfesable
Director, Writer
(1976)
Guerreras verdes
Director
(1974)
(1972)
En un mundo nuevo
Director
(1971)
La montaña rebelde
Director, Writer
(1970)
Con ella llegó el amor
Director
(1970)
(1969)
Amor a todo gas
Director, Writer
(1969)
Educando a una idiota
Director
(1969)
(1967)
El padre Manolo
Director
(1966)
Un beso en el puerto
Director, Writer
(1965)
Texas Jim
Director, Writer
(1965)
Mi canción es para ti
Director, Writer
(1964)
Cavalry Charge
Director, Screenplay
(1964)
Black Angel of the Mississippi
Director
(1964)
Relevo para un pistolero
Director
(1963)
Cristo Negro
Director, Writer
(1961)
Ella y los veteranos
Director
(1961)
Fray Escoba
Director, Writer
(1960)
Un paso al frente
Director, Screenplay
(1959)
Der Löwe von Babylon
Director, Screenplay
(1959)
María de la O
Director
(1958)
Héroes del aire
Director
(1958)
Die Sklavenkarawane
Art Direction
(1957)
Les Lavandières du Portugal
Director
(1957)
Un fantasma llamado amor
Director, Writer
(1956)
Curra Veleta
Director
(1955)
Suspiros de Triana
Director, Writer
(1954)
Love on Wheels
Director, Screenplay
(1954)
Hollyhock
Director, Screenplay
(1953)
Nadie lo sabrá
Director
(1953)
La alegre caravana
Director
(1953)
¡Che, qué loco!
Director, Writer
(1952)
Feather in the Wind
Director
(1952)
Estrella de Sierra Morena
Director, Writer
(1951)
The Girl at the Inn
Director, Writer
(1951)
La virgen gitana
Director, Writer
(1951)
Air Lashings
Director, Writer
(1950)
Rumbo
Director, Writer
(1949)
Sabela De Cambados
Director
(1948)
Botón de ancla
Director
(1946)
Mar abierto
Director, Story
(1945)
Castañuela
Director
(1944)
El rey de las finanzas
Director, Writer
(1943)
¡¡Campeones!!
Director, Adaptation
(1943)
El hombre de los muñecos
Adaptation
(1942)
La rueda de la vida
Story