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Alfredo Landa Areitio (March 3, 1933) is a Spanish actor.

He was born in Pamplona
Pamplona

Pamplona is the capital city of Navarre, Spain and of the former kingdom of Navarre.The city is famous worldwide for the San Ferm?n festival, from July 6 to 14, in which the running of the bulls or encierro is one of the main attractions....
, Navarra, Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
. He finished his pre-university studies in San Sebastián
San Sebastián

Donostia-San Sebasti?n is the capital city of the Provinces of Spain of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country , Spain. Locals call themselves donostiarras, both in Basque and Spanish....
. He then began university studies on Law
LAW

LAW may refer to:* Anti-tank warfare, e.g. the US Army M72 LAW or the British Army LAW 80*Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights ...
, where he began to work with university school groups. He left university to work in the theater.

In the 1950s, he worked as a dubbing actor
Dubbing (filmmaking)

In film production, dubbing or looping is the process of recording or replacing voices for a motion picture. The term most commonly refers to voices recorded that do not belong to the original actors and speak in a different language from the one in which the actor is speaking....
 for a short time.

In 1962, he debuted in the cinema.

Dictator Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco

Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Te?dulo Franco y Bahamonde, Salgado y Pardo de Andrade , commonly known as Francisco Franco or Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was the dictator and Head of State of Spain from October 1936, and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in 1975....
 died in 1975 and, after that, censorship began to disappear.






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Alfredo Landa Areitio (March 3, 1933) is a Spanish actor.

He was born in Pamplona
Pamplona

Pamplona is the capital city of Navarre, Spain and of the former kingdom of Navarre.The city is famous worldwide for the San Ferm?n festival, from July 6 to 14, in which the running of the bulls or encierro is one of the main attractions....
, Navarra, Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
. He finished his pre-university studies in San Sebastián
San Sebastián

Donostia-San Sebasti?n is the capital city of the Provinces of Spain of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country , Spain. Locals call themselves donostiarras, both in Basque and Spanish....
. He then began university studies on Law
LAW

LAW may refer to:* Anti-tank warfare, e.g. the US Army M72 LAW or the British Army LAW 80*Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights ...
, where he began to work with university school groups. He left university to work in the theater.

In the 1950s, he worked as a dubbing actor
Dubbing (filmmaking)

In film production, dubbing or looping is the process of recording or replacing voices for a motion picture. The term most commonly refers to voices recorded that do not belong to the original actors and speak in a different language from the one in which the actor is speaking....
 for a short time.

In 1962, he debuted in the cinema.

Dictator Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco

Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Te?dulo Franco y Bahamonde, Salgado y Pardo de Andrade , commonly known as Francisco Franco or Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was the dictator and Head of State of Spain from October 1936, and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in 1975....
 died in 1975 and, after that, censorship began to disappear. This caused 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
Pedro Lazaga

Pedro Lazaga was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 94 films between 1948 in film and 1979 in film....
. He even created his own trend, that some people called landismo.

Afterwards, Landa changed his image, taking much deeper roles, like his bandit in El Bosque Animado.

Landa, togheter with Francisco Rabal
Francisco Rabal

Francisco Rabal , perhaps better known as Paco Rabal, was a Spanish actor born in ?guilas, a small town in the province of Region of Murcia, Spain....
, won Best Actor
Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival)

The Best Actor Award is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of movies at the festival. It was first awarded in 1946....
 award at 1984 Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes Film Festival , founded in 1946, is one of the world's oldest, most influential and prestigious film festivals alongside Venice Film Festival and Berlin Film Festival....
 by his memorable performance in Los santos inocentes
Los santos inocentes

Los santos inocentes or The Holy Innocents is a Spanish drama film directed by Mario Camus , based on famous Miguel Delibes' same title novel....
.

He is now widely recognized as a great dramatic actor.

After a career with more than one hundred and twenty movies, one dozen of TV 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
Málaga

M?laga is a port city in Andalusia, southern Spain, on the Costa del Sol coast of the Mediterranean. At the 2007 census the population is 576,725....
 (10th Movie Festival of Málaga) while receiving a new award.

Filmography


  • 1957 : El puente de la paz by Rafael J. Salvia
    Rafael J. Salvia

    Rafael J. Salvia , was a Spain screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 81 films between 1950 in film and 1976 in film. He also directed 21 films between 1953 in film and 1973 in film....
  • 1962 : Atraco a las tres
    Atraco a las tres

    Atraco a las tres is a 1962 in film Spain comedy film directed by Jos? Mar?a Forqu?.It is inspirated by Mario Monicelli's masterpiece Big Deal on Madonna Street...
     by José María Forqué
    José María Forqué

    Jos? Mar?a Forqu? was a Spanish screenwriter and film director....
  • 1963
    • La verbena de la paloma by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
      José Luis Sáenz de Heredia

      Jos? Luis S?enz de Heredia was a Spain film director....
    • El Verdugo by Luis García Berlanga
      Luis García Berlanga

      Luis Garc?a Berlanga is a Spain film director and screenwriter.When young, he decided to study Philosophy but his true vocation pushed him to enter in 1947 the Institute of Cinematographic Investigations and experiences in Madrid....
    • Se vive una sola vez by Arturo González
  • 1964
    • La niña de luto by Manuel Summers
      Manuel Summers

      Manuel Summers Rivero was a Spain film director and screenwriter....
    • Casi un caballero by José María Forqué
      José María Forqué

      Jos? Mar?a Forqu? was a Spanish screenwriter and film director....
    • Llegaron los marcianos by Castellano y Pipolo
    • Nobleza baturra by Juan de Orduña
      Juan de Orduña

      Juan de Ordu?a was a Spain film director....
  • 1965
    • Historias de la televisión by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
      José Luis Sáenz de Heredia

      Jos? Luis S?enz de Heredia was a Spain film director....
    • Whisky y vodka by Fernando Palacios
    • Ninette y un señor de Murcia by Fernando Fernán-Gómez
    • La ciudad no es para mí by Pedro Lazaga
      Pedro Lazaga

      Pedro Lazaga was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 94 films between 1948 in film and 1979 in film....
    • Hoy como ayer by Mariano Ozores
    • Nuevo en esta plaza by Pedro Lazaga
      Pedro Lazaga

      Pedro Lazaga was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 94 films between 1948 in film and 1979 in film....
    • De cuerpo presente by Antonio Eceiza
  • 1966
    • El arte de no casarse by Jorge Feliú and J. M. Font Espina
    • El arte de casarse by Jorge Feliú and J. M. Font Espina
    • Las viudas (episode) by José María Forqué
      José María Forqué

      Jos? Mar?a Forqu? was a Spanish screenwriter and film director....
    • Amor a la española
      Amor a la española

      Amor a la espa?ola is a 1967 in film Spain romantic comedy film musical film directed by Fernando Merino and script written by Alfonso Paso....
       by Fernando Merino
    • Los guardiamarinas by Pedro Lazaga
      Pedro Lazaga

      Pedro Lazaga was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 94 films between 1948 in film and 1979 in film....
    • ¿Qué hacemos con los hijos? by Pedro Lazaga
      Pedro Lazaga

      Pedro Lazaga was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 94 films between 1948 in film and 1979 in film....
    • Las cicatrices by Pedro Lazaga
      Pedro Lazaga

      Pedro Lazaga was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 94 films between 1948 in film and 1979 in film....
    • Despedida de casada by Juan de Orduña
      Juan de Orduña

      Juan de Ordu?a was a Spain film director....
  • 1967
    • Crónica de nueve meses by Mariano Ozores
    • Pero ¿en qué país vivimos? by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
      José Luis Sáenz de Heredia

      Jos? Luis S?enz de Heredia was a Spain film director....
    • Las que tienen que servir by José María Forqué
      José María Forqué

      Jos? Mar?a Forqu? was a Spanish screenwriter and film director....
    • Novios 68 by Pedro Lazaga
      Pedro Lazaga

      Pedro Lazaga was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 94 films between 1948 in film and 1979 in film....
    • Cuarenta grados a la sombra
    • Un diablo bajo la almohada by José María Forqué
      José María Forqué

      Jos? Mar?a Forqu? was a Spanish screenwriter and film director....
    • Los subdesarrollados by Fernando Merino
    • Los que tocan el piano by Javier Aguirre
    • No somos de piedra by Manuel Summers
      Manuel Summers

      Manuel Summers Rivero was a Spain film director and screenwriter....
  • 1968
    • La dinamita está servida by Fernando Merino
    • Una vez al año ser hippy no hace daño by Javier Aguirre
    • ¿Por qué te engaña tu marido? by Manuel Summers
      Manuel Summers

      Manuel Summers Rivero was a Spain film director and screenwriter....
  • 1969
    • No disponible by Pedro Mario Herrero
    • Las leandras by Eugenio Martín
    • Cuatro noches de boda by Mariano Ozores
    • Soltera y madre en la vida by Javier Aguirre
    • El alma se serena by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
      José Luis Sáenz de Heredia

      Jos? Luis S?enz de Heredia was a Spain film director....
  • 1970
    • La decente by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
      José Luis Sáenz de Heredia

      Jos? Luis S?enz de Heredia was a Spain film director....
    • Cateto a babor by Ramón Fernández
      Ramón Fernández

      Ramon S. Fernandez is a former Philippine Basketball Association player, who bore various nicknames: "The Franchise", "El Presidente" and "Don Ramon" during his playing days....
    • No desearás al vecino del quinto by Ramón Fernández
      Ramón Fernández

      Ramon S. Fernandez is a former Philippine Basketball Association player, who bore various nicknames: "The Franchise", "El Presidente" and "Don Ramon" during his playing days....
    • El diablo cojuelo by Ramón Fernández
      Ramón Fernández

      Ramon S. Fernandez is a former Philippine Basketball Association player, who bore various nicknames: "The Franchise", "El Presidente" and "Don Ramon" during his playing days....
    • Vente a Alemania, Pepe by Pedro Lazaga
      Pedro Lazaga

      Pedro Lazaga was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 94 films between 1948 in film and 1979 in film....
    • Si estás muerto, ¿por qué bailas? by Pedro Mario Herrero
    • Préstame quince días by Fernando Merino
  • 1971
    • Aunque la hormona se vista de seda by Vicente Escrivá
    • No desearás la mujer del vecino by Fernando Merino
    • Los días de Cabirio by Fernando Merino
    • Vente a ligar al Oeste by Pedro Lazaga
      Pedro Lazaga

      Pedro Lazaga was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 94 films between 1948 in film and 1979 in film....
    • Simón, contamos contigo by Ramón Fernández
      Ramón Fernández

      Ramon S. Fernandez is a former Philippine Basketball Association player, who bore various nicknames: "The Franchise", "El Presidente" and "Don Ramon" during his playing days....
    • No firmes más letras, cielo by Pedro Lazaga
      Pedro Lazaga

      Pedro Lazaga was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 94 films between 1948 in film and 1979 in film....
    • Los novios de mi mujer by Ramón Fernández
      Ramón Fernández

      Ramon S. Fernandez is a former Philippine Basketball Association player, who bore various nicknames: "The Franchise", "El Presidente" and "Don Ramon" during his playing days....
  • 1972
    • Guapo heredero busca esposa by Luis M. Delgado
    • París bien vale una moza by Pedro Lazaga
      Pedro Lazaga

      Pedro Lazaga was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 94 films between 1948 in film and 1979 in film....
    • Pisito de solteras by Fernando Merino
  • 1973
    • Las estrellas están verdes by Pedro Lazaga
      Pedro Lazaga

      Pedro Lazaga was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 94 films between 1948 in film and 1979 in film....
    • Manolo la nuit by Mariano Ozores
    • Jenaro, el de los catorce by Mariano Ozores
    • Un curita cañón by Luis M. Delgado
    • El reprimido by Mariano Ozores
  • 1974
    • Dormir y ligar todo es empezar by Mariano Ozores
    • Las obsesiones de Armando by Luis M. Delgado
    • Fin de semana al desnudo by Mariano Ozores
    • Celedonio y yo somos así by Mariano Ozores
    • Cuando el cuerno suena by Luis M. Delgado
  • 1975
    • Solo ante el streaking by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
      José Luis Sáenz de Heredia

      Jos? Luis S?enz de Heredia was a Spain film director....
    • Los pecados de una chica casi decente by Mariano Ozores
    • Tío ¿de verdad vienen de París? by Mariano Ozores
    • Esclava te doy by Eugenio Martín
    • Mayordomo para todo by Mariano Ozores
  • 1976
    • Alcalde por elección by Mariano Ozores
    • El puente
      El Puente

      El Puente, or the Siteo Archeol?gico El Puente, is a Mayan archaeological site in the department of Cop?n Department in Honduras. Once an independent Mayan city, the city of El Puente became a tributary to the nearby city of Cop?n between the 6th and 9th centuries....
       by Juan Antonio Bardem
      Juan Antonio Bardem

      Juan Antonio Bardem , was a Spanish screen writer and film director. He was best known for Muerte de un ciclista which won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival, and Calle mayor ....
  • 1977
    • Borrasca by Miguel Ángel Rivas
  • 1978
    • Historia de S. by Francisco Lara Polop
    • El rediezcubrimiento de México by Fernando Cortés
  • 1979
    • Las verdes praderas by José Luis Garci
      José Luis Garci

      Jos? Luis Garci is a Film director, Film, writer, and actor in Spain Film.Garci gained early experience in cinema by writing scripts and acting....
    • Paco el seguro by Didier Haudepin
    • El alcalde y la política by Luis M. Delgado
    • Polvos mágicos by José Ramón Larraz
  • 1980
    • El canto de la cigarra by José María Forqué
      José María Forqué

      Jos? Mar?a Forqu? was a Spanish screenwriter and film director....
    • Préstame a tu mujer by Jesús Yagüe
    • El poderos influjo de la luna by Antonio del Real
    • Forja de amigos by Tito Davison
  • 1981
    • El crack by José Luis Garci
      José Luis Garci

      Jos? Luis Garci is a Film director, Film, writer, and actor in Spain Film.Garci gained early experience in cinema by writing scripts and acting....
    • Profesor Eroticus by Luis M. Delgado
    • La próxima estación by Antonio Mercero
      Antonio Mercero

      Antonio Mercero is a Spain director of the series Verano azul and later Farmacia de guardia. He is best known as the director of a 1972 surrealist short horror film titled La cabina, that won an Emmy Award....
  • 1982
    • Piernas cruzadas by Rafael Villaseñor
    • Un Rolls para Hipólito by Julio Busch
  • 1983
    • El crack II by José Luis Garci
      José Luis Garci

      Jos? Luis Garci is a Film director, Film, writer, and actor in Spain Film.Garci gained early experience in cinema by writing scripts and acting....
    • Las autonosuyas by Rafael Gil
      Rafael Gil

      Rafael Gil was a Spain film director and screenwriter....
    • Una rosa al viento by Miguel Iglesias
  • 1984
    • Los santos inocentes
      Los santos inocentes

      Los santos inocentes or The Holy Innocents is a Spanish drama film directed by Mario Camus , based on famous Miguel Delibes' same title novel....
       by Mario Camus
      Mario Camus

      Mario Camus is a Spanish screenwriter and film director. He won the Golden Bear at Berlin Film Festival with La colmena ....
  • 1985
    • Los paraísos perdidos by Basilio Martín Patino
      Basilio Martín Patino

      Basilio Mart?n Patino is a Spain film director, specializing in a creative approach to documentary works. He produced important pieces on the Spanish Civil War , the infamous dictator , or his executioners ....
    • La vaquilla
      La vaquilla

      La vaquilla or The Heifer is a 1985 in film Spain comedy film written and directed by Luis Garc?a Berlanga. It was the first comedy made about the Spanish Civil War...
       by Luis García Berlanga
      Luis García Berlanga

      Luis Garc?a Berlanga is a Spain film director and screenwriter.When young, he decided to study Philosophy but his true vocation pushed him to enter in 1947 the Institute of Cinematographic Investigations and experiences in Madrid....
  • 1986
    • Bandera negra by Pedro Olea
      Pedro Olea

      Pedro Olea is a Spanish screenwriter, film producer and film director....
    • Tata mía by José Luis Borau
      José Luis Borau

      Jos? Luis Borau Moradell is a Spanish producer, screenwriter, writer, and film director. He has acted in some films.He won Goya Award as Best Director in 2000 for Leo....
  • 1987
    • Biba la banda by Ricardo Palacios
    • El pecador impecable by Augusto M. Torres
    • El bosque animado by José Luis Cuerda
      José Luis Cuerda

      Jos? Luis Cuerda is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and Film producer.He has produced three films of Alejandro Amen?bar ....
  • 1988 : Sinatra by Francesc Betriu
  • 1989
    • El río que nos lleva by Antonio del Real
      Antonio del Real

      Antonio del Real is a Spain film director, actor and screenwriter. ...
    • Bazar Viena by Amalio Cuevas
  • 1991 : Marcelino, pan y vino (1991) by Luigi Comencini
    Luigi Comencini

    Luigi Comencini was an Italy film director. Together with Dino Risi, Ettore Scola and Mario Monicelli, he was considered among the masters of the commedia all'italiana genre....
  • 1992
    • Aquí, quién no corre, vuela by Ramón Fernández
      Ramón Fernández

      Ramon S. Fernandez is a former Philippine Basketball Association player, who bore various nicknames: "The Franchise", "El Presidente" and "Don Ramon" during his playing days....
    • La marrana by José Luis Cuerda
      José Luis Cuerda

      Jos? Luis Cuerda is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and Film producer.He has produced three films of Alejandro Amen?bar ....
  • 1994
    • Canción de cuna by José Luis Garci
      José Luis Garci

      Jos? Luis Garci is a Film director, Film, writer, and actor in Spain Film.Garci gained early experience in cinema by writing scripts and acting....
    • Por fin solos by Antonio del Real
  • 1995 : El rey del río by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
    Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón

    Manuel Guti?rrez Arag?n is an award-winning Spanish screenwriter and film director....
  • 1996 : Los Porretas by Carlos Suárez
  • 2000 : El árbol del penitente by José María Borrell
  • 2002
    • Historia de un beso by José Luis Garci
      José Luis Garci

      Jos? Luis Garci is a Film director, Film, writer, and actor in Spain Film.Garci gained early experience in cinema by writing scripts and acting....
    • El refugio del mal by Félix Cábez
  • 2003
    • La luz prodigiosa by Miguel Hermoso
    • El oro de Moscú by Jesús Bonilla
  • 2004 : Tiovivo c. 1950
    Tiovivo c. 1950

    Tiovivo c. 1950 is a 2004 in film Cinema of Spain directed by Jos? Luis Garci. The film was nominated for six Goya Awards in 2005, and won the award for Best Production Design....
     by José Luis Garci
    José Luis Garci

    Jos? Luis Garci is a Film director, Film, writer, and actor in Spain Film.Garci gained early experience in cinema by writing scripts and acting....