Background

In 1938, after the Spanish Civil War

Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...

 broke out, the young Andrés worked as an amateur street actor and then as a galán cómico in the Salvador Videgain

Salvador Videgain

Salvador Videgain García was a famous actor of comedy during the first half of the 20th century in Spain. He was born and died in Madrid...

 theatre company. In the following years, played roles in the Isbert and María Guerrero

María Guerrero

María Guerrero Torija was a prominent Spanish theatre actor, producer and director.-Life and work:María Guerrero Torija was born in Madrid, in 1867. She enrolled at the Official School of Declamation, in the prestigious Madrid Royal Conservatory, where she was trained in the theatre with dramatist...

 theatre companies, among others.

Andrés began his own theatre company with Antonio Casal

Antonio Casal

Antonio Casal Rivadulla was a Spanish film actor.He appeared in over 50 films between 1941 and his death in 1974.-Selected filmography:- External links :...

, which became very successful. It was there that Andrés met actress Chity Juárez. Andres and Juarez married in 1959 and remained together for the rest of Andrés' life. They had two children.

From 1939 until the 1990s, Andrés had regular jobs in theatre. He used his full name as his stage name, however, the people who knew him always called him Angelito de Andrés. (Angelito is the familiar form for Angel.)

During the 1940s, Andrés began acting in movies as an extra, but it was not until 1950 that he was first cast serious roles. Throughout his career, Andrés worked in Portugal

Portugal

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 and Mexico

Mexico

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. In the 50s as a presenter and actor in radio and cinema.

Andrés' best performances came after Francisco Franco

Francisco Franco

Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was a Spanish general, 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 November, 1975...

's death on 1975. In the 1980s, Andres starred in numerous comedy films, winning the affection as a humorist and also in the TV series Celia

Celia (TV series)

Celia is a Spanish children's television series that was originally broadcast in 1992 through Spain's national public-service channel, Televisión Española...

and Lorca la muerte de un poeta of Juan Antonio Bardém. In the 1988 he played the character of minister Esquilache in Josefina Molina in the film Esquilache

Esquilache

Esquilache is a 1989 Spanish film directed by Josefina Molina. The film stars Fernando Fernán Gómez as Leopoldo de Gregorio, Marquis of Esquilache. It is based on the play "Un Soñador Para Un Pueblo" by Antonio Buero Vallejo...

with Fernando Fernán Gómez

Fernando Fernán Gómez

Fernando Fernán-Gómez was a Spanish actor and director. He was born in Lima, Peru as his mother, Spanish actress Carola Fernán-Gómez, was making a tour of Latin America. Inheriting his surname as a stage name, he moved to Spain in 1924.After the Spanish Civil War he began a study of Law but...

 and Concha Velasco

Concha Velasco

Concepción Velasco Varona, known as Concha Velasco or Conchita Velasco, is a Spanish film actress, theatre actress, singer, and TV conductor. She was born at Valladolid November 29, 1939...

.

In 2006, Andrés died in his sleep from a heart attack.

Selected filmography

• Fin de curso. (1943) of Ignacio F. Iquino.
• Turbante blanco 1943.
• Pródiga, La. (1946) of Rafael Gil
• Senda ignorada. (1946) of José Antonio Nieves Conde
• Confidencia. (1947) of Jerónimo Mihura
• Fe, La. (1947) of Rafael Gil
• Jalisco canta en Sevilla. (1948) of Fernando de Fuentes
• Don Quijote de la Mancha. (1948) of Rafael Gil
• ¡Fuego!. (1949) of Arthur Duarte
• Tercio de quites. (1951) of Emilio Gómez Muriel
• Fantasía española. (1953) of Javier Setó
• Historias de la radio. (1955) of José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
• Manolo guardia urbano. (1956) of Rafael J. Salvia
• Abrigo a cuadros, Un. (1957) of Alfredo Hurtado
• Hincha, El. (1958) of José María Elorrieta
• Pasa la tuna. (1960) of José María Elorrieta
• 091 Policía al habla. (1960) of José María Forqué
• Tú y yo somos tres. (1961) of Rafael Gil
• Estrellas, Las. (1962) of Miguel Lluch
• Secreto de Tomy, El. (1963) of Antonio del Amo
• Pandilla de los once, La. (1963) of Pedro Lazaga
  Pedro Lazaga
  Pedro Lazaga was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 94 films between 1948 and 1979.-External links:...
  
  
• Batalla del domingo, La. (1963) of Luis Marquina
• Fin de semana. (1964) of Pedro Lazaga
• Mi canción es para ti. (1965) of Ramón Torrado
  Ramón Torrado
  Ramón Torrado was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 50 films between 1942 and 1978.-External links:...
  
  
• Es mi hombre. (1966) of Rafael Gil
• Padre Manolo, El. (1966) of Ramón Torrado
• Mujer de otro, La. (1967) of Rafael Gil
• Aquí mando yo. (1967) of Rafael Romero Marchent
• Marino de los puños de oro, El. (1968) of Rafael Gil
• De Picos Pardos a la ciudad. (1969) of Ignacio F. Iquino
• ¡Se armó el belén!. (1969) of José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
• Con ella llegó el amor. (1970) of Ramón Torrado
  Ramón Torrado
  Ramón Torrado was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 50 films between 1942 and 1978.-External links:...
  
  
• Don Erre que erre. (1970) of José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
• Secuestro a la española. (1972) of Mateo Cano
• Casa Flora. (1973) of Ramón Fernández
• Reprimido, El. (1974) of Mariano Ozores
• No quiero perder la honra. (1975) of Eugenio Martín
• Brujas mágicas. (1981) Mariano Ozores hijo
• Cristóbal Colón, de oficio... descubridor. (1982) Mariano Ozores hijo
• Autonosuyas, Las. (1983) of Rafael Gil
• Juana la loca... de vez en cuando. (1983) of José Ramón Larraz
• Cid cabreador, El. (1983) of Angelino Fons
• Libro Luces de bohemia. (1985) of Miguel Ángel Díez
• Esquilache. (1988) of Josefina Molina
• Forja de un rebelde, La. (1990) of Mario Camus
• Celia. (1993) of José Luis Borau.

Books

• La auténtica vida e historia del teatro. Juan José Videgain
  Juan José Videgain
  Juan José Videgain is a Spanish writer, actor and director. Most of Videgain's books have reached cult status thanks to their weird sense of humor in Spain. He is from an old theatrical family in Spain. Salvador Videgain is his grandfather....
  
  2005.
• La revista 1997 Ramón Femenía.
• Diccionario de Teatro Akal 1997.