Larrañaga is the son of actress María Fernanda Ladrón de Guevara, brother of
Amparo RivellesAmparo Rivelles, is a Spanish actress.In the beginning of her career, she was known as Amparito Rivelles....
. Father of the actors Amparo Larrañaga, Pedro Larrañaga, Luis Merlo. He is the father in law of
Maribel VerdúMaribel Verdú is a Spanish actress. She is perhaps best known to English-speaking audiences playing the roles of Luisa in the 2001 film Y tu mamá también and Mercedes in Guillermo del Toro's 2006 film Pan's Labyrinth...
.
He was married to writer Ana Diosdado. He became more famous for his personal life, selling exclusives to tabloids, than for his interpretations.
His film debut was when he was 4 years old in
Alma de Dios, directed by
Ignacio F. IquinoIgnacio F. Iquino, also credited as John Wood, Steve MacCohy, Prada-Iquino, Steve McCoy, Steve McCohy and Ignacio Iquino, was a Spanish film director...
.
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Personal life
Larrañaga is the son of actress María Fernanda Ladrón de Guevara, brother of
Amparo RivellesAmparo Rivelles, is a Spanish actress.In the beginning of her career, she was known as Amparito Rivelles....
. Father of the actors Amparo Larrañaga, Pedro Larrañaga, Luis Merlo. He is the father in law of
Maribel VerdúMaribel Verdú is a Spanish actress. She is perhaps best known to English-speaking audiences playing the roles of Luisa in the 2001 film Y tu mamá también and Mercedes in Guillermo del Toro's 2006 film Pan's Labyrinth...
.
He was married to writer Ana Diosdado. He became more famous for his personal life, selling exclusives to tabloids, than for his interpretations.
Career
His film debut was when he was 4 years old in
Alma de Dios, directed by
Ignacio F. IquinoIgnacio F. Iquino, also credited as John Wood, Steve MacCohy, Prada-Iquino, Steve McCoy, Steve McCohy and Ignacio Iquino, was a Spanish film director...
. His first success was in 1950 with
Pequeñeces, directed by
Juan de OrduñaJuan de Orduña was a Spanish film director.- Filmography :* Me has hecho perder el juicio * Eusébio, la Pantera Negra * El caserío * El huésped del sevillano...
. He had a major supporting role in
The Pride and the PassionThe Pride and the Passion is a historical film drama starring Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra and Sophia Loren made by Stanley Kramer Productions...
with
Cary GrantArchibald Alexander Leach , better known by his stage name Cary Grant, was a British-American actor...
,
Frank SinatraFrancis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became a successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, being the idol of the "bobby soxers." His professional career had stalled by the...
and
Sophia LorenSophia Loren is an Italian film actress and an international sex symbol. In 1961, she won an Academy Award for Best Actress for Two Women, becoming the first actor to win an Academy Award for a non-English-speaking performance....
and then starred in
Ha llegado un ángel and
El extraño viajeEl extraño viaje or The strange voyage is a 1964 Spanish black drama film directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez.Famous film director Jess Franco acts as the brother of the protagonist. The film was a huge flop on its limited release. It was voted seventh best Spanish film by professionals and critics...
, among other films.
His most remembered role is in the TV series
Farmacia de Guardia (1991-1995) directed by
Antonio MerceroAntonio Mercero is a Spanish 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.-Cinema Filmography:...
.