Francisco Rabal
Francisco Rabal Valera (better known as Paco Rabal ), ( born March 8, 1926 in Águilas; † August 29, 2001 in Bordeaux, France) was a Spanish actor.
Life
Rabals family left the Murcia region after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. In Madrid, the young Rabal had to work as a street vendor, thus ensuring the maintenance of the family. After leaving school, he worked as an electrician in Spanish film studios. He took over first on parts and then went to the theater, where he also received acting lessons. After numerous films in Spain it 's international breakthrough came with the 1959 Mexican film by Luis Buñuel Nazarín. With Buñuel two years later he made the film Viridiana, in 1961 won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. In addition to numerous works cinematically interesting Rabal was also seen repeatedly in commercial products.
Rabal appeared in over 200 films. He has won numerous national and international film awards, including in 1984, together with his fellow countryman Alfredo Landa, Best Actor Award at the International Film Festival in Cannes in 1984 for Mario Camus ' social study The holy fools. However, the main Spanish Goya Film Awards he won at the end of his career only once. He received it in 2000 for Carlos Saura's Goya en Bordeaux and his portrayal of old Francisco de Goya.
His daughter Teresa is an actress, his son Benito works as a director.