Walter Vidarte

Walter Vidarte ( born July 18, 1931 in Montevideo, † October 29, 2011 in Madrid, Spain ) was a Uruguayan actor.

Vidarte studied at the Escuela de Arte Dramático in Montevideo. In 1958 he moved to Argentina. 1973, while in both Argentina and his native dictatorial regime took over political power, he moved to Spain. Vidarte was a member of the Comedia Nacional Uruguaya and performed in numerous plays and films in his native Uruguay. This continued as continued in Argentina and Spain. In the theater he played among others in the Valle Inclan plays " Martes de Carnaval " and " Luces de bohemia ". In the former he joined in 1995, directed by Mario Gas, in the latter was his director from 1997 to 1998 José Tamayo. He also gave example in 2000 Zorillas " El Tenorio " and Shakespeare's Hamlet in 2004. For the latter role, he was awarded the Premio Ercilla as best actor. In 2003 he had a role in the reacted by Francisco Nieva adaptation of Jan Potocki's " El manuscrito encontrado in Zaragoza ". He was starting to see from the second half of the 1970s in numerous Spanish TV series. Among the films in which he was also busy, included, for example " La tregua " by Sergio Renán, " Las truchas " by José Luis García Sánchez, " El placer de matar " by Félix Rotaeta and " El pianista " by Mario Gas. His last major project in 2006 was the participation in the film " La noche de los girasoles ". He died at the age of 80 years at the hospital Clínica de la Concepción.

Filmography (selection)

  • " La tregua ", 1974
  • " La Gioconda está triste"; TV Series, 1977
  • " Las truchas ", 1978
  • " Curro Jiménez "; TV Series, 1978
  • " Cervantes "; TV Series, 1980
  • " Crónica del alba "; TV Series, 1983
  • " Akelarre ," 1984
  • " Tristeza de amor"; TV Series, 1986
  • " El placer de matar ", 1987
  • " La huella del crimen "; TV Series, 1990
  • " La taberna fantástica ", 1990
  • " ¡ Dispara! ", 1993
  • "Mi hermano del alma ", 1993
  • " Turno de oficio II"; TV series, 1995
  • " Antártida ", 1995
  • " El pianista ", 1998
  • "Pepe Calvalho "; TV Series, 1999
  • " Cuéntame lo que Pasó "; TV Series, 2003
  • " La noche de los girasoles ", 2006

Source:

El Mundo (Spain)
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