Arturo L. Goetz (24 June 1944 – 28 July 2014) was an
Argentine
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film
actor
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. He worked in the
cinema of Argentina
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.
He studied for a
Doctor of Philosophy
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degree in economics at
Jesus College, Oxford
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, from 1971 to 1974, and published his findings on Argentine industrialization in 1976. Whilst at Jesus College, he played
football
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for the college team and
polo
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for the
university
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team. After leaving Oxford, he worked as an economist at the United Nations in
Geneva
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, and then at the Food and Agriculture Organization in
Rome
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, where he worked on
food security
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and South-South cooperation. He returned to Argentina in 1982 and established a treaty for South-South cooperation on food security for Latin America (Comite de Acción sobre Seguridad Alimentaria Regional, CASAR) as well as the non-profit Fundación CREAR, promoting development projects in Argentina. He took formal acting lessons after turning 50, having previously acted as an amateur.
Partial filmography
* ''
Cómplices
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'' (1998) - Comisario
* ''
El Amateur'' (aka ''The Amateur'') (1999) - Concejal
* ''
El Camino'' (aka ''The Road'') (2000) - Francisco Irureta
* ''
Plan
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...
'' (2000, Short)
* ''
Four Aims and Flyin' Shoes'' (2001) - Gustavo
* ''
The Holy Girl'' (2004) - Dr. Vesalio
* ''
Cama adentro'' (aka ''Live-In Maid'') (2004) - Invitado en el Country
* ''
Derecho de familia
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'' (aka ''Family Law'') (2006) - Bernardo Perelman
* ''
The Other'' (aka ''El Otro'') (2007) - Escribano
* ''
El asaltante'' (aka "The mugger'') (2007) - Asaltante
* ''
La Novia errante'' (2007) - Padre
* ''
El nido vacio'' (2008) - Dr. Sprivak
* ''
La sangre brota'' (2008) - Arturo
* ''The Window'' (2008) - Médico
* ''
The City of Your Final Destination
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'' (2009) - Mrs. Van Euwen's Guest
* ''En nuestros corazones para siempre'' (2009)
* ''Il richiamo'' (2009) - Dr. Garcia
* ''
El cuarto de Leo'' (2009) - Juan
* ''Los condenados'' (2009) - Raúl
* ''
Rompecabezas'' (2010) - Roberto
* ''
Sin retorno'' (2010) - El Liquidador
* ''Desmadre'' (2011) - Eduardo
* ''La Guerra del Cerdo'' (2012)
* ''Errata'' (2012)
* ''La sublevación'' (2012)
* ''
Mala'' (2013) - Marido de Mónica
* ''Bolishopping'' (2013)
* ''
Lock Charmer'' (2014) - Mario
* ''Ciencias naturales'' (2014) - Arturo
* ''
Death in Buenos Aires'' (2014) - Hombre Polo
References
External links
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1944 births
2014 deaths
Argentine male film actors
Argentine economists
People from Buenos Aires
Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford
Argentine people of German descent
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