Francisco Rabal Valera (8 March 1926 – 29 August 2001), better known as Paco Rabal, was a Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter born in

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, a town in the south-western part of the province of

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, Spain. Throughout his career, Rabal appeared in around 200 films working with directors including Francesc Rovira-Beleta,

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, Michelangelo Antonioni, Claude Chabrol,

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, and

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. Paco Rabal was recognized both in his native Spain and internationally, winning the Award for Best Actor at the

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for Los Santos Inocentes and a

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for Best Actor for playing

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in Carlos Saura's '' Goya en Burdeos.'' One of Spain's most loved actors, Rabal also was known for his commitment to human rights and other social causes.

Life and career

In 1936, after the

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broke out, Rabal and his family left Murcia and moved to

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. Young Francisco had to work as a street salesboy and in a chocolate factory. When he was 13 years old, he left school to work as an electrician at film studios Estudios Chamartín. Rabal got some sporadic jobs as an

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and other people advised him to try his luck with a career in theater. During the following years, he got some roles in theater companies such as Lope de Vega or María Guerrero. It was there that he met actress Asunción Balaguer; they married in 1951 and remained together for the rest of Rabal's life. Their daughter,

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, is also an actress. In 1947, Rabal got some regular jobs in theater. He used his full name, Francisco Rabal, as his stage name. However, the people who knew him always called him Paco Rabal (Paco is the familiar form for Francisco.) "Paco Rabal" became his unofficial stage name. During the 1940s, Rabal began acting in movies as an

, but it was not until 1950 that he was first cast in speaking roles, and played romantic leads and rogues. He starred in three films directed by

- ''

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'' (1959), ''

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'' (1961) and '' Belle de jour'' (1967) - with whom he would develop a lifelong friendship. He was named best actor by the Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos for ''El hombre de la isla'' in 1962.

thought of Rabal for the French villain of his 1971 movie '' The French Connection''. However, he could not remember the name of "that Spanish actor". Mistakenly, his staff hired another Spanish actor, Fernando Rey. Friedkin discovered that Rabal did not speak English or French, so he decided to keep Rey. Rabal had previously worked with Rey in ''

''. Rabal did, however, work with Friedkin in the much less successful but

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-nominated

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'' Sorcerer'' (1977), a remake of '' The Wages of Fear'' (1953). Throughout his career, Rabal worked in France, Italy and Mexico with directors such as

, Michelangelo Antonioni,

, Valerio Zurlini,

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, Alberto Lattuada and

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Marga López and Francisco Rabal publicity for El hombre de la isla (1960)

It is widely considered that Rabal's best performances came after Francisco Franco's death in 1975. In the 1980s, Rabal starred in '' Los Santos Inocentes -'' winning the Award for Best Actor at the

- in '' El Disputado Voto del Señor Cayo'' and also in the TV series ''Juncal''. In 1989, he was a member of the jury at the

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. In 1999 he played the part of Francisco Goya in

's '' Goya en Burdeos'', winning a

for Best Actor. Rabal's final movie was ''

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'', directed by Stuart Gordon. The film, which was released after Rabal's death in 2001, was dedicated to him. The dedication, which appears before the end credits, reads: "Dedicated to Francisco Rabal, a wonderful actor and even better human being." Rabal died in 2001 from compensatory dilating emphysema while on an airplane travelling to

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, returning from having received an Award at the

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. His death happened only a few weeks before he was due to collect the lifetime Donostia Award at the

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. The award was accepted by his grandson, Liberto Rabal, also an actor. Francisco Rabal is the only Spanish actor to have received an honoris causa doctoral degree from the

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Murcia's Film Library and Cinematheque
''Filmoteca Regional Francisco Rabal,'' created in 2004 as a meeting point for movie lovers, was named after him.

Selected filmography

Spanish actor Francisco Rabal in the TV series Cristoforo Colombo

*'' La rueda de la vida'' (1942) - Bronquista de pelea en salón (uncredited) *'' The Prodigal Woman'' (1946) *''El crimen de Pepe Conde'' (1946) *''Don Quijote de la Mancha'' (1947) - (uncredited) *''Alhucemas'' (1948) - Tostado (uncredited) *''Revelación'' (1948) *'' The Honesty of the Lock'' (1950) - Ernesto *''María Antonia 'La Caramba (1951) *''

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'' (1951) - Rafael Figueroa *'' María Morena'' (1951) - El Sevillano *''Luna de sangre'' (1952) - Pedro *'' The Song of Sister Maria'' (1952) - Tomás *''Perseguidos'' (1952) *'' Hay un camino a la derecha'' (1953) - Miguel *'' I Was a Parish Priest'' (1953) - Martín *'' Judas' Kiss'' (1954) - Quinto Licinio *'' All Is Possible in Granada'' (1954) - Fernando Ortega *'' He Died Fifteen Years Ago'' (1954) - Diego *'' Historias de la radio'' (1955) - Gabriel *'' The Cock Crow'' (1955) - Padre Miller *''La pícara molinera'' (1955) - Cristóbal Paterna - el molinero *''

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'' (1955) - Sergio Gresky *'' The Big Lie'' (1956) - César Neira *''Saranno uomini'' (1957) - Giacomo *''

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'' (1957) - Juan Cuenca *' (1957) - Antonio *''La grande strada azzurra'' (1957) - Salvatore *'' Vengeance'' (1958) - Narrador (voice, uncredited) *'' The Mighty Crusaders'' (1958) - Tancredi d'Altavilla *'' L'amore più bello'' (1958) - Mario *''

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'' (1958) - Pedro *''Los clarines del miedo'' (1958) - Aceituno *'' Ten Ready Rifles'' (1959) - José Iribarren *''

'' (1959) - Padre Nazario *''Llegaron dos hombres'' (1959) - Superintendente *''

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'' (1959) - Marqués Javier de Bradomín *''El hombre de la isla'' (1960) - Lorenzo 'El moro' *'' Trío de damas'' (1960) - Alberto Sáinz Robledo *''Cavalcata selvaggia'' (1960) *''At Five in the Afternoon'' (1960) - Juan Reyes *''Azahares rojos'' (1961) - Arturo Gómez Mancera *''La sed'' (1961) *''

'' (1961) - Jorge *'' La Mano en la trampa'' (1961) - Cristóbal Achával *'' Tiro al piccione'' (1961) - Elia *''Hijo de Hombre'' (1961) - Vito Ribera - un famoso bandito siciliano *'' L'Eclisse'' (1962) - Riccardo *''Setenta veces siete'' (1962) - Pascual / The Horsethief *''Fra Diavolo'' (1962) - Fra Diavolo * ''

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'' (1963) - Frédéric de Rotenbourg *''Noche de verano'' (1963) - Bernardo *'' The Reunion'' (1963) - Alberto *''Autopsy of a Criminal'' (1963) - Carlos *''Le gros coup'' (1964) - Michel Arland *'' Llanto por un bandido'' (1963) - José María 'El Tempranillo' *''L'autre femme'' (1964) - Zaylor *''Intimidad de los parques'' (1965) *'' El Diablo también llora'' (1965) - Tomás *'' Currito of the Cross'' (1965) - Manuel Carmona * '' Legacy of the Incas'' (1965) - Gambusino *'' Marie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha'' (1965) - Paco Castillo *''María Rosa'' (1965) - Marsal *'' La Religieuse'' (1966) - Dom Morel *''Hoy como ayer'' (1966) - Ramón *'' Road to Rocío'' (1966) - José Antonio *'' Le Streghe'' (1967) - Paolo (Segment "Strega Bruciata Viva, La") *'' Long Days of Vengeance'' (1967) - Sceriffo Douglas *'' Belle de Jour'' (1967) - Hyppolite *''

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'' (1967) - Rodrigo Cervantes *''Oscuros sueños de agosto'' (1968) - Julio *''

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'' (1968) - Reportero (uncredited) *''Después del diluvio'' (1968) - Pedro *''

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'' (1969) - Juan Carmona *''El Che Guevara'' (1968) - Che Guevara *''Cervantes'' (1968) *'' A Decent Adultery'' (1969) - Conserje (uncredited) *'' Simón Bolívar'' (1969) - gen. José Antonio Del Llano *''El largo día del águila'' (1969) - Martin Donovan *'' Ann and Eve'' (1970) - Francesco *'' Cutting Heads'' (1970) - Díaz II *'' Goya, a Story of Solitude'' (1970) - Goya *''La grande scrofa nera'' (1971) - Il Medico *''El apartamento de la tentación'' (1971) - Hombre que se cruza con Julieta (uncredited) *''N.P. - Il segreto'' (1971) - engineer N.P. *''Las melancólicas'' (1971) *''

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'' (1972) - Alejandro Gómez *''Laia'' (1972) - Quelot *'' It Can Be Done Amigo'' (1972) - Franciscus *''Le soldat Laforêt'' (1972) - Paco *''Pianeta Venere'' (1972) - Party chauffer *''La colonna infame'' (1972) - Giacomo Mora - il barbiere *'' The Guerrilla'' (1973) - El Cabrero *''La Leyenda del Alcalde de Zalamea'' (1973) - Pedro Crespo, Alcalde de Zalamea *'' La otra imagen'' (1973) *'' Counselor at Crime'' (1973) - Vincent Garofalo *'' The Devil Is a Woman'' (1974) - Bishop Marquez *''

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'' (1974) - Tío *''Tormento'' (1974) - Agustín Caballero *'' Death Will Have Your Eyes'' (1974) - Il ricattatore *''Metralleta 'Stein (1975) - Comisario Emilio Mendoza *''Cacique Bandeira'' (1975) - Azevedo Bandeira *''

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'' (1975) - Mehdi Ben Barka *''Las bodas de Blanca'' (1975) - Antonio *'' Attenti al buffone'' (1976) - Eminence *''La peccatrice'' (1975) - 'Turco' *'' Las largas vacaciones del 36'' (1976) - El Maestro *''Emilia... parada y fonda'' (1976) *'' The Desert of the Tartars'' (1976) - Marshal Tronk *'' Sorcerer'' (1977) - Nilo *'' Il prefetto di ferro'' (1977) - Il brigante Albanese *'' Pensione paura'' (1978) - Marta's lover *''Yo soy mia'' (1978) - Padre di Orio *''El buscón'' (1979) - Mata *''Así como eres'' (1978) - Lorenzo *'' Corleone'' (1978) - Don Giusto Provenzano *'' Hunted City'' (1979) - Don Alfonso *''Ciao cialtroni!'' (1979) *''El buscón'' (1979) - Mata *''Under Siege'' (1980) - William Lombard *'' The Rebel'' (1980) - Tony *''El gran secreto'' (1980) - Domingo *''Speed Driver'' (1980) - Esposito *''

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'' (1980) - Major Warren Holmes *''Buitres sobre la ciudad'' (1981) - Bender *' (1981) - Giacomo *''Sal Gorda'' (1982) *'' La colmena'' (1982) - Ricardo Sorbedo *'' Treasure of the Four Crowns'' (1983) - Sócrates *''Victòria! La gran aventura d'un poble'' (1983) - Coronel Márquez *'' Truhanes'' (1983) - Ginés Jiménez Valera *''Victòria! 2: La disbauxa del 17'' (1983) - Coronel Márquez *''Escapada Final'' (1983) *''Epílogo'' (1984) - Rocabruno *''Victòria! 3: El seny i la rauxa'' (1984) - Coronel Márquez *''Sal gorda'' (1984) - Gabino *'' Los santos inocentes'' (1984) - Azarías *''Los zancos'' (1984) - Manuel *''Futuro imperfecto'' (1985) *''

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'' (1985) - Abel *'' Luces de Bohemia'' (1985) - Max Estrella *''The Old Music'' (1985) - Domingo Ferreiro *'' Marbella, un golpe de cinco estrellas'' (1985) - Juan *'' Los paraísos perdidos'' (1985) - El político anciano *'' La hora bruja'' (1985) - César *''Escapada final (Scapegoat)'' (1985) - Comisario Cárdenas *'' Camorra: Contacto en Nápoles'' (1985) - Guaglione *''Tiempo de silencio'' (1986) - Muecas *'' El hermano bastardo de Dios'' (1986) - Rosendo *''El disputado voto del señor Cayo'' (1986) - Señor Cayo *''Divinas palabras'' (1987) - Pedro Gailo *''Gallego'' (1988) - Fabián *'' A Time of Destiny'' (1988) - Jorge Larraneta *'' El aire de un crimen'' (1988) - Coronel Olvera *''Torquemada'' (1989) - Torquemada *''Barroco'' (1989) - El Hispano *''La Blanca Paloma'' (1989) - Domingo *''

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'' (1989) - Máximo Espejo *''La taberna fantástica'' (1991) *''El hombre que perdió su sombra'' (1991) - Antonio *''L'autre'' (1991) - Simm *''Manuel, le fils emprunté'' (1991) - Alvarez *''La Lola se va a los puertos'' (1993) - Don Diego *'' One Hundred and One Nights'' (1995) - La voix de Buñuel (voice) *''El palomo cojo'' (1995) - Tío Ricardo *'' Así en el cielo como en la tierra'' (1995) - San Pedro *''Felicidades, Tovarich'' (1995) - Abuelo *''Oedipo alcalde'' (1996) - Tiresias *''

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'' (1997) - Cristobal *'' Airbag'' (1997) - Villambrosa *''Pequeños milagros'' (1997) - Don Francisco *''Pajarico'' (1997) - El Abuelo *''La novia de medianoche'' (1997) - Wenceslao Corredoira *''Water Easy Reach'' (1998) *'' El evangelio de las maravillas'' (1998) - Papá Basilio *''Talk of Angels'' (1998) - Don Jorge *'' Goya en Burdeos'' (1999) - Goya *'' Tú qué harías por amor'' (1999) - Don Vicente *''Peixe-Lua'' (2000) - Tio Nini *''Divertimento'' (2000) - Bernardo Gabler *'' Lázaro de Tormes'' (2001) - El Ciego *'' Off to the Revolution by a 2CV'' (2001) - zio Enrique *''

'' (2001; Final film before death) - Ezequiel *''Las noches de Constantinopla'' (2001) - Doña Eugenoia's brother *''El sueño del caimán'' (2001) - Anciano *''Torero, fra sogno e realtà'' (2001) - Narrator *''Zero/infinito'' (2002) - (voice) (final film role)

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