Rafael Bertrand (20 August 1917 – 5 October 1983) was a Cuban

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who worked for many years in the

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. He played a Mexican version of the gentleman thief

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in the 1958 film '' Raffles''.Hardy p.284

Filmography

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Bibliography

* Hardy, Phil. ''The BFI Companion to Crime''. A&C Black, 1997.

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* 1917 births 1983 deaths Cuban male film actors Cuban emigrants to Mexico 20th-century Cuban male actors {{Cuba-bio-stub