Agustín González Martínez (24 March 1930 in Linares – 16 January 2005 in

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Biography

He was brother of Manuel González, one of the members of Los Brincos. He started several university studies in Engineering and Philosophy and Literature, but he didn't finish. He started his career as an actor in the Teatro Español Universitario, where he stayed several years during his stage as a student. He grew as one of the most important Spanish actors thanks to his theatre performances and cinema directors such as

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. He worked in 140 movies, theatre plays and TV series. From 1954 to 1986, he had a relationship with the actress María Luisa Ponte, 12 years older than he was, but they never got married. His last film was '' Tiovivo 1950'', by

. His last theatre play was ''Tres hombres y un destino'', in Madrid, but he had to be replaced because of his sickness. He died on 16 January 2005 of

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in the clinic La Zarzuela, in Madrid, at aged 74.

Prizes

* Medalla de Oro de Bellas Artes, 1983. * Mejor actor por ''Las Bicicletas son para el verano'', 1984. * Premio Calabuch for ''La marrana''. * Premio Festival de Cine de Peñíscola for ''Belle Époque''. * Golden Medalla al Mérito en el Trabajo by the Spanish Government in 2004.

Filmography

In his filmography, he appears in humorous and dramatic films and he has been considered one of the best Spanish actors in supporting roles

Film

*'' Caricias'' (1998) *'' Felices Pascuas'' (1954, by

) *''

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'' (1960, by

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) *'' Plácido'' (1961, by

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) *'' The Mustard Grain'' (1962) *'' The Fair of the Dove'' (1963) *'' La becerrada'' (1963) *'' De cuerpo presente'' (1965, by Antonio Eceiza) *'' That Man in Istanbul'' (1965) *'' The Regent's Wife'' (1975) *''

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'' (1978, by Berlanga) *''

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'' (1979) *'' Patrimonio nacional'' (1980, by Berlanga) *'' El nido'' (1980, by

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) *'' Gary Cooper, Who Art in Heaven'' (1980) *'' Gary Cooper, que estás en los cielos'' (1980) *'' Volver a empezar'' (1981, by

) *'' Nacional III'' (1982, by Berlanga) *'' La colmena'' (1982, by Mario Camús) *'' Las bicicletas son para el verano'' (1983, written by

) *'' Hay que deshacer la casa'' (1983) *'' Dos mejor que uno'' (1984, by Ángel Llorente) *'' La vaquilla'' (1984) *'' Crimen en familia'' (1985) *'' La corte de Faraón'' (1985, by

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) *'' Stico'' (1985) *'' A la luz de la luna'' (1985, by González Sinde) *''

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'' (1986, by

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) *'' Mambrú se fue a la guerra'' (1986) *''

El hermano bastardo de Dios ''The Bastard Brother of God'' () is a 1986 drama film directed by Benito Rabal and starring Francisco Rabal, Asunción Balaguer and Agustín González. It is an adaption of the novel by José Luis Coll. It is about the Spanish Civil War ...

'' (1986) *''

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'' (1987) *''

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'' (1989) *'' La marrana'' (1992, by

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) *'' Después del sueño'' (1992) *'' Aquí, el que no corre... vuela'' (1992) *''

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'' (1992, second

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in Spanish history, by

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) *'' Todos a la cárcel'' (1993) *'' Los peores años de nuestra vida'' (1994, by

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) *''

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'' (1995, by

) *'' La Ley de la frontera'' (1995) *'' El abuelo'' (1998, by José Luis Garci) *'' Historia de un beso'' (2002, by José Luis Garci) *'' Tiovivo c. 1950'' (2004, by José Luis Garci)

TV series

*''

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'' (1981) - Luis de Góngora (uncredited) *''Escalera exterior, escalera interior'' (1986) - Don Horacio *'' Los ladrones van a la oficina'' (1993) *''A las once en casa'' (1998-1999) - Don Ramón *''

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'' (2002) - Teodoro *'' La vida de Rita'' (2003) - Fernando *''

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'' (2003) - Emilio Freire *''

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'' (2004) - Damián Corcuera

References

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