Arturo L. Goetz (24 June 1944 – 28 July 2014) was an
Argentine
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film
actor. He worked in the
cinema of Argentina
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.
He studied for a
Doctor of Philosophy degree in economics at
Jesus College, Oxford, 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 team. After leaving Oxford, he worked as an economist at the United Nations in
Geneva, and then at the Food and Agriculture Organization in
Rome, where he worked on
food security 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'' (1998) - Comisario
* ''
El Amateur
''The Amateur'' ( es, El Amateur) is an Argentine drama film released in 1999, written and directed by Juan Bautista Stagnaro.
The film was based on a novel by Mauricio Dayub.
The picture was nominated for five Silver Condor Awards.
Plot
On ...
'' (aka ''The Amateur'') (1999) - Concejal
* ''
El Camino'' (aka ''The Road'') (2000) - Francisco Irureta
* ''
Plan'' (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'' (aka ''Family Law'') (2006) - Bernardo Perelman
* ''
The Other
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'' (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'' (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
''Death in Buenos Aires'' (Spanish: ''Muerte en Buenos Aires'') is a 2014 Argentine crime film directed by Natalia Meta in her directorial debut. It follows a police inspector struggling to balance his duties with his unspoken sexual desire, and a ...
'' (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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