Arturo L. Goetz (24 June 1944 – 28 July 2014) was an

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film

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. He worked in the

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. He studied for a

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degree in economics at

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, from 1971 to 1974, and published his findings on Argentine industrialization in 1976. Whilst at Jesus College, he played

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for the college team and

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for the

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team. After leaving Oxford, he worked as an economist at the United Nations in

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, and then at the Food and Agriculture Organization in

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, where he worked on

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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

* ''

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'' (1998) - Comisario * '' El Amateur'' (aka ''The Amateur'') (1999) - Concejal * '' El Camino'' (aka ''The Road'') (2000) - Francisco Irureta * ''

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'' (2000, Short) * '' Four Aims and Flyin' Shoes'' (2001) - Gustavo * ''

The Holy Girl ''The Holy Girl'' () is a 2004 drama film directed by Lucrecia Martel. The film was executively produced by Pedro Almodóvar and features Mercedes Morán, María Alche, Carlos Belloso, Alejandro Urdapilleta, and Julieta Zylberberg. Plot At the Ho ...

'' (2004) - Dr. Vesalio * '' Cama adentro'' (aka ''Live-In Maid'') (2004) - Invitado en el Country * ''

Derecho de familia ''Family Law'' () is a 2006 comedy-drama film, written and directed by Daniel Burman. The picture was produced by Diego Dubcovsky, José María Morales, and Marc Sillam, and co-produced by Amedeo Pagani. ''Family Law'' was Argentina's official s ...

'' (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 ''The City of Your Final Destination'' is a 2009 American romantic drama film directed by James Ivory and starring Anthony Hopkins, Laura Linney, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Omar Metwally, Hiroyuki Sanada and Norma Aleandro. It was written by Ruth Pra ...

'' (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 language, Spanish: ''Muerte en Buenos Aires'') is a 2014 Argentina, Argentine crime film directed by Natalia Meta in her directorial debut. It follows a police inspector struggling to balance his duties with his ...

'' (2014) - Hombre Polo

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* 1944 births 2014 deaths Argentine male film actors Argentine economists Male actors from Buenos Aires Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford Argentine people of German descent {{Argentina-film-actor-stub