Fortunio Bonanova, pseudonym of Josep Lluís Moll, (13 January 1895 – 2 April 1969) was a Spanish baritone singer and a film, theater, and television actor. He occasionally worked as a producer and director. According to Lluis Fàbregas Cuixart, the pseudonym ''Fortunio Bonanova'' referred to his desire to seek fortune, and his love of the Bonanova neighborhood in his native

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Biography

As a young man, living under his birthname, he was a professional

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operator. He studied

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with the Italian Giovachini. In 1921, he debuted as a singer in '' Tannhäuser'', at the Teatre Principal in Palma. That year, along with a group of

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n intellectuals and

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(who was briefly living in Majorca with his parents and sister), he signed the Ultraist Manifesto, using the name Fortunio Bonanova. Also in 1921, he appeared in a silent film of ''

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'' by the brothers Baños, which was shown the following year in

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and Hollywood. He later directed his own ''Don Juan'' in 1924. In 1927, he acted in ''Love of Sunya'', directed by Albert Parker and starring

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. In 1932 he had small parts in Hollywood productions featuring Joan Bennett and Mary Astor. In the same period, he appeared in New York in several

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s as well as the zarzuelas ''La Canción del Olvido'' ("The song of forgetting"), ''La Duquesa del Tabarín'' ("The Duchess of Tabarín"), ''Los Gavilanes'', and ''La Montería''. In 1934, he returned to

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, where he had a major role in the film ''El Desaparecido'' ("The disappeared one") written and directed by Antonio Graciani. In 1935 he acted and sang in the film ''Poderoso Caballero'' ("A Big Guy"), directed by Màximo Nossik. In 1936, with the outbreak of the

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, he returned to the United States, where he played the role of Captain Bill in a film called ''Capitán Tormenta'', directed by Jules Bernhardt. A sequence of increasingly larger acting and singing roles mostly in English-language films followed, especially after 1940. Among his roles were Signor Matiste, Susan Alexander Kane's opera coach in ''

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'' (1941); General Sebastiano in ''

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'' (1943); Don Miguel in '' The Black Swan'' (1942); Fernando in ''

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'' (1943); Sam Garlopis in ''

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'' (1944); and a singing

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in '' Where Do We Go From Here?''. He continued for the next several decades in a miscellany of character roles. Bonanova was also an uncredited technical consultant for the film '' Blood and Sand'' (1941), and produced and appeared in the Spanish-language film ''La Inmaculada'' (a name of the

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, "Immaculate")(1939). Bonanova played the father of twins

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, and

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in the 1947 film '' Fiesta''. In 1949, Bonanova collaborated with Ambrose Barker on a musical entitled "Glamor/Glamour is the Gimmick." It got bad reviews—what may have been popular and witty when Barker developed it in the early 1930s didn’t make it in 1949.Billboard, 22 October 1949, pg. 24 In the 1950s, he appeared in an episode of ''

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'' as a fake psychic who uses his stage apparatus to make it appear as though Lucy is able to speak Spanish to her mother-in-law. In 1952, he played an Italian opera singer, Anthony Branchetti, in the fourth episode of ''

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'' where Margie helps her father by convincing Mr. Branchetti to appear at a party in his honor to impress a reluctant client of Honeywell & Todd. In 1953 he played

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's Uncle Bozzo in the

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episode of "Uncle Bozzo's Visit." In 1955, he portrayed an opera star in an episode of the

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''. Bonanova died in 1969 in

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of a

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and is buried at

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Partial filmography

* ''Don Juan Tenorio'' (1922) - Don Juan Tenorio * ''Don Juan'' (1924) * ''

Careless Lady ''Careless Lady'' is a 1932 American comedy film directed by Kenneth MacKenna and written by Guy Bolton. The film stars Joan Bennett, John Boles, Minna Gombell, Weldon Heyburn, Nora Lane and Raul Roulien. The film was released on April 3, 1932 ...

'' (1932) - Rodriguez (film debut) * ''

A Successful Calamity ''A Successful Calamity'' is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring George Arliss, supported by Mary Astor and Evelyn Knapp. Based on the 1917 play ''A Successful Calamity'' by Clare Kummer, the film is a ...

'' (1932) - Pietro Rafaelo, the Pianist * ''He Who Disappeared'' (1934) - Reporter * ''El capitan Tormenta'' (1936) - Capt. Bill * ''Poderoso caballero'' (1936) * ''El carnaval del diablo'' (1936) * '' Beg, Borrow or Steal'' (1937) - ISMAN (uncredited) * '' Romance in the Dark'' (1938) - Tenor * ''

Tropic Holiday ''Tropic Holiday'' is a 1938 American musical film directed by Theodore Reed and starring Bob Burns, Dorothy Lamour and Ray Milland. The film was nominated for the Academy Award's Best Original Score. Cast * Bob Burns as Breck Jones * Doro ...

'' (1938) - Barrera * ''

Bulldog Drummond in Africa ''Bulldog Drummond in Africa'' is a 1938 American adventure crime film. This was the 13th of 25 in the Bulldog Drummond film series from 1922 to 1969. Plot summary Again on the eve of his wedding, Captain Hugh Drummond (John Howard) has more pre ...

'' (1938) - African Police Corporal (uncredited) * ''

La Inmaculada ''La Inmaculada'' is a 1939 American Spanish-language drama film. Directed by Louis Gasnier, the film stars Fortunio Bonanova, Andrea Palma, and Milissa Sierra. It was released on September 19, 1939. Cast list * Fortunio Bonanova as René * And ...

'' (1939) * ''

I Was an Adventuress ''I Was an Adventuress'' is a 1940 American drama film directed by Gregory Ratoff, starring Vera Zorina, Richard Greene, Erich von Stroheim, and Peter Lorre. Actress/ballerina Countess Tanya Vronsky ( Vera Zorina) works as decoy for two inter ...

'' (1940) - Orchestra Leader * ''

Down Argentine Way ''Down Argentine Way'' is a 1940 American musical film made in Technicolor by Twentieth Century Fox. It made a star of Betty Grable in her first leading role for the studio although she had already appeared in 31 films, and it introduced American ...

'' (1940) - Hotel Manager * '' The Mark of Zorro'' (1940) - Sentry (uncredited) * ''

That Night in Rio ''That Night in Rio'' is a 1941 Technicolor American musical comedy film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Alice Faye, Don Ameche (in a dual role as an American entertainer and an aristocratic businessman he is asked to impersonate tempora ...

'' (1941) - Pereira * ''

They Met in Argentina ''They Met in Argentina'' is a 1941 American film directed by Leslie Goodwins and Jack Hively for RKO Pictures. Hively had to come in and finish the picture after Goodwins was hospitalized for pneumonia. Maureen O'Hara plays an Argentinian who fa ...

'' (1941) - Pedro, Ranch Blacksmith (uncredited) * ''

'' (1941) - Signor Matiste * '' Blood and Sand'' (1941) - Pedro Espinosa * '' Moon Over Miami'' (1941) - Mr. Pretto * '' Unfinished Business'' (1941) - Impresario (uncredited) * ''

A Yank in the R.A.F. ''A Yank in the R.A.F.'' is a 1941 American black-and-white war film directed by Henry King and starring Tyrone Power and Betty Grable. Released three months before the attack on Pearl Harbor plunged the United States into World War II, it is ...

'' (1941) - Louie - Headwaiter * ''

Two Latins from Manhattan ''Two Latins from Manhattan'' is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Charles Barton and starring Joan Davis, Jinx Falkenburg, and Joan Woodbury. Cast list * Joan Davis as Joan Daley * Jinx Falkenburg as Jinx Terry * Joan Woodbury as ...

'' (1941) - Armando Rivero * '' Mr. and Mrs. North'' (1942) - Buano * '' Four Jacks and a Jill'' (1942) - Mike - Nightclub Owner (uncredited) * '' Call Out the Marines'' (1942) - Chef (uncredited) * ''

Obliging Young Lady ''Obliging Young Lady'' is a 1942 American romantic comedy film directed by Richard Wallace and starring Joan Carroll, Edmond O'Brien, Ruth Warrick. Plot On the instructions of their lawyer, the wealthy young daughter of divorcing parents (Joan ...

'' (1942) - Chef * ''

Sing Your Worries Away ''Sing Your Worries Away'' is a 1942 musical film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring Buddy Ebsen, June Havoc, Patsy Kelly, Bert Lahr, Dorothy Lovett and Sam Levene. Cast * Buddy Ebsen as Tommy Jones * Patsy Kelly as Bebe McGuire * Be ...

'' (1942) - Gaston - Headwaiter (uncredited) * ''

Larceny, Inc. ''Larceny, Inc.'' is a 1942 American film. Originally released on May 2, 1942, by Warner Bros., the film is a cross between comedy and gangster genres. Directed by Lloyd Bacon, the film stars Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford, a ...

'' (1942) - Anton Copoulos * '' Girl Trouble'' (1942) - Simon Cordoba * '' The Black Swan'' (1942) - Don Miguel (uncredited) * ''

Hello, Frisco, Hello ''Hello, Frisco, Hello'' is a 1943 American musical film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and starring Alice Faye, John Payne, Lynn Bari, and Jack Oakie. The film was made in Technicolor and released by 20th Century-Fox. This was one of the las ...

'' (1943) - Opera Singer (uncredited) * ''

'' (1943) - Gen. Sebastiano * ''

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'' (1943) - Waiter * ''

'' (1943) - Fernando * '' The Sultan's Daughter'' (1943) - Kuda * '' The Song of Bernadette'' (1943) - Imperial Prince Louis (uncredited) * ''

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" ( ar, علي بابا والأربعون لصا) is a folk tale from the ''One Thousand and One Nights''. It was added to the collection in the 18th century by its French translator Antoine Galland, who heard ...

'' (1944) - Old Baba * ''

My Best Gal ''My Best Gal'' is a 1944 American comedy film directed by Anthony Mann and written by Olive Cooper and Earl Felton. The film stars Jane Withers, Jimmy Lydon, Frank Craven, Fortunio Bonanova, George Cleveland and Franklin Pangborn. The film was ...

'' (1944) - Charlie * ''

Going My Way ''Going My Way'' is a 1944 American musical comedy drama film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald. Written by Frank Butler and Frank Cavett based on a story by McCarey, the film is about a new young priest ta ...

'' (1944) - Tomaso Bozanni * ''

'' (1944) - Sam Garlopis * ''

Mrs. Parkington ''Mrs. Parkington'' is a 1944 drama film. It tells the story of a woman's life, told via flashbacks, from boarding house maid to society matron. The movie was adapted by Polly James and Robert Thoeren from the novel by Louis Bromfield. It was di ...

'' (1944) - Signor Cellini * ''

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'' (1944) - Senor Renaldo Da Silva * '' Where Do We Go from Here?'' (1945) - Christopher Columbus * ''

Mischievous Susana ''Mischievous Susana'' (Spanish: ''La pícara Susana'') is a 1945 Mexican musical comedy film directed by Fernando Cortés and starring Mapy Cortés, Luis Aldás, Fortunio Bonanova and Fernando Cortés.Rivera p.43 Cast * Mapy Cortés as Susana ...

'' (1945) - Conde Mauricio Tonescu * ''

A Bell for Adano ''A Bell for Adano'' (1945) is a film directed by Henry King and starring John Hodiak and Gene Tierney. It was adapted from the 1944 novel of the same title by John Hersey, which won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1945. In his review of th ...

'' (1945) - Gargano - Chief of Police * '' Man Alive'' (1945) - Prof. Zorado * ''

Hit the Hay ''Hit the Hay'' is a 1945 black-and-white American musical comedy film starring directed by Del Lord and starring Judy Canova.Hit the Hay Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 13, Iss. 145, (Jan 1, 1946): 82. Plot The plot evolves around an opera ...

'' (1945) - Mario Alvini * ''

The Red Dragon ''The Red Dragon'' is a 1946 mystery film starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan, who has to sift through a host of suspects for three murders. The film marks the first appearance of Willie Best as Chattanooga Brown, Birmingham Brown's cousin. ...

'' (1945) - Insp. Luis Carvero * ''

The Sailor Takes a Wife ''The Sailor Takes a Wife'' is a 1946 American romantic comedy film directed by Richard Whorf and starring Robert Walker and June Allyson. Plot During World War II, a sailor in New York City who is about to be shipped out to Europe marries a wo ...

'' (1945) - Telephone Man (uncredited) * ''Pepita Jiménez'' (1946) - Don Pedro Vargas * '' Monsieur Beaucaire'' (1946) - Don Carlos * '' Fiesta'' (1947) - Antonio Morales * '' The Kneeling Goddess'' (1947) - Nacho Gutiérrez * '' The Fugitive'' (1947) - The Governor's Cousin * ''

Rose of Santa Rosa ''Rose of Santa Rosa'' is a 1947 American comedy film directed by Ray Nazarro and written by Barry Shipman. The film stars Patricia Barry, Eduardo Noriega, Fortunio Bonanova, Eduardo Ciannelli, Ann Codee, Rosita Marstini and Douglas Fowley. ...

'' (1947) - Don Manuel Ortega * ''

Romance on the High Seas ''Romance on the High Seas'' (released in the United Kingdom as ''It's Magic'') is a 1948 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Michael Curtiz, and starred Jack Carson, Janis Paige, Don DeFore and Doris Day in her film debut. Bus ...

'' (1948) - Plinio * '' Angel on the Amazon'' (1948) - Sebastian Ortega * ''

Adventures of Don Juan ''Adventures of Don Juan'' is a 1948 American Technicolor swashbuckling adventure romance film directed by Vincent Sherman and starring Errol Flynn and Viveca Lindfors, with Robert Douglas, Alan Hale, Ann Rutherford, and Robert Warwick. ...

'' (1948) - Don Serafino Lopez * ''

Bad Men of Tombstone ''Bad Men of Tombstone'' is a 1949 American Western film from King Brothers Productions. It was co-written by Philip Yordan and stars Barry Sullivan and Broderick Crawford. King Brothers announced plans for a sequel, ''The Marshall of Tombstone' ...

'' (1949) - John Mingo * ''

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'' (1950) - Feruccio di Ravallo * '' Nancy Goes to Rio'' (1950) - Ricardo Domingos * ''

September Affair ''September Affair'' is a 1950 American romantic drama film directed by William Dieterle and starring Joan Fontaine, Joseph Cotten, and Jessica Tandy. It was produced by Hal B. Wallis. Plot Marianne "Manina" Stuart (Joan Fontaine), a prominent ...

'' (1950) - Grazzi * ''

Havana Rose ''Havana Rose'' is a 1951 American musical comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring Estelita Rodriguez, Bill Williams and Hugh Herbert. It was one of a number of American films set in Havana during the era.Pérez Firmat p.54 Plot Th ...

'' (1951) - Ambassador DeMarco * ''

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'' (1953) - Sheriff Antoine Chighizola * ''

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'' (1953) - Television Performer * '' Die Jungfrau auf dem Dach'' (1953) - TV Ansager * '' So This Is Love'' (1953) - Dr. Marafioti * '' Second Chance'' (1953) - Mandy * ''

Conquest of Cochise ''Conquest of Cochise'' is a 1953 American Western film set in 1853 at the time of the Gadsen Purchase. Produced by Sam Katzman and directed by William Castle, it stars John Hodiak, Robert Stack and Joy Page. Plot Army Major Tom Burke is ass ...

'' (1953) - Mexican Minister * '' New York Confidential'' (1955) - Senor * ''

Kiss Me Deadly ''Kiss Me Deadly'' is a 1955 American film noir produced and directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Juano Hernandez, and Wesley Addy. It also features Maxine Cooper and Cloris Leachman appearing in ...

'' (1955) - Carmen Trivago * ''

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'' (1956) - Francisco Servente * '' An Affair to Remember'' (1957) - Courbet * '' The Saga of Hemp Brown'' (1958) - Serge Bolanos * ''

Thunder in the Sun ''Thunder in the Sun'' is a 1959 American Western film directed by Russell Rouse and starring Susan Hayward and Jeff Chandler. Plot The film shows a family of French Basque immigrants pioneering into the Wild West while carrying their ancest ...

'' (1959) - Fernando Christophe * '' The Running Man'' (1963) - Spanish Bank Manager * ''La muerte silba un blues'' (1964) - Comisario Fenton (final film role)

Notes

References

* Catalina Aguiló & J.A. Mendiola, ''Fortunio Bonanova : un home de llegenda'', Mallorca 1997. ''Much of the material in this article comes from the corresponding article in the Catalan Wikipedia''.

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bonanova, Fortunio 1895 births 1969 deaths Male film actors from Catalonia Spanish male film actors Singers from Catalonia People from Palma de Mallorca Singers from the Balearic Islands 20th-century Spanish male actors 20th-century Spanish male opera singers Spanish expatriates in the United States Spanish operatic baritones