Juan Calvo (1892–1962) was a Spanish

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. Noted for his

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Armando Calvo Armando Calvo (25 December 1919 – 6 July 1996) was a Puerto Rican-born Spanish actor. His father was Juan Calvo Domenech, a Spanish actor and his mother was Minerva Lespier, a Puerto Rican people, Puerto Rican. Calvo worked in Spain, Italy, ...

who was born while he was touring

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.D'Lugo p.217

Selected filmography

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'' (1940) * ''

Inspector Vargas ''Inspector Vargas'' (Italian: ''L'ispettore Vargas'', Spanish: ''El inspector Vargas'') is a 1940 Italian-Spanish crime film directed by Gianni Franciolini and Félix Aguilera and starring Giulio Donadio, Olga Solbelli and Mariella Lotti.Hoch ...

'' (1940) * ''

Tosca ''Tosca'' is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900. The work, based on Victorien Sardou's 1 ...

'' (1941) * '' Captain Tempest'' (1942) * '' Idols'' (1943) * ''

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'' (1943) * '' Traces of Light'' (1943) * ''

Ramona ''Ramona'' is an 1884 American novel written by Helen Hunt Jackson. Set in Southern California after the Mexican–American War and annexation of the territory by the United States, ''Ramona'' explores the life of a mixed-race Scottish– Native ...

'' (1946) * '' Everybody's Woman'' (1946) * ''

Don Quixote , the full title being ''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha'', is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts in 1605 and 1615, the novel is considered a founding work of Western literature and is of ...

'' (1947) * ''

Bel Ami ''Bel-Ami'' (, "Dear Friend") is the second novel by French author Guy de Maupassant, published in 1885; an English translation titled ''Bel Ami, or, The History of a Scoundrel: A Novel'' first appeared in 1903. The story chronicles journalist ...

'' (1947) * '' Beau Ideal'' (1948) * '' Among Lawyers I See You'' (1951) * '' My Husband'' (1951) * '' My Adorable Savage'' (1952) * '' Condemned to Hang'' (1953) * '' Sighs of Triana'' (1955) * ‘’ Marcelino Pan y Vino’’ (1955) * '' Afternoon of the Bulls'' (1956) * ''

Uncle Hyacynth ''Uncle Hyacynth'' () is a 1956 Spanish drama film directed by Ladislao Vajda. At the 6th Berlin International Film Festival, Pablito Calvo won the Golden Bear (Audience Award) for his interpretation in this film. Cast * Pablito Calvo - Pepot ...

'' (1956) * '' Miracles of Thursday'' (1957) * ''

Ten Ready Rifles ''Ten Ready Rifles'' () is a 1959 Spanish drama film directed by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia. The film concerns the Carlist Wars of the 19th century.

'' (1959) * '' For Men Only'' (1960)

References

Bibliography

* D'Lugo, Marvin. ''Guide to the Cinema of Spain''. Greenwood Publishing, 1997. * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Mira, Alberto. ''The Cinema of Spain and Portugal''. Wallflower Press, 2005.

External links

* 1892 births 1962 deaths Spanish male film actors Actors from Valencia {{Spain-film-bio-stub