Luis Escobar y Kirkpatrick, 7th Marquess of Marismas del Guadalquivir (5 September 1908 – 16 February 1991), was a Spanish nobleman and actor. He was an

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, and

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who advanced the interests of Teatro María Guerrero, Teatro Español, and

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. A flamboyant aristocrat, he was particularly known to have played ''el marqués de Leguineche'' (the Marquess of Leguineche) in

Luis García Berlanga Luis García-Berlanga Martí Medal of Merit in Labour, MMT (12 June 1921 – 13 November 2010) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. Acclaimed as a pioneer of modern Spanish cinema, his films are marked by social satire and acerbic criti ...

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La Escopeta Nacional ''La escopeta nacional'' (in English, ''The National Shotgun'') is a 1978 Spanish comedy film directed by Luis García Berlanga. The first installment in a critically and commercially successful trilogy, the picture is an indictment of the legac ...

(1978),

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(1981) and Nacional III (1982). In 1950, he directed '' La honradez de la cerradura,'' which was nominated at the 1951 Cannes Film Festival. Escobar never married and was openly

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, especially after

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was restored in 1975. His niece, María Victoria Escobar y Cancho, succeeded him in the Marquessate of Marismas del Guadalquivir upon his death in 1991.

Selected filmography

Film

* ''

'' (1978) * ''

'' (1981) * '' Nacional III'' (1982) * '' La Colmena'' (1982)

Director

* '' Malibran's Song'' (1951)

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* 1908 births 1991 deaths 20th-century Spanish nobility Spanish male dramatists and playwrights Spanish male film actors Spanish gay actors Spanish gay writers Male actors from Madrid Spanish LGBTQ dramatists and playwrights Gay dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Spanish dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Spanish male actors 20th-century Spanish male writers 20th-century Spanish LGBTQ people {{Spain-dramatist-stub

Selected filmography

Film

Director

See also

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