Luis Prendes Estrada (22 August 1913 – 27 October 1998) was a Spanish actor. He was considered one of the country's most famous

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during the 1940s and 1950s. He was also an important figure in the country's

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Selected filmography

* '' Corner in Madrid'' (1936) - Mario * ''Fortuna'' (1940) * '' Heart of Gold'' (1941) - Agustín * ''Una conquista difícil'' (1942) * ''La madre guapa'' (1942) * ''La culpa del otro'' (1942) - Juan Carlos * ''Su excelencia el mayordomo'' (1942) - Alfredo * ''Melodías prohibidas'' (1942) * ''Boda accidentada'' (1943) - Nico * ''Mi adorable secretaria'' (1943) - Miguel * ''Rosas de otoño'' (1943) * ''Una chica de opereta'' (1944) - Armando d'Olbés * ''Mi enemigo y yo'' (1944) - Mauricio de Viera * '' Lola Montes'' (1944) - Carlos Benjumea * ''Tambor y cascabel'' (1944) * ''Estaba escrito'' (1945) * ''

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'' (1946) - Jaime Borrell * '' Four Women'' (1947) - enamorado de Elena * ''La manigua sin dios'' (1949) * ''Una noche en blanco'' (1949) - Álvaro * ''Cita con mi viejo corazón'' (1950) * ''El duende y el rey'' (1950) * ''La sombra iluminada'' (1950) - Daniel * ''

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'' (1951) - Manolo * '' Reckless'' (1951) - Fernando Mendoza * '' Black Sky'' (1951) - Ricardo Fortuny * '' Devil's Roundup'' (1952) - Buhonero * '' The Devil Plays the Flute'' (1953) - Bernaldino * '' Condemned to Hang'' (1953) - Tomás * ''Luces de candilejas'' (1956) * ''Dos basuras'' (1958) * ''Venta de Vargas'' (1959) - Comandante De Moulin * ''

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'' (1959) - Enrique Simón * ''El precio de la sangre'' (1960) * ''El príncipe encadenado'' (1960) * '' Ursus'' (1961) - Setas * ''

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'' (1961) - as Dismas, the Penitent Thief * '' Kill and Be Killed'' (1962) - Inspector Muñoz * ''Todos eran culpables'' (1962) * ''Plaza de oriente'' (1963) - Gabriel Ardanaz * ''Carta a una mujer'' (1963) - Augusto * ''Los muertos no perdonan'' (1963) - Pablo Laínez * '' Pyro... The Thing Without a Face'' (1964) - Police Inspector * ''La hora incógnita'' (1964) - Policía * '' Loca juventud'' (1965) - Carlos Durán, padre de Johnny * '' 100.000 dollari per Lassiter'' (1966) - Mack (uncredited) * '' Seven Vengeful Women'' (1966) - Pope * '' Fantasia 3'' (1966) - Mago de Oz (segment "El mago de Oz") * ''El fantástico mundo del doctor Coppelius'' (1966) - The Mayor * ''Django Does Not Forgive'' (1966) * '' El hombre que mató a Billy el Niño'' (1967) - John Tunstill * ''El dedo del destino'' (1967) - Winkle * '' The Christmas Kid'' (1967) - Judge George Perkins * ''Un homme à abattre'' (1967) - Julius * '' White Comanche'' (1968) - Grimes * ''La banda del Pecas'' (1968) - Padre de Marina * ''Investigación criminal'' (1970) - Inspector Basilio Lérida * ''Chino'' (1973) - (uncredited) * ''Un hombre como los demás'' (1974) * ''Hay que matar a B.'' (1974) - Commisary * '' Breakout'' (1975) - Juez (uncredited) * ''El juego del diablo'' (1975) - Alcalde / Town Mayor * ''Secuestro'' (1976) - Óscar * ''Cazar un gato negro'' (1977) - Doctor * '' China 9, Liberty 37'' (1978) - Williams * '' Jaguar Lives!'' (1979) - Habish * '' Tuareg – The Desert Warrior'' (1984) - Abdul El Kabir * ''Memorias del general Escobar'' (1984) - General Aranguren * ''Alfonso X y el Reino de Murcia'' (1985) - Alfonso X * '' The Falling'' (1985) - Dr. W. Tracer, NASA * '' La Gran Fiesta'' (1986) - Don Manuel González * ''Loco veneno'' (1989) - Sr. Sadurny * '' Atilano, presidente'' (1998) - Don Aníbal

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Prendes, Luis 1913 births 1998 deaths Spanish male film actors Spanish male stage actors Spanish male television actors 20th-century Spanish male actors Deaths from cancer in Spain People from Melilla