Roberto Escalada born Aldo Roberto Leggero (4 July 1914 – 5 December 1986 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine actor, an icon of the classic era of Argentine cinema. Roberto Escalada began his career working on the radio, and it was his voice that caught the attention of producers. On meeting him, film producers, pleased by his physical appearance, immediately put him in as a member of different movie casts. One of his more acclaimed films of the 1940s was ''Los Pulpos'' (''The Octopuses''), a film directed by

Carlos Hugo Christensen Carlos Hugo Christensen (Santiago del Estero, 15 December 1914 – Rio de Janeiro, 30 November 1999) was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer. He was of Danish descent through his paternal side. Christensen directed fifty-fo ...

. In 1950, Escalada played the central role in ''Mr Oribe's Crime'', based on Bioy Casares' short novel. In 1955 he played a conniving businessman in '' Ayer fue primavera'' (''Yesterday it was spring''), directed by

Fernando Ayala Fernando Ayala (2 July 1920 – 11 September 1997) was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer of the classic era. He is widely considered one of the most important Argentine film directors and producers in the history of the ...

. His life changed at the beginning of the 1960s when he got married and start working on TV. As a heavy smoker, he had some health concerns during the 1960s, and he spent the later years of this life in television taking a number of smaller roles. He made over 55 film and TV appearances in Argentina between 1939 and 1980. His health declined in the early 1980s, and he died on 5 December 1986 of a smoking related heart attack at age 72 in Buenos Aires.

Filmography

*''El diablo metió la pata'' (1980) dir. Carlos Rinaldi *''Hormiga negra'' (1979) dir. Ricardo Alberto Defilippi *''Un idilio de estación'' (1978) dir. Aníbal Uset *''Los irrompibles'' (1975) dir.

Emilio Vieyra Emilio Vieyra (12 October 1920 – 25 January 2010), sometimes credited as Raúl Zorrilla, was an Argentine film director, actor, screenwriter and film producer, between 1950 and the 1990s. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is mostly ...

*''Clínica con música'' (1974) dir. Francisco Guerrero *''

El profesor tirabombas EL, El or el may refer to: Religion * El (deity), a Semitic word for "God" People * EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer * El DeBarge, music artist * El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American ...

'' (1972) dir.

*''Nino'' (1972) dir. Federico Curiel *''Con alma y vida'' (1970) dir.

David José Kohon David José Kohon (18 October 1929; Buenos Aires – 30 October 2004; ''ibid.'') was an Argentina, Argentine film director and screenwriter. He directed and wrote for Argentine films between 1958 and 1982 directing films such as ''Así o de otra ...

*''El mundo es de los jóvenes'' (1970) dir.

Julio Porter Julio Porter (July 14, 1916 in Buenos Aires – October 24, 1979 in Mexico City) was an Argentine screenwriter and film director known as one of the most prolific screenwriters and film directors in the history of the Cinema of Argentina. ...

*''Los debutantes en el amor'' (1969) dir. Leo Fleider *''

El profesor hippie '' El Profesor Hippie'' is a 1969 Argentine musical comedy film directed by Fernando Ayala and written by Abel Santacruz which Ayala produced with Héctor Olivera. The film starred Luis Sandrini, Roberto Escalada and Soledad Silveyra. The f ...

'' (1969) dir. Fernando Ayala *''Viaje de una noche de verano'' (1965) *''Esta noche mejor no'' (1965) dir.

Julio Saraceni Julio Saraceni (October 10, 1912 – October 12, 1998) was a prolific Argentine film director whose career in the Cinema of Argentina as a movie director spanned six decades. He was an aviator as a young man, but later found a career in film ...

*''Dos quijotes sobre ruedas'' (1964) dir. Emilio Vieyra *''La familia Falcón'' (1963) dir. Román Viñoly Barreto *''Culpable'' (1960) dir. Hugo del Carril *''La sombra de Safo'' (1957) dir. Julio Porter *''Pecadora'' (1956) dir.

Enrique Carreras Enrique Carreras (6 January 1925 – 29 August 1995) was a Peruvian-born Argentina, Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer, and was one of the most prolific film directors in the history of the Cinema of Argentina. Born in Lima, ...

*''De noche también se duerme'' (1956) dir. Enrique Carreras *''Ayer fue primavera'' (1955) dir. Fernando Ayala *''Vida nocturna'' (1955) dir. Leo Fleider *''La bestia humana'' (1954) dir. Daniel Tinayre *''Sucedió en Buenos Aires'' (1954) dir.

Enrique Cahen Salaberry Enrique Cahen Salaberry (born 12 October 1911 – 29 June 1991 in Buenos Aires) was a prolific Argentine film director whose career in the Cinema of Argentina as a movie director spanned five decades. He directed some 60 films between 1943 an ...

*''El vampiro negro'' (1953) dir. Román Viñoly Barreto * ''

Black Ermine ''Black Ermine'' (Spanish:''Armiño negro'') is a 1953 Argentine romantic film directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen and starring Laura Hidalgo and Roberto Escalada. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gori Muñoz. It was made ...

'' (1953) dir.

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Don't Ever Open That Door ''Don't Ever Open That Door'' (Spanish:''No abras nunca esa puerta'') is a 1952 Argentine thriller film directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen and starring Ángel Magana, Roberto Escalada and Norma Giménez. It is a film noir in two separate epis ...

'' (1952) dir. Carlos Hugo Christensen *'' Sala de guardia'' (1952) dir. Tulio Demicheli *''De turno con la muerte (1951) dir. Julio Porter *''Cartas de amor'' (1951) dir. Mario C. Lugones *'' Una Viuda casi alegre'' (1950) dir. Román Viñoly Barreto *''El crimen de Oribe'' (1950) dir.

Leopoldo Torres Ríos Leopoldo Torres Ríos (27 December 1899 – 10 April 1960) was an Argentine film director and screenwriter. His brother Carlos Torres Ríos was a notable cinematographer. His son was the film director and screenwriter Leopoldo Torre Nilsson. ...

*''Morir en su ley'' (1949) dir. Manuel Romero *''Se llamaba Carlos Gardel'' (1949) dir. León Klimovsky *''¿Por qué mintió la cigüeña?'' (1949) dir. Carlos Hugo Christensen *'' La gran tentación'' (1948) dir. Ernesto Arancibia *'' La muerte camina en la lluvia'' (1948) Carlos Hugo Christensen *''Una atrevida aventurita'' (1948) dir. Carlos Hugo Christensen *''Los pulpos'' (1948) dir. Carlos Hugo Christensen *''El jugador'' (1947) dir. León Klimovsky *''

Madame Bovary ''Madame Bovary'' (; ), originally published as ''Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners'' ( ), is a novel by French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1856. The eponymous character lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and em ...

'' (1947) dir. Carlos Schlieper *''Treinta segundos de amor'' (1947) dir. Luis Mottura *''Un beso en la nuca'' (1946) dir. Luis Mottura *''Cinco besos'' (1945) dir.

Luis Saslavsky Luis Saslavsky (April 21, 1903 – March 20, 1995) was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer, and one of the influential directors in the Cinema of Argentina of the classic era. Personal life Saskavsky was born in Rosario, Sa ...

* ''

Swan Song The swan song ( grc, κύκνειον ᾆσμα; la, carmen cygni) is a metaphorical phrase for a final gesture, effort, or performance given just before death or retirement. The phrase refers to an ancient belief that swans sing a beautiful so ...

'' (1945) dir. Carlos Hugo Christensen *''Veinticuatro horas en la vida de una mujer'' (1944) dir. Carlos Borcosque *'' Safo, historia de una pasión'' (1943) dir. Carlos Hugo Christensen *''Pájaros sin nido'' (1940) dir.

José A. Ferreyra José A(gustín) Ferreyra (28 August 1889 – 29 January 1943), popularly known as "Negro Ferreyra" (Black Ferreyra, due to his partially African ancestry), was an early Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer. He was also sometim ...

*'' El matrero'' (1939) dir. Orestes Caviglia *''Doce mujeres'' (1939) dir. Luis J. Moglia Barth

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