ACTOR

Francisco Rabal

1926 - 2001

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Francisco Rabal Valera (8 March 1926 – 29 August 2001), better known as Paco Rabal, was a Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter born in Águilas, a town in the south-western part of the province of Murcia, Spain. Throughout his career, Rabal appeared in around 200 films working with directors including Francisco Rovira Beleta, Luis Buñuel, José Luis Sáenz de Heredia, Carlos Saura, Pedro Almodóvar, William Friedkin, Michelangelo Antonioni, Claude Chabrol, Luchino Visconti, and Gillo Pontecorvo. Paco Rabal was recognized both in his native Spain and internationally, winning the Award for Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival for Los Santos Inocentes and a Goya Award for Best Actor for playing Francisco de Goya in Carlos Saura's Goya en Burdeos. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francisco Rabal has received more than 275,159 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Francisco Rabal is the 773rd most popular actor (up from 976th in 2019), the 388th most popular biography from Spain (up from 468th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Spanish Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Francisco Rabal ranks 773 out of 13,578. Before him are David Duchovny, Charles Chaplin Jr., Dwight Schultz, Ida Rubinstein, Dirk Benedict, and Fernanda Montenegro. After him are Jeroen Krabbé, Katharina Schratt, Sacha Guitry, Rodolfo Gucci, Peter Weller, and Sylva Koscina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Francisco Rabal ranks 83. Before him are Jean-Pierre Serre, Michel Butor, Norman Jewison, Yoshio Okada, Aaron Klug, and Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco. After him are Ta Mok, Gus Grissom, Poul Anderson, Joan Sutherland, György Kurtág, and Joachim Fest. Among people deceased in 2001, Francisco Rabal ranks 44. Before him are Giovanni Leone, Balthus, Chung Ju-yung, Anna Mani, Isaac Stern, and Donald J. Cram. After him are Jacques Mayol, David Graf, Edward Gierek, Francisco da Costa Gomes, Poul Anderson, and Ken Kesey.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Francisco Rabal ranks 388 out of 3,355. Before him are Enrique Simonet (1866), Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca (1782), Jacint Verdaguer (1845), Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1453), Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco (1926), and Blanche II of Navarre (1424). After him are Theudis (470), Ramiro II of León (898), Sisebut (565), Ramiro I of Asturias (790), César Rodríguez Álvarez (1920), and Rafael del Riego (1784).

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Among ACTORS In Spain

Among actors born in Spain, Francisco Rabal ranks 8. Before him are Penélope Cruz (1974), Carmen Amaya (1913), Fernando Rey (1917), Javier Bardem (1969), La Belle Otero (1868), and Carmen Maura (1945). After him are Marisa Paredes (1946), Sara Montiel (1928), María Casares (1922), Victoria Abril (1959), Pedro Alonso (1971), and Concha Velasco (1939).

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Television and Movie Roles

Viridiana
Jorge
Viridiana is preparing to start her life as a nun when she is sent, somewhat unwillingly, to visit her aging uncle, Don Jaime. He supports her; but the two have met only once. Jaime thinks Viridiana resembles his dead wife. Viridiana has secretly despised this man all her life and finds her worst fears proven when Jaime grows determined to seduce his pure niece. Viridiana becomes undone as her uncle upends the plans she had made to join the convent.
Apr 1o 19627.6 / 10
Dagon
Ezequiel
A boating accident off the coast of Spain sends Paul and his girlfriend Barbara to the decrepit fishing village of Imboca. As night falls, people start to disappear and things not quite human start to appear. Paul is pursued by the entire town. Running for his life, he uncovers Imboca's secret..they worship Dagon, a monstrous god of the sea...and Dagon's unholy offspring are on the loose...
Oct 12o 20016.144 / 10
Sorcerer
Nilo
Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting several cases of dynamite (which is so old that it is dripping unstable nitroglycerin) across dangerous jungle terrain.
Jun 24o 19777.4 / 10