Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 18, 1902
Died
Feb 26, 1982
Place of Birth
Tarazona, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain
Credits
34 titles
Paco Martínez Soria
Biography
Although he was born in Tarazona, he was only five when his family moved to Barcelona, where he went to school. He worked as a clerk and then as a salesperson. At the same time he participated in performances of local theatre groups in Gràcia. During the Spanish Civil War he left his work and focused on theatre as an amateur actor. In 1938 he debuted in Teatro Fontalba with the theatre company of Rafael López Somoza with the work Antonio pasó el infierno (Antonio goes to hell). Two years later he founded his own theatre company with which he worked during the 1940s from Teatro Urquinaona and in the 1950s from Talía theatre. In 1934 he collaborated as an extra in the black and white comedy Sereno with director Ignacio F. Iquino. He continued working with Iquino in eleven more films. He got his first leading role in 1938 in the comedy Paquete, el fotógrafo público número uno (Paquete, the number one public photographer). He continued playing supporting roles in many films until 1944 when he returned to theatre as an actor and entrepreneur. His name achieved some fame between 1942 and 1944, when he was named director and first actor in the theatre company of Teatro de la Zarzuela. He returned to cinema in the rolesstudd in 1950s. In 1965 he was very successful with the film La ciudad no es para mí (The city is not for me) directed by Pedro Lazaga. From that moment on, his screen character as an affectionate country bumpkin did not cease to appear in films until his death with his friend Pedro Lazaga.
Known For
Filmography
El precio de la risa
Himself (archive footage)
La tía de Carlos
Fermín Recuero/Falsa tía de Carlos
Es peligroso casarse a los 60
Mariano
¡Vaya par de gemelos!
Lucas / Pedro / Tío Lucas
Estoy hecho un chaval
Juan Esteban
El alegre divorciado
Ramón Pozuelo
Hen Pecked
Juan
El abuelo tiene un plan
Leandro Cano
El padre de la criatura
Eduardo Contreras
Hay que educar a papá
Severiano Paredes
Don erre que erre
Don Rodrigo Quesada
¡Se armó el belén!
Don Mariano
Old Man Made in Spain
Marcelino
El turismo es un gran invento
Benito Requejo
¿Qué hacemos con los hijos?
Antonio Martínez
La ciudad no es para mí
Agustín Valverde
Su desconsolada esposa
Padre de Dora
Sendas marcadas
Veraneo en España
Gasolina
El difunto es un vivo
Rosendo Prado / Fulgencio Prado / Padre / Madre
Lawless Mountain
Tío Pistola
Fantasía española
Sueve
La danza del corazón
Jaime Miravall
Souls in Danger
Borracho
El hombre de los muñecos
Don Eduardo
Un enredo de familia
Samuel
Deliciosamente tontos
Boda accidentada
Profesor
Viviendo al revés
El difunto es un vivo
Luquitas - El amigo
Alma de Dios
Saturiano
Paquete, el fotógrafo público número uno
Diego Corrientes
Sinropas
Al margen de la ley