Enric Guitart i Matas

In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Guitart and the second or maternal family name is Matas; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".

Enric Guitart i Matas (Barcelona, 1 May 1909 – 30 November 1999), better known as simply Enric Guitart, or Enrique Guitart in Spanish circles, was a Catalan and Spanish stage and film actor.^[1][2] He appeared in around forty films during his career. He was the son of the actor and theater director, Enric Guitart i Soldevila, and the actress Emília Matas. He portrayed Don Joaquín in the play La sirena varada, written by Alejandro Casona and released at the Teatro Español on 17 March 1934.^[3]

Enric Guitart i Matas
Born	1 May 1909 Barcelona, Catalonia Spain
Died	30 November 1999 Barcelona, Catalonia Spain
Other names	Enrique Guitart Matas
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1927-1976 (film)

Selected filmography

The following are only some of the Catalan and Spanish films in which Enric Guitart acted.

Year	Original film title (& English title, where there is one)	Role played	Director(s)	Notes	Ref.
1929	La Marieta de l’ull viu, o Baixant de la font del Gat		Josep Amich i Bert ("Amichatis") and Gastó A. Màntua		[4]
1930	L'auca del senyor Esteve		Lucas Argilés		[5]
1934	El novio de mamá		Florián Rey		[6]
1936	El bailarín y el trabajador (The Dancer and the Worker)		Lluís Marquina
1937-38	¡No quiero... no quiero!		Francisco Elías
1940	Julieta y Romeo (Juliet and Romeo)		Josep Maria Castellví i Marimón
1940	¡Rápteme usted!		Julio de Flechner
1941	Su hermano y él		Lluís Marquina		[7]
1942	Siempre mujeres		Carlos Arévalo		[8]
1942	Vidas cruzadas		Lluís Marquina
1945	Leyenda de feria		Juan de Orduña		[9]
1946	Senda ignorada (Unknown Path)		José Antonio Nieves Conde		[10]
1947	Vidas confusas		Jerónimo Mihura		[11]
1948	El marqués de Salamanca		Edgar Neville		[12]
1949	La mies es mucha		José Luis Sáenz de Heredia		[13][14]
1949	Noventa minutos (Ninety Minutes)		Antonio del Amo
1950	Don Juan		José Luís Sáenz de Heredia		[15]
1950	El hijo de la noche (Child of the Night)		Ricard Gascón
1951	El sueño de Andalucía / Andalousie (The Dream of Andalusia)		Luis Lucia		[16]
1951	Servicio en la mar (Service at Sea)		Luis Suárez de Lezo
1953	Intriga en el escenario (Plot on the Stage)		Feliciano Catalán
1953	Hermano menor (Younger Brother)		Domingo Viladomat
1961	Los atracadores		Francesc Rovira-Beleta		[17]
1967	Operación Dalila		Luis de los Arcos

References

1. Wright p.129
2. "Fallece a los 90 años en Barcelona el actor catalán Enric Guitart, destacado galán del teatro español", El País, 1 December 1999 (in Spanish). [Consulted 24-Oct-2019].
3. Casona, Alejandro; Díaz Castañón, Carmen (1990). La sirena varada: Los árboles mueren de pie (7th ed.). Espasa-Calpe. p. 46. ISBN 9788423919215.
4. Enric Guitart i Matas at the Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana, (in Catalan). [Consulted: 25-10-2019].
5. Enric Guitart i Matas at the Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana, (in Catalan). [Consulted: 25-10-2019].
6. Enric Guitart i Matas at the Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana, (in Catalan). [Consulted: 25-10-2019].
7. Guitart, Enric at MCN Biografías, la web de las biografías, www.mcnbiografias.com. (in Spanish) [Accessed: 25-10-2019].
8. Arévalo, Carlos (1942-11-12), Siempre mujeres (Comedy), Ana Mariscal, Enrique Guitart, Raúl Cancio, Lais S.A., retrieved 2024-04-11
9. Enric Guitart i Matas at the Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana, (in Catalan). [Consulted: 25-10-2019].
10. Enric Guitart i Matas at the Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana, (in Catalan). [Consulted: 25-10-2019].
11. Guitart, Enric at MCN Biografías, la web de las biografías, www.mcnbiografias.com. (in Spanish) [Accessed: 25-10-2019].
12. Enric Guitart i Matas at the Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana, (in Catalan). [Consulted: 25-10-2019].
13. Enric Guitart i Matas at the Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana, (in Catalan). [Consulted: 25-10-2019].
14. Guitart, Enric at MCN Biografías, la web de las biografías, www.mcnbiografias.com. (in Spanish) [Accessed: 25-10-2019].
15. Enric Guitart i Matas at the Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana, (in Catalan). [Consulted: 25-10-2019].
16. Enric Guitart i Matas at the Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana, (in Catalan). [Consulted: 25-10-2019].
17. Enric Guitart i Matas at the Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana, (in Catalan). [Consulted: 25-10-2019].

Bibliography

• Wright, Sarah. Tales of Seduction: The Figure of Don Juan in Spanish Culture. I.B.Tauris, 2012.

External links

• Enric Guitart i Matas at IMDb