Juan Luis Galiardo

Juan Luis Galiardo
Juan Luis Galiardo
	Galiardo in 2010
Born	Juan Luis Galiardo Comes; 2 March 1940; San Roque, Cádiz, Spain
Died	22 June 2012 (aged 72); Madrid, Spain
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1962–2012
Spouses	Juana Prieto; María Elías;
Children	5 children

Juan Luis Galiardo Comes (2 March 1940 – 22 June 2012) was a Spanish television, theater and film actor.^[1]

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Life

The eldest of six children, Juan Luis Galiardo Comes was born in San Roque, Cádiz, but spent most of his childhood and youth in Badajoz, where his father had moved following working opportunities. After finishing his secondary education in Seville, Galiardo studied Agricultural Engineering at the University of Madrid.^[2] He abandoned his studies in 1961, to enroll the following year at Spain's National Film School (EOC) where he trained as an actor. He began his career working in the theater under the direction of José Luis Alonso de Santos in the theater María Guerrero. With some fellow actors he founded the T.E.I. (Independent Experimental Theatre), directed by Miguel Narros.

Galiardo made his film debut in the leading role in Julio Diamante's film El arte de vivir (The Art of Living) (1965).^[2] In the next 16 years, he appeared in more than 50 movies, becoming one of the most popular romantic lead actors of Spanish films thanks in great part to his good looks. Among his film of this period are notable his performances in Carlos Saura's Stress es tres, tres (Stress is three, three) (1968), Vicente Aranda's Clara es el precio (Clara is the Price) (1974), and two films by Jaime Camino: Mañana será otro dia (Tomorrow is another day) (1966) and La campanada (Pealing of the Bells) (1980).^[2]

In 1979, Galiardo went to Mexico, where he lived for five years, appearing in secondary roles in Mexican films and in popular television dramas.^[2] In 1982 he received the Heraldo award as best actor

In 1986, he returned to Spain continuing his acting career and became involved in film production.^[2] With Penélope Films, his own production company, he produced the TV series Turno de oficio and films like El disputado voto del señor Cayo, a film directed by Antonio Giménez-Rico.

With his work in television in Turno de oficio (1986- 1987), Galiardo began to break away from his previous image of leading-man, accepting more dramatic roles and showing a wider range in this, the third phase of his career.^[2] He co-starred in some big projects both in film and television as in La regenta (1995), a production for Televisión Española directed by Fernando Mendez-Leite. Among his most notable films are The Little Spanish Soldier (1988); Guarapo (1989); Don Juan, mi querido fantasma (1989); Madregilda (1993); Familia (1996), directed by Fernando León de Aranoa; Pajarico (1997), directed by Carlos Saura; Adiós con el corazón (1999), directed by José Luis García Sánchez for which Galiardo won the Goya Award as best actor in 2000; Lázaro de Tormes (2000); El caballero Don Quijote (2001); and Miguel y William (2007). His roles in this two last films allowed him to be the only actor to play both Miguel de Cervantes and his most famous creation Don Quijote de la Mancha.^[3]

In 2007, he played Fidel Castro in I Love Miami, a parody of the famous dictator possible flight to Miami as just another rafter. The following year, Galirado played an important role in the gay-themed film Clandestinos, which raised some controversy mainly due to the promotional image of the film. His last film was La chispa de la vida (2010), directed by Alex de la Iglesia. He died, aged 72, in Madrid of lung cancer.^[3]

Selected filmography

Canción de juventud (1962) - Chico (uncredited)
Le tre spade di Zorro (1963) - Felipe
El camino (1963) - Novio de Mica
Rueda de sospechosos (1964) - El Moro
El arte de vivir (1965) - Juanjo
Crimen de doble filo (1965) - Fotógrafo
Two Sergeants of General Custer (1965) - Fidanzato di Mary
Megatón Ye-Ye (1965) - Fausto (voice, uncredited)
Seven Golden Men (1965)
El juego de la oca (1965) - Amigo en fiesta de cumpleaños
Komm mit zur blauen Adria (1966)
En Andalucía nació el amor (1966) - Luis
Hoy como ayer (1966) - Boyfriend in Discotheque
Vestida de novia (1966)
Querido profesor (1966)
El padre Manolo (1967) - Ricardo, el novio de la sobrina de Manolo
Mañana será otro día (1967) - Paco
Acteón (1967) - Joven
Novios 68 (1967) - Antonio, novio de Julia
No desearás la mujer de tu prójimo (1968) - Carlos
La chica de los anuncios (1968) - Leo
Giugno '44 - Sbarcheremo in Normandia (1968) - Rob Master
Stress Is Three (1968) - Antonio
Cristina Guzmán (1968) - Jorge
La canción del olvido (1969) - Capitán Leonello
Las nenas del mini-mini (1969) - Chalo
Pepa Doncel (1969) - Gonzalo Carvajal Sastre
Después de los nueve meses (1970) - Pablo Román
Coqueluche (1970) - Juan Castro
Una señora llamada Andrés (1970) - Andrés Guzmán
El apartamento de la tentación (1971) - Alberto
Fieras sin jaula (1971) - Pietro
Hector the Mighty (1972) - Paride
Antony and Cleopatra (1972) - Alexas
Bianco rosso e... (1972) - Guido
Alta tensión (1972) - José
The Call of the Wild (1972) - Seze
Autopsia (1973) - Juan
El juego del adulterio (1973) - Andrés
Death's Newlyweds (1975) - Juan Ramón Soler
Clara is the Price (1975) - Jorge
El clan de los inmorales (1975)
The Good Days Lost (1975) - Lorenzo
Naked Therapy (1975) - Ricardo
Unmarried Mothers (1975)
Imposible para una solterona (1976) - Luis
Mayordomo para todo (1976) - Carlos
El alijo (1976) - Curro
Lucecita (1976)
Un día con Sergio (1976) - Sergio Melgar
La promesa (1976)
El límite del amor (1976) - Juan
Hasta que el matrimonio nos separe (1977) - Chus
Inquisition (1977) - Jean Duprat
Esposa de día, amante de noche (1977) - Federico
El ladrido (1977) - Mauro
Comando Txikia: Muerte de un presidente (1978) - Julen
Una familia decente (1978) - Juan Salcedo
Guyana: Cult of the Damned (1979) - Reporter
Father Cami's Wedding (1979) - José Lloret
And in the Third Year, He Rose Again (1980) - Automovilista
La campanada (1980) - Ambros
Quiero soñar (1981) - Juan Luis
Rastro de muerte (1981)
Préstame tu mujer (1981) - Rodolfo
Con el cuerpo prestado (1983) - Pedro
The Disputed Vote of Mr. Cayo (1986) - Víctor
Policía (1987) - Maxi
La guerra de los locos (1987) - Don Salvador
Guarapo (1987)
El señor de los llanos (1987) - Fabián Insausti
Pasodoble (1988) - Diputado
The Little Spanish Soldier (1988) - Francisco Calleja
El vuelo de la paloma (1989) - Luis Doncel
Supporting Roles (1989) - Alejandro
Don Juan, mi querido fantasma (1990) - Don Juan Tenorio / Don Juan Marquina
Yo soy ésa (1990) - Padre Benito
Capità Escalaborns (1991) - El Borni
Ho sap el ministre? (1991) - Francisco Carmona
La taberna fantástica (1991)
Catorce estaciones (1991) - Lázaro
Los mares del sur (1992) - Pepe Carvalho
Madregilda (1993) - Legionario
Todos a la cárcel (1993) - Muñagorri
¡Por fin solos! (1994) - Héctor Lafuente
Enciende mi pasión (1994) - Lucas
Los hombres siempre mienten (1995) - Adolfo
Así en el cielo como en la tierra (1995) - Ruíz del Río
Suspiros de España (y Portugal) (1995) - Fray Liborio / Juan
Nexo (1995) - Abogado
Mar de luna (1995)
La leyenda de Balthasar el Castrado (1996) - Narrador
Familia (1996) - Santiago
Tramway to Malvarrosa (1996) - Arsenio
Siempre hay un camino a la derecha (1997) - Juan
Pajarico (1997) - Tío Emilio
Tango (1997) - Angelo Larroca
¡Qué vecinos tan animales! (1998) - Sres. Galápagos (voice)
The Girl of Your Dreams (1998) - Embajador
Sí, quiero... (1999) - Don Jaime
Esa Maldita Costilla (1999) - Génesis (voice)
Adiós con el corazón (2000) - Juan
Lázaro de Tormes (2001) - Alcalde
Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella (2001) - Gentleman
Buñuel y la mesa del rey Salomón (2001) - Crítico de Cine
Vivancos 3 (2002) - Pajarda
Rosa la China (2002) - Dulzura
El caballero Don Quijote (2002) - Don Quijote
Lisístrata (2002) - Hepatitos
El oro de Moscú (2003) - Alberto Tajuña
Dripping (2003) - Baron de Cervera
Franky Banderas (2004) - Avelino
I Love Miami (2006) - Fidel / Alejandro
El coronel Macià (2006) - Capitán General Polavieja
Pobre juventud (2006) - Marcelo
Miguel y William (2007) - Miguel de Cervantes
Clandestinos (2007) - Germán
El asesino a sueldo (2009) - Inspector
La llegenda de l'innombrable (2010) - Innombrable
La daga de Rasputín (2011) - Zadkin
As Luck Would Have It (2011) - Alcalde

Notes

[1]
BFI.org
[2]
D’Lugo, Guide to the Cinema of Spain, p. 228
[3]
Fallece el actor Juan Luis Galiardo, un genio de la escena

References

D’Lugo, Marvin. Guide to the Cinema of Spain. Greenwood Press, 1997. ISBN 0-313-29474-7

External links

Juan Luis Galiardo at IMDb

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BFI.org

[D’Lugo_228-2] [2]
D’Lugo, Guide to the Cinema of Spain, p. 228

[Orbituary-3] [3]
Fallece el actor Juan Luis Galiardo, un genio de la escena

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