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Rafael Romero Marchent
Born: 3rd May 1926 Madrid, Spain - Died 13th Feb 2020
Dept: Directing
Rafael Romero Marchent (May 3, 1926 – February 13, 2020) was a Spanish director, screenwriter and actor.
Born in Madrid , the son of the author Joaquín Romero Marchent Gómez de Avellaneda, he started his career as an actor, mainly cast in character roles. In 1959 he became assistant director, and in 1965 he made his directorial debut with Hands of a Gunfighter. Specialized in the Spaghetti Western genre, from the late 1970s he was also active on television. His brother Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent was also a director and screenwriter. In the 2000s he taught film and interpretation classes.
He was awarded in 1947 by the Medalla del Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos for his role in the film La mies es mucha. He married Maruja Tamayo. He died on 13 February 2020 at the age of 93.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 30
Film: 28 (93%)
Television: 2 (7%)
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Filmography
Original title: Tiovivo c. 1950
2004
This movie doesn't have any coherent plot. It's the portrait of the lives of different people in the hard years of post-war in Spain (the 40's), and h ... view
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Tertuliano
Sep 2001 (first aired)
Recounts the experiences of a middle-class family, the Alcántaras, during the last years of the rule of Francisco Franco and the beginning of the Spa ... view
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Abogado Núñez (1 ep.)
Original title: Al límite
1997
A radio station receives a call from a psychopath who claims to have murdered many women. He leaves a series of clues that lead to his next victim, pr ... view
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Judge 2
1996
A mature and successful businessman leads a peaceful life with his family and his lover. However, his life is greatly complicated when found dea ... view
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Portes
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Quintero
Dec 1976 (first aired)
Curro Jiménez was a successful Spanish TV series that aired on TVE1 from 22 December 1976 to 1979. Its main theme was Andalusian "bandolerismo" in th ... view
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Matías (1 ep.)
Original title: La venganza del Zorro
1962
Don Jose disguises himself as Zorro, the masked freedom fighter, who tries to protect his people from the wrath of an evil military officer who is usi ... view
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Juan Aguilar (as Ralph March)
1957
Eudosio and Carlos were imprisoned by mistake. Now out of prison, are trying to get a job and to adapt to a society that rejects them. ... view
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Paco
1955
Nouveau-riche industrialist returns to Spain after 20 years in Mexico and discovers that his adopted son wants to marry into an aristocratic family an ... view
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Original title: La canción del penal
1954
After leaving the prison where they have served their sentence, some criminals plan a new robbery. ... view
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1953
A news story in the newspapers announces the investigation by the police of a major scam. Precisely, following the steps of the author of that crime, ... view
Character:
Pepe
Original title: Séptima página
1951
Chronicle of the daily activity of a newspaper called La Jornada. Through the events covered by the gossip columnist that occupy precisely the seventh ... view
Character:
Javier
1951
Crown of Castile, 1520. The Comuneros rise up against Charles I, king of Castile and Aragon and emperor of the Hispanic Monarchy. While Juan de Padill ... view
Character:
Juan de Padilla Jr.
1950
After the execution of the spy Mata-Hari, the secret service takes the opportunity to arrest some of her collaborators. To arrest one of the ringleade ... view
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(uncredited)
1948
The Spanish merchant "Mare Nostrum", captained by Ulises Ferragut, docked in September 1939 at the port of Naples to repair a breakdown. Walking throu ... view
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Esteban
1948
In 1922, Infantry Captain Fernando Salas, arriving from Madrid, joins, without much enthusiasm, a battalion ruled by Commander Almendro, a tough veter ... view
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1948
Father Santiago Hernández, a Spanish missionary, arrives in Kattinga, India, to replace Father Daniel, who is seriously ill. ... view
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Modu
Original title: El traje de luces
1947
A young bullfighter full of illusions triumphs in Mexico and decides to get married there and forget about his old Spanish girlfriend, who by then has ... view
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Original title: Don Quijote de la Mancha
1947
The old hidalgo Don Alonso Quijano, maddened by the excessive reading of books on chivalry and determined to become a famous and heroic knight-errant, ... view
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Lacayo (Lackey) (uncredited)