Francisco Piquer Explained

Birth Date:2 June 1922
Death Place:Madrid, Spain

Francisco Piquer Chanza (2 June 1922 – 11 December 2009) was a Spanish actor.

Piquer's career as a stage, film, television and voice actor spanned six decades beginning in 1940.[1] He won the Prix du Cinema Writers Circle for his role as the protagonist in the 1957 film Dirty Hands. He was Juan Proctor in fourteen episodes of the comedy Studio 1 and appeared in four episodes of El Comisario among many others. One of his last film roles was in 1998 in José Luis Garci’s The Grandfather where he played the Prior of Zaratay. In 2007, he received what was his best role, that of Belardo with the National Classical Theater Company in Del Rey Abajo, Ninguno. On 11 December 2009 Francisco Piquer Chanza died in Madrid, Spain after a long illness.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1955Lo que nunca muere Enfermo
1955Los agentes del quinto grupo Manuel
1955El cerco José
1957Manos sucias Andrès
1958Historias de la feria Inspector
1958Rapsodia de sangre Borodin
1958Giovane canaglia
1958Cita imposible Juanón
1958El ángel está en la cumbre Arturo
1959Sendas marcadas Mendoza
1959El emigrante Ambrosio
1960L'ultima canzone
1961Prohibido enamorarse Doctor Juan Gómez Bolt
1962El grano de mostaza
1962Queen of the Chantecler Rafael
1965La extranjera
1965Suena el clarín
1966Lola, espejo oscuro Paco
1966Clarines y campanas
1966Sound of Horror Stravos
1966Four Queens for an Ace Pablo Gómez
1967El padre Manolo César Espinosa
1967Lo que cuesta vivir... El Atómico
1968La dinamita está servida Jesús
1969Soltera y madre en la vida Médico
1970El relicario Mariano
1971¿Es usted mi padre?
1971El diablo Cojuelo Astrólogo
1972Cerco de terror Doctor Mac Gregor
1973Aborto criminal Diego
1974Matrimonio al desnudo Vicente
1979Father Cami's Wedding
1980El gran secreto Nicolás
1984De mica en mica s'omple la pica Ros Estivill
1984Memorias del general Escobar Coronel Ruiz
1987 Militar
1998The Grandfather Prior de Zaratay
2004XXL Gaspar

Notes and References

  1. http://www.elpais.com/articulo/Necrologicas/Francisco/Piquer/actor/durante/decadas/elpepinec/20091215elpepinec_2/Tes Francisco Piquer, actor durante seis décadas - El Pais