Francisco Rabal
Francisco Rabal Valera (8 March 1926 – 29 August 2001), popularly known as Paco Rabal, was a Spanish actor. His career spanned more than 200 film and television roles, between 1942 and 2001. He received numerous accolades both in Spain and abroad, including the Cannes Film Festival's Best Actor Award and the Goya Award for Best Actor.
Rabal was best known internationally for his collaborations with director Luis Buñuel, with Ronald Bergan writing "most of his other major roles he carried the heady, perverse whiff of the great surrealist director with him." He worked with many other notable directors, including Carlos Saura, Pedro Almodóvar, William Friedkin, Michelangelo Antonioni, Claude Chabrol, Luchino Visconti, and Gillo Pontecorvo.
One of Spain's most-loved and acclaimed actors during his lifetime, he also was known for his commitment to human rights and other social causes.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
80 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | The Revolution on Two Horses | Zio Henrique | Film |
| 2001 | Lázaro de Tormes | El Ciego | Film |
| 2001 | Dagon | Ezequiel | Film |
| 2000 | Speaking of Buñuel | Self | Film |
| 2000 | Divertimento | Film | |
| 2000 | Moonfish | Tio Nini | Film |
| 1999 | Goya in Bordeaux | Goya | Film |
| 1998 | Talk of Angels | Don Jorge | Film |
| 1998 | Water Easy Reach | Film | |
| 1998 | Divine | Papá Basilio | Film |
| 1997 | Little Bird | El Abuelo | Film |
| 1997 | Airbag | Villambrosa | Film |
| 1997 | La novia de medianoche | Wenceslao Corredoira | Film |
| 1997 | Day and Night | Cristobal | Film |
| 1997 | Little Miracles | Don Francisco | Film |
| 1996 | Oedipus Mayor | Tiresias | Film |
| 1995 | On Earth as It Is in Heaven | San Pedro | Film |
| 1995 | One Hundred and One Nights | Luis Buñuel (voice) | Film |
| 1993 | La Lola se va a los puertos | Don Diego | Film |
| 1992 | The Man Who Lost His Shadow | Antonio | Film |
| 1992 | Paco, mi padre | Film | |
| 1990 | Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! | Máximo Espejo | Film |
| 1989 | The White Dove | Domingo | Film |
| 1988 | Scent of a Crime | Coronel Olvera | Film |
| 1988 | A Time of Destiny | Jorge Larraneta | Film |
| 1987 | Divine Words | Pedro Gailo | Film |
| 1986 | Tiempo de silencio | Muecas | Film |
| 1986 | Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime) | Guaglione | Film |
| 1986 | El disputado voto del señor Cayo | Señor Cayo | Film |
| 1986 | El hermano bastardo de Dios | Film | |
| 1985 | Scapegoat | Comisario Cárdenas | Film |
| 1985 | Bohemian Nights | Max Estrella | Film |
| 1984 | Coarse Salt | Gabino | Film |
| 1984 | The Holy Innocents | Azarías | Film |
| 1984 | The Stilts | Manuel | Film |
| 1983 | Crooks | Ginés Jiménez Valera | Film |
| 1983 | Treasure of the Four Crowns | Sócrates | Film |
| 1982 | The Beehive | Ricardo Sorbedo | Film |
| 1981 | Reborn | Giacomo | Film |
| 1981 | Vultures Over the City | Bender | Film |
| 1980 | Nightmare City | Major Warren Holmes | Film |
| 1980 | Traficantes Del Panico | William Lombard | Film |
| 1980 | The Rebel | Tony | Film |
| 1980 | Speed Driver | Esposito | Film |
| 1979 | Hunted City | Don Alfonso | Film |
| 1979 | El buscón | Mata | Film |
| 1978 | Stay as You Are | Lorenzo | Film |
| 1978 | Hotel Fear | Marta's lover | Film |
| 1978 | Corleone | Don Giusto Provenzano | Film |
| 1977 | I Am the Law | Albanese the Outlaw | Film |
| 1977 | Sorcerer | Nilo | Film |
| 1976 | The Desert of the Tartars | M.llo Tronk | Film |
| 1976 | The Long Vacations of '36 | Teacher | Film |
| 1975 | Fight to the Death | Comisario Emilio Mendoza | Film |
| 1975 | C.I.A. Secret Story | Mehdi Ben Barka | Film |
| 1974 | It's Nothing Mama, Just a Game | Tío | Film |
| 1974 | Death Will Have Your Eyes | The Blackmailer | Film |
| 1974 | Dormir Y Ligar: Todo Es Empezar | Self (uncredited) | Film |
| 1973 | La otra imagen | Film | |
| 1973 | Counselor at Crime | Vincent Garofalo | Film |
| 1973 | The Guerrilla | El Cabrero (The Shepherd) | Film |
| 1972 | It Can Be Done Amigo | Sheriff Franciscus | Film |
| 1971 | Exorcism's Daughter | Fuso | Film |
| 1971 | El apartamento de la tentación | Hombre que se cruza con Julieta (uncredited) | Film |
| 1971 | Goya: A Story of Solitude | Goya | Film |
| 1970 | Diario Spagnolo | Él mismo | Film |
| 1970 | Ann and Eve | Francesco | Film |
| 1970 | Cutting Heads | Díaz II | Film |
| 1969 | Eagles Over London | Martin | Film |
| 1969 | Simón Bolívar | José Antonio Del Llano | Film |
| 1969 | Un adulterio decente | Conserje (uncredited) | Film |
| 1969 | Spain Again | Reportero | Film |
| 1969 | Blood in the Bullring | Juan Carmona | Film |
| 1968 | Christopher Colombus | Christopher Colombus | TV |
| 1967 | Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes | Rodrigo Cervantes | Film |
| 1967 | The Witches | Paolo (segment "La strega bruciata viva") | Film |
| 1967 | Long Days of Vengeance | Sheriff Douglas | Film |
| 1967 | The Nun | Dom Morel | Film |
| 1967 | Belle de Jour | Hyppolite | Film |
| 1966 | Hoy como ayer | Ramón | Film |
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