Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (1926–2001)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rabal and the second or maternal family name is Valera.
Francisco Rabal
Rabal in El hombre de la isla (1960)
Born
Francisco Rabal Valera
(1926-03-08)8 March 1926
Águilas, Murcia, Spain
Died
29 August 2001(2001-08-29) (aged 75)
Bordeaux, France
Other names
Paco Rabal
Years active
1946–2001
Spouse
Asunción Balaguer
(m. 1950)
Francisco Rabal Valera (8 March 1926 – 29 August 2001), better known as Paco Rabal, was a Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter born in Águilas, a town in the south-western part of the province of Murcia, Spain. Throughout his career, Rabal appeared in around 200 films working with directors including Francesc Rovira-Beleta, Luis Buñuel, José Luis Sáenz de Heredia, Carlos Saura, Pedro Almodóvar, William Friedkin, Michelangelo Antonioni, Claude Chabrol, Luchino Visconti, and Gillo Pontecorvo. Paco Rabal was recognized both in his native Spain and internationally, winning the Award for Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival for Los Santos Inocentes and a Goya Award for Best Actor for playing Francisco de Goya in Carlos Saura's Goya en Burdeos. One of Spain's most loved actors,[1] Rabal also was known for his commitment to human rights and other social causes.[2]
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