José Luis López Vázquez (José Luis López Vázquez de la Torre)
Biography
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Spanish actor. He started his career in theatre in 1939, when he was only 17, with the support of the director Modesto Higueras and the painter José Caballero. His first works were as actor, set decorator and costume designer in non-commercial amateur theatre plays, basically at the 'Teatro de las Organizaciones Juveniles (TOI)' and at the TEU. In cinema, he started as a costume designer in films mostly directed by José López Rubio and Rafael Gil and as an assistant director to Pío Ballesteros and Enrique Herreros. Read more... <'Teatro María Guerrero' theatre in Madrid, playing roles in plays like 'El Anticuario', 'El vergonzoso en palacio' or 'La dama boba'. Later he formed part of the companies owned by Conchita Montes and Alberto Closas. His debut as a cinema actor was also in 1946 with a little role in _María Fernanda la Jerezana (1946)_. In 1951, in the film _Esa pareja feliz (1951)_, he appeared in the credits together with two debutant key directors in Spanish cinema: Juan Antonio Bardem and Luis García Berlanga.
His first roles were comic roles in general, and increasingly important. In 1958 he started to have his first successes ('Una muchachita de Valladolid' in theatre together with 'Elisa Montes' and Alberto Closas, and The Little Apartment (1959) in cinema together with Mary Carrillo and Concha López Silva).
Since that moment on, he acted in the best theatre companies and also became an almost indispensable figure in Spanish cinema in the following two decades. Some of his best films from this stage are El cochecito (1960), Plácido (1961), Atraco a las tres (1962) and El verdugo (1963). He met film-makers like Marco Ferreri, Juan Antonio Bardem, José María Forqué and Luis García Berlanga, who were able to extract from his funniness amazing nuances like tenderness, dirtiness, meanness, absurd and even nonsense. His popularity raised dramatically after he worked together with Gracita Morales in several films of less importance under the direction of Mariano Ozores and also performed the main role in the TV series "Tercero izquierda".
In the early 70s he surprisingly started to do good dramatic performances in films like _Peppermint frappé (1967)_, The Garden of Delights (1970), _Bosque del lobo, El (1970)_ (Best Actor Award in the 1971 Chicago Film Festival), _Mi querida señorita (1971)_ (Best Actor Award in the 1972 Chicago Film Festival), _Cabina, La (1970) (TV)_ (winner of an Emmy Award), or Habla, mudita (1973). He made a great success with these films which even got stronger after the international effects caused by his TV film 'La cabina' and his contribution to George Cukor's Travels with My Aunt (1972). And this success set the rest of his career, full of successful films both dramatic and comic (_Escopeta nacional, La (1978)_, _Verdad sobre el caso Savolta, La (1979)_, La colmena (1982), _Corte del faraón, La (1985)_, Mi general (1987), _Largo invierno, El (1991)_...
In 1985 he received the 'Medalla de Oro de las Bellas Artes' (Arts Gold Medal).
His first roles were comic roles in general, and increasingly important. In 1958 he started to have his first successes ('Una muchachita de Valladolid' in theatre together with 'Elisa Montes' and Alberto Closas, and The Little Apartment (1959) in cinema together with Mary Carrillo and Concha López Silva).
Since that moment on, he acted in the best theatre companies and also became an almost indispensable figure in Spanish cinema in the following two decades. Some of his best films from this stage are El cochecito (1960), Plácido (1961), Atraco a las tres (1962) and El verdugo (1963). He met film-makers like Marco Ferreri, Juan Antonio Bardem, José María Forqué and Luis García Berlanga, who were able to extract from his funniness amazing nuances like tenderness, dirtiness, meanness, absurd and even nonsense. His popularity raised dramatically after he worked together with Gracita Morales in several films of less importance under the direction of Mariano Ozores and also performed the main role in the TV series "Tercero izquierda".
In the early 70s he surprisingly started to do good dramatic performances in films like _Peppermint frappé (1967)_, The Garden of Delights (1970), _Bosque del lobo, El (1970)_ (Best Actor Award in the 1971 Chicago Film Festival), _Mi querida señorita (1971)_ (Best Actor Award in the 1972 Chicago Film Festival), _Cabina, La (1970) (TV)_ (winner of an Emmy Award), or Habla, mudita (1973). He made a great success with these films which even got stronger after the international effects caused by his TV film 'La cabina' and his contribution to George Cukor's Travels with My Aunt (1972). And this success set the rest of his career, full of successful films both dramatic and comic (_Escopeta nacional, La (1978)_, _Verdad sobre el caso Savolta, La (1979)_, La colmena (1982), _Corte del faraón, La (1985)_, Mi general (1987), _Largo invierno, El (1991)_...
In 1985 he received the 'Medalla de Oro de las Bellas Artes' (Arts Gold Medal).
Actor

Character:
Sacerdote
La lupa 1955
1

Character:
Mago Roberto
La vida en un bloc 1956
1

Character:
Rodolfo
El pisito 1959
2

Character:
Tobías Práxedes
Una gran señora 1959
2

Character:
Paco
El cerro de los locos 1960
3

Character:
Mariano
I motorizzati 1962
2

Character:
Enfermero Gómez
Tú y yo somos tres 1962
1

Character:
Antonio Rodríguez, el hermano mayor de José Luis
El verdugo 1963
1

Character:
Ortiz
Los derechos de la mujer 1963
1

Character:
Portero
La chica del trébol 1964
5

Character:
Don Alberto Durán
Fin de semana 1964
1

Character:
Eladio
Historias de la televisión 1965
6

Character:
Modern Plumber
Hoy como ayer 1966
1

Character:
Regino
Las viudas 1966
1

Character:
Arturo Rodríguez
Operación Plus Ultra 1966
1

Character:
Julián
Peppermint Frappé 1967
2

Character:
Padre de Lolo
Los chicos del Preu 1967
2

Character:
Marcelino, novio de Conchita
Novios 68 1967
2

Character:
Daniel Antúnez
Operación cabaretera 1967
3

Character:
Jacinto
40 grados a la sombra 1967
2

Character:
Arturo
Long-Play 1968
10

Character:
Doctor Enrique Varela
Cuidado con las señoras 1968
1

Character:
Ramón Fontecha
Estudio amueblado 2.P. 1969
1

Character:
Nemesio Caporeto
No somos ni Romeo ni Julieta 1969
2

Character:
Germán Gutiérrez Olmedilla
Mi marido y sus complejos 1969
1

Character:
Antonio
El jardín de las delicias 1970
4

Character:
Don Felipe
En un lugar de La Manga 1970
6

Character:
Hombre accidentado
Las secretas intenciones 1970
1

Character:
Achille Dambreuse
Travels with My Aunt 1972
2

Character:
Adela Castro Molina / Juan
Mi querida señorita 1972
1

Character:
Antonio
Carta de amor de un asesino 1972
2

Character:
Maestro Roberto Castro
Dos chicas de revista 1972
6

Character:
Señor enlutado
Mi profesora particular 1973
2

Character:
Luis
La prima Angélica 1974
6

Character:
Sebastián
El gran secreto 1980
1

Character:
Luis
El divorcio que viene 1980
3

Character:
Hombre de la cabina / Sixto Zabaleta
¿Donde estabas tú en los 70? 2012
29

Character:
Luis José
¿De qué te ríes? 2006
0

Character:
Himself
La televisión cumple contigo 2006
4

Character:
Julián
Geraldine en España 2006
2

Character:
El Abuelo
Cuba libre 2005
1

Character:
Sixto Zabaleta
50 y más 2005
0

Character:
Rodrigo / Luis
Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones 2005
1

Character:
Don Aquiles
Luna de Avellaneda 2004
0

Character:
Himself
Cada día 2004
0

Character:
Himself
Gran Vía de Madrid 2004
0

Character:
Beltrán
El oro de Moscú 2003
0

Character:
Guijarro
Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella 2001
13

Character:
Juan
La familia... 30 años después 1999
0

Character:
Jesus
No respires: El amor está en el aire 1999
0

Character:
Himself
I premios ATV 1999
0

Character:
El Escabeche
Un lío fuera de serie 1995
0

Character:
Himself
Gala TP de Oro 1994 1995
0

Character:
Padre Rebollo
Todos a la cárcel 1993
2

Character:
Campillo
El maestro de esgrima 1992
1

Character:
Tio Paco
El largo invierno 1992
0

Character:
Anselmo
Los gusanos no llevan bufanda 1992
0

Character:
Matías
El juego de los mensajes invisibles 1992
1

Character:
Don Anselmo del Castillo
Fuera de juego 1991
0
0

Character:
Manuel Ocón
Soldadito español 1988
4

Character:
Home amb gramòfon
La veritat oculta 1987
2

Character:
Comisario
La corte de Faraón 1985
7

Character:
El astuto Marcello Antonelli
Operación Mantis (El exterminio del macho) 1985
1

Character:
Max Aub - viejo
La gallina ciega 1985
1

Character:
Conde García Ordóñez
El Cid cabreador 1983
1

Character:
Andrés
¿Y tú quién eres? 2007
2

Character:
Rodolfo
...10 años de Proyecto Corto 2007
0

Character:
Benigno Quintanilla / Rodolfo / Luis José / Don Agustín / Arturo
Rafael Azcona, oficio de guionista 2007
0

Character:
Joaquín
Demasiado caliente para ti 1996
0

Character:
Charly
Una pareja... distinta 1974
0

Character:
Alvarito
El cochecito 1960
0

Character:
Luis José
Patrimonio nacional 1981
0

Character:
Leonardo Meléndez
La colmena 1982
0

Character:
Hombre de la cabina
La cabina 1972
0

Character:
Federico Aranda
Vacaciones para Ivette 1964
0

Character:
Fernando
Españolas en París 1971
3

Character:
Juan, el padrino
La familia y... uno más 1965
0

Character:
Simoncini
I viaggiatori della sera 1979
0

Character:
Jaime
Un ángel tuvo la culpa 1960
0

Character:
Cabo Goro Rioseco
Los guardiamarinas 1967
0

Character:
Benito Freire
El bosque del lobo 1970
0

Character:
Inquisidor
Akelarre 1984
0

Character:
Pedro Ortuza / Peter P. Peter
Black story (La historia negra de Peter P. Peter) 1971
2

Character:
Himself
La parada 1989
0

Character:
Félix
Café, coca y puro 1985
0

Character:
Himself
Àngel Casas Show 1984
0

Character:
Jacinto López
Moros y cristianos 1987
0

Character:
Himself
Waku waku 1989
0

Character:
Juan, el padrino
La gran familia 1962
0

Character:
Leonardo
¡Vivan los novios! 1970
0

Character:
Gabino Quintanilla
Plácido 1961
0

Character:
Don Fidel
Los jueves, milagro 1957
0

Character:
Dependiente
Esa pareja feliz 1953
0

Character:
Nicolás
Una señora estupenda 1970
0

Character:
Lorenzo Barea
091 Policía al habla 1960
0

Character:
Antonio Campos
Esquilache 1989
0

Character:
Enrique Picart
Usted puede ser un asesino 1961
1

Character:
Serafín
Zorrita Martínez 1975
0

Character:
Fernando Galindo
Atraco a las tres 1962
0

Character:
General Torres
Mi general 1987
0

Character:
Sixto Zabaleta
Este señor de negro 1975
0

Character:
Pepe Luis
Hay que deshacer la casa 1986
0

Character:
Ángel Enríquez - el Secretario
Una muchachita de Valladolid 1958
0

Character:
Enrique 'Quiquito'
Accidente 703 1962
0

Character:
Ramón
El vikingo 1972
0

Character:
Arévalo
De espaldas a la puerta 1959
0

Character:
Luis José
La escopeta nacional 1978
0

Character:
Don Florencio
La cera virgen 1972
0

Character:
Enric Prat de la Riba
La ciutat cremada 1976
0

Character:
Pajarito de Soto
La verdad sobre el caso Savolta 1980
0

Character:
Rodrigo
Habla, mudita 1973
0

Character:
Himself
Informe semanal 1973
0

Character:
Himself
Hécuba, un sueño de pasión 2006
4

Character:
Himself
A fondo 1976
0

Character:
Himself
Factoría de cómicos 0
3

Character:
Hombre de la cabina
Una periodista de a pie 0
8
4

Character:
Himself
La taquigrafia i la Viagra 0
10

Character:
Sixto Zabaleta
Episode #1.2 0
0

Character:
Don Sixto
Episode #1.3 0
0

Character:
Himself
Episode #1.12 0
13

Character:
Himself
Episode #1.11 0
0

Character:
Himself
Episode #2.92 0
0

Character:
Fructuoso
Mainfroinlain 0
0

Character:
Abuelo Antonio
Padres e hijos 0
0

Character:
Abuelo Antonio
Vacaciones familiares 0
0

Character:
Don Agustín
Orzuelo 0
1

Character:
Himself
Episode #1.11 0
19

Character:
Sixto Zabaleta
Episode #2.9 0
9

Character:
Faustino
Mutilado y caballero 0
4

Character:
Hombre de la cabina
Días en blanco y negro 0
0

Character:
Hombre de la cabina
El retorno del hijo pródigo 0
0

Character:
Hombre de la cabina
Había una vez... 0
0

Character:
Leonardo Meléndez
Toda una vida 0
1

Character:
Miguel
La última cena 0
1