Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1902-12-18
Day of Death
1982-02-26
Place of Birth
Tarazona, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain
Paco Martínez Soria
Biography
Although he was born in Tarazona, he was only five when his family moved to Barcelona, where he went to school. He worked as a clerk and then as a salesperson. At the same time he participated in performances of local theatre groups in Gràcia. During the Spanish Civil War he left his work and focused on theatre as an amateur actor. In 1938 he debuted in Teatro Fontalba with the theatre company of Rafael López Somoza with the work Antonio pasó el infierno (Antonio goes to hell). Two years later he founded his own theatre company with which he worked during the 1940s from Teatro Urquinaona and in the 1950s from Talía theatre. In 1934 he collaborated as an extra in the black and white comedy Sereno with director Ignacio F. Iquino. He continued working with Iquino in eleven more films. He got his first leading role in 1938 in the comedy Paquete, el fotógrafo público número uno (Paquete, the number one public photographer). He continued playing supporting roles in many films until 1944 when he returned to theatre as an actor and entrepreneur. His name achieved some fame between 1942 and 1944, when he was named director and first actor in the theatre company of Teatro de la Zarzuela. He returned to cinema in the rolesstudd in 1950s. In 1965 he was very successful with the film La ciudad no es para mí (The city is not for me) directed by Pedro Lazaga. From that moment on, his screen character as an affectionate country bumpkin did not cease to appear in films until his death with his friend Pedro Lazaga.
Filmography (34)
El precio de la risa
2017
La tía de Carlos
1982
Es peligroso casarse a los 60
1981
¡Vaya par de gemelos!
1978
Estoy hecho un chaval
1977
El alegre divorciado
1976
Hen Pecked
1974
El abuelo tiene un plan
1973
El padre de la criatura
1972
Hay que educar a papá
1971
Don erre que erre
1970
¡Se armó el belén!
1969
Old Man Made in Spain
1969
El turismo es un gran invento
1968
