Andrés Mejuto
Andrés Mejuto (actually Severino Andrés Mejuto Carballo ; born January 30, 1905 in Olivenza , † February 22, 1991 in Madrid ) was a Spanish actor .
Life
Mejuto made his debut on the theater stage at a young age; since 1924 he played in the Compagnie La Barraca by Federico García Lorca . After his death and the Spanish Civil War, he moved to Argentina, where he belonged to Margarita Xirgus Ensemble and gained his first film experience from 1946 - his first cinema work, Sierra de Teruel from 1939, had not been shown for years. The tall and slim, always somewhat gloomy actor returned to his home country in 1956, where he continued his career on stage and now increasingly in film and in numerous television series.
Mejuto a. a. at the Teatro María Guerrero of the Centro Dramático Nacional in plays by international authors ( Senecas Thyestes and Diego Fabbris ' Trial of Jesus 1956, William Gibson's The Path to Light 1961, Aristophanes ' Lysistrata 1980, Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus 1983) as well as Spanish authors ( José Zorrillas Don Juan Tenorio 1956, Joaquín Calvo Sotelos Una muchachita de Valladolid 1958, Alfonso Sastres Oficio de tinieblas 1973, Jaime Saloms El corto vuelo del gallo 1980, Ramón María del Valle-Incláns Voces de gesta 1991), for the cinema alongside numerous domestic productions (including some Spaghetti Western ) also in Orson Welles ' Falstaff (1965).
Mejuto was an avid puppet maker and made around 6,000 stick theater figures.
Filmography (selection)
- 1945: Sierra de Teruel (completed 1939)
- 1945: La dama duende
- 1955: love, hate and sharp blades (El juramento de Lagardere)
- 1962: The Sword of Cid (Las hijas del Cid)
- 1963: The Battle of Toledo (Sfida al re di Castiglia)
- 1963: The Secret of Scaramouche (La máscara de Scaramouche)
- 1967: Embers of the Sun (Dove si spara di più)
- 1969: Zorro's Revenge (El Zorro justiciero)
- 1970: ... and Santana kills them all (Un par de asesinos)
- 1972: Un dólar de recompensa
- 1975: Labyrinth of Terror (Gatti rossi in un labirinto di vetro)
- 1987: La monja alférez
Web links
- Andrés Mejuto in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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Individual evidence
- ↑ according to obituaries in El País and ABC ; 1909 is often given
- ↑ Biographical Notes ( Memento of the original from March 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Obituary in El País
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mejuto, Andrés |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mejuto Carballo, Severino Andrés (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Olivenza |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 1991 |
| Place of death | Madrid |