Francisco Piquer Chanza (2 June 1922 – 11 December 2009) was a Spanish actor.

Francisco Piquer
Born2 June 1922
Died11 December 2009(2009-12-11) (aged 87)

Piquer's career as a stage, film, television and voice actor spanned six decades beginning in 1940.[1] He won the Prix du Cinema Writers Circle for his role as the protagonist in the 1957 film Dirty Hands. He was Juan Proctor in fourteen episodes of the comedy Studio 1 and appeared in four episodes of El Comisario among many others. One of his last film roles was in 1998 in José Luis Garci’s The Grandfather where he played the Prior of Zaratay. In 2007, he received what was his best role, that of Belardo with the National Classical Theater Company in Del Rey Abajo, Ninguno. On 11 December 2009 Francisco Piquer Chanza died in Madrid, Spain after a long illness.

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1955 Lo que nunca muere Enfermo
1955 Los agentes del quinto grupo Manuel
1955 El cerco José
1957 Manos sucias Andrès
1958 Historias de la feria Inspector
1958 Rapsodia de sangre Borodin
1958 Giovane canaglia
1958 Cita imposible Juanón
1958 El ángel está en la cumbre Arturo
1959 Sendas marcadas Mendoza
1959 El emigrante Ambrosio
1960 L'ultima canzone
1961 Prohibido enamorarse Doctor Juan Gómez Bolt
1962 El grano de mostaza
1962 Queen of the Chantecler Rafael
1965 La extranjera
1965 Suena el clarín
1966 Lola, espejo oscuro Paco
1966 Clarines y campanas
1966 Sound of Horror Stravos
1966 Four Queens for an Ace Pablo Gómez
1967 El padre Manolo César Espinosa
1967 Lo que cuesta vivir... El Atómico
1968 La dinamita está servida Jesús
1969 Soltera y madre en la vida Médico
1970 El relicario Mariano
1971 ¿Es usted mi padre?
1971 El diablo Cojuelo Astrólogo
1972 Cerco de terror Doctor Mac Gregor
1973 Aborto criminal Diego
1974 Matrimonio al desnudo Vicente
1979 Father Cami's Wedding
1980 El gran secreto Nicolás
1984 De mica en mica s'omple la pica Ros Estivill
1984 Memorias del general Escobar Coronel Ruiz
1987 El Lute: Run for Your Life Militar
1998 The Grandfather Prior de Zaratay
2004 XXL Gaspar

References

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