Juan Espantaleón
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Juan Espantaleón.
Born: March 11, 1885
Place of Birth: Seville, Spain
Known For
La mantilla de Beatriz
In XVII century Portugal two friends change identities so one of them can escape an unwanted marriage to Beatriz.
The Faith
Father Luis Lastra is a young priest who does his job in the village of Peñascosa. There he meets Marta, a beautiful parishioner very interested in religious matters, so much that she convinces the priest to accompany her to the convent to become a cloistered nun. Along the way, they have to stop at an inn for the night and that's where Father Luis will test his faith.
Nobleza baturra
Aragón, Spain, early 20th century. María del Pilar is a honest girl whose good name is dirtied when an old suitor seeking revenge accuses her of losing her virginity outside of marriage. The scandal soon spreads throughout the countryside.
Huella de luz
Octavio Saldaña is a poor young dreamer who lives with his elderly mother and is an office worker at Manufacturas Sánchez-Bey. Mr. Bey rewards Octavio for his work by inviting him to spend a few days at a spa. There Octavio meets Lelly, daughter of a cloth manufacture, and to impress her he decides to pass himself off as a millionaire.
Teatro Apolo
In the late nineteenth century, Miguel Velasco, the son of a wealthy Spanish immigrant established in Mexico, comes to Madrid, where he falls in love with Celia, a chorus girl working at the Apollo theater.
White Mission
Arriving at a Guinean Christian mission, a young priest is told by his elder ones the story of Father Javier, another young missioner who restlessly fought to convert a villain not only for God's sake, but also for sentimental reasons.
The Nail
Spain, late 19th century. Judge Javier Zarco finds in a cemetery a skull pierced by a nail and suspects that a murder has been committed.
La señora de Fátima
The story of the 1917 miracle of Fatima, in which the Virgin Mary appeared to three children--two girls and one boy..
Don Quixote
The old hidalgo Don Alonso Quijano, maddened by the excessive reading of books on chivalry and determined to become a famous and heroic knight-errant, leaves his village and sets out on the road in search of adventure, accompanied by his faithful friend Sancho Panza.
Mare nostrum
The Spanish merchant "Mare Nostrum", captained by Ulises Ferragut, docked in September 1939 at the port of Naples to repair a breakdown. Walking through the ruins of Pompeii, Ferragut meets Freyra, an enigmatic and beautiful woman of whom she instantly falls madly in love, unaware that the girl is in fact a dangerous spy of the Third Reich.
Filmography
as Don Severo Villamil
as Gobernador
as Martínez, Ministro de la Gobernación
as Don Antonio
as Tío Jorge
as Comisario
as D. Martín Romero de los Viejos
as Don León
as Tío Caragón
as Almirante
as Priest
as Pedro, the priest
as Tío Antonio
as Cesáreo Urgoiti
as Don Álvaro de Mascarenhas, padre de Beatriz
as Tío Anselmo
as Pierre Brochard
as Nazario Olmedo de Alcaraz
as Juan
as Edgardo
as Sánchez Bey
as Father Juanico