Valentín Tornos
Acting
Biography
Valentín Tornos López (4 January 1901 – 19 September 1976) was a Spanish film and television actor. He had numerous secondary roles in theater and cinema, and achieved great popularity in his old age with the role of Don Cicuta in the television contest Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez. Description above from the Wikipedia article Valentín Tornos, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: January 4, 1901
Known For
La cera virgen
María works in a hostess bar in Madrid because, forced by the Puritans of her little village, she had to leave accused of public scandal just for having kissed her boyfriend. María, together with her three sisters, decides to return and builds a club in the village faced with the scandalized don Florencio, a repressed banker and overlord who secretly desires María. In order to go unnoticed, María and her sisters run the club through a wax-chandler's shop where the majority of men of the village will parade, which excites even more the lascivious and hypocritical don Florencio.
The Executioner
An undertaker gets married to an old executioner's daughter and, although he doesn't like it, must continue the profession of his father-in-law after his retirement.
Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo
A new vision of the Knight of the sad figure, which lives obsessed by the chivalry and its codes of honor. Accompanied by his unusual squire Sancho Panza, Don Quixote recalls some of the adventures they've shared.
Tales to Keep You Awake
Tales of terror by established authors such as Ray Bradbury or Edgar Allan Poe, as well as original scripts.
Tales to Keep You Awake
Tales of terror by established authors such as Ray Bradbury or Edgar Allan Poe, as well as original scripts.
Un millón en la basura
In the vast army of human society, Pepe, a sweeper, occupies one of the last places: anonymous, gray, vague. Pepe is a member of that ghostly dawn brigade, to blow hose, clean the streets at dawn. One day Pepe finds a million in the trash. Financial need of the poor sweeper suggests keeping the money, but his wife advises him to do his civic duty and return the money ...
El grano de mostaza
Evelino Galindo, the serious owner of a porcelain store, argues with the womanizer jeweler Orcajo for an insignificant game of dominoes. Evelino, enraged, challenges him the next day to a duel in the gym. But after meditating a bit he starts to get scared. That is why, with the help of his friend Leoncio, he sharpens his wit to find a way to escape from combat. However, the situation is becoming more complicated.
The Big Family
Carlos Alonso and Mercedes Cebrián are parents of fifteen children of different ages.
La ciudad no es para mí
Agustin, a widower who lives in a village in Aragon, where he is much loved by all neighbors, is lonely and decides to go to the big city, where his son, a famous doctor, lives with his wife and daughter. Agustineis received by his children with great coolness, as he does not fit in the environment in which they operate. The life of his son, his daughter-in-law, and even the maid is too sad for this simple town man.
Las Leandras
After finishing her studies in London, Patricia returns to Spain, excited to see her mother again, a famous revue showgirl. But upon her arrival, she discovers that her mother is ruined and working in a low-tier theater. Mother and daughter decide to fight together to regain fame and fortune.
Filmography
as Vizconde Arnau
as Baldomero Fernández, notario
as Obrero
as Don Ramiro
as Eugenio Alonso
as Amigo #1
as Pascual
as Paciente
as Padre de Piluca
as Bufanda
as Usurero
as Saludador
as Poncio
as Genaro
as Porras
as Secretario judicial
as Tío
as Párroco
as Domingo, conserje del Colegio Mayor
as Tío de Ana
as Empleado servicio limpieza #3
as Alcalde
as Jeremías
as Noble Griego
as Hombre al que no le gusta la sopa (1)
as Desconocido
as Portero del Molino Verde
as Ujier
as Book Seller
as Hombre en el bar
as Hombre en Venta flamenca