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Acting
Biography
Tomás Ares Pena was a Spanish actor. He started in the theater in the thirties as a comedian and variety actor. After the Spanish Civil War, he began his film career, and in the following years he became one of the supporting actors with one of the longest careers in the history of Spanish cinema.
Born: October 31, 1908
Place of Birth: La Coruña, Spain
Known For
El hombre que viajaba despacito
A tank regiment soldier needs a permit to go to his village to meet his newborn son. It will not be easy, leading to absurd situations featuring the legendary humorist Miguel Gila.
Jeromín
In the biography of John of Austria the Spanish hero of Flanders, brother of Philip II, as an argument, the tape is a praise of Spain Emperor Charles V and the values of Franco.
Nadie lo sabrá
Texas Jim
A band of fierce rustlers is ravaging the region of Las Cruces. Appears an outsider who saves the ranch owner "The Spur" of being kidnapped by members of the band. Thankfully, he was appointed foreman, and his daughter is in love with him. But things are not what they seem and there are murky intrigues in the background.
Doubt
A newly remarried widow is accused of having murdered her first husband, who died from arsenical poisoning. Being her present husband a lawyer he takes charge of her defense.
El guardián del paraíso
A serene mind a person is in a coffee some of their experiences: the story of a poet who gives shelter, a nun who takes off to find a drug habits in the black market, and his own witness of a robbery and as a lover.
Vamos a contar mentiras
A happily married woman lies with surprising ease because, according to her husband, she leads too idle a life.
¡Aquí hay petróleo!
In a Spanish town that has been dying of thirst for years, some Americans who claim to be experts in oil prospecting say that there is oil. Considering the evidence of the treasure that encloses his subsoil, the owner will asks the shelter of one of the rich man of the town so that he decides.
Placido
In a small Spanish town, during the Christmas holidays, a group of rich old ladies organize a peculiar event that consists of inviting a homeless person to sit down to dinner at their wealthy table. Plácido, a humble worker, is hired by the organizers to participate in a parade with his three-wheeled vehicle, a seemingly simple mission that will not be easy for him to accomplish.
El fenómeno
A professor at the University of Frankfurt is mistaken for a Russian soccer player on his arrival at Madrid airport. There, he is received as a sports figure and the teacher, unaware of the confusion, take it as an extraordinary compliment. However, problems arise when, after discovering the error, the professor has to pretend to be the player until he appears
Filmography
as Un republicano
as Marcelo
as Padre de José
as Fray Lope
as Conserje
as Ramón
as Barrendero
as Guardia forestal / Ganadero / Jefe indio
as Sam - Merchant (uncredited)
as Invitado a la boda
as Truhán
as Padre de José
as Recepcionista del Balneario Fuencaliente
as Amigo de Felipe
as Sheikh of the Barbary (uncredited)
as Buddy
as Orsini's Assistant
as Forest Guard
as Ermitaño
as Empleado de limpieza
as Guardia Civil 1
as Telegrafo
as Ezequiel
as Jefe de estación
as Huésped de la pensión
as Paco, amigo de Gregorio
as Cristobal
as Potter (uncredited)
as Policía secreta de noche 1º
as Camarero
as Camarero
as Bartender Ben (uncredited)
as Rufino Celeiro - el Sereno
as Sereno con un bastón
as Villa's Telegraphist (uncredited)
as Jefe de sala del cabaret
as Portero casa de Evaristo
as Guardia
as Gonzalez
as Camarero gallego
as Lucas
as Don Calixto, administrador
as Simpson
as Bartender
as Padre O’Hara
as Un habitante del pueblo
as Il portiere dell'hotel
as Old Man with Flag (uncredited)
as Barman (uncredited)
as Veterinarian
as Pintor
as Pedro, the Mexican
as Limpiabotas
as Guarda de la estación de tren
as Propietario caballos de carreras
as Monje
as Peon
as Taxi driver
as Marmolista
as Portero
as Guard of the boat parking
as Lopez
as Cosme
as Policía
as Vasco (uncredited)
as Poker Player
as Martínez
as Venancio
as Germán's Father
as Recepcionista del hotel
as Lugarteniente del llanero
as Don Federico
as Doctor
as Jugador de cartas
as Gancho del Timador
as Propietario bar
as Antonio Monterosi (segment "Medico i fidanzata")
as Barber
as Guarda de la obra
as Guardia del tren
as Cartero
as Cura
as Guardia
as Mejicano
as Atracador
as Carretero
as Camarero
as Carpena
as Coronel
as Empleado de banca
as (uncredited)
as Wagon Loader (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Propietario bar Fandiño
as Matt
as Rivas
as Soldado
as Ojo de Halcón
as Invitado con botella
as Sereno
as Cantinero pedro
as Felipe
as Pascasio
as Katia's Companion
as Dueño Kiosco
as Ben Yussuf (uncredited)
as Alí
as Dueño caseta de tiro
as Músico ambulante
as Román
as Knife Grinder
as Cochero
as Federico Méndez
as Hombre en consulta veterinario
as Sobrino de D. Balbino #2
as Abdullah (uncredited)
as Tercer centinela
as Marmolista
as Demetrio Suárez 'El Asunción'
as Cañete
as Madrileño gritón (uncredited)
as Hassan (uncredited)
as Don Cristino
as Copiloto de la camioneta
as Dedos Largos
as Percebe
as Galician Harvester
as Alguacil #1
as Tendero
as Ciriaco - guarda del cementerio (uncredited)
as Sereno
as Felipe - padre de Ana
as Díaz
as Conductor del coche fúnebre
as (uncredited)
as Lipio
as Jugador de cartas
as Bedel
as Taxista
as (uncredited)
as Bedel
as Guardia del Parque
as Sereno
as El Sabio
as Baldomero
as Pedro
as Portero de la enfermería
as Gabriel
as Maestro de baile
as Sargento de la guardia civil
as Sereno
as Félix
as Presidiario
as (segment "Una de indios")
as Cristóbal
as Presidente
as Barrabás
as Alguacil
as Portero del estadio (uncredited)
as Padre
as Cartero
as Sereno
as Titiritero
as Meigo
as Dimas
as Cochero
as Sereno (uncredited)
as Pepiño
as Don Cosme Fernández
as Benito
as Hombre almacén figuras de cera
as Trinquete
as Fadeiro
as Peirán
as Conserje del museo
as El guía
as Regidor del teatro
as Guardia
as Juanito
as Asistente
as Huésped
as Juan José