Francisco Piquer
Introduction '''Francisco Piquer Chanza''' (2 June 1922 – 11 December 2009) was a Spanish actor.Piquer's career as a stage, film, television and voice actor spanned six decades beginning in 1940.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  Year Title Role Notes1955 ''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
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