Paco Martínez Soria
Date of birth: 1902-12-18
Place of birth: Tarazona, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Paco Martinez Soria
Biography
Although he was born in Tarazona, he was only five when his family moved to Barcelona, where he went to school. He worked as a clerk and then as a salesperson. At the same time he participated in performances of local theatre groups in Gràcia. During the Spanish Civil War he left his work and focused on theatre as an amateur actor. In 1938 he debuted in Teatro Fontalba with the theatre company of Rafael López Somoza with the work Antonio pasó el infierno (Antonio goes to hell). Two years later he founded his own theatre company with which he worked during the 1940s from Teatro Urquinaona and in the 1950s from Talía theatre. In 1934 he collaborated as an extra in the black and white comedy Sereno with director Ignacio F. Iquino. He continued working with Iquino in eleven more films. He got his first leading role in 1938 in the comedy Paquete, el fotógrafo público número uno (Paquete, the number one public photographer). He continued playing supporting roles in many films until 1944 when he returned to theatre as an actor and entrepreneur. His name achieved some fame between 1942 and 1944, when he was named director and first actor in the theatre company of Teatro de la Zarzuela. He returned to cinema in the rolesstudd in 1950s. In 1965 he was very successful with the film La ciudad no es para mí (The city is not for me) directed by Pedro Lazaga. From that moment on, his screen character as an affectionate country bumpkin did not cease to appear in films until his death with his friend Pedro Lazaga.
Movie Credits
Estoy hecho un chaval
1977-06-23
Juan, a 65-year-old accountant, is going to be a father. At the same time, he's going to retire. Nee
El padre de la criatura
1972-03-13
Eduardo and Antonia are a mature couple excited about their daughter expecting their first grandchil
¡Vaya par de gemelos!
1978-06-01
Pedro and Lucas are two twin brothers, residents of Tarazona, whom fortune smiles very differently.
El turismo es un gran invento
1968-03-04
After a vacation to a seaside resort, a Spanish mayor attempts to modify his small rural town for to
Old Man Made in Spain
1969-03-17
A widow shepherd who lives at the Aragonese Pyrenees sees how his three young daughters, Cándida, Vi
Alma de Dios
1941-10-10
Boda accidentada
1943-03-02
Kitty, niece of a Marchioness, is betrothed to Don Candido, a wealthy manufacturer of preserves. Ni
Deliciosamente tontos
1943-04-30
A young couple who doesn´t know each other prepare their wedding in order to receive an inheritance.
Don erre que erre
1970-09-21
Don Rodrigo goes to the bank and when he is going to take his money there is a robbery. Then the ban
El abuelo tiene un plan
1973-05-14
Leandro Cano, grandfather of many grandchildren, coincides in the clinic of Dr. Bolt with Elena, a l
El alegre divorciado
1976-05-26
Ramón y Socorro, a 50-year-old couple, owners of a tavern, embarks on a long trip to Mexico to atten
Hen Pecked
1974-06-10
Don Juan Alcántara is ruined. He does not dare to confess it to the family, since the unanimous opi
El difunto es un vivo
1941-10-28
An animals' collectionist is despised by his wife so that he decide to comeet suicide, but the notic
Es peligroso casarse a los 60
1981-04-25
A confirmed bachelor, over his sixties, is finally decided to marry, with the primary objective of h
Hay que educar a papá
1971-03-22
A young woman who wants to marry an earl's son wants to refine the habits of their parents, people f
La ciudad no es para mí
1966-03-14
Agustin, a widower who lives in a village in Aragon, where he is much loved by all neighbors, is lon
La tía de Carlos
1982-03-08
The father of his girlfriend does not want her to spend a few days with Carlos, so he needs a compan
¿Qué hacemos con los hijos?
1967-03-26
The driver Antonio, boasts of his sons: John, who shares his work as a taxi driver, Luisa, ladies ha
¡Se armó el belén!
1969-12-29
An old priest, who has old ideas, is intended to exercise the apostolate in a neighborhood in the su
Sendas marcadas
1957-01-01
Su desconsolada esposa
1958-05-12
Un enredo de familia
1943-05-09
Two families that hate each other coudn't hinder the marriage of their firstborns. From this relatio
Veraneo en España
1956-10-22
El difunto es un vivo
1956-04-16
Rosendo has an annoying habit: trying to fix everything that breaks at home. Suffering continues sco
El precio de la risa
2017-09-19
The life of Paco Martínez Soria (1902-1982), one of the most famous and beloved Spanish actors, both
Souls in Danger
1952-03-24
Two boys are sent to reform school under the guidance of Father Fernando, a young and dedicated prie
El hombre de los muñecos
1943-06-04
A son of the Marquise of Seven Almenas is robbed by a crook and deposited in Melchor's house, who se
La danza del corazón
1952-09-10
On her journey to a provincial capital, Elena falls for the director of the Company of Zarzuela and
Viviendo al revés
1943-01-01
Paquete, el fotógrafo público número uno
1938-02-01
Diego Corrientes
1937-04-19
Al margen de la ley
1936-03-16
Fantasía española
1953-09-09
Two adventurers without economic resources create an amateur theater company and want to succeed, po
Lawless Mountain
1953-09-21
Spanish Zorro adaptation