Cast & creator
Francisco Rabal
Best known for Belle de Jour, Sorcerer, L'Eclisse
Francisco Rabal Valera (8 March 1926 – 29 August 2001), popularly known as Paco Rabal, was a Spanish actor. His career spanned more than 200 film and television roles, between 1942 and 2001. He received numerous accolades both in Spain and abroad, including the Cannes Film Festival's Best Actor Award and the Goya Award for Best Actor. Rabal was best known internationally for his collaborations with director Luis Buñuel, with Ronald Bergan writing "most of his other major roles he carried the heady, perverse whiff of the great surrealist director with him." He worked with many other notable directors, including Carlos Saura, Pedro Almodóvar, William Friedkin, Michelangelo Antonioni, Claude Chabrol, Luchino Visconti, and Gillo Pontecorvo. One of Spain's most-loved and acclaimed actors during his lifetime, he also was known for his commitment to human rights and other social causes. Description above from the Wikipedia article Francisco Rabal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Paco Rabal, F. Rabal
196
film credits
10
television credits
206
1933–2002 · acting roles
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (206)
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Belle de Jour
Hyppolite
1967
Sorcerer
Nilo
1977
L'Eclisse
Riccardo
1962
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Máximo Espejo
1990
Fortunata and Jacinta
José Izquierdo
1980
History
Remo
1986
Stay as You Are
Lorenzo
1978
Dagon
Ezequiel
2001
It Can Be Done Amigo
Sheriff Franciscus
1972
Teresa de Jesús
Alonso
1984
Cervantes
Mateo Alemán
1981
Christopher Colombus
Christopher Colombus
1968
Il giovane Garibaldi
Bento Gonçalvez
1974
Los desastres de la guerra
Goya
1983
One Hundred and One Nights
Luis Buñuel (voice)
1995
Viridiana
Jorge
1962
El canto del gallo
Padre Miller
1955
The Witches
Paolo (segment "La strega bruciata viva")
1967
Eagles Over London
Martin
1969
Truhanes
Ginés Giménez
1993
The Desert of the Tartars
M.llo Tronk
1976
Nightmare City
Major Warren Holmes
1980
Oedipus Mayor
Tiresias
1996
It's Nothing Mama, Just a Game
Tío
1974
Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
Guaglione
1986
The Nun
Dom Morel
1967
Death of a Cyclist
(uncredited)
1955
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
1977
Hotel Fear
Marta's lover
1978
Fight to the Death
Comisario Emilio Mendoza
1975
Long Days of Vengeance
Sheriff Douglas
1967
María Rosa
1965
I Am the Law
Albanese the Outlaw
1977
The Counsellor
Vincent Garofalo
1973
El apartamento de la tentación
Hombre que se cruza con Julieta (uncredited)
1971
Hunted City
Don Alfonso
1979Imágenes perdidas
Himself - Narrator
1991
Nazarín
Father Nazario
1959
Our Father
Abel
1985
Treasure of the Four Crowns
Sócrates
1983
Land Without Bread
Narrator (voice)
1933
The Other
1991
Under Siege
William Lombard
1980
Radio Stories
Gabriel
1955
The Long Vacations of '36
Teacher
1976
Talk of Angels
Don Jorge
1998
The Wide Blue Road
Salvatore
1957
Legacy of the Incas
Gambusino
1965
Little Miracles
Don Francisco
1997
Airbag
Villambrosa
1997
Reborn
Giacomo
1981
Little Bird
El Abuelo
1997
Corleone
Don Giusto Provenzano
1978
Path to the Kingdom
Tomás
1952
El disputado voto del señor Cayo
Señor Cayo
1986
Epilogue
Rocabruno
1984
The Holy Innocents
Azarías
1984
The Lost Paradise
El político anciano
1985
Planet Venus
Party chauffer
1972
Speaking of Buñuel
Self
2000
El buscón
Mata
1979
El hermano bastardo de Dios
1986
Day and Night
Cristobal
1997
All Is Possible in Granada
Fernando Ortega
1954
Tiempo de silencio
Muecas
1986
The Man Who Lost His Shadow
Antonio
1992
Doubt
Rafael Figueroa
1951
Divine
Papá Basilio
1998
The Blue Panther
Paco Castillo
1965
Speed Driver
Esposito
1980Morte di un bandito
Vito Ribera
A Time of Destiny
Jorge Larraneta
1988
Murió hace quince años
Diego
1954
Revelation
Sergio Gresky
1955
Camino del Rocío
José Antonio
1966
Water Easy Reach
1998
Ni contigo ni sin ti
1992
The White Dove
Domingo
1989
Vultures Over the City
Bender
1981
Juncal
José Álvarez "Juncal"
1989
Whom God Forgives
Juan Cuenca
1957
The Revolution on Two Horses
Zio Henrique
2002
Victòria! La gran aventura d'un poble
Coronel Márquez
1983
Summer Night
Bernardo
1963
The Hand in the Trap
Cristóbal Archaval
1961
Oscuros sueños de agosto
Julio
1967
Los clarines del miedo
Aceituno
1958
Baroque
El Hispano
1989
La vieja música
Domingo Ferreiro
1985
Cuenca
Narrator (voice)
1958
Goya in Bordeaux
Goya
1999
Weeping for a Bandit
José María 'El Tempranillo'
1964
Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
Rodrigo Cervantes
1967
Spain Again
Reportero
1969
Il mistero del panino assassino
Arno dei conti Vincini
1987
Crooks
Ginés Jiménez Valera
1983
The Big Black Sow
Il Medico
1971
Divertimento
2000
Blood in the Bullring
Juan Carmona
1969
Manuel, le fils emprunté
Juan Alvarez
1990
C.I.A. Secret Story
Mehdi Ben Barka
1975
Goya: A Story of Solitude
Goya
1971
Eye of the Cat
Eminenza
1975
Intimidad de los parques
Héctor
1965
Victòria! 3: El seny i la rauxa
Coronel Márquez
1984
The Other Woman
Zaylor
1964
Bloody Che Contra
Che Guevara
1968Salzillo
Salzillo
1983
Dormir Y Ligar: Todo Es Empezar
Self (uncredited)
1974
Don Quixote
(uncredited)
1947
Saranno uomini
Giacomo
1957
El crimen de Pepe Conde
1946
Marbella
Juan
1985
La noche y el alba
Pedro
1958
Victòria! 2: La disbauxa del 17
Coronel Márquez
1983
Nada menos que todo un hombre
Alejandro Gómez
1972
The Big Hit
Michel Arland
1964
La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea
Pedro Crespo, Alcalde de Zalamea
1973
Emilia... parada y fonda
1976
Marisa
Antonio
1957
Ann and Eve
Francesco
1970
N.P. - The Secret
Ingegnere N.P.
1972
The Tempter
Bishop Marquez
1974
Scent of a Crime
Coronel Olvera
1988
The Female: Seventy Times Seven
Pascual
1962
Blanca's Weddings
Antonio
1975
I Was a Parish Priest
Martín
1953
On Earth as It Is in Heaven
San Pedro
1995
Mathias Sandorf
Frédéric de Rotenbourg
1963
Io sono mia
Padre di Orio
1977
L'uomo dai calzoni corti
Mario
1958
Perseguidos
1951
Pigeon Shoot
Elia
1961
I tromboni di Fra' Diavolo
Fra Diavolo
1962
Les paradoxes de Buñuel
Self
1998
Hay un camino a la derecha
Miguel
1953
Just Run!
Don Vicente
2001
The Devil Also Cries
Tomás
1965
The Mighty Crusaders
Tancredi d'Altavilla
1957
Autopsia de un criminal
Carlos
1963
Simón Bolívar
José Antonio Del Llano
1969
La Lola se va a los puertos
Don Diego
1993
La novia de medianoche
Wenceslao Corredoira
1997
Revenge
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1958
The Rebel
Tony
1980The City of World
Matteo
1975
María Antonia "La Caramba"
1951
La rueda de la vida
Bronquista de pelea en salón (uncredited)
1942
La honradez de la cerradura
Ernesto
1950
Currito de la Cruz
Manuel Carmona
1965
La taberna fantástica
Rogelio
1991
Laia
1970
Trío de damas
Alberto Sáinz Robledo
1960
The Beehive
Ricardo Sorbedo
1982
Bohemian Nights
Max Estrella
1985
El hombre de la isla
Lorenzo 'El Moro'
1960
The Guerrilla
El Cabrero (The Shepherd)
1973
Scapegoat
Comisario Cárdenas
1985
Nights of Constantinople
2001
The Witching Hour
Cesar
1985
The Reunion
Alberto
1963
El gran secreto
Domingo
1980
At Five in the Afternoon
Juan Reyes
1961
Judas' Kiss
Quinto Licinio
1954
La colonna infame
Giacomo Mora - il barbiere
1973
La gran mentira
César Neira
1956
Azahares rojos
Arturo Gómez Mancera
1961
After the Deluge
Pedro
1968
Lázaro de Tormes
El Ciego
2001
The Stilts
Manuel
1984
Diez fusiles esperan
José Iribarren
1959
Death Will Have Your Eyes
The Blackmailer
1974
Hijo de hombre
1961
Exorcism's Daughter
Fuso
1971
Cutting Heads
Díaz II
1970
Moonfish
Tio Nini
2000
Luna de sangre
Pedro Alvareda
1952
Paco, mi padre
1992
Le Soldat Laforêt
Paco
1972
Sonatas
Marqués Javier de Bradomín
1959
The Lame Pigeon
Tío Ricardo
1995
The Miller's Saucy Wife
Cristóbal Paterna
1955
Ciao Cialtroni!
Fra' Giovanni
1979
Coarse Salt
Gabino
1984
Les Anges exterminés
1968
Cavalcata selvaggia
1960
Un adulterio decente
Conserje (uncredited)
1969
Alhucemas
Tostado (uncredited)
1948
La peccatrice
Turco
1975
Two Men in Town
Superintendente
1959
Tormento
Agustín Caballero
1974
La otra imagen
1973
Hoy como ayer
Ramón
1966
España insólita
(voice)
1965
Felicidades, Tovarich
Abuelo
1995Don Juan Tenorio
Don Juan Tenorio
1966
The Challenges
Carlos
1969
Torquemada
Torquemada
1989
María Morena
El Sevillano
1952
La mujer cualquiera
1994Un delitto
Abbot
1984
Buñuel
Self
1989
The Dead Man
Azevedo Bandeira
1975
Divine Words
Pedro Gailo
1987
Zero/infinito
(voice)
2002
Diario Spagnolo
Él mismo
1970