Alfredo Landa

Alfredo Landa 3 March 1933 9 May 2013 was a Spanish actor Alfredo Landa Arena born in Pamplona Navarre Spain He finished his preuniversity studies in San Sebastián He then began university studies on Law where he began to work with university school groups He left university to work in the theater After working as a dubbing actor for a short time in the 1950s he debuted with his first considerable role in film in José María Forqués Atraco a las tres in 1962 When Francisco Franco died in 1975 censorship began to disappear This led to a growth of erotic comedies on Spanish cinema Landa became the sexually repressed role of that trend especially under directors Mariano Ozores and Pedro Lazaga He even created his own trend that some people called landismo2 Afterwards Landa changed his image taking much deeper roles like his bandit in El Bosque animado Landa along with Francisco Rabal won Best Actor award at 1984 Cannes Film Festival for his memorable performance in Los santos inocentes He is now widely recognized as a great dramatic actor After a career with more than one hundred and twenty movies one dozen of television series and several stage successes with a great amount of Spanish and European awards 74yearold Landa announced his retirement at the X Festival de Cine de Málaga 10th Movie Festival of Málaga while receiving a new award Description above from the Wikipedia article Alfredo Landa actor licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia