Paco Martínez Soria
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.
Acting
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La ciudad no es para mí
as Agustín Valverde
1966
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Old Man Made in Spain
as Marcelino
1969
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Don erre que erre
as Don Rodrigo Quesada
1970
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¡Vaya par de gemelos!
as Lucas / Pedro / Tío Lucas
1978
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El turismo es un gran invento
as Benito Requejo
1968
Movie
El alegre divorciado
as Ramón Pozuelo
1976
Movie
Hay que educar a papá
as Severiano Paredes
1971
Movie
¡Se armó el belén!
as Don Mariano
1969
Movie
Estoy hecho un chaval
as Juan Esteban
1977
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El padre de la criatura
as Eduardo Contreras
1972
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¿Qué hacemos con los hijos?
as Antonio Martínez
1967
Movie
Es peligroso casarse a los 60
as Mariano
1981
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El abuelo tiene un plan
as Leandro Cano
1973
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Hen Pecked
as Juan
1974
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La tía de Carlos
as Fermín Recuero/Falsa tía de Carlos
1982
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Un enredo de familia
as Samuel
1943
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Deliciosamente tontos
1943
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El difunto es un vivo
as Rosendo Prado / Fulgencio Prado / Padre / Madre
1956
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Alma de Dios
as Saturiano
1941
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El difunto es un vivo
as Luquitas - El amigo
1941
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Sendas marcadas
1957
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Veraneo en España
as Gasolina
1956
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Lawless Mountain
as Tío Pistola
1953
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Boda accidentada
as Profesor
1943