Raúl Cancio
Raúl Cancio (18 September 1911 – 23 October 1961) was a Spanish film actor, screenwriter and film director. Cancio acted in more than sixty five films including Raza (1942). He also directed two films, a 1952 documentary and a 1950 feature film.
Also recorded as Raul Cancio · Ceferino Cancio Amunárriz
Raúl Cancio
- Name
- Raúl Cancio
- Born
- 18 September 1911
- Birthplace
- Donostia-San Sebastián, Basque Country Spain
- Died
- 23 October 1961
- Occupation
- Actor
- Nationality
- Spain
- Languages
- Spanish
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Raúl Cancio (18 September 1911 – 23 October 1961) was a Spanish film actor, screenwriter and film director. Cancio acted in more than sixty five films including Raza (1942). He also directed two films, a 1952 documentary and a 1950 feature film.
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Raúl Cancio (1911–1961) was a Spanish actor, film director and screenwriter. The actor was born and died in San Sebastián. Languages used include Spanish.
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• Name — Raúl Cancio • Born — 18 September 1911 • Birthplace — Donostia-San Sebastián, Basque Country Spain • Died — 23 October 1961 • Place of death — Donostia-San Sebastián, Basque Country Spain • Occupation — Actor • Other Names — Ceferino Cancio Amunárriz • Years Active — 1933-1961 (film)
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• Raza (1942) • Blood in the Snow (1942) • House of Cards (1943) • Public Trial (1946) • The Emigrant (1946) • Peace (1949) • The Troublemaker (1950) • Tales of the Alhambra (1950) • Agustina of Aragon (1950) • Black Sky (1951) • The Girl at the Inn (1951) • The Seventh Page (1951) • The Great Galeoto (1951) • The Floor Burns (1952) • Estrella of the Sierra Morena (1952) • Flight 971 (1953) • The Cheerful Caravan (1953) • Adventures of the Barber of Seville (1954) • Fedra (1956) • Let's Make the Impossible! (1958) • College Boarding House (1959) • They Fired with Their Lives (1959) • The Football Lottery (1960)
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• Follow the Legion (1942)
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- Pavlović, Tatjana. 100 Years of Spanish Cinema. John Wiley & Sons, 2009.
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