Juan Calvo

Juan Calvo

Born

May 22, 1892

Died

March 7, 1962 (69 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

Onteniente, Valencia, Spain

Juan Calvo was a Spanish actor. He began his contact with cinema in 1934, with a small part in the sound version of Florián Rey's La hermana San Sulpicio. During part of the war he was representing theatrical plays in the national zone, but at the end of the war he abandoned the stage to devote himself fully to the cinema, whose filmography consists of about eighty titles. In 1938 he shot in the German studios of Ufa, Suspiros de España, by Benito Perojo, and the following year he finished shooting the film by Fernando Delgado, El genio alegre, begun in 1936, which had remained unfinished due to the outbreak of the Civil War. After shooting Florián Rey's La Dolores in 1940, he spent a couple of seasons filming between Spain and Italy, where he stood out in Ladislao Vajda's film Conjura en Venecia. In the first half of this decade he also stood out in two other films by this director, El testamento del Virrey and Cinco lobitos, as well as in Raza and El escándalo, by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia; Huella de luz, El clavo, Eloísa está debajo de un almendro and Tierra sedienta, by Rafael Gil; Boda en el infierno and Los últimos de Filipinas, by Antonio Román, or Tuvo la culpa Adán and Ella, él y sus millones, by Juan de Orduña. In 1946 he moved to Mexico, where he filmed until 1953, although he finished filming Don Quixote de la Mancha for Rafael Gil in Madrid in 1947, excelling in his interpretation of Sancho Panza.

In his Aztec journey he worked under the orders of some Spanish directors who were in exile, standing out in Bel Ami, la historia de un canalla (Bel Ami, the story of a scoundrel), by Antonio Momplet. It is also worth mentioning his performance in Allá en el rancho grande, by Fernando de Fuentes. After filming La venenosa, La virgen desnuda and El mártir del calvario for Miguel Morayta, and, finally, Educando a papá, for Fernando Soler, he returned to film again in Spain, although at this stage he definitively stopped alternating with theater. Of his activity on the screen, in this decade he stands out in the film by Ladislao Vajda, Marcelino, pan y vino, in which he gave a memorable performance in the character of Fray Papilla, for which he received the Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos Award in 1955, an entity that also distinguished him the following year for his work in Calabuch, a film by Berlanga, which gave him the same year the award of the Sindicato Nacional del Espectáculo (National Union of the Spectacle). He also shot for Vajda, Aventuras del barbero de Sevilla, Tarde de toros and Mi tío Jacinto, and for Berlanga, Los jueves, milagro, as well as in Historias de la radio and in Diez fusiles esperan, for Sáenz de Heredia. His last screen appearance was in 1961, in Fray Escoba, by Ramón Torrado.

In his long cinematographic history, he was mainly cast in the roles of bullfighting impresario and businessman, often with the repeated image of an angry man, with a Havana cigar between his fingers, although it was also common that behind that interpretative mask he was allowed to show off his bonhomie.

That easy-going spirit was consubstantial in him. He always stood out for his very personal voice, which he had undoubtedly educated in his years of work in the theater.

Un americano en Toledo

Un americano en Toledo

0.0

1965

Martes y trece

Martes y trece

Inspector de policía

5.0

1962

Fray Escoba

Fray Escoba

Fray Barragán

6.4

1961

Ella y los veteranos

Ella y los veteranos

Faustino

0.0

1961

For Men Only

For Men Only

5.8

1960

Three Etc.'s and the Colonel

Three Etc.'s and the Colonel

Le maire Lucas

0.0

1960

La fiel infanteria

La fiel infanteria

Don Blas

6.0

1960

Quanto sei bella Roma

Quanto sei bella Roma

Sor Checco

0.0

1959

Los tramposos

Los tramposos

Belilla

6.2

1959

Diez fusiles esperan

Diez fusiles esperan

Capellán

5.0

1959

Nel blu dipinto di blu

Nel blu dipinto di blu

Sor Ettore

6.0

1959

Las locuras de Bárbara

Las locuras de Bárbara

5.0

1959

… Y después del cuplé

… Y después del cuplé

5.0

1959

El puente de la paz

El puente de la paz

Don Galo

5.7

1958

L'uomo dai calzoni corti

L'uomo dai calzoni corti

5.0

1958

El hombre del paraguas blanco

El hombre del paraguas blanco

El alcalde

0.0

1958

La donna che venne dal mare

La donna che venne dal mare

Miguel

6.5

1957

Il conte Max

Il conte Max

zio Giovanni

7.1

1957

Miracles of Thursday

Miracles of Thursday

Don Antonio

6.8

1957

The Rocket from Calabuch

The Rocket from Calabuch

Matías

7.5

1956

El fenómeno

El fenómeno

Ramón Fernández

7.7

1956

La gran mentira

La gran mentira

Paulino Sándalo

6.0

1956

Uncle Hyacynth

Uncle Hyacynth

Used Clothing Salesman

6.8

1956

Afternoon at the Bulls

Afternoon at the Bulls

Don César

4.8

1956

Suspiros de Triana

Suspiros de Triana

Don Atiliano Revuelta

6.0

1955

Educando a papá

Educando a papá

5.0

1955

Radio Stories

Radio Stories

Señor gordo

7.2

1955

The Other Life of Captain Contreras

The Other Life of Captain Contreras

Moñudo

8.0

1955

El tren expreso

El tren expreso

Maestro D. Miguel

0.0

1955

The Miracle of Marcelino

The Miracle of Marcelino

Fray Papilla

7.3

1955

Castles in Spain

Castles in Spain

Don Manuel

4.0

1954

The Adventurer of Seville

The Adventurer of Seville

El Cartujano

5.7

1954

Buenas noticias

Buenas noticias

Alcalde

0.0

1954

Condemned to Hang

Condemned to Hang

Lorenzo Ruiz

5.3

1953

Monte de piedad

Monte de piedad

Doctor

5.0

1951

Vivillo desde chiquillo

Vivillo desde chiquillo

5.2

1951

La venenosa

La venenosa

Mr. Mullich

5.5

1949

Nosotros los rateros

Nosotros los rateros

Don Raimundo

6.1

1949

Allá en el Rancho Grande

Allá en el Rancho Grande

Venancio

5.5

1949

Don Quixote

Don Quixote

Sancho Panza

5.5

1947

Everybody’s Woman

Everybody’s Woman

Conde

5.7

1946

El fantasma y doña Juanita

El fantasma y doña Juanita

Don Elpidio

3.5

1945

Ella, él y sus millones

Ella, él y sus millones

Lucas, mayordomo de Arturo

5.5

1944

El hombre que las enamora

El hombre que las enamora

Tío Gundemaro

5.0

1944

Tuvo la culpa Adán

Tuvo la culpa Adán

Adán Olmedo de Alcaraz

0.0

1944

Lecciones de buen amor

Lecciones de buen amor

6.0

1944

Ana María

Ana María

0.0

1944

Eloísa está debajo de un almendro

Eloísa está debajo de un almendro

Leoncio

5.4

1943

Fiebre

Fiebre

0.0

1943

Huella de luz

Huella de luz

Mike

6.6

1943

La patria chica

La patria chica

0.0

1943

El escándalo

El escándalo

6.2

1943

Correo de Indias

Correo de Indias

6.0

1942

Goyescas

Goyescas

Patillas

0.0

1942

Raza

Raza

El Campesino

4.8

1942

Capitan Tempesta

Capitan Tempesta

Hussif

5.0

1942

Giuliano de' Medici

Giuliano de' Medici

Giovanbattista da Monteseccio

0.0

1941

Tosca

Tosca

5.3

1941

L'ispettore Vargas

L'ispettore Vargas

Agent

0.0

1940

Suspiros de España

Suspiros de España

5.0

1939

Sister San Sulpicio

Sister San Sulpicio

Hombre que pide otra copla (uncredited)

0.0

1934