Ángel de Andrés

Ángel de Andrés was a theatre actor and director in the 20th century in Spain.

In 1938, after the Spanish Civil War broke out, the young Andrés worked as an amateur street actor and then as a galán cómico in the Salvador Videgain theatre company. In the following years, played roles in the Isbert and María Guerrero theatre companies, among others.

Andrés began his own theatre company with Antonio Casal, which became very successful. It was there that Andrés met actress Chity Juárez. Andrés and Juárez married in 1959 and remained together for the rest of Andrés' life. They had two children.

From 1939 until the 1990s, Andrés had regular jobs in theatre. He used his full name as his stage name, however, the people who knew him always called him Angelito de Andrés (Angelito is the familiar form for Ángel).

During the 1940s, Andrés began acting in movies as an extra, but it was not until 1950 that he was first cast serious roles. Throughout his career, Andrés worked in Portugal and Mexico. In the 1950s as a presenter and actor in radio and cinema.

Andrés' best performances came after Francisco Franco's death on 1975. In the 1980s, Andrés starred in numerous comedy films, winning the affection as a humorist and also in the TV series Celia and Lorca la muerte de un poeta of Juan Antonio Bardem. In the 1988 he played the character of Zenón de Somodevilla in Josefina Molina film's Esquilache with Fernando Fernán Gómez and Concha Velasco.

In 2006, Andrés died in his sleep from a heart attack.

• Fin de curso. (1943) of Ignacio F. Iquino.
• Turbante blanco 1943.
• Thirsty Land (1945)
• The Prodigal Woman (1946) of Rafael Gil
• Unknown Path (1946) of José Antonio Nieves Conde
• Confidencia. (1947) of Jerónimo Mihura
• The Faith (1947) of Rafael Gil
• The Sunless Street (1948)
• Jalisco canta en Sevilla. (1948) of Fernando de Fuentes
• Mare Nostrum (1948)
• Don Quijote de la Mancha (1948) of Rafael Gil
• ¡Fuego!. (1949) of Arthur Duarte
• Just Any Woman (1949)
• Tercio de quites. (1951) of Emilio Gómez Muriel
• Fantasía española. (1953) of Javier Setó
• Historias de la radio. (1955) of José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
• Manolo guardia urbano. (1956) of Rafael J. Salvia
• Abrigo a cuadros, Un. (1957) of Alfredo Hurtado
• Hincha, El. (1958) of José María Elorrieta
• Pasa la tuna. (1960) of José María Elorrieta
• 091 Policía al habla. (1960) of José María Forqué
• You and Me Are Three (1962) of Rafael Gil
• Estrellas, Las. (1962) of Miguel Lluch
• Tomy's Secret (1963) (1963) of Antonio del Amo
• Pandilla de los once, La. (1963) of Pedro Lazaga
• Batalla del domingo, La. (1963) of Luis Marquina
• Fin de semana. (1964) of Pedro Lazaga
• Mi canción es para ti. (1965) of Ramón Torrado
• He's My Man! (1966) of Rafael Gil
• Padre Manolo, El. (1966) of Ramón Torrado
• Another's Wife (1967) of Rafael Gil
• Aquí mando yo. (1967) of Rafael Romero Marchent
• The Sailor with Golden Fists (1968) of Rafael Gil
• De Picos Pardos a la ciudad. (1969) of Ignacio F. Iquino
• ¡Se armó el belén!. (1969) of José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
• Con ella llegó el amor. (1970) of Ramón Torrado
• Don Erre que erre. (1970) of José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
• Secuestro a la española. (1972) of Mateo Cano
• Casa Flora. (1973) of Ramón Fernández
• Reprimido, El. (1974) of Mariano Ozores
• No quiero perder la honra. (1975) of Eugenio Martín
• And in the Third Year, He Rose Again (1980)
• Brujas mágicas. (1981) Mariano Ozores hijo
• Cristóbal Colón, de oficio... descubridor (1982) Mariano Ozores hijo
• The Autonomines (1984) of Rafael Gil
• Juana la loca... de vez en cuando. (1983) of José Ramón Larraz
• Cid cabreador, El. (1983) of Angelino Fons
• Libro Luces de bohemia. (1985) of Miguel Ángel Díez
• Esquilache. (1988) of Josefina Molina
• Forja de un rebelde, La. (1990) of Mario Camus
• Celia. (1993) of José Luis Borau.

Books of references

• La auténtica vida e historia del teatro. Juan José Videgain 2005. ISBN 8478281355
• La revista 1997 Ramón Femenía.
• Diccionario de Teatro Akal 1997.
• Prensa nacional española entre 1940 y 2005: ABC, El Alcázar, Pueblo, Digame, Ya...