Rafael Romero Marchent

Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (1926–2020)

Joaquín Romero Marchent Gómez de Avellaneda (1899-1973) (father)

Relatives

Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent (1921–2012)
Ana María Romero Marchent
Carlos Romero Marchent (1944-2013)

Rafael Romero Marchent (3 May 1926 – 13 February 2020) was a Spanish director, screenwriter and actor.

Life and career

Born in Madrid, the son of the author Joaquín Romero Marchent Gómez de Avellaneda, he started his career as an actor, mainly cast in character roles.^[1] In 1959 he became assistant director, and in 1965 he made his directorial debut with Hands of a Gunfighter.^[1] Specialized in the Spaghetti Western genre, from the late 1970s he was also active on television.^[1] His brother Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent was also a director and screenwriter.^[1] In the 2000s he taught film and interpretation classes.^[2]

He was awarded in 1947 by the Medalla del Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos for his role in the film La mies es mucha.^[3] He married Maruja Tamayo.^[4] He died on 13 February 2020 at the age of 93.^[5]

Filmography

Director

Hands of a Gunfighter (1965)
Sharp-Shooting Twin Sisters (1966)
Two Crosses at Danger Pass (1967)
Ringo the Lone Rider (1968)
One by One (1968)
Dead Men Don't Count (1968)
Garringo (1969)
Awkward Hands (1970)
Sartana Kills Them All (1971)
The Avenger, Zorro (1972)
Prey of Vultures (1972)
El calor de la llama (1976)
All Is Possible in Granada (1982)

Actor

The Bullfighter's Suit (1947)
Lola Leaves for the Ports (1947) - Curro Mairén
Don Quixote (1947) - Lacayo (Lackey) (uncredited)
Alhucemas (1948)
La vida encadenada (1948)
Doña María la Brava (1948) - paje Morales
Mare Nostrum (1948) - Esteban
The Party Goes On (1948) - Torero
La mies es mucha (1949) - Modu
Paz (1949) - Pedro
Flor de lago (1950)
Yo no soy la Mata-Hari (1950) - (uncredited)
The Lioness of Castille (1951) - Juan de Padilla hijo
The Seventh Page (1951) - Javier
Juzgado permanente (1953)
Cabaret (1953) - Pepe
El mensaje (1954)
The Louts (1954)
Sor Angélica (1954)
One Bullet Is Enough (1954)
El indiano (1955) - Jaime
La pecadora (1956) - Padre Antonio
La espera (1956)
Fulano y Mengano (1957) - Paco
Un indiano en Moratilla (1958)
El Cristo de los Faroles (1958) - Rafael
Pasión bajo el sol (1958)
Compadece al delincuente (1960)
Zorro the Avenger (1962) - Juan Aguilar
Three Ruthless Ones (1964) - Ciudadano que se lava los pies (uncredited)
Seven Hours of Gunfire (1965) - Ciudadano que lee la carta (uncredited)
All Is Possible in Granada (1982) - Camarero
A solas contigo (1990) - Quintero
Pesadilla para un rico (1996) - Portes
Al límite (1997) - Juez 2º
Tiovivo c. 1950 (2004) - Tertuliano

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Marco Giusti (2007). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. ISBN 978-8804572770.
^ Galán, Diego (13 September 2015). "Hombres del Oeste". El País (in Spanish). Prisa. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
^ "Medallas del CEC a la producción española de 1949". Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos (in Spanish). 1949. Archived from the original on 1 August 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
^ EFE (13 February 2020). "Fallece Rafael Romero Marchent, pionero en rodar westerns en España". Heraldo de Aragón. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
^ EFE (13 February 2020). "Muere Rafael Romero Marchent, el cineasta español pionero en westerns". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 February 2020.