Ángel de Andrés

Ángel de Andrés
Ángel de Andrés
Born	Ángel de Andrés Miquel; 25 May 1918; Madrid, Spain
Died	6 August 2006 (aged 88); Madrid, Spain
Resting place	Cementerio de la Almudena
Nationality	Spanish
Other names	Angelito de Andrés
Occupation(s)	Actor, director
Years active	1938–1996
Spouse	Chity Juárez (died 1959)

Ángel de Andrés Miquel was a Spanish theatre actor and director.

Background

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 1940, he played roles in the Isbert, Infanta Isabel 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, cinema and television. 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 by then 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 in 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.

After suffering a paralysis due to a thrombus in the 1990s, he retired from the theaters, but not from television screens. In the summer of 2006, Andrés died in his sleep from a heart attack.

Selected filmography

Fin de curso (1944, by Ignacio F. Iquino) - Gorito
Turbante blanco (1944) - Duque Gregorio
Paraíso sin Eva (1944) - Mariano
Cabeza de hierro (1944) - Polilla
Thirsty Land (1945)
Leyenda de feria (1946)
The Prodigal Woman (1946, by Rafael Gil) - Miguel
Unknown Path (1946, by José Antonio Nieves Conde) - Peter
Dulcinea (1947) - Diego Hernández
The Faith (1947, by Rafael Gil) - Dueño casa huéspedes
Don Quijote de la Mancha (1947, by Rafael Gil) - Primer Caballero (First Gentleman) (uncredited)
Confidences (1948, by Jerónimo Mihura) - Luis
The Sunless Street (1948) - José
Mare Nostrum (1948) - Toni
Pototo, Boliche y Compañía (1948)
Jalisco Sings in Seville (1949, by Fernando de Fuentes)
Currito de la Cruz (1949) - Empleado de la taberna 'La gallega' (uncredited)
¡Fuego! (1949, by Arthur Duarte) - Bombero
Just Any Woman (1949) - Camionero
¡El santuario no se rinde! (1949) - Curro
Un corazón en el ruedo (1950) - (uncredited)
Hipólito, el de Santa (1950)
Tres ladrones en la casa (1950) - Talia
I Want to Marry You (1951) - Andrés
Tercio de quites (1951, by Emilio Gómez Muriel) - Angelillo
Fantasía española (1953, by Javier Setó) - Pepe
Juzgado permanente (1954) - Carterista
Historias de la radio (1955, by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia) - Ladrón
Manolo guardia urbano (1956, by Rafael J. Salvia) - Felipe, el limpiabotas
Un Abrigo a cuadros (1957, by Alfredo Hurtado) - Germán
El Hincha (1958, by José María Elorrieta) - Nicolás, el hincha
Pasa la tuna (1960, by José María Elorrieta) - Tomás González
091 Policía al habla (1960, by José María Forqué) - Manolo
Las Estrellas (1962, by Miguel Lluch) - El Ciruqui
You and Me Are Three (1962, by Rafael Gil) - Chófer
La Pandilla de los once (1963, by Pedro Lazaga) - Dick 'EL Chuleta'
La Batalla del domingo (1963, by Luis Marquina) - Pepe, el limpiabotas
Tomy's Secret (1963, by Antonio del Amo) - Presentador del concurso
El espontáneo (1964) - Situado
Fin de semana. (1964, by Pedro Lazaga) - Fernando
Dulcinea del Toboso (1964)
Mi canción es para ti (1965, by Ramón Torrado) - Melitón Pérez Tumbao 'Tumbaito'
Suena el clarín (1965) - Apoderado
He's My Man! (1966, by Rafael Gil) - Portero Club Pinky
El Padre Manolo (1966, by Ramón Torrado) - Roberto, el chófer
Aquí mando yo (1967, by Rafael Romero Marchent) - Guardia urbano
Another's Wife (1967, by Rafael Gil) - Taxista
The Sailor with Golden Fists (1968, by Rafael Gil) - Héctor
De Picos Pardos a la ciudad (1969, by Ignacio F. Iquino) - Pepe
Relaciones casi públicas (1969) - Empresario teatral
¡Se armó el belén! (1969, by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia) - Comprador y decorador
Con ella llegó el amor (1970, by Ramón Torrado) - Rafael
Don Erre que erre (1970, by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia)
La casa de los Martínez (1971) - Bombero
Secuestro a la española (1972, by Mateo Cano) - Martín
Casa Flora (1973, by Ramón Fernández) - Leoncio
La llamaban La Madrina (1973) - Pardillo timado
Me has hecho perder el juicio (1973) - Hombre en el metro
El Reprimido (1974, by Mariano Ozores) - Pepe
No quiero perder la honra (1975, by Eugenio Martín) - Camacho
Bienvenido, Mister Krif (1975)
El último tango en Madrid (1975)
El mejor regalo (1975) - Taxista
And in the Third Year, He Rose Again (1980) - Leoncio
Brujas mágicas (1981, by Mariano Ozores hijo) - Don Lope
Cristóbal Colón, de oficio... descubridor (1982, by Mariano Ozores hijo) - Fray Juan Pérez
La canción de los niños (1982) - Andrés
Una pequeña movida (1983)
The Autonomines (1983, by Rafael Gil) - Telesforo
Juana la loca... de vez en cuando (1983, by José Ramón Larraz) - Duque de Medina Sidonia
El Cid cabreador (1983, by Angelino Fons) - Cardenal
Libro Luces de bohemia (1985, by Miguel Ángel Díez)
Esquilache (1989, by Josefina Molina) - Ensenada
Tahiti's Girl (1990) - Senador Menéndez
La forja de un rebelde (1990, TV Series, by Mario Camus) - José
Celia (1993, TV Series, by José Luis Borau) - Don Restituto

Sources

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, El país, El mundo, La razón...
Teatralerias, tres siglos de la escena, (2018) Madrid: P & V. ISBN 9781724872289

References

Ángel de Andrés at IMDb

Ángel de Andrés

Born	Ángel de Andrés Miquel (1918-05-25)25 May 1918 Madrid, Spain
Died	6 August 2006(2006-08-06) (aged 88) Madrid, Spain
Resting place	Cementerio de la Almudena
Nationality	Spanish
Other names	Angelito de Andrés
Occupation(s)	Actor, director
Years active	1938–1996
Spouse	Chity Juárez (died 1959)