Actor: Paco Martínez Soria

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Birthday: 1902-12-18
Born in: Tarazona (Zaragoza)
Biography: Francisco Martínez Soria nació el 15 de diciembre de 1902 en Tarazona, Zaragoza, falleció en Madrid el 26 de febrero de 1982. Hijo de policía, en 1908 su familia se trasladó a Barcelona, donde comenzó sus estudios y, tras ellos, su trabajo como dependiente y, más tarde, como comercial. Durante esta época compatibiliza su trabajo con actuaciones en grupos de aficionados del barrio de Gracia. Contrajo matrimonio el 24 de octubre de 1929, con Consuelo Ramos Sánchez con la que tuvo cuatro hijos: Natividad, Francisco, Consuelo y Eugenia Martínez-Soria Ramos. En 1934 colabora como extra en la comedia en blanco y negro Sereno... y tormenta del director Ignacio F. Iquino, con quien colaboraría, como actor, en otras once películas. Durante la Guerra Civil Española deja su trabajo y se centra en el teatro como actor profesional. En 1938 debuta en el Teatro Fontalba con la compañía de Rafael López Somoza con la obra El infierno, de Antonio Paso. Su primer papel de cine como actor principal será en 1938, en un mediometraje cómico producido por el sindicato anarquista CNT titulado Paquete, el fotógrafo público número uno. Continúa participando como actor secundario en muchas películas hasta 1944, en que retorna por completo al teatro como actor y empresario. Había fundado su propia compañía en 1940 instalándose en el Teatro Fontalba de Madrid, junto a María Francés y Ricardo Fuentes. Inicia entonces un repertorio de obras cómicas que empieza con Tu mujer no es cosa mía, de Iquino y Prades. Entre los años 1942 y 1944, es nombrado director y primer actor de la compañía de comedia titular del Teatro de la Zarzuela. En 1960 adquiere el Teatro Talía de Barcelona. Durante las cuatro décadas de la dictadura franquista, fue uno de los actores teatrales más aclamados por el público, tal vez por amoldarse a los nuevos cánones marcados por el régimen gubernativo e interpretando decenas de comedias, entre las que pueden mencionarse La tía de Carlos (1946-1967), de Brandon Thomas, El abuelo Curro, Anacleto se divorcia, Bonaparte quiere vivir tranquilo (1964), La educación de los padres, Te casas a los 60... ¿y qué? (1974) y ¡Guárdame el secreto, Lucas! (1977), las dos últimas de Dionisio Ramos. Volvió al cine en los años cincuenta, aunque fue en 1965 cuando, dirigido por Pedro Lazaga, consiguió el éxito con la película La ciudad no es para mí, adaptación cinematográfica de un previo éxito teatral del actor que alcanzó las 3000 representaciones. Desde este momento su personaje de cateto entrañable no dejaría de aparecer en pantalla hasta su muerte, ocurrida en Madrid el 26 de febrero de 1982 a causa de un infarto agudo de miocardio. Dos días después de su fallecimiento, fue enterrado en el cementerio de Cabrera de Mar (Barcelona), localidad donde él residía.

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La ciudad no es para mí

Agustin, a widower who lives in a village in Aragon, where he is much loved by all neighbors, is lonely and decides to go to the big city, where his son, a famous doctor, lives with his wife and daughter. Agustineis received by his children with great coolness, as he does not fit in the environment in which they operate. The life of his son, his daughter-in-law, and even the maid is too sad for this simple town man.
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La ciudad no es para mí

1966

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Hen Pecked

Don Juan Alcántara is ruined. He does not dare to confess it to the family, since the unanimous opinion of those who know him is that he is a weakling. His lack of character is remedied by his doctor - pretend that he is suffering from schizophrenia.
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Hen Pecked

1974

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El turismo es un gran invento

After a vacation to a seaside resort, a Spanish mayor attempts to modify his small rural town for tourists in an attempt to make money.
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El turismo es un gran invento

1968

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El padre de la criatura

Eduardo and Antonia are a mature couple excited about their daughter expecting their first grandchild. But life will change completely when some laboratory tests confirm that it is Antonia who is pregnant and not her daughter. This unexpected situation strongly influences the character of Eduardo, who begins to live what he calls a "second youth".
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El padre de la criatura

1972

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El abuelo tiene un plan

Leandro Cano, grandfather of many grandchildren, coincides in the clinic of Dr. Bolt with Elena, a lady already advanced in years. The doctor makes every effort to make them meet, and thus overcome their feelings of loneliness.
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El abuelo tiene un plan

1973

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¿Qué hacemos con los hijos?

The driver Antonio, boasts of his sons: John, who shares his work as a taxi driver, Luisa, ladies hairdresser, Antonito, studying to be a lawyer, and Paloma, to be a housewife. But Antonio does not know that their children are not exactly as he thinks. The day Antonio finds out, confronts his wife and children and suffers a big disappointment. Since then no one in the family speaks to Antonio, and he believes that it is best to let them see for themselves that they made a mistake, but this does not result, since each will see their problems increased.
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¿Qué hacemos con los hijos?

1967

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El alegre divorciado

Ramón y Socorro, a 50-year-old couple, owners of a tavern, embarks on a long trip to Mexico to attend the wedding of their son, Carlos, with Gloria, the daughter of an important Mexican businessman. Upon arriving in Mexico, Ramón discovers that in this country there is a divorce. Fed up with his wife, he decides to divorce without taking into account that he will soon pay the consequences of this act.
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El alegre divorciado

1976

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Estoy hecho un chaval

Juan, a 65-year-old accountant, is going to be a father. At the same time, he's going to retire. Needing extra money, he tries all kinds of jobs, with no success. But his wife saves the day, with her embroidery which sells well in Germany.
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Estoy hecho un chaval

1977

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Old Man Made in Spain

A widow shepherd who lives at the Aragonese Pyrenees sees how his three young daughters, Cándida, Visi, and Nieves, go to Madrid to find a better life and leave him alone. There they all get married, have sons and forget their father. One day, Marcelino receives a letter from Cándida, who wants him to stay with her family for some time. What she really wants is some help from her father, as she's not able to take care of her ten daughters and her upcoming child. Marcelino goes to Madrid, but, once there, he only finds an unknown, frantic and hostile world, and also three unhappy daughters...
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Old Man Made in Spain

1969

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Es peligroso casarse a los 60

A confirmed bachelor, over his sixties, is finally decided to marry, with the primary objective of having a son to inherit his business of coaches for tourists. Held the wedding, descendants don't arrive, but what comes into the house of the protagonist is an 18-year-old daughter of a distant childhood sweetheart willing to impose other points of view about everything.
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Es peligroso casarse a los 60

1981

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Hay que educar a papá

A young woman who wants to marry an earl's son wants to refine the habits of their parents, people from a village that has been enriched in the overnight by selling their land.
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Hay que educar a papá

1971

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Don erre que erre

Don Rodrigo goes to the bank and when he is going to take his money there is a robbery. Then the bank refuses to give him his money back (257 pesetas, a small amount of money) with the argument that the money was robbed to him, not to the bank. He will fight against the bank till the last consequences.
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Don erre que erre

1970

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