Rafael Félix Rivelles Guillén (23 December 1898 — 3 December 1971) was a Spanish actor born in El Cabañal (El Cabanyal), a small town in the province of Valencia, Spain. Son of play actor José Rivelles and play actress Amparo Guillén, he was the father of famous Spanish star Amparo Rivelles. In the 1930s, with the advent of talking films, he went to Hollywood to make Spanish-language versions of American films, but eventually came back to Spain.

Rafael Rivelles
Born
Rafael Félix Rivelles Guillén

(1898-12-23)23 December 1898
Died3 December 1971(1971-12-03) (aged 72)
Madrid, Spain
SpouseRosa Fontana (second wife)
ChildrenAmparo Rivelles

Rivelles had two especially notable roles - the title role in Don Quijote de la Mancha, and the Prior in Marcelino pan y vino (1955). He died in Madrid on 3 December 1971 and was interred at the El Cabanyal Cemetery in Valencia along with his father.[1]

Filmography edit

Theatre edit

  • El nido ajeno (1923)
  • El bandido de la Sierra (Bandit of the Mountain) (1926)
  • Carlo Monte in Monte Carlo (Carlo Monte en Monte Carlo) (1939)
  • La visita que no llamó al timbre (1949)
  • Al amor hay que mandarlo al colegio (1950)
  • Criminal de guerra (1951).[2]
  • Callados como muertos (1952)
  • Señora ama (1953)
  • La mariposa y el ingeniero (1953)
  • La muralla (The Wall) (1954)
  • La herida luminosa (1955)
  • Pepa Doncel (1956)
  • La herencia (1957)[3]
  • Papá se enfada por todo (1959)
  • Cuidado con las personas formales (1960)
  • Reinar después de morir (1964)

References edit

  1. ^ Rafael Rivelles. Por Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena Diario ABC, December 5, 1971, retrieved on November 11, 2013 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Estreno de la comedia dramática "Criminal de guerra", de Joaquín Calvo Sotelo, Diario ABC, February 17, 1951, retrieved on November 8, 2011 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ El el Alcázar se estrenó "La herencia", de Joaquín Calvo Sotelo, Diario ABC,December 28, 1958, retrieved on November 23, 2011 (in Spanish)

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