Ángel de Andrés
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.
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 - GoritoTurbante blanco - Duque GregorioParaíso sin Eva - MarianoCabeza de hierro - PolillaThirsty Land Leyenda de feria The Prodigal Woman - MiguelUnknown Path - PeterDulcinea - Diego HernándezThe Faith - Dueño casa huéspedesDon Quijote de la Mancha - Primer Caballero Confidences - LuisThe Sunless Street - JoséMare Nostrum - ToniPototo, Boliche y Compañía Jalisco Sings in Seville Currito de la Cruz - Empleado de la taberna 'La gallega' ¡Fuego! - BomberoJust Any Woman - Camionero¡El santuario no se rinde! - CurroUn corazón en el ruedo - Hipólito, el de Santa Tres ladrones en la casa - TaliaI Want to Marry You - AndrésTercio de quites - AngelilloFantasía española - PepeJuzgado permanente - CarteristaHistorias de la radio - LadrónManolo guardia urbano - Felipe, el limpiabotasUn Abrigo a cuadros - GermánEl Hincha - Nicolás, el hinchaPasa la tuna - Tomás González091 Policía al habla - ManoloLas Estrellas - El CiruquiYou and Me Are Three - ChóferLa Pandilla de los once - Dick 'EL Chuleta'La Batalla del domingo - Pepe, el limpiabotasTomy's Secret - Presentador del concursoEl espontáneo - SituadoFin de semana. - FernandoDulcinea del Toboso Mi canción es para ti - Melitón Pérez Tumbao 'Tumbaito'Suena el clarín - ApoderadoHe's My Man! - Portero Club PinkyEl Padre Manolo - Roberto, el chóferAquí mando yo - Guardia urbanoAnother's Wife - TaxistaThe Sailor with Golden Fists - HéctorDe Picos Pardos a la ciudad - PepeRelaciones casi públicas - Empresario teatral¡Se armó el belén! - Comprador y decoradorCon ella llegó el amor - RafaelDon Erre que erre La casa de los Martínez - BomberoSecuestro a la española - MartínCasa Flora - LeoncioLa llamaban La Madrina - Pardillo timadoMe has hecho perder el juicio - Hombre en el metroEl Reprimido - PepeNo quiero perder la honra - CamachoBienvenido, Mister Krif El último tango en Madrid El mejor regalo - TaxistaAnd in the Third Year, He Rose Again - LeoncioBrujas mágicas - Don LopeCristóbal Colón, de oficio... descubridor - Fray Juan PérezLa canción de los niños - AndrésUna pequeña movida The Autonomines - TelesforoJuana la loca... de vez en cuando - Duque de Medina SidoniaEl Cid cabreador - CardenalLibro Luces de bohemia Esquilache - EnsenadaTahiti's Girl - Senador MenéndezLa forja de un rebelde - JoséCelia - Don Restituto