Hugo Arana


Hugo Arana was an Argentine film, television, and theatre actor.

Life

Arana was born on 23 July 1943. He grew up in Monte Grande where his parents were farmers and moved with his family to Lomas de Zamora and then Lanús. He studied acting with Marcello Lavalle and Augusto Fernandes.
In his first years as an actor, he was part of a theatre group called "Errare Humanum Est" and he acted in films such as El Santo de la Espada and La tregua.
In the 1980s, he became popular for his part in an advertisement for Crespi wine, and then for his part in the TV sitcom Matrimonios y algo más, created by Hugo Moser, in which he played two characters who were highly acclaimed by the public: the "Groncho" and Huguito Araña.
He worked on the Telefé TV series Los exitosos Pells, where he played the director of the fictitious channel "Mega News", Franco Andrada.

Illness and death

After suffering a hard fall, Arana was hospitalized and subsequently tested positive for COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina. Arana died of the disease on 11 October 2020, at the age of 77.

Filmography

YearTitleCharacter
1982-1988Matrimonios y algo más
1997-20035 Amigos
1999Buenos vecinos
2003Resistiré
2004La panadería de los Felipe
2007Hechizada
2007El Capo
2008-2009Los Exitosos Pells
2009Hogar, dulce hogarRolando
2010Para vestir santos2013
"Los Vecinos en Guerra"
2016La Leona

Awards and nominations