Arturo Fernández Rodríguez

Arturo Fernández Rodríguez (21 February 1929 – 4 July 2019) was a Spanish actor who appeared in numerous films since making his debut in 1954.
Life and work
Fernández Rodríguez was born on 21 February 1929 in the city of Gijon, in Asturias. He started a professional career as a boxer, where he gained the nickname of "The tiger of the Piles". In 1952, he served in the military at Logroño; that summer he realized a course of escalation in Viguera's rocks, sleeping for one month in the schools of this town. He married the Isabel Sensat of Catalan in San Vicente of Montalt on 21 March 1967, and they separated in 1978. They had three children: Maria Isabel (1968), Arturo (1970) and Maria Dolores "Boby" (1975).
Fernández Rodríguez underwent stomach surgery in April 2019. He recovered from the surgery, but shortly afterwards suffered a fall. His health deteriorated and he died on 4 July 2019 at a hospital in Madrid from complications related to the fall at the age of 90.
Acting career
During his career, he was most known as a comedic actor appearing in films such as Un vaso de whisky (1958), Novios 68 (1967) or The Complete Idiot (1970). He usually played the role of a seductive and somewhat cynical gallant.
In television his most famous role was in the series La casa de los líos on Antena 3 between 1996 and 2000. In May 2007 he also played two twin brothers in the series Como el perro y el gato on TVE.
In theatre, he played the main role in, among others, in the play "La herencia" (1957), "La tercera palabra" (1966), "La playa vacía" (1970), "Tribute" (1980),"Romantic Comedy" (1983), "Chapter Two" (1985), "The Secretary Bird" (1986), "Mejor en octubre" (1994) or "Esmoquin" (2001)
Selected filmography
Judas' Kiss (1954) - Santiago (uncredited)
La patrulla (1954) - Johnny
El torero (1954) - Periodista 2º
Duelo de pasiones (1955)
Mañana cuando amanezca (1955) - Fedor Kormics - piloto
Nunca es demasiado tarde (1956) - Pedro
Cuerda de presos (1956) - Sargento Morales (uncredited)
Mañana... (1957) - Ladrón
El andén (1957) - Mariano (uncredited)
Familia provisional (1958)
Distrito quinto (1958) - Gerardo García
Rapsodia de sangre (1958) - Dalmas
La frontera del miedo (1958) - Sacerdote
Cita imposible (1958) - Inspector Fermín
Las chicas de la Cruz Roja (1958) - Ernesto
Un vaso de whisky (1959) - Víctor
College Boarding House (1959) - Gerardo Roquer
A sangre fría (1959) - Manuel
Ejército blanco (1959)
Juicio final (1960) - Amigo de Paco
La fiel infantería (1960) - Comandante Félix Goñi
Vida sin risas (1960)
María, matrícula de Bilbao (1960) - Eduardo Vila
Fuga desesperada (1961) - Pierre Morlaix
Los cuervos (1961) - César
Regresa un desconocido (1961) - Juan Valdés
La mentira tiene cabellos rojos (1962) - Enrique Solano
El último verano (1962) - Jaime
La viudita naviera (1962) - Tomás Igartua
Bahía de Palma (1962) - Mario
Rogelia (1962) - Fernando Vilches
No temas a la ley (1963) - Toni Basó
La gran coartada (1963) - Luis
Escala en Hi-Fi (1963)
Sol de verano (1963)
Piedra de toque (1963) - Carlos Rivera
El sexto sentido (1964) - Pablo
El salario del crimen (1964) - Mario
Jandro (1965) - Jandro
Currito of the Cross (1965) - Ángel Romera 'Romerita'
Sound of Horror (1966) - Pete
Las viudas (1966) - Enrique (segment "Luna de miel")
Road to Rocío (1966) - Alberto Echeve
Novios 68 (1967) - Emilio Contreras
No desearás la mujer de tu prójimo (1968) - Alberto
¡Cómo sois las mujeres! (1968) - Mario
Cristina Guzmán (1968) - Alfonso Ribas
Vedove inconsolabili in cerca di... distrazioni (1968)
Turistas y bribones (1969) - Romeo
Pecados conyugales (1969) - Ricardo
El señorito y las seductoras (1969) - Antonio del Olmo y Matilla
Las cinco advertencias de Satanás (1945) - Félix
The Locket (1970) - Alejandro
¿Quién soy yo? (1970) - Mario Colomer / Juan Brandel
The Complete Idiot (1970) - Felipe el Postinero
Las juergas de 'El Señorito''' (1973) - Anselmo / Antonio / Inocencio / Manolo / Pepe
Casa Flora (1973) - Carlos Vílchez
Matrimonio al desnudo (1974) - Miguel
Tocata y fuga de Lolita (1974) - Carlos Villar
Un lujo a su alcance (1975) - Miguel Montalvo
El adúltero (1975) - Julián Yagüe
Cuando los maridos se iban a la guerra (1976) - Don Tello
La amante perfecta (1976) - Raúl
Mauricio, mon amour (1976) - Mauricio Fernández
La muerte ronda a Mónica (1976) - Arturo
Ésta que lo es... (1977) - Carlos
El hombre que yo quiero (1978) - Alberto
Esperando a papá (1980) - Antonio Tejeiro
El crack dos (1983) - Don Gregorio
Truhanes (1983) - Gonzalo Millares
La chica de la piscina (1987) - Claudio Tovar
El día que nací yo (1991) - Miguel Asenjo Bernal
Aquí, el que no corre... vuela (1992) - Miguel Lagos
Tiempos mejores (1994) - Curro
Dos hombres y una mujer (1994)
Desde que amanece apetece'' (2005) - Lorenzo
References
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1929 births
2019 deaths
People from Gijón
Spanish male film actors
Male actors from Madrid
20th-century Spanish male actors
21st-century Spanish male actors