Fernando Fernán Gómez
Fernando Fernández Gómez OAXS MMT (28 August 1921 – 21 November 2007), better known as Fernando Fernán Gómez, was a Spanish actor, screenwriter, film director, theater director, novelist, and playwright. Prolific and outstanding in all these fields, he was elected member of the Royal Spanish Academy in 1998. He was born in Lima, Peru while his mother, Spanish actress Carola Fernán-Gómez, was making a tour in Latin America. He would later use her surname for his stage name when he moved to Spain in 1924.
Fernando Fernán Gómez | |
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| Born | Fernando Fernández Gómez 28 August 1921 Lima, Peru |
| Died | 21 November 2007 (aged 86) Madrid, Spain |
| Resting place | Cementerio de la Almudena |
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| Years active | 1943–2006 |
| Spouse(s) | María Dolores Pradera (1945–1957) Emma Cohen (2000–2007) |
| Children | Fernando and Helena Fernán Gómez |
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| Seat B of the Real Academia Española | |
| In office 30 January 2000 – 21 November 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Emilio Alarcos Llorach |
| Succeeded by | José Luis Borau |
Fernán Gómez was regarded as one of Spain's most beloved and respected entertainers. He received two Silver Bears for Best Actor at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts, the National Theater Award, the Gold Medal of the Spanish Film Academy, and six Goya Awards, among other honours. He appeared in 200 films between 1943 and 2006,[1] which included The Spirit of the Beehive (1973), Ana and the Wolves (1973), Mama Turns 100 (1979), Belle Époque (1992), The Grandfather (1998), Butterfly's Tongue (1999), and All About My Mother (1999). Throughout his career he worked with directors such as Carlos Saura, Víctor Erice, Pedro Almodóvar, Fernando Trueba, Luis García Berlanga, Juan Antonio Bardem, José Luis Garci, Jaime de Armiñán, Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, Mario Camus, José Luis Cuerda, José Luis Sáenz de Heredia, José Antonio Nieves Conde, Rafael Gil, Edgar Neville, Antonio Pietrangeli, Luigi Comencini, and G. W. Pabst.
He directed over 25 films, including El extraño viaje (1964), and Life Goes On (1965), both great classics of the Spanish cinema that were very limited distribution due to Franco's censorship.[2][3] His film Voyage to Nowhere (1986) earned him critical acclaim, becoming the most awarded Spanish film at the 1st Goya Awards ceremony.[4]
Biography edit
Early years edit
According to his memoir,[5] he was probably born in Lima on 28 August 1921, even though his birth certificate indicates that he was born in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. His mother, the theater actress Carola Fernán Gómez, was touring South America when he was born in Lima, and his birth certificate was issued days later in Argentina, a country whose nationality he retained, in addition to Spanish nationality, which was granted to him in 1984. He was an extramarital son, his father was also the actor Luis Fernando Díaz de Mendoza y Guerrero, whose mother, the prominent theater actress María Guerrero, prevented the marriage between Fernando Fernán Gómez's parents.[6]
After some acting school works, he decided to study Philosophy and Letters in Madrid, which he subsequently abandoned when the Spanish Civil War began, but his true vocation led him to the theater. During the Civil War he received classes at the CNT School of Actors, making his professional debut in 1938 at the Laura Pinillos's company.[7] There he was discovered by the Spanish playwright Enrique Jardiel Poncela, who offered him his first major opportunity in 1941, the role as "Redhead" in the play We Thieves Are Honourable.[8]
In 1943, Fernán Gómez joined the film studio Cifesa and made his first movie appearance in Cristina Guzmán, directed by Gonzalo Delgrás.[9] Between the 1940s and 1960s, he established himself as a leading actor in the Spanish film industry, mostly in comic roles (Anchor Button, The Last Horse, I Want to Marry You, Captain Poison, The Pelegrín System, That Happy Couple, Airport, The Other Life of Captain Contreras, Faustina, La becerrada), but also in some more dramatic (El destino se disculpa, Carnival Sunday, Life in Shadows, Reckless, The Tenant, Rififi in the City).
Recognition abroad edit
He was very much in demand during the 1970s and 1980s, expanding his range as an actor in many films of the new Spanish cinema: starring alongside Geraldine Chaplin in Ana and the Wolves and its sequel Mama Turns 100, The Love of Captain Brando, Pim, pam, pum... ¡fuego!, The Remains from the Shipwreck, Maravillas, Feroz, The Court of the Pharaoh, Requiem for a Spanish Peasant, Half of Heaven, Moors and Christians, and in the role as Leopoldo de Gregorio, 1st Marquess of Esquilache in Esquilache. In 1973 he starred The Spirit of the Beehive, reaching an international audience for his role as a mournful intellectual father who has a small beehive inside his house.[10][11] That same year he played Don Quixote in the Spanish-Mexican comedy Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo, co-starring Cantinflas as Sancho Panza. In 1977, he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival for his role as a middle-aged man who decides one day to live in the bathroom and never leave it in The Anchorite,[12] and again at the 35th Berlin International Film Festival in 1985 for his role as a broke Roman law professor who offers himself as a slave to an old student in exchange for house and food in Stico.[13] He also won the Pasinetti Prize for Best Actor for his role in Los zancos at the 1984 Venice Film Festival.[14] The 1990s was a less active period for him, but he enjoyed something of a revival, featuring in six major projects: The Dumbfounded King, the two winners of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Belle Époque and All About My Mother,[15] The Grandfather, which he won a second Goya Award for Best Actor in 1999 for his praised role as Don Rodrigo, Count of Albrit, an old Spanish aristocrat,[16][17] Plenilune, and the hit Butterfly's Tongue playing Don Gregorio, a republican schoolteacher. In between, he was part of the cast of the comedy show Los ladrones van a la oficina (The thieves go to the office), awarded an Onda Award in 1993,[18] and later in the popular prime time television series Cuéntame cómo pasó (Remember When). In the 2000s he appeared in Visionaries, The Shanghai Spell, Tiovivo c. 1950, and Something to Remember Me By. One of his last great performances was in the film In the City Without Limits, again with Geraldine Chaplin, where he plays a dying man who suffered fearful delusions.[19]
During his acting career he would also played supporting roles in different foreign films such as Voice of Silence, The Bachelor, starring Alberto Sordi, The Pyjama Girl Case, with Ray Milland, and Marcellino pane e vino.
Directing edit
In the 1950s he began to direct movies, obtaining a nomination for Best Film at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival for his 1958 comedy La vida por delante,[20] which led to a sequel, La vida alrededor. His first films tended to be humorous satires (The Wicked Carabel, For Men Only, Don Mendo's Revenge). In 1964 he filmed El extraño viaje, a dark portrait of Spanish rural repression.[21] It was voted seventh best Spanish film by professionals and critics in 1996 Spanish cinema centenary,[22] and included in a British Film Institute list published in 2016 by film director Pedro Almodóvar among the 13 great Spanish films that inspired him.[23] The latter was followed by Life Goes On, one of the most terrifying and merciless moral portraits of Francoist Spain,[24][25] My Daughter Hildegart, Mambru Went to War, that gave him the first Goya Award for Best Actor,[26] Voyage to Nowhere, a film based on his own novel which describes a troupe of impoverished actors traipsing from village to village, achieving the Goya Awards for Best Film, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay in 1987,[27][28] The Sea and Time, winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 1989 San Sebastián International Film Festival,[29] and Lázaro de Tormes, from which he received in 2001 his second Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.[30]
On television, he directed and starred two notable productions: the fantasy TV movie Juan soldado, which he won the Grand Prix for Best Director at the 9th International Television Festival Golden Prague in 1973,[31] and the miniseries El pícaro, a historical comedy set in the 17th Century.
Stage and literary work edit
In addition to his extensive career in front and behind the screen, Fernán Gómez wrote several stage plays, novels, memoirs, articles, and poems. The most successful was the play Las bicicletas son para el verano (Bicycles Are for the Summer) in 1977,[32] showing the sufferings of a family and their neighbours in besieged Madrid during the Civil War. He won the Lope de Vega Prize for that work in 1978,[33] and it has been adapted into a popular film in 1984, directed by Jaime Chávarri.
As theater director he staged plays such as Dear Liar (1962), by Bernard Shaw; The Kreutzer Sonata (1963), by Leo Tolstoy; Thought (1963), by Leonid Andreyev; and Juan José Alonso Millán's comedies Gravemente peligrosa (1962), Mayores con reparos (1965) and La vil seducción (1967).[34]
He was runner up of the Premio Planeta de Novela for his 1987 historical novel El mal amor.[35] In 1993 he also obtained the Premio de Novela Espasa-Humor for his comedy novel El ascensor de los borrachos.[36]
In 1998 he published his memoirs titled El Tiempo Amarillo: Memorias (1921-1997). The work has 700 pages and was presented at the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid.[37]
Later honours edit
On October 27, 1995, he received the Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts from the hands of Prince Felipe.[38] In 1999 the San Sebastián International Film Festival granted to him the Donostia Award.[39]
On January 30, 2000, he entered the Royal Spanish Academy for his artistic accomplishments, where he took possession of Seat B with the speech titled "Aventura de la palabra en el siglo xx".[40]
In 2001, he received the Gold Medal of Merit in Labour by the Spain's Council of Ministers for a lifetime of effort and work.[41]
He finally awarded the Honorary Golden Bear at the 55th Berlin International Film Festival for his lifetime achievemt in 2005.[42][43]
Personal life and death edit
He married the Spanish singer María Dolores Pradera in 1945, with whom he had a daughter, the actress Helena Fernán Gómez, and a son, Fernando. They divorced in 1957. Later then, he had a long relationship with actress Emma Cohen, marrying in 2000.[44]
Fernando Fernán Gómez died in Madrid on 21 November 2007 from a heart failure aggravated by pneumonia and colon cancer.[45] On 19 November 2007, he was admitted to the Oncology area of the Madrid University Hospital La Paz to be treated for pneumonia. Carmen Caffarel, head of the Instituto Cervantes, said "We’ve lost the great man of Spanish theater and film of the second half of the 20th century".[46]
Pedro Almodóvar highlighted him as "an artist who represents the history of Spanish cinema from its beginnings to the present day." The "excellence" in all his work, Almodóvar noted, was felt in his work as an actor: "He made the difficult as easy as possible, thanks to limitless versatility". That made him capable of "going from Don Mendo's Revenge on Bertolt Brecht". But he was also an "essential director in both film and theater", to the point of being "a complete and irreplaceable artist." "With delightful comedies such as La vida por delante and La vida alrededor, or the very scathing and masterpiece El extraño viaje". Concluding "I will always remember him, and I will continue watching his films".[47]
After the President of the Government José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero announced the death of the actor, the Government of Spain posthumously awarded Fernán Gómez the Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise on 23 November.[48] The mayor of Madrid, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, also announced that the Cultural Center of the Villa de Madrid would be renamed the Fernán Gómez Theater.[49] As he was a lifelong anarchist, his coffin was covered in a black and red anarchist flag and was later cremated in the Almudena Cemetery in Madrid.[50]
Filmography edit
Film edit
Writer and Director edit
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Notes |
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| 1954 | Manicomio | Yes | Yes | Co-directed with Luis María Delgado |
| 1955 | El mensaje | Yes | Yes | |
| 1956 | El malvado Carabel | Yes | Yes | |
| 1958 | La vida por delante | Yes | Yes | |
| 1959 | La vida alrededor | Yes | Yes | |
| 1960 | Sólo para hombres | Yes | Yes | |
| 1961 | La venganza de Don Mendo | Yes | Yes | |
| 1964 | El mundo sigue | Yes | Yes | |
| Los palomos | Yes | Yes | ||
| El extraño viaje | Yes | No | ||
| 1965 | Ninette y un señor de Murcia | Yes | Yes | |
| 1966 | Mayores con reparos | Yes | Yes | |
| 1970 | Crimen imperfecto | Yes | No | |
| 1971 | Cómo casarse en 7 días | Yes | Yes | |
| 1974 | Yo la vi primero | Yes | Yes | |
| 1976 | La querida | Yes | No | |
| ¡Bruja, más que bruja! | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1977 | Mi hija Hildegart | Yes | Yes | |
| 1979 | Gulliver | No | Yes | |
| 1980 | Cinco tenedores | Yes | No | |
| 1984 | Los Zancos | No | Yes | |
| 1985 | Stico | No | Yes | |
| 1986 | Mambrú se fue a la guerra | Yes | No | |
| El viaje a ninguna parte | Yes | Yes | Also based on his novel | |
| 1987 | Mi General | No | Yes | |
| 1989 | El mar y el tiempo | Yes | Yes | Also based on his novel |
| 1991 | Fuera de juego | Yes | Yes | |
| 1994 | Siete mil días juntos | Yes | Yes | |
| 1997 | Pesadilla para un rico | Yes | Yes | |
| 2001 | Lázaro de Tormes | Yes | Yes | Co-directed with José Luis García Sánchez Final film |
Acting roles edit
- Cristina Guzmán (1943, directed by Gonzalo Delgrás) as Bob
- Autumn Roses (1943, directed by Juan de Orduña and Eduardo Morera)
- Fantastic Night (1943, directed by Luis Marquina) as Enamorado
- La chica del gato (1943, directed by Ramón Quadreny) as Paco
- Viviendo al revés (1943, directed by Ignacio F. Iquino)
- Turbante blanco (1943, directed by Ignacio F. Iquino)
- A Palace for Sale (1943, directed by Ladislao Vajda)
- Fin de curso (1943, directed by Ignacio F. Iquino) as himself (uncredited)
- Una chica de opereta (1944, directed by Ramón Quadreny) as Salvador Viana
- Mi enemigo y yo (1944, directed by Ramón Quadreny) as Antonio Aguilar 'Tony'
- Empezó en boda (1944, directed by Raffaello Matarazzo)
- El destino se disculpa (1945, directed by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia) as Teófilo Dueñas
- The Road to Babel (1945, directed by Jerónimo Mihura) as Marcelino Pastor
- Espronceda (1945, directed by Fernando Alonso Casares)
- Bambú (1945, directed by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia) as Antonio
- Domingo de carnaval (1945, directed by Edgar Neville) as Matías
- Se le fue el novio (1945, directed by Julio Salvador) as Miguel Novak
- Es peligroso asomarse al exterior (1946, directed by Alejandro Ulloa, Arthur Duarte) as Silvio
- Eres un caso (1946, directed by Ramón Quadreny)
- Los habitantes de la casa deshabitada (1946, directed by Gonzalo Delgrás) as Gregorio
- Noche sin cielo (1947, directed by Ignacio F. Iquino) as Emilio
- Botón de ancla (1948, directed by Ramón Torrado) as Enrique Tejada y Sandoval
- Embrujo (1948, directed by Carlos Serrano de Osma) as Mentor
- La muralla feliz (1948, directed by Enrique Herreros) as Don Fulgencio Ríos
- The Black Siren (1948, directed by Carlos Serrano de Osma) as Gaspar de Montenegro
- La próxima vez que vivamos (1948, directed by Enrique Gómez) as Pablo
- Pototo, Boliche y compañía (1948, directed by Ramón Barreiro)
- Hoy no pasamos lista (1948, directed by Raúl Alfonso, Rafael Alonso) as Don Manuel
- Encrucijada (1948, Short, directed by Pedro Lazaga)
- La mies es mucha (1948, directed by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia) as Padre Santiago Hernández
- Vida en sombras (1949, directed by Lorenzo Llobet Gracia) as Carlos
- Saturday Night (1949, directed by Rafael Gil) as Carlos
- Rosas de otoño (1949, directed by Eduardo Morera and Juan de Orduña) as Adolfo Barona
- Wings of Youth (1949, directed by Antonio del Amo) as Rodrigo
- Ninety Minutes (1950, directed by Antonio del Amo) as Sr. Marchand
- Tiempos felices (1950, directed by Enrique Gómez)
- El último caballo (1950, directed by Edgar Neville) as Fernando
- La noche del sábado (1950, directed by Rafael Gil) as Director de orquesta (uncredited)
- Balarrasa (1951, directed by José Antonio Nieves Conde) as Javier Mendoza 'Balarrasa'
- I Want to Marry You (1951, directed by Jerónimo Mihura) as Ramón
- La trinca del aire (1951, directed by Ramón Torrado) as Zanahoria
- Captain Poison (1951, directed by Luis Marquina) as Jorge de Córdoba
- The Pelegrín System (1952, directed by Ignacio F. Iquino) as Héctor Pelegrín
- Facultad de letras (1952, directed by Pío Ballesteros) as Fernando
- The Eyes Leave a Trace (1952, directed by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia) as Agente Díaz
- Cincuenta años del Real Madrid (1952, directed by Rafael Gil) as himself
- La voce del silenzio (1953, directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst) as Fernando Layer - assistente spirituale
- Esa pareja feliz (1953, directed by Juan Antonio Bardem, Luis García Berlanga) as Juan Granados Muñoz
- Airport (1953, directed by Luis Lucia Mingarro) as Luis
- Nadie lo sabrá (1953, directed by Ramón Torrado) as Pedro Gutiérrez
- Manicomio (1953, directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez, Luis María Delgado) as Carlos
- Rebellion (1954, directed by José Antonio Nieves Conde) as Federico Lanuza
- El mensaje (1954)
- Morena Clara (1954, directed by Luis Lucia Mingarro) as Ramsés 45 / Don Lope de Baena y Carrasco / Don Enrique de Baena Rodríguez
- The Other Life of Captain Contreras (1955, directed by Rafael Gil) as Alonso Contreras
- El guardián del paraíso (1955, directed by Arturo Ruiz Castillo) as Manuel
- Congress in Seville (1955, directed by Antonio Román) as Dr. Guillermo Kroll
- Lo scapolo (El soltero) (1955, directed by Antonio Pietrangeli) as Armando
- La gran mentira (1956, directed by Rafael Gil) as Fernando Fernán Gómez (uncredited)
- El fenómeno (1956, directed by José María Elorrieta) as Claudio Henkel
- Viaje de novios (1956, directed by León Klimovsky) as Juan Torregrosa Orózco
- El malvado Carabel (1956) as Amaro Carabel
- La ironía del dinero (1957, directed by Edgar Neville and Guy Lefranc) as Frasquito (segment "Sevilla")
- Un marido de ida y vuelta (1957, directed by Luis Lucia Mingarro) as Ramírez (uncredited)
- Faustina (1957, directed by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia) as Mogon
- Un marido de ida y vuelta (1957) as Pepe López Garcerán
- Los ángeles del volante (1957, directed by Ignacio F. Iquino) as Juanito
- Las muchachas de azul (1957, directed by Pedro Lazaga) as Juan Ferrandis
- The Tenant (1958, directed by José Antonio Nieves Conde) as Evaristo González
- La vida por delante (1958, directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez and José Luis de la Torre) as Antonio Redondo
- Ana dice sí (1958, directed by Pedro Lazaga) as Juan
- Luna de verano (1959, directed by Pedro Lazaga) as Juan
- Soledad (1959, directed by Mario Craveri, Enrico Gras as Félix Acaso) as Manuel
- Bombas para la paz (1959, directed by Antonio Román) as Alfredo
- La vida alrededor (1959) as Antonio Redondo
- Crimen para recién casados (1960, directed by Pedro Luis Ramírez) as Antonio Menéndez
- Les Trois etc. du Colonel (Los tres etc. del coronel) (1960, directed by Claude Boissol) as Le guérillo Lorenzo
- Sólo para hombres (1960) as Pablo Meléndez
- Adiós, Mimí Pompón (1961, directed by Luis Marquina) as Heriberto Promenade
- La vida privada de Fulano de Tal (1961, directed by José María Forn)
- Fantasmas en la casa (1961, directed by Pedro Luis Ramírez)
- La venganza de Don Mendo (1962) as Don Mendo Salazar - Marqués de Cabra
- ¿Dónde pongo este muerto? (1962, directed by Pedro Luis Ramírez) as Manuel Carrasco
- La becerrada (1963, directed by José María Forqué) as Francisco Rodríguez 'Juncal'
- Rififi in the City (1963, directed by Jesús Franco) as Sargento Detective Miguel Mora
- Benigno, hermano mío (1963, directed by Arturo González hijo)
- El mundo sigue (1965) as Faustino
- Un vampiro para dos (1965, directed by Pedro Lazaga) as Baron de Rosenthal
- Ninette y un señor de Murcia (1966) as Andrés Martínez Segura
- La Mujer de tu prójimo (1966, directed by Enrique Carreras)
- Mayores con reparos (1966) as Fernando / Miguel / Manuel
- La vil seducción (1968, directed by José María Forqué) as Ismael Bolante
- Carola de día, Carola de noche (1969, directed by Jaime de Armiñán) as Hombre del motocarro
- Un adulterio decente (1969, directed by Rafael Gil) as Dr. Leopoldo Cumberri
- Estudio amueblado 2.P. (1969, directed by José María Forqué) as Miguel Aguirrezabala
- Las panteras se comen a los ricos (1969, directed by Ramón Fernández) as José
- De profesión, sus labores (1970, directed by Javier Aguirre) as Federico
- ¿Por qué pecamos a los cuarenta? (1970, directed by Pedro Lazaga) as Dr. Alejandro Quesada
- Crimen imperfecto (1970) as Salomón
- Growing Leg, Diminishing Skirt (1970, directed by Javier Aguirre) as Amadeo - Duque de Daroca
- Cómo casarse en 7 días (1971) (uncredited)
- Las Ibéricas F.C. (1971, directed by Pedro Masó) as Federico
- Los gallos de la madrugada (1971, directed by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia) as Afilador
- El triangulito (1972, directed by José María Forqué) as Lázaro López
- Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo (1973, directed by Roberto Gavaldón) as Don Quijote / Alonso Quixano
- La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea (1973, directed by Mario Camus) as Don Lope
- Ana y los lobos (1973, directed by Carlos Saura) as Fernando
- The Spirit of the Beehive (1973, directed by Víctor Erice) as Fernando
- Vera, un cuento cruel (1974, directed by Josefina Molina) as Roger
- Yo la vi primero (1974) as Doctor
- El amor del capitán Brando (1974, directed by Jaime de Armiñán) as Fernando
- Pim, pam, pum... ¡fuego! (1975, directed by Pedro Olea) as Julio
- Yo soy Fulana de Tal (1975, directed by Pedro Lazaga) as Rodolfo Pellejo
- Jó, papá (1975, directed by Jaime de Armiñán) as Julio
- Sensualidad (1975, directed by Germán Lorente) as Carlos Baena
- Imposible para una solterona (1976, directed by Rafael Romero Marchent) as Manuel
- La querida (1976) as Eduardo
- El anacoreta (1976, directed by Juan Estelrich) as Fernando Tobajas
- Más fina que las gallinas (1977, directed by Jesús Yagüe) as Don Enrique
- Parranda (1977, directed by Gonzalo Suárez) as Escribiente
- Bruja, más que bruja (1977) as Tío Justino
- Las cuatro novias de Augusto Pérez (1977, directed by José Jara) as Augusto Pérez
- Gulliver (1977, directed by Alfonso Ungría) as Martín
- Chely (1977, directed by Ramón Fernández) as Nicolás
- Reina Zanahoria (1977, directed by Gonzalo Suárez) as J. J
- The Pyjama Girl Case (La ragazza dal pigiama giallo) (1977, directed by Flavio Mogherini) as Forensics detective
- ¡Arriba Hazaña! (1978, directed by José María Gutiérrez Santos) as Hermano Prefecto
- Los restos del naufragio (1978, directed by Ricardo Franco)
- Madrid al desnudo (1979, directed by Jacinto Molina) as Baltasar
- Milagro en el circo (1979, directed by Alejandro Galindo) as Macario
- Mamá cumple cien años (1979, directed by Carlos Saura) as Fernando
- Cuentos eróticos (1980) as Don Enrique (segment "Tiempos rotos") (voice)
- Yo qué sé (1980, Short, directed by Emma Cohen)
- Maravillas (1981, directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón) as Fernando
- Apaga... y vámonos (1981, directed by Antonio Hernández) as Prof. Benjamín Rodero
- 127 millones libres de impuestos (1981, directed by Pedro Masó) as Félix
- Copia cero (1982, directed by Eduardo Campoy) as Carlos
- Bésame, tonta (1982, directed by Fernando González de Canales) as Director general
- Interior roig (Interior rojo) (1983, directed by Eugenio Anglada)
- Soldados de plomo (1983, directed by José Sacristán) as Don Dimas
- Juana la loca... de vez en cuando (1983, directed by José Ramón Larraz) as Sir Henry
- Feroz (1984, directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón) as Luis
- Los zancos (1984, directed by Carlos Saura) as Ángel
- La noche más hermosa (1984, directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón) as Luis
- Stico (1985, directed by Jaime de Armiñán) as Don Leopoldo Contreras de Tejada
- De hombre a hombre (1985, directed by Ramón Fernández) as Silvestre
- Luces de bohemia (1985, directed by Miguel Ángel Díez) as Ministro
- Réquiem por un campesino español (1985, directed by Francisco Betriú) as Don Valeriano
- La corte de Faraón (1985, directed by José Luis García Sánchez) as Roque
- Marbella, un golpe de cinco estrellas (1985, directed by Miguel Hermoso) as Germán
- Pobre mariposa (1986, directed by Raúl de la Torre) as Exiliado español
- Mambrú se fue a la guerra (1986) as Emiliano
- El viaje a ninguna parte (1986) as Don Arturo
- La mitad del cielo (1986, directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón) as Don Pedro
- Delirios de amor (1986, directed by Antonio González Vigil, Luis Eduardo Aute, Cristina Andreu and Félix Rotaeta)
- Cara de acelga (1987, directed by José Sacristán) as Madariaga
- Mi general (1987, directed by Jaime de Armiñán) as General Mario del Pozo
- Moros y cristianos (1987, directed by Luis García Berlanga) as Don Fernando
- El gran Serafín (1987, directed by José María Ulloque) as Padre Bellot
- Esquilache (1989, directed by Josefina Molina) as Esquilache
- El río que nos lleva (1989, directed by Antonio del Real) as Don Ángel
- El mar y el tiempo (1989) as Eusebio
- Fuera de juego (1991) as Don Aníbal
- El rey pasmado (1991, directed by Imanol Uribe) as Gran Inquisidor
- Marcellino (Marcelino, pan y vino) (1991, directed by Luigi Comencini) as Il priore
- Chechu y familia (1992, directed by Álvaro Sáenz de Heredia) as Don José
- Belle Époque (1992, directed by Fernando Trueba) as Manolo
- Cartas desde Huesca (1993, directed by Antonio Artero) as Mainar
- Así en el cielo como en la tierra (1995, directed by José Luis Cuerda) as Dios Padre
- El sueño de los héroes (1996, directed by Sergio Renán) as Taboada
- Tranvía a la Malvarrosa (1996, directed by José Luis García Sánchez) as Catedrático
- Pesadilla para un rico (1996) as Presidente
- La hermana (1997, directed by Juan José Porto) as Don Julián
- Pintadas (1997, directed by Juan Estelrich junior) as José
- El abuelo (1998, directed by José Luis Garci) as Don Rodrigo de Arista Potestad
- Todo sobre mi madre (1999, directed by Pedro Almodóvar) as Padre de Rosa
- Pepe Guindo (1999, directed by Manuel Iborra)
- Plenilunio (1999, directed by Imanol Uribe) as Padre Orduña
- La lengua de las mariposas (1999, directed by José Luis Cuerda) as Don Gregorio
- Voz (2000, directed by Javier Aguirre)
- Visionarios (2001, Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón) as Gobernador
- En la ciudad sin límites (2002, directed by Antonio Hernández) as Max
- El embrujo de Shanghai (2002, directed by Fernando Trueba) as Capitán Blay
- Variaciones 1/113 (2003) (voice)
- Bibliofrenia (2003, directed by Marcos Moreno, 2003) as Profesor Arturo Fuentes
- Tiovivo c. 1950 (2004, directed by José Luis Garci) as Tertuliano
- ¡Hay motivo! (2004, Various) as voz en el epílogo
- Para que no me olvides (2005, directed by Patricia Ferreira) as Mateo
- Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones (2005, directed by Diego Galán) as himself
- Medea 2 (2006) as Mensajero
- Mia Sarah (2006, directed by Gustavo Ron) as Paul (final film role)
Television edit
Writer and Director edit
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Juan soldado | Yes | No | TV movie |
| 1974-1975 | El pícaro | Yes | Yes | TV Miniseries; 13 episodes |
| 1992 | Cuentos de Burgos | No | Yes | Episode "La Intrusa" |
| 1994 | La Mujer de tu Vida 2 | Yes | Yes | Episode "Las Mujeres de mi Vida" |
Acting roles edit
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Theater edit
Playwright edit
- Pareja para la eternidad (1947)
- Marido y medio (1950)
- Las bicicletas son para el verano (1977)
- Los domingos, bacanal (1980)
- Del Rey Ordás y su infamia (1983)
- La coartada (1985)
- Ojos de bosque (1986)
- El Pícaro. Aventuras y desventuras de Lucas Maraña (1992)
- Lazarillo de Tormes (Adaptation) (1994)
- Los invasores del palacio (2000)
- Defensa de Sancho Panza (2002)
- Morir cuerdo y vivir loco (2004)
Director edit
- La vida en un bloc (1953)
- Con derecho a fantasma (1958)
- La vil seducción (1967)
- El alcalde de Zalamea (1979)
Actor edit
- Los ladrones somos gente honrada (1941)
- El amor sólo dura 2.000 metros (1941)
- "Madre (el drama padre) (1941)
- Es peligroso asomarse al exterior (1942)
- El caso del señor vestido de violeta (1954)
- Mayores con reparos (1965)
- La vil seducción (1967)
- La pereza (1968)
- Un enemigo del pueblo (1972)
- El alcalde de Zalamea (1979)
Bibliography edit
Novels edit
- El vendedor de naranjas (1961)
- El viaje a ninguna parte (1985)
- El mar y el tiempo (1988)
- El ascensor de los borrachos (1993)
- La Puerta del Sol (1995)
- ¡Stop! novela de amor (1997)
- El tiempo de los trenes (2004)
Historical novels edit
- El mal amor (1987)
- La cruz y el lirio dorado (1998)
- Oro y hambre (1999)
- Capa y espada (2001)
Memoirs edit
- Diario de Cinecittà (1952) (Published by International Film Magazine, No. 6, November 1952 and No. 7, December 1952)
- El olvido y la memoria. Autobiografía de Fernando Fernán-Gómez (1981) (Published in Triunfo, No. 3, 6th period, January 1981)
- El tiempo amarillo. Memorias. I (1921-1943) (1990)
- El tiempo amarillo. Memorias. II (1943-1987) (1990)
- El tiempo amarillo: memorias ampliadas (1921-1997) (1998)
Articles and essays edit
- El actor y los demás (1987)
- Impresiones y depresiones (1987)
- Historias de la picaresca (1989)
- Las anécdotas del teatro: ¡aquí sale hasta el apuntador! (1991)
- El arte de desear (1992)
- Imagen de Madrid (1992)
- Tejados de Madrid (1992)
- Desde la última fila: cien años de cine (1995)
- Nosotros, los mayores (1999)
- Puro teatro y algo más (2002)
Poetry edit
- A Roma por algo (1954) (First published in the poetry collection "Poesía Española" (1954) and then separately in 1982)
- El canto es vuelo (2002) (Complete poetry collection)
Children's Literature edit
- Los ladrones (1986)
- Retal (1988)
Published plays edit
- Pareja para la eternidad (1947)
- Las bicicletas son para el verano (1977)
- La coartada (1985) (published with "Los domingos, bacanal")
- Los domingos, bacanal (1985) (published with "La coartada")
- Lazarilo de Tormes (Adaptation) (1994)
- Defensa de Sancho Panza (2002) (Published on the magazine "Acotaciones 20")
Published screenplyas edit
- Mi querido general (1986)
- La Intrusa (1991) (Teleplay for the anthology TV series "Cuentos de Burgos")
- Fuera de juego (1991)
Collections edit
- La coartada/Los domingos, bacanal (1985) (two plays published together in one book)
- La escena, la calle y las nubes (2000) (short stories collection)
- Variedades (2019) (articles recopilation published postmothusly)
- Teatro (2019) (plays recopilation published postmothusly)
Interviews edit
- La buena memoria (1997) (Conversation by Fernando Fernán-Gómez & Eduardo Haro Tecglen transcripted by Diego Galán)
- Conversaciones con Fernando Fernán-Gómez (2002) (Interview with Fernando Fernán-Gómez by Enrique Brasó)
Accolades edit
National Theater Award edit
| Year | Result |
|---|---|
| 1985 | Won[51] |
National Cinematography Award edit
| Year | Result |
|---|---|
| 1989 | Won[52] |
Goya Awards edit
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Best Actor | Mambru Went to War | Won |
| 1987 | Best Director | Voyage to Nowhere | Won |
| 1987 | Best Screenplay | Voyage to Nowhere | Won |
| 1993 | Best Supporting Actor | Belle Époque | Won |
| 1999 | Best Actor | The Grandfather | Won |
| 2001 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Lázaro de Tormes | Won |
Fotogramas de Plata edit
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Best Spanish Movie Performer | Reckless | Won |
| 1970 | Best TV Performer | La última cinta | Won |
| 1974 | Best TV Performer | Juan soldado | Won |
| 1987 | Best Movie Actor | Delirios de amor Mambru Went to War Half of Heaven Voyage to Nowhere | Won |
| 1998 | Lifetime Achievement Award | — | Awarded |
CEC Awards edit
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Best Actor | The Last Horse | Won |
| 1952 | Best Actor | Reckless | Won |
| 1959 | Best Original Story | La vida por delante | Won |
| 1974 | Best Actor | The Spirit of the Beehive Ana and the Wolves | Won |
| 1979 | Best Actor | The Remains from the Shipwreck | Won |
| 1992 | Best Original Screenplay | Fuera de juego | Won |
| 1999 | Best Actor | The Grandfather | Won |
| 2007 | Best Supporting Actor | Mia Sarah | Won |
Sant Jordi Awards edit
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Best Spanish Actor | Feroz La noche más hermosa Los zancos | Won[53] |
| 1987 | Best Film | Voyage to Nowhere | Won[54] |
| 1990 | Best Spanish Film | The Sea and Time | Won[55] |
TP de Oro edit
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Best National Actor | El pícaro | Won[56] |
New York Latin ACE Awards edit
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Best Supporting Actor | All About My Mother | Won[57] |
Actors and Actresses Union Awards edit
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Lifetime Achievement Award | — | Awarded[58] |
Berlin International Film Festival edit
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Silver Bear for Best Actor | The Anchorite | Won |
| 1985 | Silver Bear for Best Actor | Stico | Won |
| 2005 | Honorary Golden Bear | — | Awarded |
San Sebastián International Film Festival edit
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Special Jury Prize | The Sea and Time | Won |
| 1999 | Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award | — | Awarded |
Venice Film Festival edit
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Pasinetti Prize for Best Actor | Los zancos | Won |
Mar del Plata International Film Festival edit
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Best Film | La vida por delante | Nominated |
Gramado Film Festival edit
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Golden Kikito for Best Supporting Actor | Belle Époque | Won[59] |
Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming edit
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Honorary Euro-FIPA | — | Awarded[60] |
International Television Festival Golden Prague edit
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Grand Prix for Best Director | Juan soldado | Won |
Honours edit
- Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts (1981)[61]
- Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts (1995)
- Gold Medal of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain (2001)[62]
- Gold Medal of Merit in Labour (2001)
- Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise (2007)
See also edit
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External links edit
- Fernando Fernán Gómez at IMDb
- Fernán Gómez: Writer, Movie-Maker, Anarchist