Juan de Landa

Spanish actor

Juan de Landa
De Landa in Ossessione (1943)
Born	27 January 1894 Motrico, Basque Country, Spain
Died	18 February 1968 Motrico, Basque Country, Spain
Other names	Juan Pisón Pagoaga y Landa
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1930 - 1958

Juan de Landa (1894–1968) was a Spanish film actor, who was born in the Basque Country. De Landa entered the film industry in 1930 following the arrival of sound film. He initially acted in Spanish-language versions of Hollywood films, but later worked mainly in the Spanish and Italian film industries. His best-known role is in Luchino Visconti's 1943 film Ossessione.^[1]

Partial filmography

El último de los Vargas (1930) - Capitán de los Rurales
El valiente (1930) - Sargento de policia
El presidio (1930) - Butch
De frente, marchen (1930) - El sargento Gruñón
La fruta amarga (1931) - Bill
Love in Every Port (1931) - Tripode
Su última noche (1931) - Aquiles Desano
The Trial of Mary Dugan (1931) - Insp. Hunt
Se ha fugado un preso (1935)
El secreto de Ana María (1936)
Al margen de la ley (1936)
Carmen fra i rossi (1939) - Amalio
The Sin of Rogelia Sanchez (1940) - Massimo
Saint Rogelia (1940) - Máximo
L'uomo della legione (1940) - Antonio Scotto, il meccanico
The Pirate's Dream (1940) - Bieco de la Muerte
La forza bruta (1941) - Bob
Giuliano de' Medici (1941) - Goro
The Prisoner of Santa Cruz (1941) - Pietro
The King's Jester (1941) - Sparafucile
Black Gold (1942) - Pietro, il minatore
Tragic Night (1942) - Faille
Ossessione (1943) - Giuseppe Bragana
National Velvet (1944) - Padron Giovanni
Noche sin cielo (1947) - Federico
The Drummer of Bruch (1948) - Tomàs
The Party Goes On (1948) - Padre prior
Just Any Woman (1949) - Padre de Luis
In a Corner of Spain (1949) - Alcalde
The Maragatan Sphinx (1950) - Tío Cristóbal
My Beloved Juan (1950) - Sebastián
The Vila Family (1950) - Teófilo Torrens
Alina (1950) - Lucien
Devotion (1950) - Don Vidris, il prete
Brief Rapture (1951) - Capobanda
Salvate mia figlia (1951)
One Hundred Little Mothers (1952) - Don Michele
The Dream of Zorro (1952) - César / Pedro
The Woman Who Invented Love (1952) - Usuraio Passadonato
La figlia del diavolo (1952) - Il boia
Redemption (1952) - Parroco
Captain Phantom (1953) - Carlos
Beat the Devil (1953) - Hispano-Suiza Driver
El hombre que veía la muerte (1953)
We Stole a Tram (1956) - Rossi
Faustina (1957) - Mefistófeles
Los ángeles del volante (1957) - Nicolás
The Man Who Wagged His Tail (1957) - Butcher
Cuatro en la frontera (1958) - (final film role)

References

^ Bacon p.248

External links

Juan de Landa at IMDb

Bibliography

Bacon, Henry. Visconti: Explorations of Beauty and Decay. Cambridge University Press, 1998.

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