Spanish actor and film director
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Fernández and the second or maternal family name is
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.
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
Early years
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 [
es ] 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 [
it ] ).
Recognition abroad
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 [
it ] for Best Actor for his role in
Los zancos [
es ] 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 [
it ] .
Directing
Fernán Gómez in
Don Mendo's Revenge (1962)
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 [
es ] , 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 [
es ] , a historical comedy set in the
17th Century .
Stage and literary work
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 [
es ] 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 [
es ] 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
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
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]
Entrance to the Fernán Gómez Theater. Madrid
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
Film
Writer and Director
Acting roles
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 [
it ] (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
Writer and Director
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
Fábulas (1968) (Series)
El alcalde de Zalamea (Episodio de Estudio 1 ) (1968)
La última cinta (Episodio de Hora once ) (1969)
Del dicho al hecho (Series) (1971)
Juan soldado (1973)
El pícaro (Mini-series) (1974)
Memorias del cine español (Episodio) (1978)
Fortunata y Jacinta (Mini-series) (1980)
El alcalde de Zalamea (Episodio de Teatro estudio ) (1981)
Ramón y Cajal (Series) (1982)
Los desastres de la guerra (Mini-series) (1983)
Las pícaras (Episodio) (1983)
El jardín de Venus (Series) (1983)
Nuevo amanecer (Episodio de Cuentos imposibles ) (1984)
La noche del cine español (Dos episodios) (1985–1986)
Juncal (Mini-series) (1987)
La mujer de tu vida: La mujer perdida (1988)
La mujer de tu vida 2: Las mujeres de mi vida (1992)
Esta noche es Nochebuena (Episodio de
Farmacia de guardia ) (1992)
Los ladrones van a la oficina (Series) (1993)
Los ladrones van a la oficina (1993–1995)
Cuéntame cómo pasó (2001)
Theater
Playwright
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
La vida en un bloc (1953)
Con derecho a fantasma (1958)
La vil seducción (1967)
El alcalde de Zalamea (1979)
Actor
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
Novels
Historical novels
El mal amor (1987)
La cruz y el lirio dorado (1998)
Oro y hambre (1999)
Capa y espada (2001)
Memoirs
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
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
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
Los ladrones (1986)
Retal (1988)
Published plays
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
Mi querido general (1986)
La Intrusa (1991) (Teleplay for the anthology TV series "Cuentos de Burgos")
Fuera de juego (1991)
Collections
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
Accolades
Fernando Fernán Gómez exhibition at the Jerez Campus,
University of Cádiz , 2017.
National Theater Award
Year
Result
1985
Won
[51]
National Cinematography Award
Year
Result
1989
Won
[52]
Goya Awards
Fotogramas de Plata
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
Sant Jordi Awards
TP de Oro
Year
Award
Film
Result
1975
Best National Actor
El pícaro
Won
[56]
New York Latin ACE Awards
Actors and Actresses Union Awards
Year
Award
Film
Result
1992
Lifetime Achievement Award
—
Awarded
[58]
Berlin International Film Festival
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
Year
Award
Film
Result
1989
Special Jury Prize
The Sea and Time
Won
1999
Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award
—
Awarded
Venice Film Festival
Year
Award
Film
Result
1984
Pasinetti Prize for Best Actor
Los zancos
Won
Mar del Plata International Film Festival
Gramado Film Festival
Year
Award
Film
Result
1993
Golden Kikito for Best Supporting Actor
Belle Époque
Won
[59]
Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming
Year
Award
Film
Result
1999
Honorary Euro-FIPA
—
Awarded
[60]
International Television Festival Golden Prague
Year
Award
Film
Result
1973
Grand Prix for Best Director
Juan soldado
Won
Honours
Emma Cohen received the Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise awarded to Fernando Fernán Gómez posthumously.
See also
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La Razón .
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"Berlinale 1977: Prize Winners" .
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^
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^
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^
"El extraño viaje" . SensaCine (in Spanish).
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^ Torreiro, Mirito (22 June 2015).
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^ Sally Faulkner (9 January 2017).
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"Mambrú se fue a la guerra" .
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^
"El viaje a ninguna parte" .
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^
"To Mark Spanish Cinema Day 2021" . India International Centre . 2021.
^
"Premios 37 edición. 1989" . 72 Festival de San Sebastián. 1989.
^
"Lázaro de Tormes" .
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^
"Golden Prague International Television Festival. Previous years" . International Television Festival Golden Prague. 1973.
^ Tzvetana Panayotova (2006).
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^
"Fernando Fernán-Gómez cumple 100 años" (in Spanish). Centro Cultural de España en Buenos Aires. Retrieved 29 January 2024 .
^
"Finalista Premio Planeta 1987. El mal amor - Fernando Fernán-Gómez" . Premio Planeta. Edición 1987. (in Spanish).
^
El País (7 September 1993).
"Fernando Fernán-Gómez obtiene el Premio de Novela Espasa-Humor" . El País .
^ Miguel Mora (22 October 1998).
"Fernán-Gómez regresa a su "tiempo amarillo" " . El País .
^
EFE (12 May 1995).
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^ Periódico de Ibiza (25 July 1999).
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^
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^
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^
"Berlinale: 2005 Prize Winners" .
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^
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^
"1985 (29 edición)" (in Spanish). Premios Sant Jordi. Retrieved 29 January 2024 .
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"1987 (31 edición)" (in Spanish). Premios Sant Jordi. Retrieved 29 January 2024 .
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"1990 (34 edición)" (in Spanish). Premios Sant Jordi. Retrieved 29 January 2024 .
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"2 Edición Premios 1992" (in Spanish). Unión de Actores y Actrices. Retrieved 29 January 2024 .
^
"Festival de Cinema de Gramado" . Festival de Gramado. 1993.
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^ Ministerio de Cultura :
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^
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External links
Awards for Fernando Fernán Gómez
Actors and Actresses Union Lifetime Achievement Award
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2011: Ángel de la Cruz, Ignacio Ferreras,
Paco Roca , and Rosanna Cecchini
2012: Javier Barreira, Gorka Magallón, Ignacio del Moral, Jordi Gasull, and Neil Landau
2013:
Alejandro Hernández and
Mariano Barroso
2014:
Javier Fesser , Claro García, and Cristóbal Ruiz
2015:
Fernando León de Aranoa
2016:
Alberto Rodríguez and
Rafael Cobos
2017:
Isabel Coixet
2018:
Álvaro Brechner
2019:
Benito Zambrano , Daniel Remón, and Pablo Remón
2020s [1] Awarded as Best Screenplay (including both original and adapted)
Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts
Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts
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