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Rafael Romero Marchent

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Rafael Romero Marchent
Born(1926-05-03)3 May 1926
Madrid, Spain
Died13 February 2020(2020-02-13) (aged 93)
Madrid, Spain
OccupationDirector
SpouseMaría Tamayo López (-1991)
FatherJoaquín Romero Marchent Gómez de Avellaneda (1899-1973)
Relatives

Rafael Romero Marchent (3 May 1926 – 13 February 2020) was a Spanish director, screenwriter and actor.

Life and career

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Born in Madrid, the son of the author Joaquín Romero Marchent Gómez de Avellaneda, he started his career as an actor, mainly cast in character roles.[1] In 1959 he became assistant director, and in 1965 he made his directorial debut with Hands of a Gunfighter.[1] Specialized in the Spaghetti Western genre, from the late 1970s he was also active on television.[1] His brother Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent was also a director and screenwriter.[1] In the 2000s he taught film and interpretation classes.[2]

He was awarded in 1947 by the Medalla del Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos for his role in the film La mies es mucha.[3] He married Maruja Tamayo.[4] He died on 13 February 2020 at the age of 93.[5]

Filmography

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Director

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Actor

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Marco Giusti (2007). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. ISBN 978-8804572770.
  2. ^ Galán, Diego (13 September 2015). "Hombres del Oeste". El País (in Spanish). Prisa. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Medallas del CEC a la producción española de 1949". Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos (in Spanish). 1949. Archived from the original on 1 August 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  4. ^ EFE (13 February 2020). "Fallece Rafael Romero Marchent, pionero en rodar westerns en España". Heraldo de Aragón. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  5. ^ EFE (13 February 2020). "Muere Rafael Romero Marchent, el cineasta español pionero en westerns". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 February 2020.
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