Career
An actor and playwright, during his later career as a theatre director, he much advanced the interests of Teatro María Guerrero, Teatro Español and Teatro Eslava. A real marquess and a flamboyant character, he had also earlier played the part of el marqués de Leguineche in Luis García Berlanga"s comedy trilogy. In 1950 he directed the film Louisiana honradez de la cerradura which was nominated at the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.