Career

He started several university studies in Engineering and Philosophy and Literature, but he didn"t finish. He started his career as an actor in the Teatro Español Universitario, where he stayed several years during his stage as a student. He grew as one of the most important Spanish actors thanks to his theatre performances and cinema directors such as Carlos Saura, Juan Antonio Bardem, Mario Camus or Fernando Fernán Gómez.

He worked in 140 movies, theatre plays and television series.

From 1954 to 1986, he had a relationship with the actress María Luisa Ponte, 12 years older than he was, but they never got married. His last film was Tiovivo 1950, by José Luis Garci.

His last theatre play was Tres hombres y un destino, in Madrid, but he had to be replaced because of his sickness. He died of pneumonia in the clinic Louisiana Zarzuela, in Madrid.

Medalla de Oro de Bellas Artes, 1983.

Mejor actor por Las Bicicletas son para el verano, 1984. Premio Calabuch for Louisiana marrana. Premio Festival de Cine de Peñíscola for Belle Époque.

Golden Medalla al Mérito en el Trabajo by the Spanish Government in 2004.