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Luis Escobar Kirkpatrick
View on WikipediaLuis Escobar y Kirkpatrick, 7th Marquess of Marismas del Guadalquivir (5 September 1908 – 16 February 1991), was a Spanish nobleman and actor.
Key Information
He was an actor, playwright, and theatre director who advanced the interests of Teatro María Guerrero, Teatro Español, and Teatro Eslava. A flamboyant aristocrat, he was particularly known to have played el marqués de Leguineche (the Marquess of Leguineche) in Luis García Berlanga's comedy trilogy: La Escopeta Nacional (1978), Patrimonio Nacional (1981) and Nacional III (1982). In 1950, he directed La honradez de la cerradura, which was nominated at the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Escobar never married and was openly homosexual, especially after Spanish democracy was restored in 1975. His niece, María Victoria Escobar y Cancho, succeeded him in the Marquessate of Marismas del Guadalquivir upon his death in 1991.
Selected filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]- La Escopeta Nacional (1978)
- Patrimonio Nacional (1981)
- Nacional III (1982)
- La Colmena (1982)
Director
[edit]- Malibran's Song (1951)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Festival de Cannes: La honradez de la cerradura". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved January 11, 2009.
External links
[edit]- Luis Escobar at IMDb
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