Félix
Fernández Garcia was born on July 21, 1899 in Cangas de Onís, Oviedo, Spain. In
1916 he debuted as a stage actor during a tour of Argentina. After his return
to Spain, he worked at the companies María Guerrero and Catalina Barcena. In
1931, he moved to Paris, where he worked until 1934 as a voice actor at the
Joinville studios and continued his acting activity in Spain. After the Spanish
Civil War, he began a long career in films, appearing in over 200.
Magnificent
in all his work, he often played in comic roles. Outstanding roles with
director Luis García Berlanga , as the con man dressed as a Roman in "Esa
Pareja Feliz" (co-directed by Rafael Bardem ), as the doctor in
"Welcome Mr. Marshall" as well as a doctor in "Los Jueves,
Milagro". Fernández appeared in five Euro-westerns from his role as Paco
in “The Savage Guns” in 1961 to “A Few Dollars for Django” in 1966.
He
was married to voice actress Irene Guerrero de Luna [1911-1996].
Fernández
died in Valdetorres del Jarama, Madrid, of a heart attack while filming the
movie, "The
Treasure of Father O'Hara" on July 4, 1966.
Today
we remember Félix Fernández on what would have been his 115th
birthday.
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