José Luis López Vázquez

José Luis López Vázquez

March 12, 1922 · 104 years old

José Luis López Vázquez originally worked in theater as a costume designer, a scenic designer, and as an assistant director to Pío Ballesteros and Enrique Herreros. In 1946, he switched over to films, with a small role. Originally starring in comic roles, he made the move to drama films in the 1960s…

Known For

22 titles
1
Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella

Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella

2001 · 1h 39m · Movie

Torrente now lives in Marbella; after losing all his money, he returns to private investigation. One case puts him in the middle of a villain's missile plot to destroy the city and his own uncle's blackmail operation--and he knows...

6.4
2
The Executioner

The Executioner

1963 · 1h 30m · Movie

An undertaker marries an old executioner's daughter and must continue his father-in-law's profession after his retirement, although he doesn't like it.

7.9
3
Avellaneda's Moon

Avellaneda's Moon

2004 · 2h 23m · Movie

The story of a social and sports club in a Buenos Aires neighborhood and of those who try to save it from being closed.

7.2
4
The Telephone Box

The Telephone Box

1972 · 35m · Movie

A man gets trapped inside a telephone box and nobody is able to free him.

7.8
5
Placido

Placido

1962 · 1h 25m · Movie

In a small Spanish town, a group of old ladies decides to celebrate Christmas Eve with a "seat a poor man at your table" dinner: each wealthy household of the town will have a homeless person dining with them that night. The celeb...

7.8
6
La escopeta nacional

La escopeta nacional

1978 · 1h 35m · Movie

Jaume Canivell, Catalan manufacturer of mechanical porters, accompanies his lover on a hunt to relate to important people. The farm where it is organized is full of strange characters.

7.3
7
El cochecito

El cochecito

1960 · 1h 25m · Movie

Seventy-something Don Anselmo, a retired minister, becomes obsessed with owning a motorized wheelchair and fakes infirmity to get it.

7.3
8
Robbery at 3 O'clock

Robbery at 3 O'clock

1962 · 1h 32m · Movie

Galindo works in a bank. One day he convinces the other employees in the bank to plan a hold-up in the bank they are working. They prepare everything carefully. However, real robbers come just before the fake ones.

7.4
9
The Legend of Frenchie King

The Legend of Frenchie King

1971 · 1h 34m · Movie

Outlaw sisters in the old West inherit a ranch and try to settle down and develop relationships with neighboring family of lots of brothers.

5.2
10
Cousin Angelica

Cousin Angelica

1974 · 1h 47m · Movie

After being given permission to re-inter his mother's body in their family vault, a middle-aged man who survived the Spanish Civil War as a child returns home and relives old memories.

7.4
11
Little Lips

Little Lips

1978 · 1h 17m · Movie

A writer returns home from World War I. He has developed a very bad case of post traumatic stress disorder. He contemplates suicide, but becomes interested in the 12 year old niece of the innkeeper at the place where he is recuper...

5.3
12
Patrimonio nacional

Patrimonio nacional

1981 · 1h 52m · Movie

Second installment of the saga of the Leguineche's preceded by "The National Shotgun" and completed by "National III". After the death of Franco (1975) and the restoration of the monarchy, the Marquis of Leguineche returns to his ...

7.0
13
Los jueves, milagro

Los jueves, milagro

1957 · 1h 24m · Movie

In the village of Fuentecilla is a medicinal spa which was very popular in the past but has now been forgotten by the public. To bring back the tourists, the "prominent men" of the village organize a fake miracle: the apparition o...

7.2
14
The Fencing Master

The Fencing Master

1992 · 1h 28m · Movie

A fencing master in pre-revolution Spain is hired to teach fencing to a beautiful young woman. Although he has never taught a woman before, he is fascinated by her and agrees. She wishes to learn a particular thrust which he is fa...

6.7
15
La gran familia

La gran familia

1962 · 1h 44m · Movie

Carlos Alonso and Mercedes Cebrián are parents of fifteen children of different ages. They all live with the grandfather and depend exclusively on Carlos work (moonlighting rigger) as the sole breadwinner, which puts them in const...

6.6
16
The Ancines Woods

The Ancines Woods

1970 · 1h 30m · Movie

Benito Freire is a peddler who lives miserably in an environment dominated by ignorance and superstition. He is dedicated to peddling by the Galician towns and suffers severe attacks of epilepsy. Through the region begins to sprea...

6.3
17
The Fourth Victim

The Fourth Victim

1971 · 1h 28m · Movie

A wealthy Englishman finds his third wife dead. After the police discover that his first two wives had also died suddenly, an investigation is launched. Meanwhile, a new neighbor moves in and becomes very interested in Arthur.

5.7
18
Nacional III

Nacional III

1982 · 1h 42m · Movie

After being forced to sell his palace, the Marquis of Leguineche moved to an apartment with his son Luis José, his faithful servants and Father Calvo. When the father of Luis José dies, leaving his entire fortune to Chus, the daug...

6.5
19
El turismo es un gran invento

El turismo es un gran invento

1968 · 1h 32m · Movie

After a vacation at a seaside resort, a Spanish mayor attempts to modify his small rural town for tourists in an attempt to make money.

5.6
20
La familia y... uno más

La familia y... uno más

1965 · 1h 39m · Movie

Over the years, the life of the disproportionate family of Carlos Alonso has undergone several changes: the birth of little María, the sixteenth child, coincided with the death of the mother, who left behind her an irreparable gap...

5.9
21
Heat of Desire

Heat of Desire

1981 · 1h 26m · Movie

In France in the near future, revolt and chaos erupt. A right-wing politician, Philippe Muphand, is set to take control when his lady friend Caroline walks out, announcing she will take up with the first fool she sees. The fool is...

5.6
22
I motorizzati

I motorizzati

1962 · 1h 38m · Movie

A guy is about to become the millionth citizen to buy a car in Rome. Frightened, he decides to remain pedestrian, and recalls several stories, with new car owners as protagonists.

6.1