Manuel González (actor)

Manuel González
Manuel González and Mercedes Pérez Vargas at Teatro de la Comedia, Madrid, 1911
Died1946
Madrid
NationalitySpanish

Manuel González (d. Madrid; December 24, 1946) was a Spanish actor.

Biography

He developed his artistic career on the stages of the capital of Spain. His beginnings were at Teatro de la Comedia with Mercedes Pérez de Vargas.[1] Shortly after he joined the company of Juan Bonafé and specialized in the comedy genre. He also worked as a theater director.

During the 1930s he worked at Teatro Español in Madrid, on whose stage he performed, among other plays, Don Juan Tenorio, by Zorrilla and Electra, by Galdós.[2] During the Spanish Civil War he was a tenant of the theater. He was performing El alcalde de Zalamea when Francisco Franco's troops entered Madrid on March 28, 1939.[3] After the war he joined Antonio Vico, Carmen Carbonell and Concha Catalá to create the company Los cuatro ases (The Four Aces).[1]

He died as a result of an angina pectoris.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Hemeroteca - La Vanguardia - Home". hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  2. ^ a b "ABC MADRID 25-12-1946 página 10 - Archivo ABC". abc. 2019-08-06. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  3. ^ Lorenzo, Luciano García (2000). Estado actual de los estudios calderonianos (in Spanish). Edition Reichenberger. ISBN 978-3-931887-92-6.