Rafael Romero Marchent

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1926-05-03

Deathday 2020-02-13 (93 years old)

Place of Birth Madrid, Spain

Rafael Romero Marchent

Biography

Rafael Romero Marchent (May 3, 1926 – February 13, 2020) was a Spanish director, screenwriter and actor. Born in Madrid , the son of the author Joaquín Romero Marchent Gómez de Avellaneda, he started his career as an actor, mainly cast in character roles. In 1959 he became assistant director, and in 1965 he made his directorial debut with Hands of a Gunfighter. Specialized in the Spaghetti Western genre, from the late 1970s he was also active on television. His brother Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent was also a director and screenwriter. In the 2000s he taught film and interpretation classes. He was awarded in 1947 by the Medalla del Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos for his role in the film La mies es mucha. He married Maruja Tamayo. He died on 13 February 2020 at the age of 93.

Known For

Director

Aquí mando yo

as Director

1984
1981
The Black Wolf

as Director

1978
1978
Cañas y barro

as Director

1977
1976
Un día con Sergio

as Director

1976
Your God My Hell

as Director

1976
Heat of the Flame

as Director

1976
1976
Curro Jiménez

as Director

1974
Witness to Murder

as Director

1974
La boda o la vida

as Director

1973
Disco rojo

as Director

1973
1972
Prey of Vultures

as Director

1970
1970
Awkward Hands

as Director

1969
The Avenger, Zorro

as Director

1969
Dead Are Countless

as Director

1968
1968
1968
One by One

as Director

1966
1965
1964
Hour of Death

as Assistant Director

1964
The Avenger of Venice

as Assistant Director

1963
The Sign of the Coyote

as Assistant Director

1963
Bochorno

as Assistant Director

1962
Vampiresas 1930

as Assistant Director

1962
The Shadow of Zorro

as Assistant Director

1961
El pobre García

as Assistant Director

1960
Vida sin risas

as Assistant Director

1959
Valentine's Day

as Assistant Director

1958
Red Cross Girls

as Second Assistant Director

1957
El hombre que viajaba despacito

as Script Supervisor

Actor

2004
2001
Cuéntame cómo pasó

as Abogado Núñez

1997
To the Limit

as Judge 2

1990
Alone Together

as Quintero

1976
Curro Jiménez

as Matías

1962
Zorro the Avenger

as Juan Aguilar (as Ralph March)

1957
1956
La pecadora

as Padre Antonio

1954
Los gamberros

as Pedro

1953
1953
Cabaret

as Pepe

1951
1951
La Leona de Castilla

as Juan de Padilla Jr.

1950
Yo no soy la Mata-Hari

as (uncredited)

1948
Mare nostrum

as Esteban

1948
1947
Don Quixote

as Lacayo (Lackey) (uncredited)

Writer

1981
The Black Wolf

as Screenplay

1981
1974
1974
1972
1972
Prey of Vultures

as Screenplay

1970
A Quiet Place to Kill

as Screenplay

1969
1969
The Avenger, Zorro

as Screenplay

1969
1969
Viva Cangaceiro

as Screenplay

1964
The Pitiless Three

as Screenplay