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Adolfo Torrado(1904-1958)

  • Writer
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Adolfo Torrado Estrada (La Coruña, May 2, 1904 - Madrid, July 12, 1958) was a Spanish comedy writer, very popular in the 40s and 50s, brother of film director Ramón Torrado. In his theatrical pieces, characteristics such as sentimentality and easy humor are appreciated. Later he forged a dramatic formula that has come to be called "the epic of upstart."
BornMay 2, 1904
DiedJuly 12, 1958(54)
BornMay 2, 1904
DiedJuly 12, 1958(54)
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Known for

El indiano (1955)
El indiano
  • Writer
  • 1955
Los hijos de la noche (1939)
Los hijos de la noche
5.4
  • Writer
  • 1939
Jalisco canta en Sevilla (1949)
Jalisco canta en Sevilla
6.5
  • Writer
  • 1949
Los caballeros del Botón de Ancla (1974)
Los caballeros del Botón de Ancla
4.6
  • Writer
  • 1974

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Writer

  • Karla Souza, Gonzalo Vega, Luis Gerardo Méndez, and Juan Pablo Gil in We Are the Nobles (2013)
    We Are the Nobles
    7.3
    • play "El Gran Calavera"
    • 2013
  • Los caballeros del Botón de Ancla (1974)
    Los caballeros del Botón de Ancla
    4.6
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1974
  • La risa española
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1969
  • El indiano (1955)
    El indiano
    • dialogue
    • story
    • 1955
  • Siete mujeres (1953)
    Siete mujeres
    • play
    • 1953
  • Un gallo en corral ajeno (1952)
    Un gallo en corral ajeno
    7.3
    • Writer
    • 1952
  • Antonio Casal, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Carmelita González, Helga Liné, and Jorge Mistral in La trinca del aire (1951)
    La trinca del aire
    5.3
    • additional dialogue
    • 1951
  • Historia de dos aldeas (1951)
    Historia de dos aldeas
    • story
    • 1951
  • The Great Madcap (1949)
    The Great Madcap
    7.1
    • play "El Gran Calavera"
    • 1949
  • Sabela de Cambados (1949)
    Sabela de Cambados
    5.3
    • dialogue
    • story
    • 1949
  • Jalisco canta en Sevilla (1949)
    Jalisco canta en Sevilla
    6.5
    • story
    • 1949
  • Dueña y señora (1948)
    Dueña y señora
    7.3
    • play
    • 1948
  • Botón de ancla (1948)
    Botón de ancla
    5.7
    • dialogue
    • 1948
  • El emigrado (1946)
    El emigrado
    4.4
    • story
    • 1946
  • Mar abierto (1946)
    Mar abierto
    6.2
    • story
    • 1946

Soundtrack

  • El indiano (1955)
    El indiano
    • lyrics: "Lo mismo que el mar", "Palabras"
    • 1955

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Torrado
  • Born
    • May 2, 1904
    • A Coruña, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
  • Died
    • July 12, 1958
  • Relatives
    • Ramón Torrado(Sibling)

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