Rafael Romero Marchent
Director
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.
Filmography
Don Quixote
as Lacayo (Lackey) (uncredited) 1947
Merry-Go-Round c. 1950
as Tertuliano 2004
Pesadilla para un rico
as Portes 1996
El indiano
1955
La mies es mucha
as Modu 1948
Zorro the Avenger
as Juan Aguilar (as Ralph March) 1962
La fiesta sigue
1948
Mare nostrum
as Esteban 1948
La Leona de Castilla
as Juan de Padilla Jr. 1951
Fulano y Mengano
as Paco 1957
To the Limit
as Judge 2 1997
Cabaret
as Pepe 1953
Un indiano en Moratilla
1958
Alone Together
as Quintero 1990
La pecadora
as Padre Antonio 1956
La espera
1956
The Seventh Page
as Javier 1951