Juan de Landa

Juan de Landa (1894–1968) was a Spanish film actor, who was born in the Basque Country. De Landa entered the film industry in 1930 following the arrival of sound film. He initially acted in Spanish-language versions of Hollywood films, but later worked mainly in the Spanish and Italian film industries. His best-known role is in Luchino Visconti's 1943 film Ossessione.

Partial filmography

• El último de los Vargas (1930) - Capitán de los Rurales
• El valiente (1930) - Sargento de policia
• El presidio (1930) - Butch
• De frente, marchen (1930) - El sargento Gruñón
• La fruta amarga (1931) - Bill
• Love in Every Port (1931) - Tripode
• Su última noche (1931) - Aquiles Desano
• The Trial of Mary Dugan (1931) - Insp. Hunt
• Se ha fugado un preso (1935)
• El secreto de Ana María (1936)
• Al margen de la ley (1936)
• Carmen fra i rossi (1939) - Amalio
• The Sin of Rogelia Sanchez (1940) - Massimo
• Saint Rogelia (1940) - Máximo
• L'uomo della legione (1940) - Antonio Scotto, il meccanico
• The Pirate's Dream (1940) - Bieco de la Muerte
• La forza bruta (1941) - Bob
• Giuliano de' Medici (1941) - Goro
• The Prisoner of Santa Cruz (1941) - Pietro
• The King's Jester (1941) - Sparafucile
• Black Gold (1942) - Pietro, il minatore
• Tragic Night (1942) - Faille
• Ossessione (1943) - Giuseppe Bragana
• National Velvet (1944) - Padron Giovanni
• Noche sin cielo (1947) - Federico
• The Drummer of Bruch (1948) - Tomàs
• The Party Goes On (1948) - Padre prior
• Just Any Woman (1949) - Padre de Luis
• In a Corner of Spain (1949) - Alcalde
• The Maragatan Sphinx (1950) - Tío Cristóbal
• My Beloved Juan (1950) - Sebastián
• The Vila Family (1950) - Teófilo Torrens
• Alina (1950) - Lucien
• Devotion (1950) - Don Vidris, il prete
• Brief Rapture (1951) - Capobanda
• Salvate mia figlia (1951)
• One Hundred Little Mothers (1952) - Don Michele
• The Dream of Zorro (1952) - César / Pedro
• The Woman Who Invented Love (1952) - Usuraio Passadonato
• La figlia del diavolo (1952) - Il boia
• Redemption (1952) - Parroco
• Captain Phantom (1953) - Carlos
• Beat the Devil (1953) - Hispano-Suiza Driver
• El hombre que veía la muerte (1953)
• We Stole a Tram (1956) - Rossi
• Faustina (1957) - Mefistófeles
• Los ángeles del volante (1957) - Nicolás
• The Man Who Wagged His Tail (1957) - Butcher
• Cuatro en la frontera (1958) - (final film role)

References

Bibliography

• Bacon, Henry. Visconti: Explorations of Beauty and Decay. Cambridge University Press, 1998.

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