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Born: 1908-10-31 in La Coruña, Spain
Died: 1977-10-13
Known For: Acting
Biography
Tomás Ares Pena was a Spanish actor. He started in the theater in the thirties as a comedian and variety actor. After the Spanish Civil War, he began his film career, and in the following years he became one of the supporting actors with one of the longest careers in the history of Spanish cinema.
Filmography
1977
- My Daughter Hildegart as Un republicano
1976
- El chiste as Guardia forestal / Ganadero / Jefe indio
- La Carmen as Padre de José
- Curro Jiménez
- Volvoreta as Ramón
- Madrid, Costa Fleming as Marcelo
- Los hijos de... as Barrendero
- El segundo poder as Fray Lope
- A la Legión le gustan las mujeres… y a las mujeres, les gusta la Legión as Tabernero
- Vuelve, querida Nati as Conserje
1975
- Cry, Onion! as Sam - Merchant (uncredited)
- El mejor regalo as Invitado a la boda
1974
- Five Pillows for One Night as Recepcionista del Balneario Fuencaliente
- Una pareja... distinta as Truhán
- La boda o la vida
- Cuando los niños vienen de Marsella as Padre de José
1973
- Celos, amor y Mercado Común as Amigo de Felipe
1971
- Delusions of Grandeur as Sheikh of the Barbary (uncredited)
- Murders in the Rue Morgue as Orsini's Assistant
- El apartamento de la tentación as Forest Guard
- Una chica casi decente
- Cut-Throats Nine as Buddy
- Simón, contamos contigo
- La montaña rebelde as Ermitaño
1970
- Sabata the Killer as Telegrafo
- A Lady Called Andrew as Empleado de limpieza
- El mesón del gitano as Ezequiel
- Con ella llegó el amor as Huésped de la pensión
- El alma se serena as Jefe de estación
- Don erre que erre as Guardia Civil 1
1969
- Dead Are Countless as Potter (uncredited)
- Pasto de fieras
- El niño y el potro (Más allá de río Miño) as Rogelio
- Juicio de faldas as Paco, amigo de Gregorio
- No somos ni Romeo ni Julieta as Policía secreta de noche 1º
- Amor a todo gas as Cristobal
- Educando a una idiota
1968
- Between God, The Devil and a Winchester
- ¡Cuidado con las señoras! as Camarero
- Operation Mata Hari as Jefe de sala del cabaret
- ¡Cómo está el servicio! as Sereno con un bastón
- Villa Rides as Villa's Telegraphist (uncredited)
- Los que tocan el piano as Rufino Celeiro - el Sereno
- Objetivo: BI-KI-NI as Camarero
- One by One as Bartender Ben (uncredited)
1967
- Operación cabaretera as Guardia
- La niña del patio as Don Calixto, administrador
- Two Crosses in Danger Pass as Bartender
- Run Like a Thief as Gonzalez
- 40 grados a la sombra as Portero casa de Evaristo
- Clint the Stranger as Simpson
- Vestida de novia as Camarero gallego
- Club de solteros as Lucas
1966
- Eroe vagabondo
- Lost Command as Old Man with Flag (uncredited)
- Fray Torero as Un habitante del pueblo
- Proceso a una estrella
- La mujer perdida
- The Tough One as Padre O’Hara
- Ypotron: Final Countdown as Il portiere dell'hotel
- Seven Guns for the MacGregors as Barman (uncredited)
1965
- Texas Jim as Pedro, the Mexican
- Amador as Limpiabotas
- Cotolay as Monje
- In a Colt's Shadow as Veterinarian
- Whisky y vodka as Pintor
- Mi canción es para ti as Propietario caballos de carreras
- Dos chicas locas locas as Guarda de la estación de tren
1964
- Backfire as Guard of the boat parking
- El camino as Germán's Father
- Los dinamiteros as Marmolista
- The Spy as Poker Player
- Gunmen Of The Rio Grande as Peon
- The Palomos as Taxi driver
- The Rash One
- Strange Voyage as Cosme
- Gunfighters of Casa Grande as Vasco (uncredited)
- Death Whistles the Blues as Policía
- Relevo para un pistolero as Recepcionista del hotel
- Cavalry Charge
- La chica del gato as Venancio
- El pecador y la bruja as Portero
- Black Angel of the Mississippi as Lopez
- Como dos gotas de agua as Martínez
1963
- The Executioner as Guarda de la obra
- Bochorno
- The Ceremony
- La revoltosa as Jugador de cartas
- Jaguar as Lugarteniente del llanero
- Mathias Sandorf as Carpena
- The Adventures of Scaramouche as Gino
- Girl from La Mancha as Carretero
- The Swindlers as Antonio Monterosi (segment "Medico i fidanzata")
- José María as Coronel
- El turista as Atracador
- Gunfight at Red Sands as Barber
- Escala en Hi-Fi
- Plaza de Oriente as Camarero
- The Fair of the Dove
- The Castilian
- Sign of Zorro as Mejicano
- The Implacable Three as Cartero
- An Almost Decent Girl as Propietario bar
- Heroes of the West as Doctor
- Pacto de silencio as Guardia del tren
- Un demonio con ángel as Don Federico
- Death and the Lumberjack as Guardia
- El precio de un asesino as Cura
- Chica para todo as Gancho del Timador
1962
- Placido as Rivas - The Administrator
- I motorizzati as (uncredited)
- Torrejón City as Ojo de Halcón
- The Shadow of Zorro as Empleado de banca
- La gran familia as (uncredited)
- Vamos a contar mentiras
- Two Against All as Wagon Loader (uncredited)
- Zorro the Avenger as Soldado
- The Four Truths
- Martes y trece as Invitado con botella
- Those Who Did Not Go to War as Propietario bar Fandiño
- The Son of Captain Blood as Matt
1961
- The Savage Guns as Cantinero pedro
- Revolt of the Mercenaries as Katia's Companion
- Fray Escoba
- Madame
- Punto y banca
- ¡Aquí están las vicetiples! as Dueño Kiosco
- La venganza de Don Mendo as Alí
- Pecado de amor as Sereno
- Fantasmas en la casa as Pascasio
- El pobre García as Felipe
- Conqueror of Maracaibo as Ben Yussuf (uncredited)
- Ella y los veteranos as Dueño caseta de tiro
1960
- Ama Rosa as Cochero
- The Boy Who Stole a Million as Knife Grinder
- Un paso al frente as Román
- Crimen para recién casados
- Three Etc.'s and the Colonel
- El hombre que perdió el tren as Federico Méndez
- El indulto as Músico ambulante
1959
- Poison at 2:30 as Hombre en consulta veterinario
- Diez fusiles esperan as Cañete
- ¿Dónde vas, Alfonso XII? as Madrileño gritón (uncredited)
- Streetcar for Sale as Marmolista
- Blame Me
- Der Löwe von Babylon as Abdullah (uncredited)
- El gafe as Sobrino de D. Balbino #2
- La vida alrededor as Demetrio Suárez 'El Asunción'
- The Redeemer
- Sonatas as Tercer centinela
1958
- Familia provisional
- Revenge as Galician Harvester
- Die Sklavenkarawane as Hassan (uncredited)
- Héroes del aire as Percebe
- Aquellos tiempos del cuplé as Tendero
- Life Ahead as Copiloto de la camioneta
- El puente de la paz as Dedos Largos
- El hombre del paraguas blanco as Alguacil #1
- Anna Said Yes as Don Cristino
- Historias de Madrid as Ciriaco - guarda del cementerio (uncredited)
- Farmacia de guardia as Sereno
1957
- El anónimo
- Faustina as Lipio
- The Pride and the Passion as (uncredited)
- El hombre que viajaba despacito as Jugador de cartas
- Fulano y Mengano as Conductor del coche fúnebre
- Susanna and Me as Bedel
- Un fantasma llamado amor
- Un marido de ida y vuelta as Díaz
- Las muchachas de azul as Felipe - padre de Ana
1956
- Curra Veleta as Sereno
- Fedra, the Devil's Daughter as (uncredited)
- Piedras vivas
- Dos novias para un torero
- La mestiza
- Afternoon at the Bulls as Portero de la enfermería
- The Wicked Carabel as Bedel
- ¡Aquí hay petróleo! as Baldomero
- Pasión en el mar as El Sabio
- El fenómeno as Guardia del Parque
- Saeta rubia as Taxista
- El rey de la carretera as Pedro
1955
- The Coyote
- Pride as Gabriel
- Para siempre amor mío
- Un día perdido as Maestro de baile
- Radio Stories as Sargento de la guardia civil
- El guardián del paraíso as Sereno
- La reina mora as Presidiario
- Noche de tormenta
- La Cruz de Mayo as Félix
1954
- Buenas noticias as Alguacil
- La ciudad de los sueños
- The Devil Plays the Flute as Presidente
- Tres huchas para Oriente as Portero del estadio (uncredited)
- Hollyhock as Barrabás
- Tres eran tres as (segment "Una de indios")
- Love on Wheels as Cristóbal
1953
- Vuelo 971 as Padre
- Jeromín
- Airport as Sereno
- Nadie lo sabrá as Cartero
- La alegre caravana as Titiritero
- Ha desaparecido un pasajero
- Sobresaliente
1951
- Doubt as Sereno (uncredited)
- The Great Galeoto as Cochero
- Niebla y sol as Meigo
- Air Lashings as Pepiño
- The Girl at the Inn as Dimas
1950
- Pequeñeces
- Post Office Box 1001
- Yo no soy la Mata-Hari as Don Cosme Fernández
- Tiempos felices
- Historia en dos aldeas
1949
- Sabela De Cambados as Benito
1948
- The Marquis of Salamanca as Hombre almacén figuras de cera
- Pototo, Boliche y Compañía
- Botón de ancla as Trinquete
1947
- Heroes del 95 as Fadeiro
1946
- Mar abierto as Peirán
- El doncel de la reina
- El pirata Bocanegra as Cayetano
1945
- Un hombre de negocios as Conserje del museo
- El pozo de los enamorados
1944
- La vida empieza a medianoche as Regidor del teatro
- Ella, él y sus millones as El guía
- Tuvo la culpa Adán as Guardia
1942
- Goyescas as Asistente
- Éramos 7 a la mesa
- La rueda de la vida as Juanito
- Unos pasos de mujer
- El hombre que se quiso matar as Huésped
- Madrid de mis sueños
1941
- Stowaway on Board! as Alguacil
- Torbellino as Juan José