Ramón Torrado
Born: 1905-04-05 in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Died: 1990-01-01
Known For: Directing
Biography
Ramón Torrado (5 April 1905 – January 1990) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 50 films between 1942 and 1978. Along his brother Adolfo Torrado, they worked in Suevia Films, and he directed Botón de ancla (1948), with a good success and was adapted many times, El famoso Carballeira, Polizón a bordo (1941), Mar abierto (1946) and Sabela de Cambados (1948). He met dancer Lola Flores and she appeared in Estrella de Sierra Morena (1952), and María de la O (1959), which was adapted from the 1936 version by Francisco Elías Riquelme and Carmen Amaya, Julio Peña, Antonio Moreno and Pastora Imperio were the main characters. He directed Mi canción es para ti (1965), starring Manolo Escobar, Ángel de Andrés, María Martín, Alejandra Nilo, María Isbert and Rafaela Aparicio. He directed others musical films with Manolo Escobar such as Un beso en el puerto, (1966) and El padre Manolo (1967). He directed Spaghetti Western films such as Cavalry Charge (1964).
Filmography
1978
- Pasión inconfesable ... (Director)
1976
- Guerreras verdes ... (Director)
1974
- Los caballeros del botón de ancla ... (Director)
1972
- En un mundo nuevo ... (Director)
1971
- La montaña rebelde ... (Director)
1970
- Los hombres las prefieren viudas ... (Writer)
- Con ella llegó el amor ... (Director)
1969
- El niño y el potro (Más allá de río Miño) ... (Director)
- Amor a todo gas ... (Director)
- Educando a una idiota ... (Director)
1967
- El padre Manolo ... (Director)
1966
- Un beso en el puerto ... (Director)
1965
- Texas Jim ... (Director)
- Mi canción es para ti ... (Writer)
1964
- Relevo para un pistolero ... (Director)
- Cavalry Charge ... (Director)
- Black Angel of the Mississippi ... (Director)
1963
- Cristo Negro ... (Director)
1961
- Fray Escoba ... (Writer)
- Ella y los veteranos ... (Director)
1960
- Un paso al frente ... (Director)
1959
- María de la O ... (Director)
- Der Löwe von Babylon ... (Director)
1958
- Die Sklavenkarawane ... (Art Direction)
- Héroes del aire ... (Director)
1957
- Les Lavandières du Portugal ... (Director)
- Un fantasma llamado amor ... (Writer)
1956
- Curra Veleta ... (Director)
1955
- Suspiros de Triana ... (Director)
1954
- Hollyhock ... (Director)
- Love on Wheels ... (Director)
1953
- Nadie lo sabrá ... (Director)
- La alegre caravana ... (Director)
- ¡Che, qué loco! ... (Writer)
1952
- Estrella de Sierra Morena ... (Director)
- Feather in the Wind ... (Director)
1951
- La virgen gitana ... (Director)
- Air Lashings ... (Director)
- The Girl at the Inn ... (Director)
1950
- Rumbo ... (Director)
1949
- Sabela De Cambados ... (Director)
1948
- Botón de ancla ... (Director)
1947
- El Emigrado ... (Director)
1946
- Mar abierto as Painter (uncredited)
1945
- Castañuela ... (Director)
1944
- El rey de las finanzas ... (Director)
1943
- El hombre de los muñecos ... (Adaptation)
- ¡¡Campeones!! ... (Director)
1942
- La rueda de la vida ... (Story)