Juan Luis Galiardo Comes (2 March 1940 â€" 22 June 2012) was a Spanish
television, theater and film actor.The eldest of six children, Juan
Luis Galiardo Comes was born in San Roque, Cádiz, but spent most of
his childhood and youth in Badajoz, where his father had moved
following working opportunities. After finishing his secondary
education in Seville, Galiardo studied Agricultural Engineering at the
University of Madrid. He abandoned his studies in 1961, to enroll the
following year at Spain's National Film School (EOC) where he trained
as an actor. He began his career working in the theater under the
direction of José Luis Alonso de Santos in the theater MarÃa
Guerrero. With some fellow actors he founded the T.E.I. (Independent
Experimental Theatre), directed by Miguel Narros.Galiardo made his
film debut in the leading role in Julio Diamante's film El arte de
vivir (The Art of Living) (1965). In the next sixteen years he
appeared in more than fifty motion pictures, becoming one of the most
popular romantic lead actors of Spanish films thanks in great part to
his matinee idol good looks. Among his film of this period are notable
his performances in Carlos Saura's Stress es tres, tres (Stress is
three, three) (1968), Vicente Aranda's Clara es el precio (Clara is
the Price) (1974), and two films by Jaime Camino: Mañana será otro
dia (Tomorrow is another day) (1966) and La campanada (Pealing of the
Bells) (1980).In 1979, Galiardo went to Mexico where he lived for five
years, appearing in secondary roles in Mexican films as well as in
popular television dramas. In 1982 he received the Heraldo award as
best actor
television, theater and film actor.The eldest of six children, Juan
Luis Galiardo Comes was born in San Roque, Cádiz, but spent most of
his childhood and youth in Badajoz, where his father had moved
following working opportunities. After finishing his secondary
education in Seville, Galiardo studied Agricultural Engineering at the
University of Madrid. He abandoned his studies in 1961, to enroll the
following year at Spain's National Film School (EOC) where he trained
as an actor. He began his career working in the theater under the
direction of José Luis Alonso de Santos in the theater MarÃa
Guerrero. With some fellow actors he founded the T.E.I. (Independent
Experimental Theatre), directed by Miguel Narros.Galiardo made his
film debut in the leading role in Julio Diamante's film El arte de
vivir (The Art of Living) (1965). In the next sixteen years he
appeared in more than fifty motion pictures, becoming one of the most
popular romantic lead actors of Spanish films thanks in great part to
his matinee idol good looks. Among his film of this period are notable
his performances in Carlos Saura's Stress es tres, tres (Stress is
three, three) (1968), Vicente Aranda's Clara es el precio (Clara is
the Price) (1974), and two films by Jaime Camino: Mañana será otro
dia (Tomorrow is another day) (1966) and La campanada (Pealing of the
Bells) (1980).In 1979, Galiardo went to Mexico where he lived for five
years, appearing in secondary roles in Mexican films as well as in
popular television dramas. In 1982 he received the Heraldo award as
best actor
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