Rafael Félix Rivelles Guillén (23 December 1898 â€" 3 December 1971)
was a Spanish actor born in El Cabañal (El Cabanyal), a small town in
the province of Valencia, Spain. Son of play actor José Rivelles and
play actress Amparo Guillén, he was the father of famous Spanish star
Amparo Rivelles. In the 1930s, with the advent of talking films, he
went to Hollywood to make Spanish-language versions of American films,
but eventually came back to Spain.Rivelles had two especially notable
roles - the title role in Don Quijote de la Mancha, and the Prior in
Marcelino pan y vino (1955). He died in Madrid on 3 December 1971 and
was interred at the El Cabanyal Cemetery in Valencia along with his
father.
was a Spanish actor born in El Cabañal (El Cabanyal), a small town in
the province of Valencia, Spain. Son of play actor José Rivelles and
play actress Amparo Guillén, he was the father of famous Spanish star
Amparo Rivelles. In the 1930s, with the advent of talking films, he
went to Hollywood to make Spanish-language versions of American films,
but eventually came back to Spain.Rivelles had two especially notable
roles - the title role in Don Quijote de la Mancha, and the Prior in
Marcelino pan y vino (1955). He died in Madrid on 3 December 1971 and
was interred at the El Cabanyal Cemetery in Valencia along with his
father.
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