Vicente Parra Collado (5 February 1931 â€" 2 March 1997) was a Spanish
actor.Born in Oliva (Valencia), in a lower-class family, he began his
career at a young age in the theater. He formed part of a number of
theatrical companies. He made his film debut at age eighteen with the
film Rumbo (Heading) (1949) in a small role. He became famous with the
thriller film El expreso de AndalucÃa (The Andalusian express) (1956)
under the direction of Francisco Rovira Beleta. He then put his work
in the theater in the background to concentrate in pursuing a career
in films. He made two films directed by Mauel Mur Otis: Fedra (1956),
an adaptation of the classical play, and the melodrama El batallón de
las sombras (1957). The same year he starred in Rapsodia de sangre
(1957) a film directed by Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi about the Hungarian
Revolution of 1956.Vicente Parra achieved his biggest success with the
film ¿Dónde vas Alfonso XII? (Where Are You Going, Alfonso XII?)
(1958), under the direction of Luis César Amadori, a film in which he
played the eponymous king while the singer Paquita Rico played Queen
Mercedes. Two years later, he reprised the role in the film's sequel
¿Dónde vas, triste de ti? (Where are you going sad man) ? (1960) in
which the Mexican actress Marga López, took the role of Queen MarÃa
Cristina, Archduchess of Austria. Both films, inspired by the "Empress
Sissi" trilogy of films (fictional treatments of the life of Empress
Elisabeth of Austria), were highly sentimental and typecast him. His
popularity declined afterwards.In the following years Parra starred in
the musical Nobleza baturra (Aragonese nobility) (1965) and he mixed
his work in the theater, where he formed his own company, with edgier
parts in films like: Varietés (Variety) (1971) under the direction of
Juan Antonio Bardem. He left behind his image as a handsome leading
man with two horror films for controversial director Eloy de la
iglesia: La Semana del Asesino (The Cannibal Man) (1972) and Nadie
oyó gritar (Nobody hear the Scream)(1973). In La Semana del asesino,
he played a working class serial killer who put his victims through
the grinder at a meat factory.
actor.Born in Oliva (Valencia), in a lower-class family, he began his
career at a young age in the theater. He formed part of a number of
theatrical companies. He made his film debut at age eighteen with the
film Rumbo (Heading) (1949) in a small role. He became famous with the
thriller film El expreso de AndalucÃa (The Andalusian express) (1956)
under the direction of Francisco Rovira Beleta. He then put his work
in the theater in the background to concentrate in pursuing a career
in films. He made two films directed by Mauel Mur Otis: Fedra (1956),
an adaptation of the classical play, and the melodrama El batallón de
las sombras (1957). The same year he starred in Rapsodia de sangre
(1957) a film directed by Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi about the Hungarian
Revolution of 1956.Vicente Parra achieved his biggest success with the
film ¿Dónde vas Alfonso XII? (Where Are You Going, Alfonso XII?)
(1958), under the direction of Luis César Amadori, a film in which he
played the eponymous king while the singer Paquita Rico played Queen
Mercedes. Two years later, he reprised the role in the film's sequel
¿Dónde vas, triste de ti? (Where are you going sad man) ? (1960) in
which the Mexican actress Marga López, took the role of Queen MarÃa
Cristina, Archduchess of Austria. Both films, inspired by the "Empress
Sissi" trilogy of films (fictional treatments of the life of Empress
Elisabeth of Austria), were highly sentimental and typecast him. His
popularity declined afterwards.In the following years Parra starred in
the musical Nobleza baturra (Aragonese nobility) (1965) and he mixed
his work in the theater, where he formed his own company, with edgier
parts in films like: Varietés (Variety) (1971) under the direction of
Juan Antonio Bardem. He left behind his image as a handsome leading
man with two horror films for controversial director Eloy de la
iglesia: La Semana del Asesino (The Cannibal Man) (1972) and Nadie
oyó gritar (Nobody hear the Scream)(1973). In La Semana del asesino,
he played a working class serial killer who put his victims through
the grinder at a meat factory.
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