Director

Ramón Torrado

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Directed movies: 41Directed series: 0All crew credits: 48

TMDB ID: 238924

IMDb ID: nm0868315

Known for: Directing

Born: April 5, 1905

Died: January 1, 1990

Age: 84

Place of birth: A Coruña, Galicia, Spain

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Career span: 1942 - 1978

Years active: 37

Wikidata: Q3391468

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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).

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