Rafael Banquells
Acting · Directing
Born June 26, 1917, La Habana, Cuba
Rafael Banquells (June 25, 1917 – October 27, 1990) born Rafael Banquells Garafulla was an actor, director and TV producer known in Mexico as Rafael Banquells. Rafael Banquells Garafulla was born on June 25, 1917 in La Habana, Cuba. His parents were actors in Spain. He began his career as a movies actor in 1940. He was married three times. His wives were actresses. First he married Blanca de Castejón (deceased). He was then married to the actress and TV producer Silvia Pinal and they had a daughter, Sylvia Pasquel; and he was last married to the actress Dina de Marco. Their children are José Manuel, Rocío Banquells, Mary Paz, Ariadne and Rafael II. Rafael died on October 27, 1990 in Mexico City, at the age of 73. The name of this actor and director is written with Golden letters in the history of Mexican televisión, movies and theater.
Filmography
- 2007A Red Recipe To Cook Crustaceans
- Días sin luna — Director
- 1990El tesorito de Crispin — Animador
- 1989Cabalgando con la muerte
- 1988Ni de aquí, ni de allá — Jefe de Policía
- Aprendiendo a vivir — Director
- Guadalupe — Director
- Principessa — Director
- Bianca Vidal — Director
- Déjame vivir — Director
- 1979Estas ruinas que ves — Rector Sebastián Montero
- 1979Los indolentes — Borracho
- Los ricos también lloran — Padre Adrián
- 1978Pubertinaje
- Ha llegado una intrusa — Don Rafael Moreno
- 1974The Holy Inquisition — Principal de la Real Audiencia
- 1973Vidita negra — Roberto
- Las gemelas — Don Raúl Beltrán
- 1971El sinvergüenza
- Muchacha italiana viene a casarse — Joseph
- 1970Santo vs. Blue Demon in Atlantis — Profesor Gerard
- 1965La alegría de vivir
- 1959Gutierritos — Ángel Gutiérrez (Gutierritos)
- Gutierritos — Director
- 1957El Secreto De Pancho Villa
- 1957El tesoro de Pancho Villa
- 1957Los tres mosqueteros y medio
- 1957Teatro del crimen — Inspector de policía
- 1956La sombra vengadora — Camarero
- 1956The King of México — Actor en película
- 1956Unfaithful Wives
- 1955La sombra vengadora contra la mano negra
- 1955The Medallion of Crime — Valle
- 1955X Murderer — Sargento Ralph Curtis
- 1954La visita que no tocó el timbre — Menéndez
- 1953Crazy Love — Representante
- 1953Había una vez un marido — Anunciador (uncredited), Executive Producer
- 1953Legítima defensa
- 1953Reportaje — Banquells, reporter
- 1953Si, Mi vida — Valentín Chagoya, Executive Producer
- 1953Él — Ricardo Luján
- 1952Pasionaria
- 1952When Children Sin — Gonzalo
- 1951Vivillo desde chiquillo
- 1950The Mark of the Skunk — Officer
- 1949Laura's Sin — Pedro
- 1949Una mujer con pasado
- 1948Enrédate y verás — Luis
- 1948La última noche
- 1948Reina de reinas: La Virgen María
- 1947Arsenio Lupin — Montigny
- 1947El amor abrió los ojos
- 1947El secreto de Juan Palomo
- 1947La vida íntima de Marco Antonio y Cleopatra — Marco Antonio
- 1947Los siete niños de Écija
- 1946El Buen Mozo — Jacobo Rival - Periodista
- 1946Los nietos de Don Venancio
- 1946Mary Magdalene, Sinner of Magdala — Juan
- 1946The Last Adventure — Adolfo
- 1945La mujer legítima — Luis
- 1944Cuando escuches este vals — Teniente Manuel Pavia
- 1944Los Hijos De Don Venancio — Eduardo
- 1943No matarás — Ricardo Saavedra
- 1943Qué hombre tan simpático — Paco
- 1943Resurrección
- 1919The Ghost Lady
- Mujer, casos de la vida real — Director
- Senda prohibida — Director