Alfonso Paso
Writing · Acting · Directing · Crew
Born September 12, 1926, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Alfonso Paso (12 September 1926 – 10 July 1978) was a Spanish dramatist. He wrote over a hundred plays, mainly light comedies, sometimes laced with black humour and tragedy. There were also police dramas and examples of what he called "social theatre". He was known for the well crafted complexity of his plots and for the originality of his situations and characters. Alfonso Paso Gil was born into a "theatre dynasty" in Madrid. His father was the Zarzuela playwright and librettist Antonio Paso y Cano (1878–1950). His mother was the actress Juana Gil. Early on he abandoned a career as an aeronautical engineer and turned to the study of Philosophy and Literature, graduating in 1952 and focusing on American History and Archeology. Later he studied Medicine and Psychiatry, then switching again, this time to journalism. He would continue to work as a journalist until the mid-1970s. He married Evangelina Jardiel, daughter of Enrique Jardiel Poncela (1901–1952). Their children included the actress Paloma Paso Jardiel. Although he often worked as an actor, his more lasting notability results from his work as a writer.
Filmography
- 1986Mingo y Aníbal en la mansión embrujada — Author
- 1984Ohnsorg Theater - Oh, diese Eltern! — Writer
- 1978Préstamela esta noche — Writer
- 1977Estoy hecho un chaval — Writer
- 1977La mujer es un buen negocio — Screenplay
- 1977Usted puede ser un asesino — Writer
- 1976El señor está servido — Sotillo
- 1976Mauricio, mon amour — Enfermo en la clínica
- 1974Doctor, me gustan las mujeres, ¿es grave? — Screenplay, Story
- 1974Dormir Y Ligar: Todo Es Empezar — Alfonso Paso, miembro del jurado (uncredited), Writer
- 1974El primer paso... de la mujer — Book
- 1973Celos, amor y Mercado Común — Director, Writer
- 1973El abuelo tiene un plan — Dr. Juan G. Bolt, Writer
- 1973El canto de la cigarra — Theatre Play
- 1973Me gusta esa chica — Idea
- Si Yo Fuera Rico — Writer
- 1972Ligue Story — Señor del anuncio (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
- 1972Vamos a contar mentiras — Writer
- 1971Cómo casarse en siete días — Writer
- Alta comedia — Theatre Play
- 1970En un lugar de la Manga — Dialogue
- 1970Enseñar a un sinvergüenza — Writer
- 1970Los extremeños se tocan — Director, Screenplay
- 1970The Other Residence — Director, Writer
- 1970Una señora estupenda — Story
- 1969Cuatro noches de boda — Screenplay
- 1969Españolear — Screenplay
- 1969No somos ni Romeo ni Julieta — Director, Writer
- 1969Vamos por la parejita — Director
- 1968Este cura — Story
- 1968Los que tocan el piano — Writer
- 1968Los subdesarrollados — Writer
- 1968¡Cómo está el servicio! — Original Story
- 196740 grados a la sombra — Writer
- 1967Amor a la española — Van Criep, Writer
- 1967Las que tienen que servir — Theatre Play
- 1967Si quiero — Writer
- 1966De profesión sospechosos — Theatre Play
- 1966Life is formidable — Theatre Play, Story
- 1966Lola, espejo oscuro — Dorigan
- 1965Fiebre de primavera — Theatre Play
- 1965Una tal Dulcinea — Writer
- 1964El pecador y la bruja — Story
- 1964Find Me That Girl — Writer, Story, Dialogue
- 1964The New Cinderella — Writer, Story, Dialogue
- 1964The Palomos — Story
- 1963Los derechos de la mujer — Writer
- 1963Marisol rumbo a Río — Writer
- 1963Una tal Dulcinea — Writer
- 1962Salto mortal — Writer
- 1962Vamos a contar mentiras — Theatre Play
- 1962Wedding Dinner — Book
- 1961Cuidado con las personas formales — Writer
- 1961Usted puede ser un asesino — Theatre Play
- 1961¡Adiós, Mimí Pompón! — Screenplay
- 1960Crimen para recién casados — Dialogue
- 1960Navidades en junio — Screenplay
- 1960There Is Someone Behind the Door — Screenplay
- 1959De espaldas a la puerta — Screenplay
- 1958Aquellos tiempos del cuplé — Writer
- 1958La noche y el alba — Story
- 1957Desert Warrior — Adaptation
- 1957Susanna and Me — Writer
- 1957Un tesoro en el cielo — Additional Dialogue
- 1956La fierecilla domada — Additional Dialogue
- 1955Blocked paths — Writer
- 1955Cursed Mountains — Writer
- 1954El alcalde de Zalamea — Writer
- 1954Merry Christmas — Writer
- 1948Conflicto inesperado — Writer