Fernando Siro was an Argentine

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 film actor, film director

Film director

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 and screenwriter

Screenwriter

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.

Life and work

Born Francisco Ángel Luksich in Villa Ballester

Villa Ballester

Villa Ballester is a city located in the northern Greater Buenos Aires urban area and it is part of the General San Martín Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is served by the Línea Mitre commuter railway with its station also named Villa Ballester...

, he developed an early interest in acting

Acting

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 and in 1950 was given his first Argentine cinema role in El otro yo de Marcela, directed by Alberto de Zavalía

Alberto de Zavalía

Alberto De Zavalia was an Argentine film director and film producer.- Biography :De Zavalía was born in Buenos Aires to a middle-class, well-off family. He completed law school but never worked as a lawyer, instead dedicating himself to movie-making, an industry that was then thriving...

. His deep voice and keen sense of timing earned him numeous radio drama

Radio drama

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 roles during the 1950s, ans later in the Channel 7 telenovela

Telenovela

A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...

 series, La tarde de Palmolive.

He earned renown for his 1965 screen adaptation of Dalmiro Sáenz's El pecado necesario. His film version of this work, Nadie oyó gritar a Cecilio Fuentes

Nadie oyó gritar a Cecilio Fuentes

Nadie oyó gritar a Cecilio Fuentes is a 1965 Argentine film....

, marked his directorial debut and earned Siro a Silver Seashell at the San Sebastián International Film Festival

San Sebastián International Film Festival

The San Sebastián International Film Festival is an annual FIAPF A category film festival held in the Spanish city of San Sebastián .-History:The festival was founded in 1953...

. He remained in Spain

Spain

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 until 1970, and starred as Julio Colón, the protagonist in a top-rated sitcom, La familia Colón.

Returning to Argentina, he appeared in Fernando Ayala

Fernando Ayala

Fernando Ayala was an Argentine film producer, film director, screenwriter and film producer of the classic era...

's adaptation of historian Félix Luna

Félix Luna

Félix Luna was a prominent Argentine writer, lyricist and historian.-Life and times:Luna was born in Buenos Aires to a family originally from La Rioja Province, in 1925...

's historical drama, Argentino hasta la muerte (1971), and directed the picaresque comedy Autocine mon amour

Autocine Mon Amour

Autocine mon amour is a 1972 Argentine comedy film directed by Fernando Siro and written by Ángel Cortese and Carlos Alberto Cresté.-Cast:*Luis Brandoni*Marta Bianchi*Ulises Dumont*Ricardo Bauleo*Gilda Lousek*Maurice Jouvet*Vicente Rubino...

(1972). He directed numerous comedies and musical films, which became popular in Argentina during the troubled 1970s, and would star in a number of these, notably with Jorge Porcel

Jorge Porcel

Jorge Raúl Porcel de Peralta was a comedy actor and television host from Argentina. He was nicknamed El Gordo de América...

 in Te rompo el rating (1981), and in Alejandro Azzano's tragicomic Venido a menos (1981).

Siro was also sctive in the thatre, playing over 60 roles in his career, notably in Leo Tolstoi's Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

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, Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was a French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic. He was one of the leading figures in 20th century French philosophy, particularly Marxism, and was one of the key figures in literary...

's The Respectful Prostitute

The Respectful Prostitute

The Respectful Prostitute is a French play by Jean-Paul Sartre, written in 1946, which observes a woman, a prostitute, caught up in a racially tense period of American history. The audience understands that there has been an incident on a train with said woman involved, but also a black man of...

, Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams

Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III was an American writer who worked principally as a playwright in the American theater. He also wrote short stories, novels, poetry, essays, screenplays and a volume of memoirs...

' A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire (play)

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, Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller

Arthur Asher Miller was an American playwright and essayist. He was a prominent figure in American theatre, writing dramas that include plays such as All My Sons , Death of a Salesman , The Crucible , and A View from the Bridge .Miller was often in the public eye,...

's A View From the Bridge

A View from the Bridge

A View from the Bridge is a play by American playwright Arthur Miller that was first staged on September 29, 1955 as a one-act verse drama with A Memory of Two Mondays at the Coronet Theatre on Broadway. The play was unsuccessful and Miller subsequently revised the play to contain two acts; this...

, and Ken Ludwig

Ken Ludwig

Ken Ludwig is an American playwright and theatre director.Born in York, Pennsylvania, Ludwig was educated at the York Suburban Senior High School, York PA Haverford College , Harvard Law School, and Trinity College at Cambridge University...

's Lend Me a Tenor

Lend Me a Tenor

Lend Me a Tenor is a comedy by Ken Ludwig. The play was produced on both the West End and Broadway . Although it received seven Tony Award nominations, it won only one, for Best Actor. A Broadway revival opened in 2010. Lend Me a Tenor has been translated into sixteen languages and produced in...

.

Among his notable roles in later years were for director Fernando Solanas

Fernando Solanas

Fernando Ezequiel 'Pino' Solanas is an Argentine film director, screenwriter and politician....

 in Sur

Sur (film)

Sur is an Argentine drama film written and directed by Fernando E. Solanas. The film features Susú Pecoraro, Miguel Ángel Solá, Philippe Léotard, Lito Cruz, Ulises Dumont among others....

(1987) and El Viaje

The Journey (1992 film)

The Journey is a 1992 Argentine drama film directed by Fernando Solanas. It was entered into the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Walter Quiroz - Martin* Soledad Alfaro - Vidala* Ricardo Bartis - Monitor* Christina Becerra - Violeta...

(1992), in El mundo de Gasalla (Antonio Gasalla

Antonio Gasalla

Antonio Gasalla is a well-known Argentine actor, comedian, and theatre director.-Life and work:Antonio Gasalla was born in Ramos Mejía, a western suburb of Buenos Aires, in 1941...

's television comedy skit series of the early 1990s), and in Orlando Posse's romantic comedy

Romantic Comedy

Romantic Comedy can refer to* Romantic Comedy , a 1979 play written by Bernard Slade* Romantic Comedy , a 1983 film adapted from the play and starring Dudley Moore and Mary Steenburgen...

, Apariencias

Apariencias

Apariencias is a 2000 Argentine romantic comedy film directed by Alberto Lecchi and starring Andrea Del Boca and Adrián Suar.-Plot summary:...

(2000). His last work as director was the regionalist

Regionalism (literature)

In literature, regionalism or local color refers to fiction or poetry that focuses on specific features – including characters, dialects, customs, history, and topography – of a particular region...

 Sapucay, mi pueblo (1997).

Siro and his wife and frequent co-star, Elena Cruz, were politically conservative. Their decision to join a small rally in March 24, 2001, in support of the former dictator in power during the height of the Dirty War

Dirty War

The Dirty War was a period of state-sponsored violence in Argentina from 1976 until 1983. Victims of the violence included several thousand left-wing activists, including trade unionists, students, journalists, Marxists, Peronist guerrillas and alleged sympathizers, either proved or suspected...

, General Jorge Videla, led to their expulsion form the Argentine Actors Association.

He died of cancer on September 4, 2006, at age 74.

As actor

• "Humor de Café Fashion, El" (1999) TV Series .... Host
• Un Argentino en New York
  Un Argentino en New York
  -Track listing:# "Que Si, Que Si" - Performed by Natalia Oreiro# "Caminos" - Performed by Natalia Oreiro# "Welcome To New York"...
  
  (1998) .... Raúl
• Sapucay, mi pueblo (1997)
• "Ángeles no lloran, Los" (1996) TV Series .... Ignacio Linares
• Perdido por perdido (1993) .... Octavio Del Buono
• ¿Dónde estás amor de mi vida que no te puedo encontrar?
  ¿Dónde estás amor de mi vida que no te puedo encontrar?
  ¿Dónde estás amor de mi vida que no te puedo encontrar? is a 1992 Argentine drama film directed by Juan José Jusid and co-written with Ana María Shua...
  
  (1992) .... Octavio Luz
• Viaje, El (1992) .... Federico
• Extermineitors II: La venganza del dragón (1990)
• Paraíso relax (1988)
• Sur (1988)
• Las Aventuras de Tremendo
  Las Aventuras de Tremendo
  Las Aventuras de Tremendo is a 1986 Argentine film directed by Enrique Cahen Salaberry and written by Salvador Valverde Calvo. The cinematography was performed by Leonardo Rodríguez Solís-Cast:*Jesús Berenguer*Juancito Díaz*Monica Gonzaga*Guido Gorgatti...
  
   (1986)
• Venido a menos (1984)
• Buenos Aires tango (1982)
• Abierto día y noche (1981)
• Te rompo el rating (1981)
• Tiro al aire (1980)
• Días de ilusión (1980)
• Comandos azules (1980)
• Canción de Buenos Aires, La (1980)
• "Fabián 2 Mariana 0" (1980) TV Series
• Rey de los exhortos, El (1979) .... Ing. Julio Castromil
• Días que me diste, Los (1975)
• Siempre fuimos compañeros (1973)
• Este loco, loco, Buenos Aires (1973)
• Mundo que inventamos, El (1973)
• Autocine mon amour
  Autocine Mon Amour
  Autocine mon amour is a 1972 Argentine comedy film directed by Fernando Siro and written by Ángel Cortese and Carlos Alberto Cresté.-Cast:*Luis Brandoni*Marta Bianchi*Ulises Dumont*Ricardo Bauleo*Gilda Lousek*Maurice Jouvet*Vicente Rubino...
  
   (1972)
• Y qué patatín y qué patatán (1971)
• Argentino hasta la muerte (1971)
• "Esta noche... miedo" (1970) TV Series
• ¡Qué noche de casamiento! (1969)
• Salame, El (1969)
• Amor libre
  Amor libre
  Amor libre is a 1969 Argentine romantic comedy film directed by Fernando Siro with the script by Norberto Aroldi.-Cast:* Juan Carlos Altavista .... Rubén* Alberto Argibay .... Mario* Elena Cruz .... Elba...
  
   (1969)
• "0597 da ocupado" (1968) TV Series
• Amor y un poco más
  Amor y un poco más
  Amor y un poco más is a 1968 Argentine film directed by Derlis M. Beccaglia and written by Augusto Giustozzi. Starring Olga Zubarry and Elsa Daniel.-Cast:*Atilio Marinelli*Elsa Daniel*Gilda Lousek...
  
   (1968)
• "Familia Colón, La" (1967) TV Series
• Muchacha del cuerpo de oro, La (1967) .... Norberto
• "Algo caliente bajo la piel" (1966) TV Series
• Necesito una madre (1966)
• Hipócritas, Los (1965)
• "Chicas, Las" (1965) TV Series .... (guest)
• Esta noche mejor no (1965)
• Nadie oyó gritar a Cecilio Fuentes (1965)
• Cuidado con las colas (1964)
• María M. (1964)
• Club del clan, El (1964)
• Bajo un mismo rostro (1962) .... Voice of Jorge Mistral
• "Aquí a las seis" (1962) TV Series
• Del cuplé al tango (1958)
• Tranvía llamado Deseo, Un (1956) (TV) .... Stanley Kowalski
• Canario rojo (1955)
• Pájaros de cristal (1955) .... Germán
• Barrio Gris
  Barrio Gris
  Barrio Gris is a 1954 Argentine film directed by Mario Soffici. The film won the Silver Condor Award at the 1955 Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards.-Cast:*Luis Arata ... Don García*Vicente Ariño ... Don Avelino*María Esther Corán ... Verdulera...
  
   (1954)
• Crisol de hombres (1954)
• Calle del pecado, La (1954)
• Problemas de papá, Los (1954)
• Sucedió en Buenos Aires (1954)
• Calle junto à la luna, La (1951)
• Suburbio (1951)
• Juan Mondiola (1950)
• El Otro yo de Marcela (1950)

As Director

• • Sapucay, mi pueblo (1997)
• "Cosecharás tu siembra" (1991) TV Series
• "Alta comedia" (1991) TV Series (unknown episodes)
• Colegialas, Las (1986)
• Esto es vida (1982)
• Seis pasajes al infierno (1981)
• Vacaciones del amor, Las (1981)
• La Canción de Buenos Aires (1980)
• Éxitos del amor, Los (1979)
• Divorcio está de moda - de común acuerdo, El (1978)
• Nueva cigarra, La (1977)
• Allá donde muere el viento (1976)
• Días que me diste, Los (1975)
• Contigo y aquí (1974)
• En el gran circo (1974)
• Siempre fuimos compañeros (1973)
• Este loco, loco, Buenos Aires (1973)
• Mundo que inventamos, El (1973)
• Autocine mon amour
  Autocine Mon Amour
  Autocine mon amour is a 1972 Argentine comedy film directed by Fernando Siro and written by Ángel Cortese and Carlos Alberto Cresté.-Cast:*Luis Brandoni*Marta Bianchi*Ulises Dumont*Ricardo Bauleo*Gilda Lousek*Maurice Jouvet*Vicente Rubino...
  
   (1972)
• Me enamoré sin darme cuenta (1972)
• Salame, El (1969)
• Amor libre
  Amor libre
  Amor libre is a 1969 Argentine romantic comedy film directed by Fernando Siro with the script by Norberto Aroldi.-Cast:* Juan Carlos Altavista .... Rubén* Alberto Argibay .... Mario* Elena Cruz .... Elba...
  
   (1969)
• Lo prohibido está de moda (1968)
• Necesito una madre (1966)
• Nadie oyó gritar a Cecilio Fuentes (1965)

As screenwriter

• ¿Los piolas no se casan? (1981)
• Vacaciones del amor, Las (1981)
• La Canción de Buenos Aires(1980)
• Donde duermen dos... duermen tres (1979)
• Carpa del amor, La (1979)
• Nueva cigarra, La (1977)
• Vuelvo a vivir, vuelvo a cantar (1971)
• Salame, El (1969)
• Amor libre
  Amor libre
  Amor libre is a 1969 Argentine romantic comedy film directed by Fernando Siro with the script by Norberto Aroldi.-Cast:* Juan Carlos Altavista .... Rubén* Alberto Argibay .... Mario* Elena Cruz .... Elba...
  
  (1969)
• Lo prohibido está de moda (1968)