Juan de Landa (1894–1968) was a Spanish film actor, who was born in the Basque Country. De Landa entered the film industry in 1930 following the arrival of sound film. He initially acted in Spanish-language versions of Hollywood films, but later worked mainly in the Spanish and Italian film industries. His best-known role is in Luchino Visconti's 1943 film Ossessione.Bacon p.248
Partial filmography
El último de los Vargas (1930) - Capitán de los Rurales El valiente (1930) - Sargento de policia El presidio (1930) - Butch De frente, marchen (1930) - El sargento Gruñón La fruta amarga (1931) - Bill Love in Every Port (1931) - Tripode Su última noche (1931) - Aquiles Desano The Trial of Mary Dugan (1931) - Insp. Hunt Se ha fugado un preso (1935) El secreto de Ana María (1936) Al margen de la ley (1936) Carmen fra i rossi (1939) - Amalio The Sin of Rogelia Sanchez (1940) - Massimo Saint Rogelia (1940) - Máximo L'uomo della legione (1940) - Antonio Scotto, il meccanico The Pirate's Dream (1940) - Bieco de la Muerte La forza bruta (1941) - Bob Giuliano de' Medici (1941) - Goro The Prisoner of Santa Cruz (1941) - Pietro The King's Jester (1941) - Sparafucile Black Gold (1942) - Pietro, il minatore Tragic Night (1942) - Faille Ossessione (1943) - Giuseppe Bragana National Velvet (1944) - Padron Giovanni Noche sin cielo (1947) - Federico The Drummer of Bruch (1948) - Tomàs The Party Goes On (1948) - Padre prior Just Any Woman (1949) - Padre de Luis In a Corner of Spain (1949) - Alcalde The Maragatan Sphinx (1950) - Tío Cristóbal My Beloved Juan (1950) - Sebastián The Vila Family (1950) - Teófilo Torrens Alina (1950) - Lucien Devotion (1950) - Don Vidris, il prete Brief Rapture (1951) - Capobanda Salvate mia figlia (1951) One Hundred Little Mothers (1952) - Don Michele The Dream of Zorro (1952) - César / Pedro The Woman Who Invented Love (1952) - Usuraio Passadonato La figlia del diavolo (1952) - Il boia Redemption (1952) - Parroco Captain Phantom (1953) - Carlos Beat the Devil (1953) - Hispano-Suiza Driver El hombre que veía la muerte (1953) We Stole a Tram (1956) - Rossi Faustina (1957) - Mefistófeles Los ángeles del volante (1957) - Nicolás The Man Who Wagged His Tail (1957) - Butcher Cuatro en la frontera (1958) - (final film role)
References
Bibliography Bacon, Henry. Visconti: Explorations of Beauty and Decay. Cambridge University Press, 1998.
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