Alfonso Paso
Writing
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.
Known for
Writing64
movieLa mujer es un buen negocio
1977
Screenplay
movieDoctor, me gustan las mujeres, ¿es grave?
1974
Story, Screenplay
tvSi Yo Fuera Rico
1973
Writer
movieEl canto de la cigarra
1973
Theatre Play
movieLigue Story
1972
Screenplay
movieEn un lugar de la Manga
1970
Dialogue
tvAlta comedia
1970
Theatre Play
movieLos extremeños se tocan
1970
Screenplay
movieEspañolear
1969
Screenplay
movieCuatro noches de boda
1969
Screenplay
movie¡Cómo está el servicio!
1968
Original Story
movieEste cura
1968
Story
movieLas que tienen que servir
1967
Theatre Play
movieSi quiero
1967
Writer
movieDe profesión sospechosos
1966
Theatre Play
movieLife is formidable
1966
Theatre Play, Story
movieFiebre de primavera
1965
Theatre Play
movieFind Me That Girl
1964
Writer, Story, Dialogue
movieThe Palomos
1964
Story
movieThe New Cinderella
1964
Writer, Story, Dialogue
movieVamos a contar mentiras
1962
Theatre Play
movieSalto mortal
1962
Writer
movieUsted puede ser un asesino
1961
Theatre Play
movie¡Adiós, Mimí Pompón!
1961
Screenplay
movieNavidades en junio
1960
Screenplay
movieDe espaldas a la puerta
1959
Screenplay
movieDesert Warrior
1957
Adaptation
movieSusanna and Me
1957
Writer
movieBlocked paths
1955
Writer
movieMerry Christmas
1954
Writer
Acting7
movieMauricio, mon amour
1976
Enfermo en la clínica
movieDormir Y Ligar: Todo Es Empezar
1974
Alfonso Paso, miembro del jurado (uncredited)
movieEl abuelo tiene un plan
1973
Dr. Juan G. Bolt
movieLigue Story
1972
Señor del anuncio (uncredited)
movieAmor a la española
1967
Van Criep
movieLola, espejo oscuro
1966
Dorigan
Directing6
movieLigue Story
1972
Director
movieThe Other Residence
1970
Director
movieLos extremeños se tocan
1970
Director
movieVamos por la parejita
1969
Director
Crew2
movieUn tesoro en el cielo
1957
Additional Dialogue
movieLa fierecilla domada
1956
Additional Dialogue