Acting

Francisco López Silva

Born — Died

1880-08-17 — 1960-12-03

Place of birth

La Coruña, Galicia, Spain

Known for

Acting

Credits

29 titles

Francisco López Silva (b. La Coruña, Spain, August 17, 1880 - d. Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 3, 1960) was a first Spanish actor who developed his career in Argentina from 1942. He stood out especially during the golden age of Argentine cinema in 30 films, along with a lot of popular actors like Arturo García Buhr, Jorge Mistral, Roberto Airaldi, Amalia Sánchez Ariño, Norma Giménez, Beba Bidart, Lalo Malcolm, Francisco de Paula, Eva Duarte, Jorge Rigaud, and others.

Known for

Film credits

1950s · 16 titles

El regreso poster
9.0

A man returns from hell to earth to redeem himself.

El regreso

1950

The Vampire of Santiago poster
10.0

In seventeenth century's Chile a woman kills her lover because she wants to conquer a priest.

The Vampire of Santiago

1955

Forbidden Love poster
5.9

During a horse race, Ana, a happily married woman with a child, he met Captain Brown. Later, they meet again on a long train journey and inevitably love arises. Both try to forget each one on his own, however, things go more and more complicated, making it impossible to stop the situation.

Forbidden Love

1958

The Count of Monte Cristo poster
5.3

Edmundo Dantes is betrayed by his best friend, who has him killed to keep his property and his love. But after a few years, a certain Count appears to mortify the life of the traitorous friend.

The Count of Monte Cristo

1953

Beyond Oblivion poster
7.9

After a period of sorrow, Fernando de Arellano, a rich businessman who has recently lost his young wife Blanca from a serious ilness, meets Mónica, who looks identical to her.

Beyond Oblivion

1956

Me casé con una estrella poster
9.0

A humble boy who works in a theater company must become the husband of an actress so that she can get her son back.

Me casé con una estrella

1951

Desalmados en pena poster
7.0

In a mysterious farm house, a drug is made to resurrect people.

Desalmados en pena

1954

In Burning Darkness poster
10.0

In an institution for the blind, a man rails against his misfortune, his energy and thinking distorted by a need to fight his blindness. Unhappy and unable to come to grips with his condition, he stirs a sympathetic chord in another blind inmate. She in turn, slowly enters into a relationship with him that starts to transform the ways he perceives himself and his blindness.

In Burning Darkness

1959

The Grand House poster
6.5

A man and his con man brother, who adores his mother, has a dream of seeing the family reunited.

The Grand House

1953

La muerte en las calles poster
9.5

During the English invasions, a merchant forces his daughter to marry a soldier.

La muerte en las calles

1952

En la vía poster
8.0

Film co-produced between Argentina and Paraguay in 1959 that was never released commercially.

En la vía

1959

Trees Die Standing poster
7.3

For over twenty years, an elderly man convinces his wife that their long-lost criminal grandson has changed his ways to become a successful professional and loving husband. When he learns of his grandson’s death, he decides to keep yet another secret and arranges for a false couple to pose as their exiled grandson and his wife. As the couple enters, uncertainties arise. Will they be able to convince her?

Trees Die Standing

1951

El hombre señalado poster
8.0

This relentlessly realistic Argentine production was released in the U.S. as The Marked Man. The title character is a poverty-stricken janitor who suddenly wins an enormous sum in the National lottery. Spending money before he actually collects it, the janitor is appalled to discover that his wife has inadvertently sold the winning ticket to a door-to-door peddler. The ticket was hidden in the band of an old straw hat, which passes through several hands as the janitor frantically searches for the precious headgear. What might have been handled as a farce by another director is transformed into a stark, utterly credible urban tragedy by director Francis Laurie.

El hombre señalado

1957

El grito sagrado poster
8.5

El Grito Sagrado (The Silent Call) is a fictionalized retelling of Argentina's fight for independence from Spain. The story is "personalized" by being related through the eyes of Mariquita Sanchez de Thompson y Mendeville, played by popular Latin American leading lady Fanny Navarro. Rebelling against the cozy traditionalism of her family, Mariquita weds tireless patriot Martin Thompson (Carlos Cores). She remains by her husband's side as he helps to fend off a British invasion and to achieve freedom for the Argentine slave population. Oddly, the principal villains in the film are the British, a reflection perhaps of Argentine dictator Juan Peron's ongoing efforts to curry favor with Spain.

El grito sagrado

1954

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Los hermanos corsos

1955

A Difficult Widow poster
5.5

In colonial Buenos Aires a widow marries a condemned man out of spite.

A Difficult Widow

1957

1940s · 13 titles

Rosa de América poster
6.5

The life of Saint Rosa de Lima.

Rosa de América

1946

La novela de un joven pobre poster
7.5

After losing all his fortune, a man assumes his poverty with dignity, confidence and effort. He faces all adversities and his nobility and perseverance make him succeed and be happy with the woman he loves.

La novela de un joven pobre

1942

Los hombres las prefieren viudas poster
NR

An older single woman pretends to be a widow to get a husband but his spouse returns to her life complicating her situation.

Los hombres las prefieren viudas

1943

The Ghost Lady poster
6.7

The young widow of the viceroy of Peru, facing the dismal prospect of either a convent or a marriage of convenience, sets out to conquer a handsome officer, pretending she’s a duende, a ghost.

The Ghost Lady

1945

The House of the Millions poster
7.0

A capricious "new rich" makes her employees suffer with her moods, until she hires a poor servant that can make her open up.

The House of the Millions

1942

El deseo poster
9.5

While her husband is abroad, Luisa receives a visit from an old love, her cousin, who becomes a "dangerous attraction". Her husband's stay abroad is prolonged and her loneliness overwhelms her and her attraction to her cousin increases.

El deseo

1944

La piel de zapa poster
8.0

A man in debt obtains a miraculous skin that makes all his wishes come true but at the cost of shortening his life.

La piel de zapa

1943

Cuando florezca el naranjo poster
10.0

A new teacher arrives at a girls' boarding school; his arrival disrupts the discipline of the beautiful students.

Cuando florezca el naranjo

1943

Centauros del pasado poster
9.0

Film about the life of Francisco Ramírez, leader of Entre Ríos.

Centauros del pasado

1944

The Prodigal Woman poster
6.8

The story of Julia, a beautiful woman of licentious life who one day reconsiders and decides to use her fortune for the good of her neighbor and of the needy.

The Prodigal Woman

1945

Nuestra Natacha poster
7.0

A girl who grew up in a boarding school where she suffered from a lack of love is set as its director once she graduates as a lawyer.

Nuestra Natacha

1944

Dieciséis años poster
6.8

A naive teenager faces a distressing reality that will force her to mature and face her emotions.

Dieciséis años

1943

The Little Liar poster
9.0

Dizzy secretary with a knack for embroidering the truth is identified as the heiress of a big mystery estate.

The Little Liar

1942