
Acting
Juanjo Menéndez
Born — Died
1929-05-16 — 2003-11-07
Place of birth
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Known for
Acting
Credits
64 titles
Juanjo Menéndez (Madrid, May 16, 1929 – Madrid, November 7, 2003) was a spanish actor.
Known for
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Habitación 503
1993
7.4Left on the doorstep of a monastery as an infant, Marcelino was raised by the monks. He was well-cared for but lonely and missed having a mother. One day he found a special friend in the forbidden attic, hanging on a cross. A friend that would repay Marcelino's kindness by granting him one heart-felt wish.
The Miracle of Marcelino
1955
7.2As a young woman, Tristana is orphaned and taken under the guardianship of Don Lope, a respected member of the community, who takes advantage of his innocent charge. When Tristana falls in love with artist Horacio, she must learn to be more assertive in order to achieve independence from her nefarious guardian, or her blossoming relationship with Horacio is doomed.
Tristana
1970
6.7An Englishman with a grudge against an insurance company for a disallowed claim fakes his own death and escapes to Spain, but is soon pursued by an insurance investigator.
The Running Man
1963
No synopsis available yet.
El Jardín de Venus
1983
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Ninette y un señor de Murcia
1984
Film credits
1990s · 2 titles
6.0Luci, Graci and Mar, three sisters that make a comedy trio, go to the wedding of their father with a woman who is 45 years younger than him. During the feast Luci's husband dies in an accident. Despite the tragedy, the trio have to fulfill their commitment acting during August in Benidorm. The widow discovers thanks to a notebook that her husband cheated on her, so she decides to flirt with everyone.
What Makes Women Laugh?
1997
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Pelotazo nacional
1993
1980s · 3 titles
1970s · 13 titles
7.2As a young woman, Tristana is orphaned and taken under the guardianship of Don Lope, a respected member of the community, who takes advantage of his innocent charge. When Tristana falls in love with artist Horacio, she must learn to be more assertive in order to achieve independence from her nefarious guardian, or her blossoming relationship with Horacio is doomed.
Tristana
1970
5.5Typical Spanish comedy of the seventies set in Benidorm, the famous coastal town of Alicante where numerous families come to spend the summer. It tells the travel arrangements and incidents that occur before arriving to the apartments as well as the return of working husbands to the city, once the families have settled on the beach, and their unsuccessful attempts to flirt while alone
Verano 70
1970
5.3A young dreamer as attractive as dreamer see his shabby promised as a distinguished gentleman, fascinating and radiant. This, however, eventually reaching a grand illusion, become the public relations director of a large hotel on the Costa del Sol
El abominable hombre de la Costa del Sol
1970
5.4Alejandro Quesada, an eminent doctor successful with women, drives his old friends Federico and Enrique to change their attitude towards life. The death of a common friend, Luis, reaffirmed in the attempt to enjoy their existence and seek the association of younger women than their wives.
¿Por qué pecamos a los 40?
1970
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Canciones de nuestra vida
1975
4.7While Manolo, employed in a tourism agency in the Costa del Sol, enjoys the foreign babes, his wife suffers at home in the city. Advised by a girlfriend she plans revenge by simulating pregnancy. At first, Manolo is very happy to have a baby. However, soon he realizes that he cannot be the father since he was not in the city at the time of conception.
Manolo by Night
1973
5.5No synopsis available yet.
Jenaro, el de los 14
1974
4.5No synopsis available yet.
La casa de los Martínez
1971
6.8Three clumsy thieves come up with a robbery scheme against the "Grandi Magazzini Romani". They call to their aid a skilled "only by reputation" French burglar, Pierre Le Compte.
The Big Deal
1972
10.0Marisa is an employee in a travel agency. She is in mourning and her workmates call her in fun 'the little widow'. One day, Carlos, the owner of a hotel in Almuñécar, visits the agency and is attracted by her thinking that she really is a widow. She falls in love with him and, encouraged by her friend Amelia, they both go on holiday to the hotel owned by Carlos.
Los hombres las prefieren viudas
1970
4.7Guillermo's family has been living for years a terrible curse. All the women in his family have died because of love and murdered by men of the clan. The funny thing is that before each death a cat appeared. One day, while Guillermo prepares the papers for his marriage with Beatriz, he discovers that both are distant relatives.
The Seven Lives of the Cat
1971
4.6On the same day, at the same time, several babies are born in a hospital.
Después de los nueve meses
1970
4.5Doña Nati, the owner of a house of prostitutes, takes a little vacation to attend his niece's first communion in the village. She is accompanied on the trip by three of his pupils: Barbara, Mercedes and Eva who pretend to be her friends. But soon, men realize what they are and begin to try to flirt with them. Doña Nati makes a splendid gift to the people and thus wins the favor of its inhabitants.
Vuelve, querida Nati
1976
1960s · 28 titles
6.7An Englishman with a grudge against an insurance company for a disallowed claim fakes his own death and escapes to Spain, but is soon pursued by an insurance investigator.
The Running Man
1963
NRSusana is a girl that is sent to work to a small coast village in the south of Spain. The women in the villages receive her with a cold shoulder. Susana finds out that they are resentful towards their husbands: before, they used to fish close to home and now they fish far away for months and months. Susana will give the women some lessons about living together, so the men would consider going back to old ways. This will make her fall in love again.
Susana
1969
6.5Inspired by the American gangster films, a group of thugs decides to dock the Bank of Spain. "El Rubio" explains to his men that, to commit the armed robbery, they will have to dig a gallery in the Cibeles. But, due to the threats of a rival band, "El Rubio" decides to disguise itself and pretend to be one of the most famous actors of the moment.
The Gang of Eleven
1963
7.8A happily married woman lies with surprising ease because, according to her husband, she leads too idle a life.
Vamos a contar mentiras
1962
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Algunas lecciones de amor
1966
5.5Comedy that chronicles the ups and downs in dating of several people in Spain in 1968.
Novios 68
1967
5.0The classic good-looking girl from village, comes to the capital willing to make the world hers. Her idea is to succeed in the advertising world as a girl-ad
La chica de los anuncios
1968
5.5Three young and attractive secretaries, Julia, Paula and Doli, work in an insurance company.
Las secretarias
1968
6.5Don Mendo, Marquess of Cabra, gallant and dashing knight of medieval Castilian, is also a virtuous mandoline player and a specialist in climbing towers. But he has a bad run, all played and all lost at seven-thirty (card game), and lost his honor playing in his latest escalation of love to the apartment of his beloved and beautiful Magdalena. Don Nuño Manso de Jarama, father of Magdalena, has pledged the hand of his daughter to the Duke of Toro, and surprises Don Mendo in the room of Magdalena. To save the honor of his beloved one, Don Mendo says that no love has led him to the Tower, but he has climbed to steal. Magdalena is clean of all suspicion, and he is condemned to die buried in the castle wall. The Marquess of Moncada and other noble gentlemen, all friends of Don Mendo, facilitate his escape.
La venganza de Don Mendo
1961
8.5Mario and Teresa are a seemingly happy marriage, but she reproaches that he does not value enough her work at home. As he is not willing to recognize the importance of domestic chores, Teresa offers him to exchange roles. While Teresa gets a job, and develops very well, Mario is unable to keep the house in order.
¡Cómo sois las mujeres!
1968
7.0A new type of safe, touted as impregnable, alarms insurance companies. To deny the factory's assumptions, three burglars are hired with the task of violating one. A wealthy jeweler's new safe is targeted.
Night Is Made for Stealing
1967
6.7Comedy consists of three stories about the sudden death of three husbands: a newly married man dies as a result of the excessive enthusiasm of his wife ("Honeymoon"), another because of a fling with a girl too fiery ("The Anniversary" ), and finally, a husband dies because of his greed and stinginess ("Portrait of Regino").
Las viudas
1966
8.3Taxi driver Tadeo is about to encounter a busy shift. Throughout the day heterogeneous characters get into his taxi and the most varied situations arise. One of them leaves a baby in the taxi and Tadeo must find out where the little one belongs. He tackles this daunting task while keeping in the back of his mind that at the end of the day he has an appointment with a mysterious woman who apparently needs to tell him something very important.
El taxi de los conflictos
1969
7.0Twenty years after the end of the war, a German submarine has not yet surrendered and continues to wander the seas. Its travelers include a half-witted officer, a meager and dazed crew, and Ombrina, a girl rescued from a shipwreck when she was only one year old and adopted by the men of the strange vessel.
Make Love, Not War
1966
7.0In the vast army of human society, Pepe, a sweeper, occupies one of the last places: anonymous, gray, vague. Pepe is a member of that ghostly dawn brigade, to blow hose, clean the streets at dawn. One day Pepe finds a million in the trash. Financial need of the poor sweeper suggests keeping the money, but his wife advises him to do his civic duty and return the money ...
Un millón en la basura
1967
7.0Roberto decides to ask for permission at the office because he suspects his wife has a lover and wants to catch her. A friend of the protagonist offers to investigate the woman with the intention of giving sufficient evidence of thedeception. However, he soon discovers that his wife knows his plans.
Julieta engaña a Romeo
1965
6.0Madrid, Spain. When a religious community running an orphanage buys a car, the vivacious and intrepid Sister Tomasa accepts the task of getting behind the wheel.
Sor Citroen
1967
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Whisky y vodka
1965
5.2Henry is sent by his Aunt Nati to Madrid to begin practice as a doctor because seven years ago he finished his studies and has not yet worked. When he arrived, away from obey her aunt, decides to live together with his friend Mateo, a professional private detective. His first appearance as a doctor is to extend the death certificate of the husband of a beautiful woman that he meets on the road. The next day he sees, in a night club, the widow accompanied of the deceased. On being informed that the man is the administrator of the deceased, decides to solve the mystery with the help of his friend Matthew
¡Cuidado con las señoras!
1968
6.5The plot narrates how a group of inseparable friends feel, suddenly, the urgent need to deceive each other with their respective wives. Ladies, attractive, intelligent and wealthy, decide to teach a lesson to the new "Don Juans".
No desearás la mujer de tu prójimo
1968
8.0An almost decent girl is a German-Spanish Romance of Ladislao Vajda from 1963. In Spain he was entitled Una chica casi formal on.
An Almost Decent Girl
1963
2.0No synopsis available yet.
La que arman las mujeres
1969
6.5First World War. In a largely rural area of neutral Spain, two families confront one another and play a part in embarrassing situations because they don't support the same side in the war. This will influence the breakup of an engagement.
Those Who Did Not Go to War
1962
6.7No synopsis available yet.
El amor empieza en sábado
1961
No synopsis available yet.
Tres perros locos, locos, locos
1966
5.3A history professor is married with a beautiful woman but she is intellectually not able to follow her husband. Therefore she seeks her own pleasures and amusements without him.
Una tal Dulcinea
1963
6.5Film consisting of three episodes. The first, "Doubt": Sofia, early summer, young and beautiful, always choose a dog that matches their outfits and a lover that matches them. It is up to Ricardo, a playboy who is not known for their intelligence. The second, "Ambition" Amparo and Vincent are married. She is ambitious and wants her husband to be important and famous. To discover a process that infallible: that her husband will be burnt in the street bonzo. The third, "Jealousy" Manolo and Eulogio are friends and colleagues. For certain indications Eulogio think your wife is cheating on him with Gregory and advised by Manolo, he decides to wash his honor.
Pecados conyugales
1969
7.0Alfredo is a homeless man who happens upon a truck full of fruit that appears to be abandoned and takes the opportunity to eat some. Once he's satisfied his hunger, he discovers a fortune inside one of the crates. It's the loot hidden by some thieves who crash during their getaway. Frightened, he hides the money under the church statue and confesses what happened to the local priest. The situation worsens when the robbers reappear in town.
El turista
1963
1950s · 14 titles
7.4Left on the doorstep of a monastery as an infant, Marcelino was raised by the monks. He was well-cared for but lonely and missed having a mother. One day he found a special friend in the forbidden attic, hanging on a cross. A friend that would repay Marcelino's kindness by granting him one heart-felt wish.
The Miracle of Marcelino
1955
7.0An expulsive star of a variety theatre cannot decide between the love of an honest archaeology professor and the love of an extravagant official who turns himself into a cabaret comedian in his sparetime.
Susanna and Me
1957
7.5Three short stories based on radio competitions, all linked by speaker Gabriel and his fiancee. Two inventors who want to patent a piston and need money, a thief who answers a phone call while robbing and a child who needs to go to Sweden for an operation are the protagonists of these stories around the radio.
Radio Stories
1955
5.9An adaptation of the anonymous sixteenth century novel Lazarillo de Tormes (1554), it tells the story of Lazarillo, a poor boy who has to live by his wits after being sold to a series of cruel masters.
El Lazarillo de Tormes
1959
5.6A man, annoyed by his wife's interference in the family business, travels to Spain, where he becomes involved with another woman.
Para siempre amor mío
1955
8.0Don Jose is a good family man and a model employee. He lives in his house as a King with his wife and children who make him happy. His only enemy is Dona Rosa, her mother, who has the habit of saying the last word on everything.
Ya tenemos coche
1958
6.8The owner of a building tyrannizes his immigrant tenants. Transformed into a dog by an old woman's curse, he experiences all the hardships of his situation; when a child's affection turns him back into a man, his soul is radically changed.
The Man Who Wagged His Tail
1957
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Carlota
1958
7.0In the Madrid of the fifties, during any day, whether by chance or fate, a series of characters live all kinds of stories, funny stories and some not so, in one of the most beautiful parks that exist in the city, the Retiro park, known as Parque de Madrid.
Parque de Madrid
1959
6.8Eudosio and Carlos were imprisoned by mistake. Now out of prison, are trying to get a job and to adapt to a society that rejects them.
Fulano y Mengano
1957
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Juego de niños
1959
9.0Eugenio Jalon is a young confident and of good character who has never left her village, Segovia, and thinks that life is wonderful.
La vida es maravillosa
1956
8.5No synopsis available yet.
Maldición gitana
1953
5.7An Italian-American mobster is sent back to Naples from the States. He moves to Italy with all his illegal proceeds hidden in jam jars--which fall into the wrong hands when they get to the harbour of Naples. These hands belong to people who demand their fair share. Meanwhile, the mobster is questioned by investigators.
The Thieves
1959
Series credits
No synopsis available yet.
Habitación 503
1993
No synopsis available yet.
El Jardín de Venus
1983
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Ninette y un señor de Murcia
1984
NRKety is a divorced woman in her forties, penniless, living in a rented apartment surrounded by a "nosy concierge" and a "bothersome neighbor." However, Kety hasn't given up hope of finding new love.
Kety Won't Stop
1997



