Joaquín Roa

Acting

Joaquín Roa

Born — Died

1890-08-15 — 1981-05-24

Place of birth

Pamplona, Navarra, Spain

Known for

Acting

Credits

58 titles

Joaquín María Fernández Roa (1890-1981) was a Spanish film actor.

Known for

Viridiana poster
7.7

Viridiana is preparing to start her life as a nun when she is sent, somewhat unwillingly, to visit her aging uncle, Don Jaime. He supports her; but the two have met only once. Jaime thinks Viridiana resembles his dead wife. Viridiana has secretly despised this man all her life and finds her worst fears proven when Jaime grows determined to seduce his pure niece. Viridiana becomes undone as her uncle upends the plans she had made to join the convent.

Viridiana

1962

L'Âge d'or poster
6.8

The film consists of a series of tightly interlinked vignettes, the most sustained of which details the story of a man and a woman who are passionately in love. Their attempts to consummate their passion are constantly thwarted, by their families, by the Church and bourgeois society in general.

L'Âge d'or

1930

The Miracle of Marcelino poster
7.4

Left 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

Three Etc.'s and the Colonel poster
8.0

In Spain, during the Napoleonic rule, the French Governor of Andalusia is besieged by the locals who have countless demands and wishes.

Three Etc.'s and the Colonel

1960

Welcome Mr. Marshall! poster
7.4

A small Spanish town, Villar del Río, is alerted to the upcoming visit of American diplomats and its ruling townsmen begin preparations to impress the American visitors, in the hopes of benefiting under the Marshall Plan. Hoping to demonstrate the side of Spanish culture with which the visiting foreign officials would be more familiarized, the Castilian citizens don unfamiliar Andalusian costumes, hire a renowned flamenco performer, and re-decorate their town in Andalusian style, meantime waiting for their uncertain arrival.

Welcome Mr. Marshall!

1953

All Is Possible in Granada poster
6.5

Following meetings between Spain and the United States a delegation of a mining company arrives to Granada in search of uranium. The company contacted with the landowners, who agree to sell less of them. Such owner refuses because his ground a treasure supposedly hidden Muslim and refuses to sell them to Margaret, representative of the company. When he refused, Margaret convinces the owner to locate the treasure on your own and sell it in case you find it ... but love gets in his plans.

All Is Possible in Granada

1954

Film credits

1970s · 11 titles

Till Divorce Us Do Part poster
5.2

Miguel is a young Spanish naval engineer in love with an American student of History of Art. When she becomes pregnant, she decides that the easiest solution to her situation is to marry her civilly. However, in Spain in the 1970s, prior to the passage of the Divorce Law, the only way to do so is to apostatize the Catholic Church. For Miguel, a believing devotee, taking this step involves a deep inner conflict.

Till Divorce Us Do Part

1977

Jenaro, el de los 14 poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Jenaro, el de los 14

1974

I Saw Her First poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

I Saw Her First

1974

Foul Play poster
5.1

A workshop employee decides to take advantage of a long weekend to go to Torremolinos to have fun and chat up foreign tourists.

Foul Play

1977

Los pecados de una chica casi decente poster
6.6

A very enthusiastic girl kills her boyfriend, a carabinieri, after a long love session. She will suffer during the rest of the film to hide the body.

Los pecados de una chica casi decente

1975

En un lugar de la Manga poster
4.8

No synopsis available yet.

En un lugar de la Manga

1970

Vuelve, querida Nati poster
4.5

Doña 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

Tengamos la guerra en paz poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tengamos la guerra en paz

1977

Hard Times for Dracula poster
5.5

Dracula is not having a good time. The years are not passing in vain, he has health problems, economic problems, and even now his own castle is open to the public, thus denying him the quality and daytime rest that this character deserves.

Hard Times for Dracula

1976

El monumento poster
8.5

Vincent is married to a very sexy woman, who everyone knows as "The Monument", and envy the fate of her husband. However, Vincent is very busy with his work and doesn't pay her enough attention. The situation complicates when the richest man in town gets interested in her.

El monumento

1970

La garbanza negra, que en paz descanse... poster
3.2

No synopsis available yet.

La garbanza negra, que en paz descanse...

1972

1960s · 17 titles

Viridiana poster
7.7

Viridiana is preparing to start her life as a nun when she is sent, somewhat unwillingly, to visit her aging uncle, Don Jaime. He supports her; but the two have met only once. Jaime thinks Viridiana resembles his dead wife. Viridiana has secretly despised this man all her life and finds her worst fears proven when Jaime grows determined to seduce his pure niece. Viridiana becomes undone as her uncle upends the plans she had made to join the convent.

Viridiana

1962

Three Etc.'s and the Colonel poster
8.0

In Spain, during the Napoleonic rule, the French Governor of Andalusia is besieged by the locals who have countless demands and wishes.

Three Etc.'s and the Colonel

1960

Un rayo de luz poster
5.6

A man and a woman have been secretly married. He belongs to a rich family and she is a poor actress and singer that is failing to success in her career. One day, he decides to tell his family that he's married and flies to Italy, where they live, but the flight has an accident and he dies. The man's brother goes to Spain to look for the body, and he discovers not only that his brother is married, also that his brother's wife is pregnant.

Un rayo de luz

1960

Fantasmas en la casa poster
7.5

A young playwright meets a girl he was once in love with. The young woman lives in terror in a supposedly haunted mansion, so she feels on the verge of madness…

Fantasmas en la casa

1961

For Men Only poster
6.0

Spain, late 19th century. When, in a time of great political instability, Flora, a beautiful young woman, starts working in a ministry doing a job that supposedly only a man can do, a great scandal breaks out.

For Men Only

1960

Ella y los veteranos poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ella y los veteranos

1961

La venganza de Don Mendo poster
6.5

Don 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

Strange Voyage poster
7.3

In a small town near Madrid, Paquita and her brother Venancio, both single and with a childish personality, live under the shadow of their bossy older sister, Ignacia, a grumpy old maid.

Strange Voyage

1964

Amor bajo cero poster
6.7

In the resort of La Molina an international competition is held and ski racers from different countries come to Barcelona. They become friends, especially Nuria and Ramon, but Nuria already has a boyfriend

Amor bajo cero

1960

Una chica de Chicago poster
5.3

No synopsis available yet.

Una chica de Chicago

1960

Pecados conyugales poster
6.5

Film 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

El camino poster
6.2

Shortly before leaving his small town to go to the big city to study, young Daniel recalls his childhood, surrounded by family and friends.

El camino

1964

A Devil Under the Pillow poster
4.5

Anselmo is a young anthropologist who is tormented by jealousy, and although his wife Camilla does not give reasons, keeps a close eye on her. After consulting a psychiatrist, the doctor says the problem is him and not his wife. So he plots to verify, once and for all, if his suspicions are true. By chance he meets an old friend, Lotario, who seems the ideal person to carry out his plans. What Anselmo does not know is that his friend is a real womanizer who ends seducing his wife.

A Devil Under the Pillow

1968

Los chicos con las chicas poster
6.2

After the rock band Los Bravos take a holiday at a mountainside camp situated next to a girls' school, their singer, Mike, ends up falling in love with one of the students there.

Los chicos con las chicas

1967

Fray Torero poster
5.4

No synopsis available yet.

Fray Torero

1966

Un beso en el puerto poster
5.8

No synopsis available yet.

Un beso en el puerto

1966

La quiniela poster
5.2

Don Cándido is a modest old office clerk who makes his first pool coming off of a bad streak at work. He has thirteen hits and wins a considerable sum of money. This causes him to be blinded by ambition, changing his character, spreading his newfound hobby to his family, and gambling becoming the center of his life.

La quiniela

1960

1950s · 19 titles

The Miracle of Marcelino poster
7.4

Left 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

Welcome Mr. Marshall! poster
7.4

A small Spanish town, Villar del Río, is alerted to the upcoming visit of American diplomats and its ruling townsmen begin preparations to impress the American visitors, in the hopes of benefiting under the Marshall Plan. Hoping to demonstrate the side of Spanish culture with which the visiting foreign officials would be more familiarized, the Castilian citizens don unfamiliar Andalusian costumes, hire a renowned flamenco performer, and re-decorate their town in Andalusian style, meantime waiting for their uncertain arrival.

Welcome Mr. Marshall!

1953

All Is Possible in Granada poster
6.5

Following meetings between Spain and the United States a delegation of a mining company arrives to Granada in search of uranium. The company contacted with the landowners, who agree to sell less of them. Such owner refuses because his ground a treasure supposedly hidden Muslim and refuses to sell them to Margaret, representative of the company. When he refused, Margaret convinces the owner to locate the treasure on your own and sell it in case you find it ... but love gets in his plans.

All Is Possible in Granada

1954

Love and Desire poster
10.0

A French crew is working on location in Spain. But when they want to film a scene in which Gérardn the male star is supposed to be swimming across a river, the matinée idol proves water-shy and the director decides to double him. The one that replaces him is Antonio, a local fisherman. The latter does the job so well that he is chosen as a stunts man for the whole film. This does not please Lola,his fiancée; all the more as Antonio has fallen in love with Martine, the female star.

Love and Desire

1951

Susanna and Me poster
7.0

An 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

La vida en un bloc poster
6.0

Dr. Nicomedes Gutiérrez carefully points out to the last detail everything that happens in his life. Doctor in a small village, he is in love with the village teacher, but, before getting married, he decides to treat himself to having his last fling.

La vida en un bloc

1956

The Adventurer of Seville poster
6.2

Bandits kidnap Figaro, the famous barber of Seville, and use his wonderful voice to attract travelers and rob stagecoaches. Because of this, the police chases him as an accomplice of the bandits. Then Figaro decides to join the army as a volunteer to fight in Puerto Rico. He returns covered with glory and his faults are condoned. However, the adventures of Figaro continue in Seville in the false scene of the aristocracy

The Adventurer of Seville

1954

The Miller's Saucy Wife poster
7.0

In a region of Andalusia, all the men lust after the miller's young wife.

The Miller's Saucy Wife

1955

The Wicked Carabel poster
5.7

Since he wants get married, the young Carabel, who is employed in a real estate agent, decides to ask their bosses for a raise in order to maintain his future wife. However, all he gets is to be fired. He then realizes that honesty is what has led him to unemployment and decides to change his life and live outside the law. He plots to steal the safe from his former company

The Wicked Carabel

1956

Curra Veleta poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Curra Veleta

1956

Flor de lago poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Flor de lago

1950

Don Juan poster
6.8

Don Juan leaves Venice and gets back to Seville, his home city. When he arrives there, he learns that his father is dead and has left all his properties to him, on codition that he marries Doña Inés. Don Juan makes up a former marriage, but when he meets her he becomes fascinated by her beauty.

Don Juan

1950

The Seventh Page poster
9.0

Chronicle of the daily activity of a newspaper called La Jornada. Through the events covered by the gossip columnist that occupy precisely the seventh page, a portrait emerges of different classes of Spain in the 50's and a vision of reality where facts are mixed comedy, police, emotional, dramatic and even tragic.

The Seventh Page

1951

The War Starts in Cuba poster
5.9

Year 1898. When war broke out in Cuba, Juanita, a beautiful variety singer without much luck, decides to return to Spain when she discovers that her twin sister Adelaide has married the governor of Badajoz. Adelaide is capricious, vain and embarrassing, the opposite of Juanita. However, as the girls are physically identical, the singer intends to take full advantage of this situation.

The War Starts in Cuba

1957

Puebla de las mujeres poster
7.0

A young man arrives at Puebla de las Mujeres, a village of Andalusia with the tradition that man that arrives, man that marries there. The foreigner is going to solve some issues of interest of an aunt who lives in the village. Soon as he arrives all women mobilize, captained by the mayor, for electing bride and organize the wedding. The designated Juanita de la Rosa, does not want to participate and he laughs at the arrangements saying that he has a girlfriend in Madrid.

Puebla de las mujeres

1953

Buenas noticias poster
10.0

Beliche, a naive postman, suffers from depression because he has almost no letters to deliver. The neighbors to whom Beliche takes their correspondence decide then to launch a plan to receive many more.

Buenas noticias

1954

Vuelo 971 poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Vuelo 971

1953

La vida alrededor poster
5.6

Josephine and Antonio have reached a delicate economic balance after marriage. The salary of lawyer from him, and wins her in the hospital, allows them to survive and fantasize about some freak. The situation is complicated by the news that Josephine is pregnant. Ahead of the debacle that may involve having a "child who eats everything, including food," Josephine teaches the baby still in her womb, higher education courses in order to save some money in schools. Meanwhile, Antonio enters the underworld scene, looking for customers who offer their services as a lawyer.

La vida alrededor

1959

El capitán Veneno poster
5.8

In Madrid, under Queen Isabel II reign, rebellions are frequent events. During one of them Captain Jorge de Córdoba, nicknamed Veneno (poison) for his quarrelsome disposition, bad temper and outright misogyny, is hurt and taken to a house where two women, a widow and her daughter, are to take care of him.

El capitán Veneno

1950

1940s · 10 titles

La vida en un hilo poster
6.1

After her husband's sudden death, a young widow leaves her small town to start anew in the big city. On the train, she meets a fortune teller who will fill her in about the life she could've led had she never met her late husband.

La vida en un hilo

1945

Carnival Sunday poster
5.8

Madrid, Carnival Sunday. A night watchman finds the body of a woman, a rich and greedy moneylender who has apparently been murdered. The prime suspect is a watchmaker who owed her a lot of money.

Carnival Sunday

1945

Eloísa está debajo de un almendro poster
5.8

Fernando, who has returned to his hometown after studying in Brussels, finds a strange suicide note written by his father ten years earlier.

Eloísa está debajo de un almendro

1943

El fantasma y doña Juanita poster
4.2

Fearing that her niece Rosita will abandon her true love and enter into a marriage of convenience, doña Juanita tells her the story of when, many years ago, she fell in love with an accountant who worked in a circus.

El fantasma y doña Juanita

1945

Aventuras de Juan Lucas poster
6.5

Following his father's steps, Juan Lucas becomes the most famous highwayman in Sierra Morena mountains, also helping local resistance against Napoleonic troops. In love with Ana, a Count's daughter, his hopes seem to have no future.

Aventuras de Juan Lucas

1949

Tuvo la culpa Adán poster
9.0

Nora leaves the convent where she has been raised to marry a relative. Just arrived she has an accident resulting in total amnesia. Her identity mistaken a new life begins for her, where she will encounter love, adventure and even crime.

Tuvo la culpa Adán

1944

Café de París poster
7.0

After suffering a family tragedy, Carmen leaves Spain and emigrates to Paris, where she will make new friends among some of the most peculiar characters who inhabit the bohemian neighborhoods of the city. (Partially lost film.)

Café de París

1943

Castillo de naipes poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Castillo de naipes

1943

The Nail poster
6.0

Spain, late 19th century. Judge Javier Zarco finds in a cemetery a skull pierced by a nail and suspects that a murder has been committed.

The Nail

1944

La fiesta sigue poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

La fiesta sigue

1948