
Acting
Carlos Larrañaga
Born — Died
1937-03-11 — 2012-08-30
Place of birth
Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Known for
Acting
Credits
58 titles
Known for
8.1La que se avecina is a Spanish television comedy created by Alberto Caballero, Laura Caballero and Daniel Deorador. The TV-series focusing around the inhabitants of Mirador de Montepinar, a fictional building located on the outskirts of a big city. Both its storylines and cast are heavily based on Aquí no hay quien viva, which ended when Telecinco bought Miramón Mendi, the series production company. The episodes debuted on the Telecinco network, and were later rerun by the same network as well as cable/satellite channels FactoríaDeFicción and Paramount Comedy. The series debuted in 22 April 2007 and became popular thanks to its funny characters, witty script, use of catchphrases and capacity to integrate and poke fun at contemporary issues; the program presents a caustic satire of many of the 'types' found in Spanish society. The name of the show involves wordplay, as "vecina" is the Spanish word for neighbour.
La que se avecina
2007
7.3Curro Jiménez was a successful Spanish TV series that aired on TVE1 from 22 December 1976 to 1979. Its main theme was Andalusian "bandolerismo" in the 19th century, located in the Ronda mountains. The main characters were four bandits, Curro Jiménez
Curro Jiménez
1976
6.0Un Paso Adelante was a Spanish TV drama similar to the American 1980’s TV series Fame. It was originally broadcast on Spanish channel Antena 3 from 2002 to 2005. It has also been a huge success in Spanish-speaking countries, in Germany, Italy, Serbia, Montenegro and in France. It began airing on Séries+ in Canada in 2011.
Un paso adelante
2002
7.6Tales of terror by established authors such as Ray Bradbury or Edgar Allan Poe, as well as original scripts.
Tales to Keep You Awake
1966
6.4A pharmacist attends to her colorful neighbors with the help — or distraction — of her eccentric assistants, restless children and flirty ex-husband.
Farmacia de guardia
1991
4.0No synopsis available yet.
Segunda Enseñanza
1986
Film credits
2010s · 4 titles
4.8Logroño, 1959. The death of a local authority creates a double expectation in his family, the coming of the TV set the deceased bought and the mayor to attend the funeral. His grandson (Airas Brispo) will witness the grotesque situations.
Los muertos no se tocan, nene
2011
6.0A task force kidnaps the wrong man: a medicine man. He will use his black magic to escape from prison, regardless of the consequences that will last for decades on those who crossed his path.
Cursed Bastards!
2013
3.7No synopsis available yet.
Farmacia de guardia: la última guardia
2010
6.4A group of working-class losers plot to give an old gypsy mobster a heart attack in order to recover a valuable car. They decide to build a monster to scare him to death. But they're looking for trouble.
You Don't Know Who You're Talking To
2016
2000s · 8 titles
5.3Young couple Samuel and Eva move to Madrid and start living together when he finds work as a photographer. Although Samuel doesn't knows, Eva's expecting a baby.
Bienvenido a casa
2006
6.0A series of vignettes set in Madrid, where its residents manage to sustain entertainment, hope and love in a city still suffering the wounds caused by the Spanish Civil War.
Merry-Go-Round c. 1950
2004
3.9"Escuela de seducción" is an acceptable comedy which deals, for the umpteenth time, with the war of the sexes using misunderstandings and fake personalities as dramatic resources. The premise is by no means original, but this is something most films lack nowadays, and therefore the result could have been more than acceptable.
School of Seduction
2004
5.7A German bank buys a small Spanish entity and announces to its employees that it will pre-retire them on January 1st. The cashier Galindo proposes his fellow coworkers a plan to steal a large sum of euros which will arrive on New Year's Eve.
Robbery at 3 O'clock… and Half
2003
5.0Marianne and Michael, recently married, come to discover that their peaceful lives about to turned upside down once Michael discovers he has a Gateway to hell hidden in his stomach. The problem is not only the people who are after gateway but also those who want to escape from hell, through the same doorway. And so the nightmare begins...
The Last Gateway
2007
5.9The small Asturian village of Cenciella, Spain, at the beginning of the twentieth century. The quiet life of Urbano and Estrella, a kind and naive couple in love, is seriously altered when they get involved in the fierce struggle between the local political factions.
Sunday Light
2007
6.0Revolution in Spain, around the events of 2 May 1808, when the people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation.
Blood of May
2008
5.8Great friggin' flick! Roger Corman would be proud! A no-holds barred, adrenaline-fueled, thrill-ride with a pulse-pounding soundtrack! Influenced by the likes of Tony Scott, Martin Scorsese, Dennis Hopper, Sergio Leone, Edgar Wright, and Sam Raimi, with a story inspired by the music of Creedence Clearwater Revival. Cowboys - Gang life 4 ever is pure white rush adrenaline!
Cowboys Come Riding
2008
1980s · 7 titles
7.0Fermin and Julio are two married men whose wives, Justina and Mireya, are political leaders. While Justine is part of a conservative party, Mireya leads one that is feminist. Their husbands have become something completely different to what is generally expected in that is it they who are responsible for caring for their children, cleaning the house, etc...though of course they also get into trouble with women. Fermin and Julio are regulars at a whorehouse who runs Encarna, but it's unusual in that in addition to its main function, it also servers as a nursery.
The Crazy Neighbors 2
1980
4.5No synopsis available yet.
Y del seguro… líbranos, Señor!
1983
2.8A group of homosexual friends tries to set up a gay club in a town in Andalusia, meeting the opposition of the chief who will use all his resources to try to prevent it.
Gay Club
1981
7.0No synopsis available yet.
127 millones libres de impuestos
1981
4.2Salamanca, 1973. A congressman in love with his daughter's teacher hires an assassin to kill his wife.
El caso del procurador enamorado
1985
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Adolescencia
1982
5.24,000 tons of oil have been stolen from a Galician deposit. The alleged thieves are defended by the lawyer Ramos, but the witnesses die and suspicions point to Franco's brother.
Redondela
1987
1970s · 3 titles
6.3José is a happily married executive, with children, a flat in Madrid and a house in the suburbs. It's Friday and the weekend seems to follow the usual pattern: football match with mates, travel to the mountains and family visit. Nevertheless, José feels no motivated by his routine, he no longer distinguishes leisure from their obligations, all of which result in an unexpected final decision by his attentive wife.
Las verdes praderas
1979
It's summer and Madrid is almost deserted. Elisa, a young bourgeois woman who is preparing her doctoral thesis, needs the services of a photographer to illustrate her work. She hires Pablo, a somewhat bohemian, strange, and solitary man who lives with his son. Despite an initial misunderstanding, they are mutually attracted to each other; thus begins a relationship that for her is nothing more than a summer romance, while for him it could be a story of love and salvation.
The Birds of Baden-Baden
1975
7.0The movement of a bullfighter's body died in America originates a massive concentration of people in an Andalusian people. Owed to the influence of so many persons, all the houses are enabled, even the brothel.
Casa Flora
1973
1960s · 13 titles
5.4After losing her father at sea, young Marisol leaves Cádiz for Madrid, stepping into a household unraveling under the vanity of her aunt Leonor and the chaos of her spoiled cousins. With Javier facing jail, Churri chasing suitors, Jorge skipping studies, and little Pili lost in cinema dreams, Marisol takes it upon herself to restore order. Armed with grit, a loyal maid, and a friend from the train, she battles dysfunction and deception—earning Leonor’s scorn but fighting for a family worth saving.
Ha llegado un ángel
1961
5.5A group of women, who have always been good friends, are going through tough times: not only criticize each other and make life impossible, but also their love relationships are very poor. They will have to put everything in their power to get through this difficult time.
Girlfriends
1969
NRNo synopsis available yet.
La Oferta
1966
7.3In 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
7.0In a sector of Madrid inhabited by families of a well-off class, a gang of boys and girls has continuous fun, sleep and drink, while their parents ignore practically everything. However, each of these young people has, to a greater or lesser degree, a problem. The parties and parties enjoyed by a group of young people from the upper class are the basis of the story that explains this film. Among them we find the famous couple, once happy, formed by Carlos Larrañaga and María Luisa Merlo. Directed by Fernando Palacios, and with a script by Rafael J. Salvia and Pedro Masó, " It's always Sunday " has no greater intention than entertainment, despite giving history a certain sociological touch, for that of valuing the behavior of the Youth of the time.
Siempre es domingo
1961
5.8Joselito is the son of Colonel José de Alvear, Earl of Almond. When his heroic father dies in the colonies, the victim of a cholera epidemic, the child is held by her guardian and executor, his uncle Martin, who wants to take his fortune.
The Little Colonel
1960
9.0No synopsis available yet.
La alternativa
1963
No synopsis available yet.
La chica del gato
1966
7.5No synopsis available yet.
El traje de oro
1960
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Melocotón en almíbar
1960
6.7After seeing that Nelson kisses his lover, Barlow poisons him. But it turns out that Nelson comes back to life when he was about to be buried. From that moment, Barlow does not stop chasing him to finish his work.
De cuerpo presente
1967
9.0The millionaire Lucia enters a nursing school on a whim and there meets some good friends in trouble.
School of Nurses
1968
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Siega verde
1961
1950s · 10 titles
6.0During the Napoleonic Wars, when the French have occupied Spain, some Spanish guerrilla soldiers are going to move a big cannon across Spain in order to help the British defeat the French. A British officer is there to accompany the Spanish and along the way, he falls in love with the leader's girl.
The Pride and the Passion
1957
6.6Víctor is a handsome boy, skeptical and lover of the pleasures of life. He has no job or benefit and lives on women without realizing that his behavior triggers dramas and disappointments, pain and hopelessness.
A Glass of Whiskey
1959
5.8Carlos a young man who lives in the suburbs of the big city has ambitions and wants to change his life. Influenced by friends of doubtful moral character, habituated to frequent harmful environments. Little by little, he begins to see himself doomed to crime and one day he abandons his girlfriend, María, for Isabel, an attractive and intelligent woman who plays with him and takes him wherever he wants. When Carlos, once he has committed a robbery, realizes the nature of Isabel and his friends, and that he will never be happy in that environment, he tries to go back, but the violence of the facts will lead him to a bloodthirsty outcome.
In Cold Blood
1959
6.0The film is about the daily life of fifteen students enrolled in the University Military service. During three months, they will have a course of military training and will live in the same tent at Camp Robledo. The different personalities and concerns of young people: the serious Eduardo, the glutton Ruiz, the philosopher Ortiguesa, the athletic Colmero, the irreverent Fresneda ... have the common denominator of enthusiasm for the future.
15 under the canvas
1959
10.0Shortly after moving to Madrid, a dancer is killed. His condition as a womanizer, in addition to his arrogance, makes us suspect that it is a crime of passion. As the investigation progresses, the doubts and jealousy of one of his neighbors threatens to ruin his family life.
La puerta abierta
1957
3.3Madrid in the 1870s. Amidst political intrigues against King Amadeo de Saboya, wealthy and strong-willed countess Curra de Albornoz makes her own way in spite of her son and husband, considering her indiscretions as merely trifles ("pequeñeces") until tragedy strikes her. Period drama with a luxurious production design.
Pequeñeces
1950
9.0No synopsis available yet.
The Adventures of Gil Blas
1956
The struggles of a newly married couple to achieve marital and economic stability.
Date With My Old Love
1950
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
7.0In Western Germany, two brothers and their organization help people escape to non-communist Germany. A policeman chasing them falls in love with the sister and feels divided between love and duty.
...And She Chose Hell
1957
Series credits
8.1La que se avecina is a Spanish television comedy created by Alberto Caballero, Laura Caballero and Daniel Deorador. The TV-series focusing around the inhabitants of Mirador de Montepinar, a fictional building located on the outskirts of a big city. Both its storylines and cast are heavily based on Aquí no hay quien viva, which ended when Telecinco bought Miramón Mendi, the series production company. The episodes debuted on the Telecinco network, and were later rerun by the same network as well as cable/satellite channels FactoríaDeFicción and Paramount Comedy. The series debuted in 22 April 2007 and became popular thanks to its funny characters, witty script, use of catchphrases and capacity to integrate and poke fun at contemporary issues; the program presents a caustic satire of many of the 'types' found in Spanish society. The name of the show involves wordplay, as "vecina" is the Spanish word for neighbour.
La que se avecina
2007
7.3Curro Jiménez was a successful Spanish TV series that aired on TVE1 from 22 December 1976 to 1979. Its main theme was Andalusian "bandolerismo" in the 19th century, located in the Ronda mountains. The main characters were four bandits, Curro Jiménez
Curro Jiménez
1976
6.0Un Paso Adelante was a Spanish TV drama similar to the American 1980’s TV series Fame. It was originally broadcast on Spanish channel Antena 3 from 2002 to 2005. It has also been a huge success in Spanish-speaking countries, in Germany, Italy, Serbia, Montenegro and in France. It began airing on Séries+ in Canada in 2011.
Un paso adelante
2002
7.6Tales of terror by established authors such as Ray Bradbury or Edgar Allan Poe, as well as original scripts.
Tales to Keep You Awake
1966
6.4A pharmacist attends to her colorful neighbors with the help — or distraction — of her eccentric assistants, restless children and flirty ex-husband.
Farmacia de guardia
1991
4.0No synopsis available yet.
Segunda Enseñanza
1986
6.1No synopsis available yet.
Los Gozos y las Sombras
1982
5.8Mariana Pineda is a liberal activist in 19th Century Spain who gets arrested and tried for conspiracy in 1831.
Proceso a Mariana Pineda
1984
7.0The COI, a radio station, is getting ready to air a new programm, "Tristeza de Amor", in the team they've hired, there are two reporters who used to be well known to the audience, journalist Ceferino Reyes, who just returned to Spain after ten years living in South America, and commentator Carlota Núñez, the woman who, years ago, somehow forced the latter to leave the country. This series deals with this radio programm crew's everyday adventures, and their professional and personal troubles.
Tristeza de Amor
1986
7.0No synopsis available yet.
¿Se Puede?
2004



