Celebrity Biographies
Antonio Gamero
Antonio Gamero was a fairly well-known face for Spanish viewers, after a long career as a supporting role in numerous films and television series. He worked with the most prestigious directors, and appeared in emblematic films of Spanish cinema. The actor died at the age of 76, at the Gregorio Marañón hospital in Madrid, on July 26, 2010, as a result of a respiratory disease.
Born in Madrid on March 2, 1934, Antonio Gamero began studying Law, but abandoned his degree to work at Telefónica. His intention was to become a film director, so he enrolled in the Official School of Cinematography.
He ended up devoting himself to acting, first on stage, and later made his film debut with Historia de la vida de Blancanieves , by Bernardo Fernández , the first of his 157 accredited films. He worked with prestigious directors such as Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón ( Speak, mudita ), José Luis Borau ( Furtivos ), José Luis Cuerda ( Amanece, que no es poco , El bosque animado ), Luis García Berlanga ( La vaquilla , Todos a la cárcel ) and especially with José Luis García Sánchez , who directed him in titles such asLa corte de pharaoh , Divinas palabras , Suspiros de España (y Portugal) and La marcha verde , and with whom he worked shortly before his death in Don Mendo Rock .
Antonio Gamero will be remembered as the grandfather of the boy who is the protagonist of Manolito Gafotas , the film by Miguel Albaladejo . He reprized the role of him in a television adaptation that ran for 13 episodes in 2004.
Likeable and pure, he was known in the world of cinema for his witty phrases, such as “If you have sorrows, don’t tell your friends, let your mother amuse them.” His great friend Rafael Azcona always said of him that he would have liked to be the author of the phrase. Gamero was also a member of the communist party since 1952, and was a close friend of Pilar Bardem . “His militancy was quite well known,” says director José Luis Cuerda.