Rafael Romero Marchent

Born on May 3, 1926, Rafael Romero Marchent from Madrid was the son of a movie man, Joaquín Romero Marchent Gómez de Avellaneda, editor and producer. Not only his sons Rafael and Joaquín would dedicate themselves to the Seventh Art, but also Ana María, editor, and Carlos, actor and occasional director. After leaving his medical studies, he decided to dedicate himself to acting, in titles such as La leona de Castilla , by Juan de Orduña , or El mensaje , by Fernando Fernán Gómez .

Since at the beginning of the 60s they stopped calling him to work as an interpreter, he became a director again, with Ocaso de un pistolero, a western in the vein of Joaquín’s works, which he was already filming before they began to be produced in Italy. He would direct about thirty more titles, among which the gunman film  Garringo stands out , quoted by Quentin Tarantino himself , in Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood . He also stood out in the field of comedy, with La boda o la vida and two films starring Lina Morgan ,  Impossible for a spinster  and  A day with Sergio , and he even signed  Santo against Doctor Muerte , one of the best titles of the famous Mexican wrestler. He was also responsible for several of the best episodes of Curro Jiménez , one of the landmarks of Spanish television.

Rafael Romero Marchent married actress and showgirl Maruja Tamayo, who was by his side until he died on October 22, 1991. They had an only daughter, Teresa de Jesús. At the end of his career he resumed his facet as an actor, in titles such as  Merry-go-round c. 1950 , by José Luis Garci and in the Cuéntame cómo pasó series .