Juan de Landa

For the Mexican Olympic bobsledder, see Juan de Landa (bobsleigh).

Juan de Landa
De Landa in Ossessione (1943)
Born	27 January 1894 Motrico, Basque Country, Spain
Died	18 February 1968 Motrico, Basque Country, Spain
Other names	Juan Pisón Pagoaga y Landa
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1930 - 1958

Juan de Landa (1894–1968) was a Spanish film actor, who was born in the Basque Country. De Landa entered the film industry in 1930 following the arrival of sound film. He initially acted in Spanish-language versions of Hollywood films, but later worked mainly in the Spanish and Italian film industries. His best-known role is in Luchino Visconti's 1943 film Ossessione.

Partial filmography

• El último de los Vargas (1930) - Capitán de los Rurales
• El valiente (1930) - Sargento de policia
• El presidio (1930) - Butch
• De frente, marchen (1930) - El sargento Gruñón
• La fruta amarga (1931) - Bill
• Love in Every Port (1931) - Tripode
• Su última noche (1931) - Aquiles Desano
• The Trial of Mary Dugan (1931) - Insp. Hunt
• Se ha fugado un preso (1935)
• El secreto de Ana María (1936)
• Al margen de la ley (1936)
• Carmen fra i rossi (1939) - Amalio
• The Sin of Rogelia Sanchez (1940) - Massimo
• Saint Rogelia (1940) - Máximo
• L'uomo della legione (1940) - Antonio Scotto, il meccanico
• The Pirate's Dream (1940) - Bieco de la Muerte
• La forza bruta (1941) - Bob
• Giuliano de' Medici (1941) - Goro
• The Prisoner of Santa Cruz (1941) - Pietro
• The King's Jester (1941) - Sparafucile
• Black Gold (1942) - Pietro, il minatore
• Tragic Night (1942) - Faille
• Ossessione (1943) - Giuseppe Bragana
• National Velvet (1944) - Padron Giovanni
• Noche sin cielo (1947) - Federico
• The Drummer of Bruch (1948) - Tomàs
• The Party Goes On (1948) - Padre prior
• Just Any Woman (1949) - Padre de Luis
• In a Corner of Spain (1949) - Alcalde
• The Maragatan Sphinx (1950) - Tío Cristóbal
• My Beloved Juan (1950) - Sebastián
• The Vila Family (1950) - Teófilo Torrens
• Alina (1950) - Lucien
• Devotion (1950) - Don Vidris, il prete
• Brief Rapture (1951) - Capobanda
• Salvate mia figlia (1951)
• One Hundred Little Mothers (1952) - Don Michele
• The Dream of Zorro (1952) - César / Pedro
• The Woman Who Invented Love (1952) - Usuraio Passadonato
• La figlia del diavolo (1952) - Il boia
• Redemption (1952) - Parroco
• Captain Phantom (1953) - Carlos
• Beat the Devil (1953) - Hispano-Suiza Driver
• El hombre que veía la muerte (1953)
• We Stole a Tram (1956) - Rossi
• Faustina (1957) - Mefistófeles
• Los ángeles del volante (1957) - Nicolás
• The Man Who Wagged His Tail (1957) - Butcher
• Cuatro en la frontera (1958) - (final film role)

External links

• Juan de Landa at IMDb

Bibliography

• Bacon, Henry. Visconti: Explorations of Beauty and Decay. Cambridge University Press, 1998.