Alfonso Paso
Director
Biography
Alfonso Paso (12 September 1926 – 10 July 1978) was a Spanish dramatist. He wrote over a hundred plays, mainly light comedies, sometimes laced with black humour and tragedy. There were also police dramas and examples of what he called "social theatre". He was known for the well crafted complexity of his plots and for the originality of his situations and characters.
Alfonso Paso Gil was born into a "theatre dynasty" in Madrid. His father was the Zarzuela playwright and librettist Antonio Paso y Cano (1878–1950). His mother was the actress Juana Gil.
Early on he abandoned a career as an aeronautical engineer and turned to the study of Philosophy and Literature, graduating in 1952 and focusing on American History and Archeology. Later he studied Medicine and Psychiatry, then switching again, this time to journalism. He would continue to work as a journalist until the mid-1970s. He married Evangelina Jardiel, daughter of Enrique Jardiel Poncela (1901–1952). Their children included the actress Paloma Paso Jardiel. Although he often worked as an actor, his more lasting notability results from his work as a writer.
Filmography
El abuelo tiene un plan
as Dr. Juan G. Bolt 1973
Mauricio, mon amour
as Enfermo en la clínica 1976
Dormir Y Ligar: Todo Es Empezar
as Alfonso Paso, miembro del jurado (uncredited) 1974
Amor a la española
as Van Criep 1967
Lola, espejo oscuro
as Dorigan 1966
El señor está servido
as Sotillo 1976