Roberto Escalada

Argentine actor

Roberto Escalada born Aldo Roberto Leggero (4 July 1914 – 5 December 1986 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine actor, an icon of the classic era of Argentine cinema.

Roberto Escalada began his career working on the radio, and it was his voice that caught the attention of producers. On meeting him, film producers, pleased by his physical appearance, immediately put him in as a member of different movie casts.

One of his more acclaimed films of the 1940s was Los Pulpos (The Octopuses), a film directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen.

In 1950, Escalada played the central role in Mr Oribe's Crime, based on Bioy Casares' short novel. In 1955 he played a conniving businessman in Ayer fue primavera (Yesterday it was spring), directed by Fernando Ayala.

His life changed at the beginning of the 1960s when he got married and start working on TV. As a heavy smoker, he had some health concerns during the 1960s, and he spent the later years of this life in television taking a number of smaller roles.

He made over 55 film and TV appearances in Argentina between 1939 and 1980.

His health declined in the early 1980s, and he died on 5 December 1986 of a smoking related heart attack at age 72 in Buenos Aires.

Filmography

El diablo metió la pata (1980) dir. Carlos Rinaldi
Hormiga negra (1979) dir. Ricardo Alberto Defilippi
Un idilio de estación (1978) dir. Aníbal Uset
Los irrompibles (1975) dir. Emilio Vieyra
Clínica con música (1974) dir. Francisco Guerrero
El profesor tirabombas (1972) dir. Fernando Ayala
Nino (1972) dir. Federico Curiel
Con alma y vida (1970) dir. David José Kohon
El mundo es de los jóvenes (1970) dir. Julio Porter
Los debutantes en el amor (1969) dir. Leo Fleider
El profesor hippie (1969) dir. Fernando Ayala
Viaje de una noche de verano (1965)
Esta noche mejor no (1965) dir. Julio Saraceni
Dos quijotes sobre ruedas (1964) dir. Emilio Vieyra
La familia Falcón (1963) dir. Román Viñoly Barreto
Culpable (1960) dir. Hugo del Carril
La sombra de Safo (1957) dir. Julio Porter
Pecadora (1956) dir. Enrique Carreras
De noche también se duerme (1956) dir. Enrique Carreras
Ayer fue primavera (1955) dir. Fernando Ayala
Vida nocturna (1955) dir. Leo Fleider
La bestia humana (1954) dir. Daniel Tinayre
Sucedió en Buenos Aires (1954) dir. Enrique Cahen Salaberry
El vampiro negro (1953) dir. Román Viñoly Barreto
Black Ermine (1953) dir. Carlos Hugo Christensen
Don't Ever Open That Door (1952) dir. Carlos Hugo Christensen
Sala de guardia (1952) dir. Tulio Demicheli
De turno con la muerte (1951) dir. Julio Porter
Cartas de amor (1951) dir. Mario C. Lugones
Una Viuda casi alegre (1950) dir. Román Viñoly Barreto
El crimen de Oribe (1950) dir. Leopoldo Torres Ríos
Morir en su ley (1949) dir. Manuel Romero
Se llamaba Carlos Gardel (1949) dir. León Klimovsky
¿Por qué mintió la cigüeña? (1949) dir. Carlos Hugo Christensen
La gran tentación (1948) dir. Ernesto Arancibia
La muerte camina en la lluvia (1948) Carlos Hugo Christensen
Una atrevida aventurita (1948) dir. Carlos Hugo Christensen
Los pulpos (1948) dir. Carlos Hugo Christensen
El jugador (1947) dir. León Klimovsky
Madame Bovary (1947) dir. Carlos Schlieper
Treinta segundos de amor (1947) dir. Luis Mottura
Un beso en la nuca (1946) dir. Luis Mottura
Cinco besos (1945) dir. Luis Saslavsky
Swan Song (1945) dir. Carlos Hugo Christensen
Veinticuatro horas en la vida de una mujer (1944) dir. Carlos Borcosque
Safo, historia de una pasión (1943) dir. Carlos Hugo Christensen
Pájaros sin nido (1940) dir. José A. Ferreyra
El matrero (1939) dir. Orestes Caviglia
Doce mujeres (1939) dir. Luis J. Moglia Barth

External links

Roberto Escalada at IMDb

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