Alfonso Paso
WritingAlfonso 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.
Known For
El señor está servido
Sotillo
Dormir Y Ligar: Todo Es Empezar
Alfonso Paso, miembro del jurado (uncredited)
Amor a la española
Van Criep
Mauricio, mon amour
Enfermo en la clínica
El abuelo tiene un plan
Dr. Juan G. Bolt
Ligue Story
Señor del anuncio (uncredited)
Lola, espejo oscuro
Dorigan
Filmography — Acting
El señor está servido
Sotillo
Dormir Y Ligar: Todo Es Empezar
Alfonso Paso, miembro del jurado (uncredited)
Amor a la española
Van Criep
Mauricio, mon amour
Enfermo en la clínica
El abuelo tiene un plan
Dr. Juan G. Bolt
Ligue Story
Señor del anuncio (uncredited)
Lola, espejo oscuro
Dorigan
Filmography — Crew
Los que tocan el piano
Writer
Susanna and Me
Writer
Dormir Y Ligar: Todo Es Empezar
Writer
There Is Someone Behind the Door
Screenplay
Amor a la española
Writer
Aquellos tiempos del cuplé
Writer
Enseñar a un sinvergüenza
Writer
Cómo casarse en siete días
Writer
40 grados a la sombra
Writer
Find Me That Girl
Writer
¡Adiós, Mimí Pompón!
Screenplay
El alcalde de Zalamea
Writer
Doctor, me gustan las mujeres, ¿es grave?
Screenplay
Merry Christmas
Writer
El abuelo tiene un plan
Writer
Estoy hecho un chaval
Writer
Cursed Mountains
Writer
Españolear
Screenplay
Blocked paths
Writer
La mujer es un buen negocio
Screenplay
Celos, amor y Mercado Común
Director
Ligue Story
Director
Los subdesarrollados
Writer
Los derechos de la mujer
Writer
Marisol rumbo a Río
Writer
Usted puede ser un asesino
Writer
Vamos por la parejita
Director
Los extremeños se tocan
Director
Cuatro noches de boda
Screenplay
De espaldas a la puerta
Screenplay
Préstamela esta noche
Writer
The New Cinderella
Writer
Salto mortal
Writer
No somos ni Romeo ni Julieta
Director
Si quiero
Writer
Cuidado con las personas formales
Writer
La otra residencia
Director
Una tal Dulcinea
Writer
Navidades en junio
Screenplay
Vamos a contar mentiras
Writer
Conflicto inesperado
Writer
Una tal Dulcinea
Writer
Ohnsorg Theater - Oh, diese Eltern!
Writer