Armando Calvo

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Biography

Spanish actor . During the 1960s, Calvo returned to work in the Spanish film industry, but came back to Mexico in the 1970s, where he was a TV and stage regular and made occasional film appearances. During the last few years of his life, Calvo was something of a recluse, living in straitened circumstances in a Mexico City hotel and spending his time writing and painting. He suffered from emphysema and kidney trouble, and died of heart failure in July 1996.

  • Primary profession
  • Actor
  • Country
  • Spain
  • Nationality
  • Spanish
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 25 December 1919
  • Place of birth
  • San Juan· Puerto Rico
  • Death date
  • 1996-07-06
  • Death age
  • 71
  • Place of death
  • Mexico City
  • Knows language
  • Spanish language

Movies

TV

Books

Trivia

Son of actor Juan Calvo

Armando sometimes appeared in film with his father Juan Calvo (Juan Domnech), like in "El Escndalo", "Espronceda" and "Los ltimos de Filipinas". Armando played the lead and Juan secondary roles. Armando and his brother Manolo made several movies together in Mexico, as "La Casa de la Troya", "Abismos de Amor", "La Vorgine" and "Acapulco".

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