Xan das Bolas

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 237

Gender Male

Birthday October 31, 1908

Day of Death October 13, 1977 (68 years old)

Place of Birth La Coruña, Spain

Also Known As

Tomás Ares Pena
Fernando Tomás Ares
Tomas Ares
Tomás Ares
Xan D'as Bolas

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Xan das Bolas

Biography

Tomás Ares Pena was a Spanish actor. He started in the theater in the thirties as a comedian and variety actor. After the Spanish Civil War, he began his film career, and in the following years he became one of the supporting actors with one of the longest careers in the history of Spanish cinema.

Known For

Acting

1977		My Daughter Hildegart as Un republicano
1977		Curro Jiménez 1 episode

1976		Madrid, Costa Fleming as Marcelo
1976		A la Legión le gustan las mujeres… y a las mujeres, les gusta la Legión as Tabernero
1976		La Carmen as Padre de José
1976		El chiste as Guardia forestal / Ganadero / Jefe indio
1976		El segundo poder as Fray Lope
1976		Los hijos de... as Barrendero
1976		Volvoreta as Ramón
1976		Vuelve, querida Nati as Conserje

1975		Cry, Onion! as Sam - Merchant (uncredited)
1975		El mejor regalo as Invitado a la boda

1974		La boda o la vida
1974		Una pareja... distinta as Truhán
1974		Cuando los niños vienen de Marsella as Padre de José
1974		Five Pillows for One Night as Recepcionista del Balneario Fuencaliente

1973

as Amigo de Felipe

1971		Delusions of Grandeur as Sheikh of the Barbary (uncredited)
1971		Cut-Throats Nine as Buddy
1971		Una chica casi decente
1971		Murders in the Rue Morgue as Orsini's Assistant
1971		El apartamento de la tentación as Forest Guard
1971		La montaña rebelde as Ermitaño
1971		Simón, contamos contigo

1970		A Lady Called Andrew as Empleado de limpieza
1970		Don erre que erre as Guardia Civil 1
1970		Sabata the Killer as Telegrafo
1970		El mesón del gitano as Ezequiel
1970		El alma se serena as Jefe de estación
1970		Con ella llegó el amor as Huésped de la pensión

1969		Juicio de faldas as Paco, amigo de Gregorio
1969		Amor a todo gas as Cristobal
1969		Dead Are Countless as Potter (uncredited)
1969		No somos ni Romeo ni Julieta as Policía secreta de noche 1º
1969		Pasto de fieras
1969		Educando a una idiota
1969		El niño y el potro (Más allá de río Miño) as Rogelio

1968		Objetivo: BI-KI-NI as Camarero
1968		¡Cuidado con las señoras! as Camarero
1968		Between God, The Devil and a Winchester
1968		One by One as Bartender Ben (uncredited)
1968		Los que tocan el piano as Rufino Celeiro - el Sereno
1968		¡Cómo está el servicio! as Sereno con un bastón
1968		Villa Rides as Villa's Telegraphist (uncredited)
1968		Operation Mata Hari as Jefe de sala del cabaret

1967		40 grados a la sombra as Portero casa de Evaristo
1967		Operación cabaretera as Guardia
1967		Run Like a Thief as Gonzalez
1967		Vestida de novia as Camarero gallego
1967		Club de solteros as Lucas
1967		La niña del patio as Don Calixto, administrador
1967		Clint the Stranger as Simpson
1967		Two Crosses in Danger Pass as Bartender

1966		The Tough One as Padre O’Hara
1966		Fray Torero as Un habitante del pueblo
1966		La mujer perdida
1966		Ypotron: Final Countdown as Il portiere dell'hotel
1966		Lost Command as Old Man with Flag (uncredited)
1966		Seven Guns for the MacGregors as Barman (uncredited)
1966		Proceso a una estrella
1966		Eroe vagabondo

1965		In a Colt's Shadow as Veterinarian
1965		Whisky y vodka as Pintor
1965		Texas Jim as Pedro, the Mexican
1965		Amador as Limpiabotas
1965		Dos chicas locas locas as Guarda de la estación de tren
1965		Mi canción es para ti as Propietario caballos de carreras
1965		Cotolay as Monje

1964		Gunmen Of The Rio Grande as Peon
1964		Los dinamiteros as Marmolista
1964		The Palomos as Taxi driver
1964		El pecador y la bruja as Portero
1964		The Rash One
1964		Backfire as Guard of the boat parking
1964		Black Angel of the Mississippi as Lopez
1964		Strange Voyage as Cosme
1964		Death Whistles the Blues as Policía
1964		Gunfighters of Casa Grande as Vasco (uncredited)
1964		The Spy as Poker Player
1964		Como dos gotas de agua as Martínez
1964		La chica del gato as Venancio
1964		El camino as Germán's Father
1964		Cavalry Charge
1964		Relevo para un pistolero as Recepcionista del hotel

1963		The Ceremony
1963		Un demonio con ángel as Don Federico
1963		Heroes of the West as Doctor
1963		La revoltosa as Jugador de cartas
1963		The Fair of the Dove
1963		Bochorno
1963		Chica para todo as Gancho del Timador
1963		An Almost Decent Girl as Propietario bar
1963		Escala en Hi-Fi
1963		The Swindlers as Antonio Monterosi (segment "Medico i fidanzata")
1963		The Adventures of Scaramouche as Gino
1963		Gunfight at Red Sands as Barber
1963		The Executioner as Guarda de la obra
1963		Pacto de silencio as Guardia del tren
1963		The Implacable Three as Cartero
1963		El precio de un asesino as Cura
1963		Death and the Lumberjack as Guardia
1963		Sign of Zorro as Mejicano
1963		El turista as Atracador
1963		Girl from La Mancha as Carretero
1963		The Castilian
1963		Plaza de Oriente as Camarero
1963		Mathias Sandorf as Carpena
1963		José María as Coronel
1963		Jaguar as Lugarteniente del llanero

1962		The Shadow of Zorro as Empleado de banca
1962		The Four Truths
1962		La gran familia as (uncredited)
1962		Two Against All as Wagon Loader (uncredited)
1962		I motorizzati as (uncredited)
1962		Those Who Did Not Go to War as Propietario bar Fandiño
1962		The Son of Captain Blood as Matt
1962		Placido as Rivas - The Administrator
1962		Zorro the Avenger as Soldado
1962		Vamos a contar mentiras
1962		Torrejón City as Ojo de Halcón
1962		Martes y trece as Invitado con botella

1961		Madame
1961		Pecado de amor as Sereno
1961		Fray Escoba
1961		The Savage Guns as Cantinero pedro
1961		El pobre García as Felipe
1961		Fantasmas en la casa as Pascasio
1961		Revolt of the Mercenaries as Katia's Companion
1961		¡Aquí están las vicetiples! as Dueño Kiosco
1961		Conqueror of Maracaibo as Ben Yussuf (uncredited)
1961		La venganza de Don Mendo as Alí
1961		Punto y banca
1961		Ella y los veteranos as Dueño caseta de tiro

1960		El indulto as Músico ambulante
1960		Un paso al frente as Román
1960		The Boy Who Stole a Million as Knife Grinder
1960		Three Etc.'s and the Colonel
1960		Ama Rosa as Cochero
1960		Crimen para recién casados
1960		El hombre que perdió el tren as Federico Méndez

1959		Poison at 2:30 as Hombre en consulta veterinario
1959		El gafe as Sobrino de D. Balbino #2
1959		Der Löwe von Babylon as Abdullah (uncredited)
1959		Sonatas as Tercer centinela
1959		Streetcar for Sale as Marmolista
1959		La vida alrededor as Demetrio Suárez 'El Asunción'
1959		Blame Me
1959		Diez fusiles esperan as Cañete
1959		The Redeemer
1959		¿Dónde vas, Alfonso XII? as Madrileño gritón (uncredited)

1958		Die Sklavenkarawane as Hassan (uncredited)
1958		Anna Said Yes as Don Cristino
1958		Life Ahead as Copiloto de la camioneta
1958		El puente de la paz as Dedos Largos
1958		Héroes del aire as Percebe
1958		Revenge as Galician Harvester
1958		El hombre del paraguas blanco as Alguacil #1
1958		Aquellos tiempos del cuplé as Tendero
1958		Familia provisional
1958		Historias de Madrid as Ciriaco - guarda del cementerio (uncredited)
1958		Farmacia de guardia as Sereno

1957		Las muchachas de azul as Felipe - padre de Ana
1957		El anónimo
1957		Un marido de ida y vuelta as Díaz
1957		Fulano y Mengano as Conductor del coche fúnebre
1957		The Pride and the Passion as (uncredited)
1957		Faustina as Lipio
1957		Un fantasma llamado amor
1957		El hombre que viajaba despacito as Jugador de cartas
1957		Susanna and Me as Bedel

1956		Piedras vivas
1956		Dos novias para un torero
1956		Saeta rubia as Taxista
1956		Fedra, the Devil's Daughter as (uncredited)
1956		La mestiza
1956		The Wicked Carabel as Bedel
1956		El fenómeno as Guardia del Parque
1956		Curra Veleta as Sereno
1956		Pasión en el mar as El Sabio
1956		¡Aquí hay petróleo! as Baldomero
1956		El rey de la carretera as Pedro
1956		Afternoon at the Bulls as Portero de la enfermería

1955		Pride as Gabriel
1955		Un día perdido as Maestro de baile
1955		Noche de tormenta
1955		Radio Stories as Sargento de la guardia civil
1955		Para siempre
1955		El guardián del paraíso as Sereno
1955		The Coyote
1955		La Cruz de Mayo as Félix
1955		La reina mora as Presidiario

1954		Tres eran tres as (segment "Una de indios")
1954		La ciudad de los sueños
1954		Love on Wheels as Cristóbal
1954		The Devil Plays the Flute as Presidente
1954		Hollyhock as Barrabás
1954		Buenas noticias as Alguacil
1954		Tres huchas para Oriente as Portero del estadio (uncredited)

1953		Vuelo 971 as Padre
1953		Jeromín
1953		Nadie lo sabrá as Cartero
1953		Airport as Sereno
1953		La alegre caravana as Titiritero
1953		Sobresaliente
1953		Ha desaparecido un pasajero

1951		Niebla y sol as Meigo
1951		The Girl at the Inn as Dimas
1951		The Great Galeoto as Cochero
1951		Doubt as Sereno (uncredited)
1951		Air Lashings as Pepiño

1950		Post Office Box 1001
1950		Pequeñeces
1950		Tiempos felices
1950		Yo no soy la Mata-Hari as Don Cosme Fernández
1950		Historia en dos aldeas

1949

as Benito

1948		The Marquis of Salamanca as Hombre almacén figuras de cera
1948		Botón de ancla as Trinquete
1948		Pototo, Boliche y Compañía

1947

as Fadeiro

1946		Mar abierto as Peirán
1946		El doncel de la reina
1946		El pirata Bocanegra as Cayetano

1945		Un hombre de negocios as Conserje del museo
1945		El pozo de los enamorados

1944		Ella, él y sus millones as El guía
1944		La vida empieza a medianoche as Regidor del teatro
1944		Tuvo la culpa Adán as Guardia

1942		La rueda de la vida as Juanito
1942		Madrid de mis sueños
1942		Goyescas as Asistente
1942		Éramos 7 a la mesa
1942		El hombre que se quiso matar as Huésped
1942		Unos pasos de mujer

1941		Torbellino as Juan José
1941		Stowaway on Board! as Alguacil

1940

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