Arturo Fernández Rodríguez (21 February 1929 – 4 July 2019)  was a Spanish actor who appeared in numerous films since making his debut in 1954.

Life and work

Fernández Rodríguez was born on February 21, 1929 in the city of Gijon, in Asturias. He started a professional career as a boxer, where he gained the nickname of "The tiger of the Piles". In 1952, he served in the military at Logroño; that summer he realized a course of escalation in Viguera's rocks, sleeping for one month in the schools of this town. He married the Isabel Sensat of Catalan in San Vicente of Montalt on March 21, 1967, and they separated in 1978. They had three children: Maria Isabel (1968), Arturo (1970) and Maria Dolores "Boby" (1975).

Fernández Rodríguez underwent stomach surgery in April 2019. He recovered from the surgery, but shortly afterwards suffered a fall. His health deteriorated and he died on 4 July 2019 at a hospital in Madrid from complications related to the fall at the age of 90.

Acting career

During his career, he was most known as a comedic actor. After leading "The house of the messes" on Antena 3 between 1996 and 2000, in May 2007, [TVE] interpreted two twin brothers in the series of [] "As the dog and the cat".

In theatre, he has led, among others, in the work "The inheritance" (1957),[4] "La third word" (1966), "The beach empties" (1970), "Honoring (play)" (1980),"The girl of the seat of behind" (1983), "The second opportunity (play)" (1985), "Duck to the orange" (1986), "Better in October" (1994), "Esmoquin" (2001), "Dinner-jacket 2" (2003) and "The men do not lie" (2012).

Selected filmography

• Judas' Kiss (1954)
• Las Chicas de la Cruz Roja (1958)
• College Boarding House (1959)
• Rogelia (1962)
• Currito of the Cross (1965)
• Road to Rocío (1966)
• Cristina Guzmán (1968)
• The Locket (1970)