Luis Escobar Kirkpatrick
Luis Escobar Kirkpatrick, 7th Marquis of the Guadalquivir Marshes (1905 in Madrid – 16 February 1991 in Madrid), was a Spanish actor, theatre director and playwright.
During his career he was the Director of the Teatro María Guerrero, the Teatro Español and the Teatro Eslava. He acted as Marqués de Leguineche in Luis García Berlanga's comedy trilogy.
In 1950 he directed the film La honradez de la cerradura which was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Luis Escobar never married and was openly homosexual, at least when democracy was restored in Spain in 1975.
References
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: La honradez de la cerradura". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved January 11, 2009.