Francisco Marán

Francisco Marán

Born: April 11, 1889
Francisco Marán was born on April 11, 1889 in Pola, Istria, Italy. He is an actor, known for Sombras de gloria (1930), No matarás (1935) and We're in the Legion Now (1936).

Movies for Francisco Marán...

The Pride of the Yankees
Title: The Pride of the Yankees
Character: Rathskeller Headwaiter (uncredited)
Released: July 14, 1942
Type: Movie
The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
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Hold Back the Dawn
Title: Hold Back the Dawn
Character: Mexican Doctor (uncredited)
Released: September 26, 1941
Type: Movie
Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done likewise. But after sweeping teacher Emmy Brown off her feet, he finds her so sweet that love and jealousy endanger his plans.
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Blood and Sand
Title: Blood and Sand
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)
Released: May 30, 1941
Type: Movie
Bullfighter Juan Gallardo falls for socialite Dona Sol, turning from the faithful Carmen who nevertheless stands by her man as he continues to face real danger in the bullring.
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The Mark of Zorro
Title: The Mark of Zorro
Character: Officer (uncredited)
Released: November 8, 1940
Type: Movie
Around 1820 the son of a California nobleman comes home from Spain to find his native land under a villainous dictatorship. On the one hand he plays the useless fop, while on the other he is the masked avenger Zorro.
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North West Mounted Police
Title: North West Mounted Police
Character: Indian
Released: October 22, 1940
Type: Movie
Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. He wanders into the midst of the Riel Rebellion, in which Métis (people of French and Native heritage) and Natives want a separate nation. Dusty falls for nurse April Logan, who is also loved by Mountie Jim Brett. April's brother is involved with Courbeau's daughter Louvette, which leads to trouble during the battles between the rebels and the Mounties. Through it all Dusty is determined to bring Corbeau back to Texas (and April, too, if he can manage it.)
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Down Argentine Way
Title: Down Argentine Way
Character: Ship's Officer (uncredited)
Released: October 11, 1940
Type: Movie
The story—in which an American heiress on holiday in South America falls in love with an Argentine horse breeder against the wishes of their families—takes a backseat to the spectacular location shooting and parade of extravagant musical numbers, which include the larger-than-life Carmen Miranda singing the hit “South American Way” and a showstopping dance routine by the always amazing Nicholas Brothers.
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The Ghost Breakers
Title: The Ghost Breakers
Character: Headwaiter (uncredited)
Released: June 21, 1940
Type: Movie
After intrepid working girl Mary Carter becomes the new owner of a reputedly haunted mansion located off the Cuban coast, a stranger phones warning her to stay away from the castle. Undaunted, Mary sets sail for Cuba with a stowaway in her trunk—wise-cracking Larry Lawrence, a radio announcer who helps Mary get to the bottom of the voodoo magic, zombies and ghosts that supposedly curse the spooky estate.
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Escape to Paradise
Title: Escape to Paradise
Character: Perez
Released: December 22, 1939
Type: Movie
An American tourist in South America finds love and unexpected trouble.
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Hitler: Beast of Berlin
Title: Hitler: Beast of Berlin
Character: Jouvet
Released: October 7, 1939
Type: Movie
Hans Memling, a young intellectual, patriotic German, is secretly opposed to the Nazi regime. With the aid of Gustav Schultz, Father Pommer, Anna Wahl and others, he is gleaning accurate information from foreign radio broadcasts and distributing it through Germany with an underground-press operation.
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Mutiny on the Blackhawk
Title: Mutiny on the Blackhawk
Character: Gen. Romero
Released: July 31, 1939
Type: Movie
Story deals with slave-running between Hawaii and California in 1840, featuring a wild mutiny aboard a slave ship on the high seas, the bartering of natives for slavery in a tropical paradise, and battle scenes between enraged California settlers and the Mexican Army.
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Overland with Kit Carson
Title: Overland with Kit Carson
Character: Don José Gonzalez
Released: July 21, 1939
Type: Movie
When Pegleg and his Black Raiders threaten the westward expansion of the United States, the government sends Kit Carson and David Brent to straighten things out.
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Only Angels Have Wings
Title: Only Angels Have Wings
Character: Plantation Overseer on Trolley
Released: May 15, 1939
Type: Movie
A traveling performer arrives at a remote South American port town where the head of an air freight service must risk his pilots' lives to earn a major contract.
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Rich Man, Poor Girl
Title: Rich Man, Poor Girl
Character: Alec - the Maitre d'Hotel
Released: August 12, 1938
Type: Movie
A millionaire courts a working-class woman.
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The Bride Wore Red
Title: The Bride Wore Red
Character: Cosmos Club Doorman (uncredited)
Released: October 8, 1937
Type: Movie
A poor singer in a bar masquerades as a rich society woman thanks to a rich benefactor.
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Madame X
Title: Madame X
Character: Gendarme in Court
Released: October 1, 1937
Type: Movie
An alcoholic woman was charged and tried for murder and a young defense attorney, unaware that she is his mother, takes the assignment to defend her in court.
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I Met Him in Paris
Title: I Met Him in Paris
Character: French Husband in Room 617
Released: May 28, 1937
Type: Movie
Kay Denham is off for a fling in Paris, leaving her suitor Berk behind. There, she meets two new suitors, Gene and George. Gene smooth-talks her into a junket to Switzerland, but George (with no illusions about his friend) appoints himself chaperone. Through a series of slapstick winter sports, Kay remains puzzled about George's disapproval of Gene...but there's a reason.
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No matarás
Title: No matarás
Released: March 13, 1937
Type: Movie
Antonio Guerra is an unemployed Spanish immigrant in the USA. His brother and mother in Spain haven't heard about him for many years or even receive a letter. But one day, his brother receives a letter from him, telling that things are going well. But the reality is other. Antonio is passing a hard time in New Yor City, suffering the Years of Depression as many out of workers. One day, Antonio meets a nice Cuban seller, who invites him to eat at his poor house. The seller advices Antonio to visit a man, who has contacts and could help him to find a job. Nevertheless, Antonio is send with the leader of a group of gangsters, dedicated to the illegal traffic of alcohol. Antonio is offered a work of dealer, but he won't do anything out of the law.
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Espionage
Title: Espionage
Character: Train Guard
Released: February 26, 1937
Type: Movie
Two reporters pose as man and wife in order to get the goods on a munitions supplier and the rumours of war in Europe.
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Mama Steps Out
Title: Mama Steps Out
Character: Doorman
Released: February 5, 1937
Type: Movie
A Fort Wayne, Indiana housewife (Alice Brady) drags her husband (Guy Kibbee) and daughter (Betty Furness) to Europe for culture.
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We're in the Legion Now
Title: We're in the Legion Now
Character: Abdul Ben-Abou
Released: December 13, 1936
Type: Movie
Two petty gangsters trying to elude their enemies join the French Foreign Legion.
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Down to the Sea
Title: Down to the Sea
Character: George
Released: May 30, 1936
Type: Movie
Greek sponge divers in Tarpon Springs, Florida duel over diving methods and fight over the same girl, and only one will survive.
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Storm Over the Andes
Title: Storm Over the Andes
Character: General
Released: April 1, 1935
Type: Movie
A war between Bolivia and Paraguay is the setting for the stories of flyers involved with both sides in the conflict.
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Under a Texas Moon
Title: Under a Texas Moon
Character: Antonio
Released: April 1, 1930
Type: Movie
A cowboy arrives in a small town and winds up trying to help a local rancher stop a gang of cattle thieves while romancing a pretty young girl.
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The Last Warning
Title: The Last Warning
Character: Jeffries
Released: December 25, 1928
Type: Movie
A producer decides to reopen a theater, that had been closed five years previously when one of the actors was murdered during a performance, by staging a production of the same play with the remaining members of the original cast.