Juan de Landa

Juan de Landa
Born	27 January 1894 Motrico, Basque Country Spain
Died	18 February 1968 Motrico, Basque Country Spain
Other names	Juan Pisón Pagoaga y Landa
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1930 - 1958

Juan de Landa (1894–1968) was a Spanish film actor, who was born in the Basque Country. de Landa entered the film industry in 1930 following the arrival of sound film. He initially acted in Spanish-language versions of Hollywood films, but later worked mainly in the Spanish and Italian film industries. His best-known role is in Luchino Visconti's 1943 film Ossessione.^[1]

Selected filmography

• Love in Every Port (1931)
• The Pirate's Dream (1940)
• Saint Rogelia (1940)
• The Sin of Rogelia Sanchez (1940)
• Saint Rogelia (1940)
• Tragic Night (1942)
• Ossessione (1943)
• The Party Goes On (1948)
• The Drummer of Bruch (1948)
• In a Corner of Spain (1949)
• Just Any Woman (1949)
• The Vila Family (1950)
• Alina (1950)
• The Maragatan Sphinx (1950)
• The Dream of Zorro (1952)
• Redenzione (1952)
• Beat the Devil (1953)
• Faustina (1957)

References

1. Bacon p.248

External links

• Juan de Landa at the Internet Movie Database

Bibliography

• Bacon, Henry. Visconti: Explorations of Beauty and Decay. Cambridge University Press, 1998.