Barbán, Inocencio

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 01/12/2023, 23:22

: Inocencio Barbán in La vida por delante (1958)

Inocencio Barbán was a small-part actor, active in Spanish films from the 1940's to mid-1960's. Additionally he was also involved in various aspects of film production from at least the mid-1950's to early 1980's.

He was born Inocencio Barbán González on June 5th 1914 in Madrid, Spain. He had a daughter, Almudena.

His earliest acting roles found date from 1942 and he appeared irregularly in small roles, mostly uncredited, for the next decade. His acting career briefly gathered momentum in the latter half of the 1950's, with small but memorable appearances in a number of well-known productions. Inocencio was also somewhat of a stuntman, frequently appearing in fight scenes. His last-known appearance as an actor comes in 1966. He was credited on a number of occasions as "Luis Barbán". Since most of the early identifications were found from images and were seemingly otherwise unknown, then it seems very possible that there could be further undocumented appearances to be found.

From the mid-1950's he also began working, uncredited, as a head of production, including being involved with a number of major international productions shot in Spain. From the mid-1960's, coinciding with his final on-screen appearances, he started to get credited in a number of behind-the-scenes production jobs, including credits as Production manager/assistant/supervisor/coordinator/secretary, property master and "sound". His last-known production credit comes from 1982, after which he seemingly retired.

Inocencio died in Cangas de Narcea on July 7th 2005, aged 91.

A profile posted by Spanish film historian Juan Carlos Alquézar Alquézar (author of the excellent Lady Filstrup blog many years ago) was of enormous help in confirming biographical details and identifying our man in early roles. Inocencio's daughter, Almudena, contacted Juan Carlos with some old photographs of her father, wishing to find more about his film career and this profile was the result. Since the biographical information contained comes from his daughter then I would assume it can be regarded as reliable.

I have opted to list his production credits separately, since, as far as is known, he never appeared as an actor in any of the films where he worked behind the scenes (I've since found one).

Filmography

1942

Rojo y Negro .... Soldier (uncredited)

1944
Ana María .... Sailor (credit unknown)
La torre de los siete jorobados .... Night Watchman (uncredited)

1947
Cuatro mujeres .... Brawler (uncredited)

1950
Teatro Apolo .... Whistling theatre audience member (uncredited)

1954
El alcalde de Zalamea …. role unknown (uncredited)
Felices Pascuas .... Sergeant (credited as "Luis Barban")
Malvaloca .... Bar customer punched by Leonardo (uncredited)

1955
Al fin solos .... Nurse (credited)
El guardián del paraíso .... Burglar (credited as "Luis Barban")
La reina mora .... Hysterical man (uncredited)

1956
Viaje de novios .... Disruptive customer in flamenco bar (credited as "Luis Barban")

1957
El andén .... Colleague of Manuel (credited as "Luis Barban")
El hombre que viajaba despacito .... Villager who starts the fight (credited as "Luis Barban")
Fulano y Mengano .... Melon vendor (credited)
Los maridos no cenan en casa .... Construction worker (credited)

1958
Aquellos tiempos del cuplé .... Reporter (uncredited)
El hombre del paraguas blanco .... Watchman with the rifle (credited)
La vida por delante .... Camilo (credited)
Las chicas de la Cruz Roja .... Man in the street (uncredited)

1959
Marinai, donne e guai .... Stage hand (uncredited)

1960
Café de Chinitas .... Bar customer (uncredited)
El hombre que perdió el tren .... Bus passenger (uncredited)
El pequeño coronel .... Bandit (credited)
Los económicamente débiles .... Bodyguard of the President of Casamata F.C. (credited)

1962
Martes y trece .... Man who brings gifts (uncredited)

1963
Trampa para Catalina .... Officer in Paramana embassy (uncredited)

1965
Un vampiro para dos .... Metro passenger (uncredited)

1966
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum .... Eunuch brothel worker (uncredited)

Titles to check

Bajo el cielo de España (1953)
El seductor de Granada (1953) I was unable to recognise Inocencio in a poor quality copy found online under the title "A la buena de Dios". In that version he is not credited.
Carta al cielo (1959)
Nada menos que un arkángel (1960)
Y el cuerpo sigue aguantando (1960)
El mejor tesoro (1966)
4 films to be identified

Production Filmography

Credited unless otherwise noted
1956

Around the World in 80 Days .... Head of Production (uncredited - the information comes from his daughter, confirmed by an on-set image)

1964
Un puente sobre el tiempo .... Property master

1965
Doctor Zhivago .... Head of Production (uncredited - the information comes from his daughter, so should be reliable)
Muere una mujer .... Property master

1966
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum .... Head of Production (uncredited - the information comes from his daughter, so should be reliable - he does appear as an uncredited actor)

1967
Due croci a Danger Pass .... Production assistant
Mister X .... Production assistant
Un hombre vino a matar .... Property master

1968
Dos hombres van a morir .... Property master
I vigliacchi non pregano .... Production assistant
Uno straniero a Paso Bravo .... Production supervisor

1969
La morte sull'alta collina .... Production supervisor

1970
Le tigri di Mompracem .... Sound

1971
Anda muchacho, spara! .... Production secretary
El hombre que vino del odio .... Property manager
Varietés .... Property manager

1973
La curiosa .... Property manager
La isla misteriosa (TV series / Feature film) .... Production manager

1974
Cinco almohadas para una noche .... Production manager

1975
Solo ante el Streaking .... Property master

1976
Último deseo .... Property master

1977
In memoriam .... Production assistant

1978
Cañas y barro (TV series) All episodes .... Production assistant

1979
La barraca (TV series) All episodes .... Production assistant/coordinator

Production titles to check

Unidentified films produced by Samuel Bronston and starring Charlton Heston, as uncredited head of production - this could refer to either or both of 55 Days at Peking (1963) and El Cid (1961)
El chiste (1976) IMDb as Production assistant
Él y él (1980) IMDb as Production assistant
¡¡Franco!! Un proceso histórico (1982) IMDb as Production assistant

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 01/12/2023, 23:23

Rojo y Negro (1942) as Soldier

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 05/12/2023, 15:46

Ana María (1944) as Sailor, credit unknown.

This is an image from the personal collection of Inocencio's daughter, posted on Facebook.

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 07/12/2023, 0:01

La torre de los siete jorobados (1944) as Night Watchman, looking rather odd with a mono-brow

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 07/12/2023, 0:05

Cuatro mujeres (1947) as Brawler.

I used to have this film and can confirm the image is from it, but I can no longer find a copy. This is another image from the personal collection of Inocencio's daughter.

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 07/12/2023, 0:08

El alcalde de Zalamea (1954) Role unknown.

The only copy to be found is abysmal quality, so once again this is an image from the collection of his daughter.