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).
- 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 - El fenómeno .... Crooked football coach (uncredited)
- 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)
- 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
Credited unless otherwise noted
- 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
- 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