Cerrudo, José Vicente

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José Vicente Cerrudo in Spartacus (1960)

José Vicente Cerrudo was a white-bearded older actor, active in Spanish films at least from the late 1950's to mid-1960's.

No biographical details are currently known.

I found a newspaper article with a heading saying he is starting his acting career aged 80 (unfortunately the rest of the article is not clear enough to read), which tied in with 3 major roles he played between 1962-4, but I have also found a few earlier appearances for him among my unidentified whitebeards, so he obviously worked as a generico for a few years at least before belatedly getting his big break.

Filmography

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1958

1. Aquellos tiempos del cuplé .... Man at the airplane launch (credited as "Lorenzo Cerrudo")
2. El pisito .... Don Pepito (uncredited)
3. Las chicas de la Cruz Roja .... Man giving donation (uncredited)
   
   1959
4. Los tramposos .... Tourist buying ticket (uncredited - uncertain identification)
5. Salto a la gloria .... Medical conference attendee (uncredited)
6. Un hecho violento .... Spectator in court (uncredited)
   
   1960
7. Café de Chinitas .... Flamenco bar customer (uncredited)
8. La rivolta degli schiavi .... Old Christian (uncredited)
9. Spartacus .... Follower of Spartacus (uncredited)
   
   1962
10. El hombre del expreso de Oriente .... Gaspar (credited)
11. La banda de los ocho .... Don Nicolas (credited as "Vicente Cerrudo")
12. Los que no fuimos a la guerra .... Old man with small child (uncredited)
    
    1963
13. Del rosa al amarillo .... Valentin (credited as "José V. Cerrudo")
    
    1964
14. La niña de luto .... Rocio's grandfather (credited)

Titles to check

• El viejecito (1960 short film) IMDb as Grandfather

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Las chicas de la Cruz Roja (1958) as Man giving donation

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Un hecho violento (1959) as Spectator in court

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Spartacus (1960) as Follower of Spartacus

José Vicente on set with director Stanley Kubrick

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El hombre del expreso de Oriente (1962) credited, as Gaspar.

José Vicente has second billing here in his biggest role and one of the 2 he is remembered for.

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La banda de los ocho (1962) credited as "Vicente Cerrudo", as Don Nicolas

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Del rosa al amarillo (1963) credited as "José V. Cerrudo", as Valentin.

The second of the roles for which he is remembered, he gives a truly heartbreaking performance as a segregated-by-gender retirement home resident, separated from the woman he loves who he sees every day, but with whom he is denied any contact. He deservedly, if a little surprisingly and belatedly, won best newcomer award for his performance at the San Sebastian International Film Festival.

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La niña de luto (1964) credited, as Rocio's grandfather.

This is José Vicente's last-known performance.

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This is a magazine (or newspaper?) article about José Vicente titled "Señor Pepe begins his cinematographic career at 80 years old".

Unfortunately the small print is too unclear to get any biographical details and I have no idea what the "Señor Pepe" reference refers to. Since the article includes an image from his final film then he was presumably aged around 80 when that was shot.

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Aquellos tiempos del cuplé (1958) as Man at the airplane launch.

There is a credit for a "Lorenzo Cerrudo" who has no other known credits, so I would guess at this being José Vicente. There is probably a better explanation for his role as he seems to be of some importance, but I couldn't work out exactly what he was doing there.