Alfredo Alcón

Alfredo Félix Alcón (; 3 March 1930 – 11 April 2014) was an Argentine theatre and film actor born in Buenos Aires. Widely regarded as one of the best and most important Argentine actors of the 20th century.

He worked in more than 50 movies since his first one, El amor nunca muere (Love Never Dies), in 1955, and received many recognitions for his work: among others, the Silver Condor, the Martin Fierro Award and the 1981 Diamond Konex Award.

He died on April 11, 2014, at the age of 84.

Biography Alfredo Alcón was born on March 3, 1930, in Liniers. His family has Spanish ancestry: his paternal grandmother immigrated from Cádiz, and his mother from Castile. As a result, he had a fluent Spanish accent, which helped him when he worked in Spain. His father died soon after his birth, and so the family moved to Ciudadela, Buenos Aires. One of his early influences was Richard III by William Shakespeare, which he read at the age of 11.

He began working as a radio host, announcing news from the Liniers market (the main market of livestock in Argentina). He did not recover, and died on April 11, 2014, of respiratory failure.

Selected filmography Love Never Dies (1955) Sugar Harvest (1958) The Candidate (1959) Summer Skin (1961) The Innocents (1963) Martín Fierro (1968) El Santo de la Espada (1970) The Seven Madmen (1973) Nazareno Cruz and the Wolf (1975) What's Autumn? (1977) Son of the Bride (2001) In the City Without Limits (2002)