Luis Gerardo Tovar

Luis Gerardo Tovar (4 October 1932 – 25 October 1991) was a Venezuelan actor, broadcaster, announcer, singer, and songwriter. As a radio announcer, he worked for several European radio stations; as an actor, he starred in several Venezuelan films and telenovelas; and as a songwriter, he won the OTI Festival twice representing Venezuela.

Biography He worked for a year as a writer and broadcaster for Latin America at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in London, and also worked at other European radio stations such as Radio France Internationale, Deutsche Welle, RAI, and Radio Nacional de España.

As a songwriter, he won the OTI Festival twice representing Venezuela. With , he wrote the song "", which won the OTI Festival 1982 performed by , of which he was the music producer. With Arnoldo Nali, he wrote the song "", which won the OTI Festival 1987 performed by Alfredo Alejandro. He was the first songwriter to win the festival twice, out of the four who managed to achieve that.

Selected filmography Film Adolescence of Cain (1959) Lovers Like Us (1975)

Telenovelas (1967) (1973) (1973–74) (1974) (1975) (1975–76) Daniela (1977) (1980) (1986)