Luis Escobar Kirkpatrick

Luis Escobar y Kirkpatrick, 7th Marquess of las Marismas del Guadalquivir (5 September 1908 in Madrid – 16 February 1991 in Madrid), was a Spanish nobleman who succeeded to the title in 1954 upon the death of his father, José Ignacio Escobar y Kirkpatrick.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Escobar and the second or maternal family name is Kirkpatrick.
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Luis Escobar y Kirkpatrick

7th Marquess of las Marismas del Guadalquivir
Born
Luis Escobar y Kirkpatrick

(1908-09-05)5 September 1908
Madrid, Spain
Died16 February 1991(1991-02-16) (aged 82)
Madrid, Spain
Coronet of a Spanish marquess

An actor and playwright, during his later career as a theatre director, he much advanced the interests of Teatro María Guerrero, Teatro Español and Teatro Eslava. A real marquess and a flamboyant character, he had also earlier played the part of el marqués de Leguineche in Luis García Berlanga's comedy trilogy.

In 1950 he directed the film La honradez de la cerradura which was nominated at the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Don Luis Escobar never married and was openly homosexual, especially so, after democracy was restored to Spain in 1975; his niece, Doña María Victoria Escobar y Cancho, succeeded him in the marquessate in 1991.

Selected filmography
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See also

References
  1. "Festival de Cannes: La honradez de la cerradura". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved January 11, 2009.


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