Narciso Ibáñez Menta

Narciso Ibáñez Menta (Spanish pronunciation: [naɾˈθiso iˈβaɲeð ˈmenta]; August 25, 1912 – May 15, 2004) was a Spanish theatre, film, and television actor.[1]

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Ibáñez and the second or maternal family name is Menta.
Narciso Ibáñez Menta
Narciso Ibáñez Menta
Born(1912-08-25)25 August 1912
Langreo (Asturias), Spain
Died15 May 2004(2004-05-15) (aged 91)
Madrid, Spain
OccupationActor
Spouse(s)Pepita Serrador
ChildrenNarciso Ibáñez Serrador

Biography

Born in Langreo, Asturias, Spain, Ibáñez Menta made his first stage appearance in 1919 at the Teatro La Comedia of Buenos Aires. He worked in both theatre and film in Argentina until 1964, when he returned to Spain and developed a successful television career. In both Argentina and Spain, he was particularly prominent in suspense and horror subjects.

He married the Argentine actress Pepita Serrador, a member of a famous theatre family. In 1935 they had a son, Narciso Ibáñez Serrador, who became a director, writer and actor, and directed the Spanish television series Historias para no dormir (1973), El Televisor (1974) and El fin empezó ayer (1982) in which his father starred.

Films featuring Ibáñez Menta included Historia de crímenes (1942), La Bestia debe morir (1952), Tres citas con el destino (1953), Obras maestras del terror ('Masterworks of Terror'1960), Shoot Twice (1969), La saga de los Drácula (1972), Los muchachos de antes no usaban arsénico (1976), Viaje al más allá (1980), Sal gorda (1983), and Más allá de la muerte (1984).

His last film role was in ¡Qué vecinos tan animales! (1998).

His health deteriorated little by little, in 1996 he was implanted with a pacemaker and spent the last few years prostrate in bed. He died on May 15, 2004 at the Hospital de Madrid when he was 91 years old.

It was incinerated in the Cemetery of La Almudena in Madrid on May 16, 2004.

In 2008, Argentine cinema director Gustavo Leonel Mendoza exhibited a documentary about Ibañez Menta's life, titled Nadie inquietó más ('Nobody disturbed more'). In 2010, Argentine writers Leandro D'Ambrosio and Marcelo Rodríguez aka "Gillespi" published a biography of the actor, El artesano del miedo ['The Craftsman of Fear'].

Filmography

Films
Narciso Ibáñez Menta action figure.

Television
  • Los premios nobel (1958)
  • Obras maestras del terror (1960)
  • El fantasma de la ópera (1960)
  • Arsenio Lupin (1961)
  • ¿Es usted el asesino? (Argentinian version) (1961)
  • La pata del mono (1961)
  • El muñeco maldito (1962)
  • Mañana puede ser verdad (Argentinian version) (1962)
  • El sátiro (1963)
  • Estudio 3 (1964)
  • La Historia de San Michel (1964)
  • Mañana puede ser verdad (Spanish version) (1964)
  • Historias para no dormir (1965–1982)
  • Historia de la frivolidad (1967)
  • ¿Es usted el asesino? (1967)
  • Un pacto con los brujos (1969)
  • El premio (1969)
  • El hombre que volvió de la muerte (1969)
  • Estudio 1 (1969-1980)
  • Robot (1970)
  • El Monstruo no ha muerto (1970)
  • Otra vez Dracula (1970)
  • Alta comedia (1970–1972)
  • Mañana puedo morir (1979)
  • El pulpo negro (1985)
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References
  1. "Narciso Ibanez Menta". New York Times. Baseline. All Media Guide, LLC. The New York Times Company. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
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