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Luis Escobar y Kirkpatrick, 7th Marquess of Marismas del Guadalquivir (5 September 1908 – 16 February 1991), was a Spanish nobleman and actor.

He was an actor, playwright, and theatre director who advanced the interests of Teatro María Guerrero, Teatro Español, and Teatro Eslava. A flamboyant aristocrat, he was particularly known to have played el marqués de Leguineche (the Marquess of Leguineche) in Luis García Berlanga's comedy trilogy: La Escopeta Nacional (1978), Patrimonio Nacional (1981) and Nacional III (1982). In 1950, he directed La honradez de la cerradura, which was nominated at the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.

Escobar never married and was openly homosexual, especially after Spanish democracy was restored in 1975. His niece, María Victoria Escobar y Cancho, succeeded him in the Marquessate of Marismas del Guadalquivir upon his death in 1991.

Selected filmography

Film

• La Escopeta Nacional (1978)
• Patrimonio Nacional (1981)
• Nacional III (1982)
• La Colmena (1982)

Director

• Malibran's Song (1951)

See also

• Spanish nobility

References

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

External links

• Luis Escobar at IMDb

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