Actor fernando lamas biography death
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Fernando Lamas
Argentine-American actor (1915–1982)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Lamas and the second or maternal family name is de Santos.
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Born | Fernando Álvaro Lamas y de Santos (1915-01-09)January 9, 1915[1] or 1916[2][3] Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Died | October 8, 1982(1982-10-08) (aged 67)[4] Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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Years active | 1942–1982 |
Spouses | Perla Mux (m. 1940; div. 1944)Lydia Babacci (m. 1946; div. 1952)Arlene Dahl (m. 1954; div. 1960) |
Children | 3, including Lorenzo Lamas |
Relatives | AJ Lamas (grandson) Shayne Lamas (granddaughter) |
Fernando Álvaro Lamas y de Santos (January 9, 1915 – October 8, 1982) was an Argentine-American actor and director of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema. He is the father of actor Lorenzo Lamas.
Biography
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[edit]Fernando Álvaro Lamas y de Santos[3][5] was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
In this country, his movies included En el últ
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Fernando Lamas
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Handsome, dapper Argentine-born actor who came to Hollywood as a romantic lead in several colourful MGM extravaganzas and then succeeded in living up to his Latin Lover image in real life. Lamas studied drama at school in his native country and later enrolled in a law course at college. His strong leaning towards athletic pursuits prevailed and he abandoned his studies to take up horse riding, winning trophies fencing and boxing (middleweight amateur title) and becoming the South American Freestyle Swimming Champion of 1937. While still in his teens he appeared on stage, then on radio, and by the age of 24 in his first motion picture.
All this sporting publicity aroused interest in Hollywood and, in 1951, Lamas was signed by MGM to charm the likes of Lana Turner and Esther Williams in A-grade productions like The Merry Widow (1952) and Dangerous When Wet (1953). He also spent time 'on loan' to Paramount who featured him in several Pine-Thomas B-movies, such as the 3-D Technicolour Sangaree (1953) and Jivaro (1954). His sole appearance on Broadway was in the 1957 play 'Happy Hunting'. There was considerable friction between him and co-star Ethel Merman, both on and off-stage. Lamas was nonetheless nominated for a Tony Award as Best Actor, but had the misfortu