Manuel Huete

Manuel Huete Aguilar (1922 - 1999) ^[1] was a comic artist and Spanish actor.

Biography

He is the father of the producer Cristina Huete and the costume designer Lala Huete, and grandfather of the screenwriter and director Jonás Trueba. During the 1940s he worked as a cartoonist of adventure and science fiction comics for Ediciones Rialto, Ediciones Marisal and Ediciones Maravillas, edited by Falange Española de las JONS.^[2] In 1986 he participated in the script of Year of Enlightment and since the 70s he collaborated in some films as a supporting actor, such as in Sal gorda (1984) or The Court of the Pharaoh (1985). In 1990, he was nominated for Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal in The Flight of the Dove.^[3]^[4] He died in Madrid on January 18, 1999 at the age of 77, being cremated in the funeral home of the Almudena Cemetery.^[5]

Filmography is as follows:^{[citation needed]}