José Suárez

José Suárez was a Spanish actor who started his career after being discovered by the director Gonzalo Delgrás, who offered him a starring role in Altar Mayor (1944). Born in Trubia, Asturias, Spain, he appeared in early films such as Oro y Marfil, La Niña de Luzmela, Historia de una Escalera, and Alba de América. His role as a young policeman in Brigada Criminal became a trademark, and he often played police officers and hard-boiled characters. He received an award for Crimen Imposible and acted in Once Pares de Botas. He made Señora Ama with Dolores del Río and Calle Mayor with Betsy Blair, for which he won a best actor award at the Venice Festival, the Triunfo. He went on to work in detective stories, dramas, westerns, and comedies in Spanish and European productions. His final role was in a popular 1977 television series, and he died in 1981.