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, being nominated at the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

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 at 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

External links

• Luis Escobar at IMDb

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