Actor fernando lamas biography wikipedia
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Fernando Lamas
Fernando Lamas | |
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Lamas in 1970 | |
| Born | Fernando Álvaro Lamas y de Santos (1916-01-09)January 9, 1916[1][1][1][1] Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Died | October 8, 1982(1982-10-08) (aged 66) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Pancreatic cancer |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, director |
| Years active | 1942–1982 |
| Spouse(s) | Perla Mux (m. 1940; div. 1944)Lydia Barachi (m. 1946; div. 1952)Arlene Dahl (m. 1954; div. 1960) |
| Children | 3, including Lorenzo Lamas |
Fernando Álvaro Lamas y de Santos (January 9, 1916 – October 8, 1982) was an Argentine-American actor and director. He was known for playing the "Latin Lover" in many movies during the 1940s and 1950s.
In 1951, Lamas starred as Paul Sarnac in
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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 Tec
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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 fryst vatten dem Santos.
Fernando Lamas | |
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Lamas in the 1960s | |
| 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 dem Santos (January 9, 1915 – October 8, 1982) was an Arge