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Ignacio Fernández Sánchez, better known as Tony Leblanc (7 May 1922 – 24 November 2012) was a Spanish actor, director, and comedian. ==Biography== Tony Leblanc was born on the grounds of the Museo del Prado at Madrid, where his family lived because of his father's employment as the museum's janitor. In his teens he was fond of boxing, becoming champion of the lightweight Castilla "amateur", while participating in amateur theatre. He was also a soccer player in the Third Division of Real Club Deportivo Carabanchel in which he scored 23 goals, making him the top scorer of the Third Division. Leblanc made his professional acting debut in 1944 with Celia Gámez's company. His earliest appearances on film were in ''Eugenia de Montijo'' (1944), ''Los últimos de Filipinas'' (1945, Antonio Román), and ''Por el gran premio'' (1946, directed by Pierre-Antoine Caron). His greatest prominence was from about 1955 to 1965, in popular titles of Spanish cinema of the era such as ''El Tigre de Chamberí'' (1957, Pedro Luis Ramírez), ''Muchachas de azul'' (1957), ''Los tramposos'' (1959, both by Pedro Lazaga), ''Las chicas de la cruz roja'' (1960, by Rafael J. Salvia), ''Tres de la Cruz Roja'' (1961, by Fernando Palacios) or ''Historias de la televisión'' (1964, by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia). During this decade, Leblanc formed an artistic partnership with Concha Velasco which was to endure for many years. He was also involved in a comedy trio with José Luis Ozores and Manolo Gómez Bur. In this way, he established his popularity working mainly in comedy roles, on both film and stage. Leblanc found success in theatre with revue productions such as ''Te espero en el Eslava'' (1957–1958) and ''Ven y ven...al Eslava'' (1958–1959), both alongside Nati Mistral. Leblanc's decline began in the mid-70s, after theatrical hits like ''Paloma palomita palomera'' and ''Esta es mi vida'' (1975), when an old ailment was aggravated, leaving him semi-disabled and unable to continue his acting career. However, before his retirement, Leblanc did some of his best work in ''El astronauta'' (1970, by Javier Aguirre) and the remake of Rafael Gil's ''El hombre que se quiso matar'' (1973). A true pioneer of television in Spain in the 1950s and 1960s, Leblanc combined his cinema career with comedy specials, various comedic performancesm and a few programmes by TVE such as ''Las Gomas'' (1956), ''La Goleta'' (1957), ''Gran Parada'' (1963–1964), ''El que dice ser y llamarse'' (1965), ''En órbita'' (1967), ''Cita con Tony Leblanc'' (1969) and ''Canción 71'' (1971). After ''Paloma, Palomita, Palomera'' 1973 y ''Esta es mi vida'' in 1975. Leblanc decided to retire from cinema in 1975 after his starring role in ''Tres suecas para tres Rodríguez''. On 6 May 1983, he was involved in a serious road accident that would truncate his theatrical career. The accident left him temporarily incapacitated. After nearly 15 years of retirement, he was seen by Santiago Segura on television in the Premio Isbert de Teatro award ceremony. Following this, Segura convinced him to accept a role in his film ''Torrente'' (1998), which earned Leblanc a Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor. The collection of this award in January 1998 was especially emotional because of the almost miraculous recovery of the actor, who managed to walk after being in a wheelchair for several years. Leblanc agreed to continue in Segura's ''Torrente'' saga, with films in 2001, 2005, and 2011. In 2001 Tony Leblanc appeared in TVE's series ''Cuéntame cómo pasó'', in the role of Cervan, an old and charming newsagent. Since April 2007, he has also collaborated with Santiago Segura in the comedy program ''Sabías a lo que venías'', of laSexta channel. Tony Leblanc has also produced, directed and written several films, debuting as director of ''El pobre García'', a comedy starring Lina Morgan and Manolo Gómez Bur. He finally abandoned work as a producer and director after failing to achieve commercial success. Tony Leblanc was the author of a successful pasodoble: ''Cántame un pasodoble español'', 〔(Cántame un pasodoble español )〕 written for the magazine ''Un Pasodoble Español'' (1970), by folk artist Lolita Sevilla, following which he continued to collaborate with her in other pasodobles: ''Las piedras del camino'', ''Te digo sinceramente'' and ''Un abanico español'', the latter with Maestro Quiroga.〔http://www.sellamacopla.com/noticias/el-repertorio-de-la-semana.html (Consultado el 29/12/2008)〕 He wrote his memory`s in the book ''This is my life'' in 2008. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tony Leblanc」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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