Luis Escobar Kirkpatrick

{{Short description|Spanish nobleman and actor (1908-1991)}} {{family name hatnote|Escobar|Kirkpatrick|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox person | image = | honorific_prefix = The Most Illustrious | name = Luis Escobar | honorific_suffix = | birth_name = Luis Escobar y Kirkpatrick | birth_date = {{Birth date|1908|09|05|df=y}} | birth_place = Madrid, Spain | death_date = {{Death date and age|1991|02|16|1908|09|05|df=y}} | death_place = Madrid, Spain | occupation = | years_active = }} '''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,'' which was nominated at the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4068/year/1951.html |title=Festival de Cannes: La honradez de la cerradura |accessdate=January 11, 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref>

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 upon 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== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0260330|Luis Escobar}}

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