Manuel González (actor)

He developed his artistic career on the stages of the capital of Spain. His beginnings were at Teatro de la Comedia with Mercedes Pérez de Vargas.^[1] Shortly after he joined the company of Juan Bonafé and specialized in comedy. He also worked as a theater director.

During the 1930s he worked at Teatro Español in Madrid, on whose stage he performed, among other plays, Don Juan Tenorio, by Zorrilla and Electra, by Galdós.^[2] During the Spanish Civil War he was a tenant of the theater. He was performing El alcalde de Zalamea when Francisco Franco's troops entered Madrid on March 28, 1939.^[3] After the war, he joined Antonio Vico, Carmen Carbonell and Concha Catalá to create the company Los cuatro ases (The Four Aces).^[1]

He died as a result of an angina pectoris.^[2]