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Felix Britos
Portrait of actor Félix Britos

Félix Britos (Salamanca, 14 May 1946 – Madrid, 11 July 1993) was a Spanish actor whose professional career developed mainly between 1972 and 1983, working in theatre, television and film. He appeared in numerous dramatic programmes broadcast by Televisión Española, including Estudio 1, Novela, Crónicas de un pueblo and Teatro Breve.

Biography

Félix García Britos was born in Salamanca on 14 May 1946.

He began his professional career as an actor in 1972. That year he appeared in El requeté empleadísimo and in Estudio 1: El Padre Pitillo.

During 1973 he continued working in television. He appeared in Estudio 1: Eloísa está debajo de un almendro, Novela TV: Grandes esperanzas, Compañera te doy, Crónicas de un pueblo and Animales racionales.

In Crónicas de un pueblo he appeared in the episode Un problema de cultura, broadcast on 1 June 1973.

In 1974 he appeared in Si yo fuera rico and in Novela TV: Testamento en la montaña, broadcast on 15 April 1974.

During these years he was also active in theatre. In April 1974 he performed with the Grupo Arlequín in El Libertador, staged at the Parish of the Most Holy Redeemer. On 20 June of the same year, the play was performed at the Teatro María Guerrero in Madrid, with Britos participating both as a performer and in promotional activities. The proceeds from the performance were donated to the fight against polio. In 1975 he appeared in Palabras cruzadas, Estudio 1: Paquita and El libro de buen amor.

In 1975 he was interviewed by the newspaper Pueblo. In 1976 he appeared in Estudio 1: El tío Vania, broadcast on 1 March.

That year he also developed an activity as a playwright and wrote two vaudeville plays: El amigo de mi marido and El que prueba. On 23 April 1976, the press also announced a recital by Britos entitled Monólogos y poesías vivos.

In 1977 he appeared in Novela TV: Desenlace en Montlleó, broadcast on 24 January, and in Estudio 1: Es mi hombre, broadcast on 29 August.

In 1978 he appeared in Los comuneros, as part of Televisión Española's Estudio 1 programme. The 1978 television production included Félix Britos among its cast.

In 1980 he appeared in Teatro Breve: La conferencia de Algeciras and in the film La guerra de los niños. In 1981 he appeared in Estudio 1: La serrana de la Vera, Teatro Breve: El jarro de plata and La segunda guerra de los niños.

In 1982 he appeared in En busca del huevo perdido, a film released in 1983.

In 1983 he appeared in Un encargo original: El cólera azul and in La desconocida, also known as La mujer que nunca existió. In the latter, he played one of the film's supporting roles.

His known professional activity as an actor took place mainly between 1972 and 1983.

Family life

Félix Britos was the son of Felipe Feliciano García Leno, who was born in Abadía (Cáceres) on 23 August 1913. García Leno was a farm labourer, a member of the General Workers' Union and a member of the Abadía Socialist Association. He was arrested on 13 April 1946 by Civil Guard officers who posed as guerrillas. He was subsequently imprisoned in the provincial prison of Salamanca and sentenced to three years in prison at a court martial held on 10 January 1947. On 20 January 1948 he was granted conditional release.

During his lifetime, Félix Britos carried out efforts on behalf of his father concerning his situation resulting from Francoist repression.

At some point in his life, Britos applied for amnesty for his father. According to the available documentation, the request was granted several months after his death, in 1994.

Illness and death

In 1987 Félix Britos suffered facial paralysis.

During the final years of his life, he was admitted on several occasions to the Hospital Central de la Defensa Gómez Ulla in Madrid. He was hospitalised from 14 October to 20 December 1991; from 29 May to 2 July 1992; from 5 October to 22 December 1992; and from 7 January 1993 until his death.

Félix Britos died on 11 July 1993 at the Hospital Central de la Defensa Gómez Ulla in Madrid, aged 47. The recorded cause of death was Kaposi's sarcoma.

After his death, his remains were buried in Saucedilla.

Filmography

Film

• El libro de buen amor (1975)
• La guerra de los niños (1980)
• La segunda guerra de los niños (1981)
• En busca del huevo perdido (1982)
• La desconocida (1983), also known as La mujer que nunca existió.

Television

• El Padre Pitillo — Estudio 1 (1972)
• Eloísa está debajo de un almendro — Estudio 1 (1973)
• Grandes esperanzas — Novela TV (1973)
• Compañera te doy (1973)
• Crónicas de un pueblo (1973)
• Animales racionales (1973)
• Si yo fuera rico (1974)
• Testamento en la montaña — Novela TV (1974)
• Palabras cruzadas (1975)
• Paquita — Estudio 1 (1975)
• El tío Vania — Estudio 1 (1976)
• Desenlace en Montlleó — Novela TV (1977)
• Es mi hombre — Estudio 1 (1977)
• Los comuneros — Estudio 1 (1978)
• La conferencia de Algeciras — Teatro Breve (1980)
• La serrana de la Vera — Estudio 1 (1981)
• El jarro de plata — Teatro Breve (1981)
• El cólera azul — Un encargo original (1983)

Theatre

• El requeté empleadísimo (1972), written by Tono
• El Libertador (1974), with the Grupo Arlequín. Play written by Pablo Villamar and Salvador Muñoz Iglesias
• El amigo de mi marido (1976), a vaudeville written by Félix Britos.
• El que prueba (1976), a vaudeville written by Félix Britos.

External links

• Felix Britos at IMDb
• Félix Britos at Osobnosti.cz
• Felipe Feliciano García Leno at the Fundación Pablo Iglesias
• Register of Salamanca Memoria y Justicia

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• Spanish actors
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• Spanish television actors
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• People from Salamanca
• Deaths in Madrid