1. Ignacio Fernandez Sanchez better known as Tony Leblanc was a Spanish actor, director, and comedian.
15 Facts About Tony Leblanc
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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.
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Tony Leblanc was 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.
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Tony Leblanc was involved in a comedy trio with Jose Luis Ozores and Manolo Gomez Bur.
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Tony Leblanc found success in theatre with revue productions such as Te espero en el Eslava and Ven y ven.
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Tony Leblanc's decline began in the mid-70s, after theatrical hits like Paloma palomita palomera and Esta es mi vida, when an old ailment was aggravated, leaving him semi-disabled and unable to continue his acting career.
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However, before his retirement, Tony Leblanc did some of his best work in El astronauta and the remake of Rafael Gil's El hombre que se quiso matar.
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Tony Leblanc decided to retire from cinema in 1975 after his starring role in Tres suecas para tres Rodriguez.
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Tony Leblanc agreed to continue in Segura's Torrente saga, with films in 2001,2005, and 2011.
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From 2001 to 2008, Tony Leblanc appeared in Television Espanola's series Cuentame como paso for 181 episodes, in the supporting role of Cervan, an old and charming newsagent.
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Tony Leblanc has produced, directed and written several films, debuting as director of El pobre Garcia, a comedy starring Lina Morgan and Manolo Gomez Bur.
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Tony Leblanc finally abandoned work as a producer and director after failing to achieve commercial success.
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Tony Leblanc was the author of a successful pasodoble: Cantame un pasodoble espanol, written for the revue Un Pasodoble Espanol, 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 espanol, the latter with Maestro Quiroga.
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Tony Leblanc wrote his memory's in the book This is my life in 2008.
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Tony Leblanc died in Villaviciosa de Odon, on 24 November 2012, aged 90, from a myocardial infarction.