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Hugo Arana

Argentine actor (1943–2020)

Summary

Argentine actor (1943–2020)

Field	Value
name	Hugo Arana
birth_name	Ricardo Hugo Arana
birth_date
death_date	11 October 2020 (aged 77)
occupation	Film actor
spouse	Marzenka Novak
image	Hugo Arana 70s.jpg

Hugo Arana (23 July 1943 – 11 October 2020) was an Argentine film, television, and theatre actor.

Life

Arana was born on 23 July 1943. He grew up in Monte Grande where his parents were farmers and moved with his family to Lomas de Zamora and then Lanús. He studied acting with Marcello Lavalle and Augusto Fernandes.

In his first years as an actor, he was part of a theatre group called "Errare Humanum Est" and he acted in films such as El Santo de la Espada (1970) and La tregua (1974).

In the 1980s, he became popular for his part in an advertisement for Crespi wine, and then for his part in the TV sitcom Matrimonios y algo más, created by Hugo Moser, in which he played two characters who were highly acclaimed by the public: the "Groncho" (in the comedy sketch "El Guincho y La Dama" (The Shabby Man and the Lady)) and Huguito Araña (a stereotypically feminine gay man).

He worked on the Telefé TV series Los exitosos Pells, where he played the director of the fictitious channel "Mega News", Franco Andrada.

Illness and death

After suffering a hard fall, Arana was hospitalized and subsequently tested positive for COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina. Arana died of the disease on 11 October 2020, at the age of 77.

Filmography

Year	Title	Character
1970	El santo de la espada
1974	Los golpes bajos
1974	La Vuelta de Martín Fierro
1974	La balada del regreso
1974	Dale nomás
1974	La Madre María
1974	La tregua
1975	Los días que me diste
1977	El soltero
1979	No apto para menores
1979	...Y mañana serán hombres	Oliva
1979	La isla
1979	Este loco amor loco
1980	Buenos Aires, la tercera fundación	Narrator
1982	Volver	Ángel Ragucci
1985	The Official Story	Enrique Ibáñez
1986	Vivir a los 17	Andrea's Father
1987	Made in Argentina
1987	Chorros	Traverso
1988	Las puertitas del Sr. López
1991	Un lugar en el mundo	Zamora
1992	El lado oscuro del corazón	(Very minor role)
1995	El verso
1997	El Che
1997	Noche de ronda
1997	Queréme así (piantao)
1998	El inquietante caso de José Blum	José Blum
1999	Dibu 2, la venganza de Nasty	Lencinas
1999	Caminata espacial
2002	Mi suegra es un zombie
2003	Tus ojos brillaban	Heriberto
2003	El viaje hacia el mar	Rodríguez
2003	Cautiva	Judge Barrenechea
2004	Peligrosa obsesión	el Brujo
2008	Chile puede
2008	Don't Look Down
2014	Death in Buenos Aires	Sanfilippo
2020	The Funeral Home	Salvador

Year	Title	Character
1982–1988	Matrimonios y algo más
1997–2003	5 Amigos
1999	Buenos vecinos
2003	Resistiré
2004	La panadería de los Felipe
2007	Hechizada
2007	El Capo
2008–2009	Los Exitosos Pells
2009	Hogar, dulce hogar	Rolando
2010	Para vestir santos	2013
2016	La Leona

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Movie/TV Show	Result
2003	Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva	Best Actor	El viaje hacia el mar	Winner
2005	Cóndor de Plata	Best Supporting Actor	Cautiva	Winner
2008	Martín Fierro	Supporting Actor/Comedy		Nominated

References

Ceballos, Susana. (11 October 2020). "Murió por coronavirus el reconocido y talentoso actor Hugo Arana".
"Biography about Hugo Arana".
Clarín.com. (2007-02-17). "Hugo Arana: 'La vida es un juego sagrado'".
(October 11, 2020). "Murió Hugo Arana: el actor tenía 77 años y había sido hospitalizado por coronavirus". La Nacion.

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