Edgar Neville

Edgar Neville was born in Madrid in 1899 into an aristocratic family and inherited the title of Count of Berlanga de Duero. He studied law, entered the diplomatic service and, as embassy secretary in Washington, made his way to Los Angeles, where Chaplin gave him a small part and where MGM hired him for the Spanish versions of the first talking films. Back in Spain, he was at once a diplomat, playwright, novelist, painter and filmmaker; he directed some thirty films and a dozen plays, often with Conchita Montes. He died in Madrid in 1967.

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• CinemaLife on a ThreadLa vida en un hiloEdgar Neville · 1945Cinema