Fortunio Bonanova

Personal Info

Birthday

January 13, 1895

Day of Death

1969-04-02

(74 years old)

Place of Birth

Palma de Mallorca, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

Also Known As

Josep Lluís Moll

Fortunio Bonanova

Biography

Fortunio Bonanova, pseudonym of Josep Lluís Moll, (13 January 1895 – 2 April 1969) was a Spanish baritone singer and a film, theater, and television actor. He occasionally worked as a producer and director.

According to Lluis Fàbregas Cuixart, the pseudonym Fortunio Bonanova referred to his desire to seek fortune, and his love of the Bonanova neighborhood in his native Palma. As a young man, living under his birthname, he was a professional telegraph operator. He studied music with the Italian Giovachini.

Known For

I Love Lucy

77 Sunset Strip

The Abbott and Costello Show

Citizen Kane

Double Indemnity

An Affair to Remember

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

The Black Swan

Filmography

1964
Death Whistles the Blues
as Comisario Fenton
The Ballad of Hector the Stowaway Dog
as Inspector
1963
The Running Man
as Spanish Bank Manager
1959
Thunder in the Sun
as Fernando Christophe
1958
The Saga of Hemp Brown
as Serge Bolanos
1957
An Affair to Remember
as Courbet
1956
Jaguar
as Francisco Servente
1955
Kiss Me Deadly
as Carmen Trivago
New York Confidential
as Senor
1954
With This Ring
as Senor Corelli, Opera Singer
1953
The Girl on The Roof
as TV host
Conquest of Cochise
as Mexican Minister
Second Chance
as Mandy, hotel owner
So This Is Love
as Dr. Marafioti
The Moon Is Blue
as Television Performer
Thunder Bay
as Sheriff Antoine Chighizola
1951
Havana Rose
as Ambassador DeMarco
1950
September Affair
as Grazzi
Nancy Goes to Rio
as Ricardo Domingos
Whirlpool
as Feruccio di Ravallo
1949
Bad Men of Tombstone
as John Mingo
1948
Adventures of Don Juan
as Don Serafino Lopez
Angel on the Amazon
as Sebastian Ortega
Romance on the High Seas
as Plinio
1947
Rose of Santa Rosa
as Don Manuel Ortega
The Fugitive
as The Governor's Cousin
Fiesta
as Antonio Morales
1946
Monsieur Beaucaire
as Don Carlos
Pepita Jimenez
as Don Pedro Vargas
1945
Hit the Hay
as Mario Alvini
Man Alive
as Prof. Zorado
The Red Dragon
as Insp. Luis Carvero
A Bell for Adano
as Gargano - Chief of Police
Where Do We Go from Here?
as Christopher Columbus
1944
Brazil
as Senor Renaldo Da Silva
Mrs. Parkington
as Signor Cellini
Double Indemnity
as Sam Garlopis
My Best Gal
as Charlie
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
as Old Baba
Going My Way
as Tomaso Bozanni
1943
The Sultan's Daughter
as Kuda
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Fernando
Dixie
as Waiter
Five Graves to Cairo
as Gen. Sebastiano
1942
The Black Swan
as Don Miguel (uncredited)
Girl Trouble
as Simon Cordoba
Larceny, Inc.
as Anton Copoulos
Obliging Young Lady
as Chef
Mr. and Mrs. North
as Buano
Four Jacks and a Jill
as Mike - Nightclub Owner (uncredited)
1941
Two Latins from Manhattan
as Armando Rivero
A Yank in the R.A.F.
as Louie - Headwaiter
Unfinished Business
as Impresario
Moon Over Miami
as Mr. Pretto, the Hotel Manager
Blood and Sand
as Pedro Espinosa
Citizen Kane
as Signor Matiste
That Night in Rio
as Pereira, the Headwaiter
1940
The Mark of Zorro
as Sentry (uncredited)
Down Argentine Way
as Hotel Manager
I Was an Adventuress
as Orchestra Leader
1938
Bulldog Drummond in Africa
as African Police Corporal
Tropic Holiday
as Barrera
Romance in the Dark
as Tenor
1932
A Successful Calamity
as Pietro Rafaelo
Careless Lady
as Rodriguez
1922
Don Juan Tenorio
as Don Juan Tenorio