
Hugo Arana
Known for Acting · 68 credits
- Born
- 1943-07-23
- Died
- 2020-10-11
- Place of birth
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
Biography
Hugo Arana (July 23, 1943 - October 11, 2020 Buenos Aires, Argentina) was an Argentinian film, television and theatre actor.
Arana grew up in Monte Grande and moved with his family to Lomas de Zamora and then Lanus. He studied acting with Marcello Lavalle and Augusto Fernandez.
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 (directed by Hugo Moser), in which he played two characters who were highly acclaimed by the public: the "Groncho" (in the comedy sketch "El Groncho y La Dama" (The Shabby Man and the Lady)) and Huguito Araña (a stereotypically femenine gay man).
He has worked on the Telefé TV series Los exitosos Pells, where he played the director of the fictitious channel "Mega News", Franco Andrada. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hugo Arana, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
TV Shows (17)

Alta comedia
1970

Resistiré
2003
as Ricardo Moreno

Killer Women
2005

Tiempo final
2000

Los exitosos Pells
2008
as Franco Andrada

Almost Happy
2020
as Padre

Para vestir santos
2010
as Horacio

Dedalo
2020
as Domingo

Otros pecados
2019
as Saúl

La Leona
2016
as Pedro Salvador Leone

Tu parte del trato
2019
as Juan Carlos Gianola
El Capo
2007
as Don Chichio Mastrogiuseppe

Los Vecinos en Guerra
2013
as Ramón

Comedia
2019

Tato de América
1992

Hechizada
2007

Good Neighbors
1999
Movies (51)

Don't Look Down
2008
as Padre de Eloy

Dangerous Obsession
2004

The Official Story
1985
as Enrique Ibáñez

The Dark Side of the Heart
1992

Super Crazy
2018
as Fernando Salaberry

Death in Buenos Aires
2014
as Sanfilippo

A Place in the World
1992
as Zamora

To Return
1982
as Angel Ragucci

The Truce
1974
as Martínez

Seawards Journey
2003
as Rodriguez

Historias de papel
2024

Cautiva
2004
as Juez Barrenechea

Te esperaré
2017
as Leiva

Argentine Soldier Only Known by God
2017
as Antonio

Matrimonios y Algo Más
1988

The Funeral Home
2021
as Salvador

El verso
1996
as Pedro

Dibu 2: La venganza de Nasty
1998
as Lencinas

Chronicle of a Boy Alone
1965

The Island
1979

Pistas para volver a casa
2015
as Antonio

Los golpes bajos
1974
Este loco amor loco
1979

Yanka y el espíritu del volcán
2018
as Abuelo

Made in Argentina
1987
as Cacho

Buenos Aires, la tercera fundación
1980
as Voz

The Knight of the Sword
1970

Noche de ronda
1997

Las puertitas del Sr. López
1988

Sinuous Road
2018
as Eduardo Siero

Reparaciones
2007
as Gabriel

El soltero
1977

Todavía
2018
Chorros
1987
as Traverso

La balada del regreso
1974

Chile Can Do It
2008
as Octavio

Quereme así (Piantao)
1997
as Ástor

El inquietante caso de José Blum
1999
as José Blum

Atrapada por el vicio
1986
as Padre de Andrea

La madre María
1974
Angelita, la doctora
2016

Daños Colaterales
2012

Your Eyes Blazed
2004
No apto para menores
1979

The days that you gave me
1975

Boomerang
2021
as Aurelio

Delicia
2017
as Amado

Dale nomás
1974

La vuelta de Martín Fierro
1974

My mother-in-law is a zombie
2002
Caminata espacial
2000
About Hugo Arana
Hugo Arana (July 23, 1943 - October 11, 2020 Buenos Aires, Argentina) was an Argentinian film, television and theatre actor. Arana grew up in Monte Grande and moved with his family to Lomas de Zamora and then Lanus. He studied acting with Marcello Lavalle and Augusto Fernandez. 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… With 68 credits spanning from 1965 to 2024, Hugo Arana has appeared in 51 films and 17 TV shows.
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Most Popular Hugo Arana Movies
- Don't Look Down (2008) — as Padre de Eloy
- Dangerous Obsession (2004)
- The Official Story (1985) — as Enrique Ibáñez
- The Dark Side of the Heart (1992)
- Super Crazy (2018) — as Fernando Salaberry
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