Name: Fernando Lamas
Height: 6' 3" (1.91 m)

Biography and Career:

Fernando Lamas was born on January 9, 1915 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an Argentina born American Actor and director, and the father of actor Lorenzo Lamas.

In 1942, he was an established movie star in Argentina. In 1951, he signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and went to the United States to play "Latin Lover" roles.

In 1963, Lamas directed for the first time. It was a Spanish movie titled "Magic Fountain" starring his wife "Esther Williams". In 1967, he directed and released another feature film, The Violent Ones, and co-starred Aldo Ray and David Carradine. He was most active directing on television, doing episodes that included Mannix, Alias Smith and Jones, Starsky and Hutch and Falcon Cres t. The latter show co-starred his son, Lorenzo.

He had a daughter with Mux and another with Barachi, and a son, actor Lorenzo Lamas (b. January 20, 1958), with Dahl.

After his death, Lamas's image lived on in popular culture via the "Fernando" character developed by Billy Crystal on Saturday Night Live in the mid-1980s. The character was outlandish and exaggerated but reportedly inspired by a remark Crystal heard Lamas utter on The Tonight Show; "It is better to look good than to feel good." This was one of the Fernando character's two catchphrases along with the better-remembered "You look marvelous!"

He was cast in the series "Gavilan" (1982), but due to the cancer that would take his life, he was forced to withdraw from the role after filming a few episodes. Patrick Macnee replaced him in the cast, and the scenes were redone.

Why do we like Fernando Lamas?

We like Fernando Lamas because he is a creative director.

Why do Fernando Lamas Famous?

Fernando Lamas was famous because he is an actor and director.

by FW Editor

Fernando Lamas Lists

	1915 births
	1982 deaths
	American film actors
	American television actors
	American television directors
	Argentine immigrants to the United States
	Cancer deaths in California
	Deaths from pancreatic cancer
	Naturalized citizens of the United States
	People from Buenos Aires

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Fernando Lamas Pictures

 

Fernando Lamas Movies
The Avengers The Law and the Lady Dangerous When Wet Sangaree The Diamond Queen The Girl Who Had Everything Jivaro Rose Marie The Girl Rush The Lost World Kill a Dragon The Violent Ones Backtrack! The Cheap Detective Amos Burke, Secret Agent
Fernando Lamas Filmography

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Category: Actors  - ( Actors Archive)

Date Added: 07 March '11

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