About
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...
Known for
Don't Look DownMovie • 2008
Alta comediaSeries • 1970
ResistiréSeries • 2003
Killer WomenSeries • 2005
Tiempo finalSeries • 2000
Almost HappySeries • 2020
Argentine Soldier Only Known by GodMovie • 2017
The Dark Side of the HeartMovie • 1992
Super CrazyMovie • 2018
The Official StoryMovie • 1985
The Funeral HomeMovie • 2021
A Place in the WorldMovie • 1992
Death in Buenos AiresMovie • 2014
Chronicle of a Boy AloneMovie • 1965
Dangerous ObsessionMovie • 2004
CautivaMovie • 2004
The TruceMovie • 1974
Pistas para volver a casaMovie • 2015