Luis Fernando Díaz de Mendoza y Guerrero

[3] Luis Fernando Díaz de Mendoza y Guerrero was born on a Friday in Madrid, into one of Spain's leading theatre families.

[1] His father was the actor-impresario Fernando Díaz de Mendoza y Aguado (1862-1930): his mother, María Guerrero, was a prominent actress and theatre director.

He was in the cast in works such as "Campo de armiño" ("Field of Ermine") (1916)[4] and "Los cachorros" ("The Puppies") (1918), both by Jacinto Benavente, "El último pecado" ("The Final Sin") (1918) by Pedro Muñoz Seca, "Lady Windermere's Fan" (1920) by Oscar Wilde, "El padre Juanico" ("Father Juanico") (1922) by Àngel Guimerà, "Don Luis Mejía" (1925) by Eduardo Marquina, "El doncel romántico" ("The Romantic Gift") (1922), "La vidriera milagrosa" ("The Miraculous Window") (1924) and "Doña Diabla" ("The She-Devil") (1925), the last three all by Luis Fernández Ardavín [es], along with "Desdichas de la fortuna o Julianillo Valcárcel" ("The Misfortunes of Julianillo Valcárcel") (1926) by the brothers Machado.

He also worked with other theatre companies, for instance when he appeared in "El llanto" ("The Crying") (1924) by Pedro Muñoz Seca, with Emilio Thuillier.

[6] Fernando Díaz de Mendoza y Guerrero died in the Atlantic Ocean, roughly 60 km to the southwest of Martinique.