[1] The eldest of six children, Juan Luis Galiardo Comes was born in San Roque, Cádiz, but spent most of his childhood and youth in Badajoz, where his father had moved following working opportunities.

[2] In the next 16 years, he appeared in more than 50 movies, becoming one of the most popular romantic lead actors of Spanish films thanks in great part to his good looks.

Among his film of this period are notable his performances in Carlos Saura's Stress es tres, tres (Stress is three, three) (1968), Vicente Aranda's Clara es el precio (Clara is the Price) (1974), and two films by Jaime Camino: Mañana será otro dia (Tomorrow is another day) (1966) and La campanada (Pealing of the Bells) (1980).

With his work in television in Turno de oficio (1986- 1987), Galiardo began to break away from his previous image of leading-man, accepting more dramatic roles and showing a wider range in this, the third phase of his career.

[2] He co-starred in some big projects both in film and television as in La regenta (1995), a production for Televisión Española directed by Fernando Mendez-Leite.