His father was a sales agent for Heraclio Fournieren Cartagena and a founding member of Unión Republicana.
[1] They moved to Valencia and he studied for being a dancer, actor, singer, poet, screenwriter and torero, and worked as a nurse.
[2] He started as an actor in Bajo el cielo de España (1953), directed by Miguel Contreras Torres.
He collaborated with Luis García Berlanga in Calabuch (1956), El verdugo (1963), La vaquilla (1985) and Patrimonio Nacional (1981).
In 1964 he debuted as a screenwriter in El extraño viaje, directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez, ¡Bruja, más que bruja!