Spanish actor, film director and writer Fernando Fernan-Gomez talks after receiving a film award in Madrid in this  file picture.(Xinhua/Reuters File Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    BEIJING, Nov. 22 (Xinhuanet) -- Fernando Fernan-Gomez, 86, a prolific Spanish actor, director and writer, died in a Madrid hospital on Wednesday.

    Fernan-Gomez, who was born in Lima, Peru, on Aug. 28, 1921, arrived in Spain at the age of three and went on to study philosophy and literature in Madrid.

    He made over 200 appearances in Spanish television series and films including Spain's 1992 Oscar-winning film "La Belle Epoque," which also starred a young Penelope Cruz.

    Over the years he also directed 20 films, working with a great variety of other Spanish directors including Ricardo Franco, Manuel Gutierrez Aragon, Jaime de Arminan, Juan Antonio Bardem and Luis Garcia Berlanga.

    During his 64-year career, Fernan-Gomez, received six Goyas of the Principe de Asturias prize -- Spain's top film award.

    He received an honorary Golden Bear for his extensive career at the Berlin Film Festival in February 2005.

    (Agencies)