Afonso R. Castelao was born on January 30, 1886 in Rianxo, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain as Alfonso Daniel Manuel Rodríguez Castelao. He was a writer and actor, known for Galicia (1936), Os paxaros morren no aire (1978) and O pai de Migueliño (1977). He died on January 7, 1950 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.