Alberto de Mendoza

Alberto de Mendoza

1923-01-21 – 2011-12-12 (age 88) Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Biography

Alberto Manuel Rodríguez-Gallego González de Mendoza was an Argentine film actor who appeared in 114 films between 1930 and 2005, spanning eight decades.

A lifelong figure in Argentine films, De Mendoza appeared in film such as Adán y la serpiente in 1946 and A hierro muere in 1962 often working alongside Olga Zubarry. In the late 1960s and 1970 he appeared in a number of spaghetti Westerns. and also had a prominent role in the 1973 horror classic Horror Express, in which he co-starred alongside Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Telly Savalas.

De Mendoza is better known to audiences in Argentina for his role in the popular TV series El Rafa, aired from 1980 to 1982, or the less successful El Oriental, aired from 1982 to 1983. He died in Madrid on 12 December 2011, at age 88.

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Known For

Tapas
Tapas

2006

as Don Mariano

Appointment in Beirut
Appointment in Beirut

1968

as Police Captain

The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh
Delusions of Grandeur
Delusions of Grandeur

1971

as King of Spain

And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None

1974

as Otto Martino

Horror Express
Horror Express

1972

as Father Pujardov

One on Top of the Other
One on Top of the Other

1969

as Henry Dumurrier

A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
A Lizard in a Woman's Skin

1971

as Sergeant Brandon

Open Season
Open Season

1974

as Martin

Psychout for Murder
Psychout for Murder

1969

as Francesco

The Dictator's Guns
The Dictator's Guns

1965

as Hendrix

Gray neighborhood
Gray neighborhood

1954

as Claudio

Manaos
Manaos

1979

as Mario Buendía

The Midshipmen
The Midshipmen

1967

as Comandante de Brigada Carlos Torres

Queen of the Chantecler
Queen of the Chantecler

1962

as Federico de la Torre

Striptease
Striptease

1976

as George

Zorrita Martínez
Zorrita Martínez

1975

as Antonio

Special Killers
Special Killers

1973

as Giorgio Russo

The People Who Own the Dark
The People Who Own the Dark

1976

as Prof. Fulton

The Blackmailers
The Blackmailers

1963

as Vergara 'El Americano'