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

And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None

1974

as Otto Martino

Horror Express
Horror Express

1972

as Father Pujardov

Manaos
Manaos

1979

as Mario Buendía

The Boss
The Boss

1958

as Berger

Striptease
Striptease

1976

as George

The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh
Cleopatra
Cleopatra

2003

as Víctor

Las colocadas
Las colocadas

1972

as Enrique

The Midshipmen
The Midshipmen

1967

as Comandante de Brigada Carlos Torres

Descent Into Hell
Descent Into Hell

1954

as Adrián Villar

Delusions of Grandeur
Delusions of Grandeur

1971

as King of Spain

Psychout for Murder
Psychout for Murder

1969

as Francesco

Appointment in Beirut
Appointment in Beirut

1968

as Police Captain

Primero yo
Primero yo

1963

as Juanjo Arrieta

Forgotten Pistolero
Forgotten Pistolero

1969

as Tomas

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

1976

as Prof. Fulton

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

1969

as Henry Dumurrier

A Bullet for Sandoval
The Desperate Ones
The Desperate Ones

1967

as Hamlat