Alberto de Mendoza

Actor

1923-01-21 – 2011-12-12 · Buenos Aires, Argentina

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.

• Vedenii de grandoare (1971) — King of Spain
• Pánico en el Transiberiano (1972) — Father Pujardov
• Una lucertola con la pelle di donna (1971) — Sergeant Brandon
• Lo strano vizio della Signora Wardh (1971) — Neil Wardh
• And Then There Were None (1974) — Otto Martino
• Una sull'altra (1969) — Henry Dumurrier
• La coda dello scorpione (1971) — John Stanley
• L'Arme à gauche (1965) — Hendrix
• Tapas (2006) — Don Mariano
• Il pistolero dell'Ave Maria (1969) — Tomas
• Último deseo (1976) — Prof. Fulton
• Salvare la faccia (1969) — Francesco
• Bossa Nova (2000) — Juan
• Open Season (1974) — Martin
• Manaos (1979) — Mario Buendía
• Cleopatra (2003) — Víctor
• Los desesperados (1969) — Lucky
• Per amare Ofelia (1974) — Piero Criscione, Avvocato
• Zorrita Martínez (1975) — Antonio
• Los guardiamarinas (1967) — Comandante de Brigada Carlos Torres
• Una abuelita de antes de la guerra (1974) — Juan
• A hierro muere (1962) — Fernando
• La bestia humana (1957) — Luis Regiani
• La máscara de Scaramouche (1963) — Roger - Marquis de la Tour