Alberto de Mendoza

Alberto de Mendoza

Date of Birth:

Jan 21, 1923

Place of Birth:

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.

filmography:

El retrato El retrato

1947

Primero yo Primero yo

1963

Manaos Manaos

1979

Striptease Striptease

1976

Suburbio Suburbio

1951

Lola Mora Lola Mora

1996

Cleopatra Cleopatra

2003

Tapas Tapas

2006

Hold Up Hold Up

1974

The Boss The Boss

1958

El asalto El asalto

1960

Bossa Nova Bossa Nova

2000

Bad Truth Bad Truth

2011

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