Alberto de Mendoza

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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Delusions of Grandeur (1971) — King of Spain
2. Horror Express (1972) — Father Pujardov
3. A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971) — Sergeant Brandon
4. The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh (1971) — Neil Wardh
5. And Then There Were None (1974) — Otto Martino
6. One on Top of the Other (1969) — Henry Dumurrier
7. The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971) — John Stanley
8. Tapas (2006) — Don Mariano
9. Forgotten Pistolero (1969) — Tomas
10. Psychout for Murder (1969) — Francesco
11. Bossa Nova (2000) — Juan
12. The People Who Own the Dark (1976) — Prof. Fulton
13. The Dictator's Guns (1965) — Hendrix
14. Open Season (1974) — Martin
15. Manaos (1979) — Mario Buendía
16. Cleopatra (2003) — Víctor
17. A Bullet for Sandoval (1969) — Lucky
18. To Love Ophelia (1974) — Piero Criscione, Avvocato
19. Zorrita Martínez (1975) — Antonio
20. The Midshipmen (1967) — Comandante de Brigada Carlos Torres
21. A Prewar Grandmother (1974) — Juan
22. Kill and Be Killed (1962) — Fernando
23. La bestia humana (1957) — Luis Regiani
24. The Adventures of Scaramouche (1963) — Roger - Marquis de la Tour
25. Queen of the Chantecler (1962) — Federico de la Torre
26. Awkward Hands (1970) — Latimore
27. Curro Jiménez (1976) — Lédaux
28. Curse of the Black Cat (1977) — David
29. A Bullet for Rommel (1969) — SS Major Hermann Traniger
30. El retrato (1947)
31. Seven Dangerous Women (1979) — Marqués de Castellamare
32. Nights Without Moons and Suns (1984) — Cairo
33. Bad Truth (2011) — Ernesto
34. The Boss (1958) — Berger
35. Striptease (1976) — George
36. The Marked Woman (1957) — Rodolfo Morán alias El Sudamericano
37. La adúltera (1956) — Carlos Alatorre
38. Appointment in Beirut (1968) — Police Captain
39. La dulce enemiga (1957) — Ricardo
40. ¡Que seas feliz! (1956) — Pablo Suárez