Alberto de Mendoza
Known For
Acting
Born
1923-01-21 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died
2011-12-12
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.
Most Known For
Curro Jiménez
as Lédaux
Zorrita Martínez
as Antonio
The Boss
as Berger
Gray neighborhood
as Claudio
La adúltera
as Carlos Alatorre
Madre Alegría
Horror Express
as Father Pujardov
El retrato
Los camioneros
as Sargento Sandoval
And Then There Were None
as Otto Martino
The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh
as Neil Wardh
Delusions of Grandeur
as King of Spain
One on Top of the Other
as Henry Dumurrier
Tapas
as Don Mariano
The People Who Own the Dark
as Prof. Fulton
A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
as Sergeant Brandon
Psychout for Murder
as Francesco
Open Season
as Martin
A Bullet for Sandoval
as Lucky
Forgotten Pistolero
as Tomas