Acting
Alberto de Mendoza
- Born
- January 21, 1923
- Died
- December 12, 2011
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.
Filmography
Known for
10.0Madre Alegría
1950
5.0Special Killers
1973
8.0What Changed Charley Farthing?
1976
5.7And Then There Were None
1974
6.8The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh
1971
6.3Horror Express
1972
9.5Historia de una mala mujer
1948
5.8Tapas
2006
5.9The Adventures of Scaramouche
1963
7.4Delusions of Grandeur
1971
4.9The People Who Own the Dark
1976
5.4Curse of the Black Cat
1977
3.0De profesión, sus labores
1970
6.1Forgotten Pistolero
1969
6.5A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
1971
5.0To Love Ophelia
1974
9.5La mujer desnuda
1955
6.3The Case of the Scorpion's Tail
1971