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.
Filmography
Bad Truth
Tapas
Cleopatra
Lua de Outubro
Bossa Nova
Lola Mora
Halloween Monster Bash
Los tigres de la memoria
Nights Without Moons and Suns
The Underground Man
El infierno tan temido
La amante ingenua
Manaos
Seven Dangerous Women
The House on Garibaldi Street
Avisa a Curro Jiménez
Venus de fuego
Sentados al borde de la mañana con los pies colgando
Curse of the Black Cat
La violación
El erotismo y la informática
The People Who Own the Dark
Fulanita y sus menganos
