Portrait of Alberto de Mendoza

Alberto de Mendoza

Acting

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.

Born: January 21, 1923

Place of Birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Filmography

2011
Bad Truth

as Ernesto

2006
Tapas

as Don Mariano

2003
Cleopatra

as Víctor

2001
Lua de Outubro

as Marcial Lopes

2000
Bossa Nova

as Juan

1980
1979
Manaos

as Mario Buendía

1979
Seven Dangerous Women

as Marqués de Castellamare

1978
1978
Venus de fuego

as Beltrán

1976
Curro Jiménez

as Lédaux

1976
1976
1976
El hombre que supo amar

as Juan de Ávila

1976
Striptease

as George

1975
1974
1974
Hold Up

as Ashley

1974
Open Season

as Martin

1974
To Love Ophelia

as Piero Criscione, Avvocato

1973
Los camioneros

as Sargento Sandoval

1973
Special Killers

as Giorgio Russo

1972
Horror Express

as Father Pujardov

1972
Las colocadas

as Enrique

1971
Delusions of Grandeur

as King of Spain

1971
Human Cobras

as George MacGreves

1971
The Corsairs

as The Duke

1971
A Lizard in a Woman's Skin

as Sergeant Brandon

1970
Awkward Hands

as Latimore

1970
De profesión, sus labores

as Juan Montesinos

1969
One on Top of the Other

as Henry Dumurrier

1969
A Bullet for Rommel

as SS Major Hermann Traniger

1969
1968
Appointment in Beirut

as Police Captain

1968
Volver a vivir

as Garrido

1968
Las secretarias

as Don Carlos

1967
1967
The Midshipmen

as Comandante de Brigada Carlos Torres

1965
1963
The Adventures of Scaramouche

as Roger - Marquis de la Tour

1963
The Blackmailers

as Vergara 'El Americano'

1962
Queen of the Chantecler

as Federico de la Torre

1962
You and I Are Three

as Rodolfo Céspedes / Adolfo Céspedes

1962
1962
Buscando a Mónica

as Antonio Montes

1958
The Boss

as Berger

1957
The Marked Woman

as Rodolfo Morán alias El Sudamericano

1957
La bestia humana

as Luis Regiani

1957
1956
La adúltera

as Carlos Alatorre

1956
¡Que seas feliz!

as Pablo Suárez

1954
1954
Descent Into Hell

as Adrián Villar

1954
La calle del pecado

as Alberto Salazar

1951
1950
The Marihuana Story

as Lt. DeLuca

1950
1949
Miguitas en la cama

as Esteban Roselli

1949
Un hombre solo no vale nada

as Borracho en la boite

1949
Don Juan Tenorio

as Joven bromista

1944
Su mejor alumno

as Enrique Moreno

1937
Murió el sargento Laprida

as (as Alberto Mendoza)