Alberto de Mendoza
Known for Acting
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
Delusions of Grandeur
1971
as King of Spain
Tapas
2006
as Don Mariano
Horror Express
1972
as Father Pujardov
And Then There Were None
1974
as Otto Martino
A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
1971
as Sergeant Brandon
Psychout for Murder
1969
as Francesco
One on Top of the Other
1969
as Henry Dumurrier
The People Who Own the Dark
1976
as Prof. Fulton
The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh
1971
as Neil Wardh
Open Season
1974
as Martin
The House on Garibaldi Street
1979
as Primo
The Case of the Scorpion's Tail
1971
as John Stanley
Appointment in Beirut
1968
as Police Captain
To Love Ophelia
1974
as Piero Criscione, Avvocato
The Midshipmen
1967
as Comandante de Brigada Carlos Torres
The Corsairs
1971
as The Duke
Avisa a Curro Jiménez
1978
as El Jandalo
Striptease
1976
as George
Awkward Hands
1970
as Latimore
Human Cobras
1971
as George MacGreves