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Alberto de Mendoza

Jan 21, 1923 - Dec 12, 2011 (88 years old) in Buenos Aires, Argentina

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.

Known For

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Curro Jiménez
Lédaux
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Horror Express
Father Pujardov
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The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh
Neil Wardh
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Delusions of Grandeur
King of Spain
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And Then There Were None
Otto Martino
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Open Season
Martin
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One on Top of the Other
Henry Dumurrier
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Striptease
George
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Bossa Nova
Juan
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A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
Sergeant Brandon

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