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Alberto de Mendoza

Alberto de Mendoza

Birthday: 1923-01-21 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1976
The People Who Own the Dark

as    Prof. Fulton

1975
Delusions of Grandeur

as    Le roi d'Espagne

1974
Open Season

as    Martin

1974
And Then There Were None

as    Otto Martino

1973
Horror Express

as    Father Pujardov

1973
Special Killers

as    Giorgio Russo

1971
Human Cobras

as    George MacGreves

1971
The Case of the Scorpion's Tail

as    John Stanley

1971
The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh

as    Neil Wardh

1971
A Lizard in a Woman's Skin

as    Sergeant Brandon

1970
A Bullet for Sandoval

as    Lucky

1969
Psychout for Murder

as    Francesco

1969
One on Top of the Other

as    Henry Dumurrier

1969
Forgotten Pistolero

as    Tomas

1968
Appointment in Beirut

as    Police Captain

1963
The Adventures of Scaramouche

as    Roger - Marquis de la Tour