Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1923-01-21
Day of Death
2011-12-12
Place of Birth
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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 (103)
Bad Truth
2011
Tapas
2006
Cleopatra
2003
Lua de Outubro
2001
Bossa Nova
2000
Lola Mora
1996
Halloween Monster Bash
1991
Los tigres de la memoria
1984
Nights Without Moons and Suns
1984
The Underground Man
1981
El infierno tan temido
1980
La amante ingenua
1980
Manaos
1979
Seven Dangerous Women
1979
