Alberto de Mendoza

DOB: 1923-01-21

DOD: 2011-12-12

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.

Starred In

1950
Movie

Madre Alegría

1973
Movie

Special Killers

1972
Movie

Horror Express

2006
Movie

Tapas

1974
Movie

To Love Ophelia

1955
Movie

La mujer desnuda

1949
Movie

La cuna vacía

1974
Movie

Open Season

1962
Movie

Buscando a Mónica

1968
Movie

Las secretarias

1963
Movie

The Blackmailers

1954
Movie

Gray neighborhood

1971
Movie

The Corsairs

1970
Movie

Awkward Hands

1967
Movie

The Midshipmen

2011
Movie

Bad Truth

1975
Movie

Zorrita Martínez

1958
Movie

The Boss

1974
Movie

Hold Up

1942
Movie

Un nuevo amanecer

1977
Movie

La violación

2000
Movie

Bossa Nova

1960
Movie

El asalto

2001
Movie

Lua de Outubro

1930
Movie

Gaucho Soul

1976
Movie

Striptease

1979
Movie

Manaos

1957
Movie

La dulce enemiga

1962
Movie

Kill and Be Killed

1978
Movie

Venus de fuego

1980
Movie

La amante ingenua

1956
Movie

¡Que seas feliz!

1951
Movie

Suburbio

1942
Movie

The Old Skinflint

1944
Movie

Su mejor alumno

1957
Movie

La bestia humana

1951
Movie

Pasó en mi barrio

1947
Movie

El retrato

1963
Movie

Primero yo

1967
Movie

The Desperate Ones

2003
Movie

Cleopatra

1950
Movie

Filomena Marturano

1971
Movie

Human Cobras

1968
Movie

Volver a vivir

1946
Movie

Inspiración

1972
Movie

Las colocadas

1955
Movie

La noche de Venus

1948
Movie

Navy's girlfriend

1996
Movie

Lola Mora

1949
Movie

Don Juan Tenorio

1964
Movie

Shot in the Back

1957
Movie

The Marked Woman

1956
Movie

La adúltera

1954
Movie

Descent Into Hell