Alberto de Mendoza
Acting

Alberto de Mendoza

Born 21 January 1923 · Buenos Aires, Argentina · Died 12 December 2011

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

Delusions of Grandeur
Horror Express
A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh
And Then There Were None
One on Top of the Other
The Case of the Scorpion's Tail
The Dictator's Guns
Tapas
Forgotten Pistolero
Bossa Nova
The People Who Own the Dark
Bad Truth
Tapas
Cleopatra
Lua de Outubro
Bossa Nova
Lola Mora
Nights Without Moons and Suns
Los tigres de la memoria
The Underground Man
La amante ingenua
El infierno tan temido
Seven Dangerous Women
Manaos
The House on Garibaldi Street
Venus de fuego
Sentados al borde de la mañana con los pies colgando
Avisa a Curro Jiménez
Curse of the Black Cat
La violación
What Changed Charley Farthing?
The People Who Own the Dark
Fulanita y sus menganos
El erotismo y la informática
Striptease
El hombre que supo amar
Zorrita Martínez
And Then There Were None
To Love Ophelia
Open Season
A Prewar Grandmother
Hold Up
Special Killers
Horror Express
Las colocadas
The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh
Delusions of Grandeur
A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
The Case of the Scorpion's Tail
The Corsairs
Human Cobras
De profesión, sus labores
Awkward Hands
Forgotten Pistolero
A Bullet for Sandoval
Psychout for Murder
A Bullet for Rommel
One on Top of the Other
Las secretarias
Appointment in Beirut
Volver a vivir
The Midshipmen
The Desperate Ones
Las locas del conventillo
The Man from Marrakech
The Dictator's Guns
Secuestro en la ciudad
Shot in the Back
The Adventures of Scaramouche
The Blackmailers
An Almost Decent Girl
Primero yo
Buscando a Mónica
You and I Are Three
Queen of the Chantecler
Kill and Be Killed
El asalto
Yo quiero vivir contigo
The Boss
Socios para la aventura
La dulce enemiga
La bestia humana
The Marked Woman
¡Que seas feliz!
La adúltera
La mujer desnuda
La noche de Venus
Gray neighborhood
La calle del pecado
Descent Into Hell
Suburbio
Pasó en mi barrio
Madre Alegría
When My Husband Kisses
Filomena Marturano
The Marihuana Story
La cuna vacía
Un hombre solo no vale nada
Miguitas en la cama
Don Juan Tenorio
Historia de una mala mujer
Navy's girlfriend
El retrato
Adán y la serpiente
Inspiración
Su mejor alumno
Se rematan ilusiones
Un nuevo amanecer
The Old Skinflint
...Y mañana serán hombres
Murió el sargento Laprida
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