Fernando Sancho
Born: 1916-01-07 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain
Died: 1990-07-31
Known For: Acting
Biography
One of the most popular performers in Spanish cinema. Born in Zaragoza, Sancho began acting in the theatre. After fighting in the Spanish Civil War, he entered films in 1940 and amassed over 400 credits in a career that spanned 50 years. During the 1960s and 1970s he played villains in several spaghetti westerns. His films include "Mariona Rebull" (1947), "Agustina de Aragón" (1950), Terence Young's "That Lady" (1955), Juan Antonio Bardem's "Muerte de un Ciclista" (1955), "King of Kings" (1961), "Lawrence of Arabia"(1962), "55 Days at Peking" (1955), "Historias de la Televisión" (1965), "Tres Superhombres en el Oeste" (1973), "1919. Crónica del Alba" (1983) and Berlanga's "La Vaquilla" (1984).
Filmography
2015
- Spanish Western as Self - Actor (archive footage)
1990
- The Black Moon as Mariano
1989
- Sabbath as Mariano
1987
- Policía as Comandante Castillejo
1986
- Los presuntos as Mafioso italiano
1985
- Pagina de Sucesos as Río Leona
- El crimen de la calle Fuencarral as Coronel
- The Heifer as Alcalde
1984
- East of West as Chapulín
- Las alegres chicas de Colsada
1983
- Las autonosuyas as Bernardo
- Invierno en Marbella as Cardenal
1982
- Horizontal Sin
- De camisa vieja a chaqueta nueva as Cónsul alemán
- Black Commando as President Bethancourt
- Fredy el croupier as Cura
1981
- Revenge of the Black Wolf as Corporal Donovan
- The Black Wolf as Cabo
- Black Jack
1980
- I.O.B. Spezialauftrag as Vanloo
- ...And the Third Year, He Resuscitated as Coronel
- Spoiled Children as Agustín
1979
- Father Cami's Wedding as Blas
- The Seven Magnificent and Bold Women
- Son of Superbug as Alfonso, Mafia-Boss
1978
- Trampa sexual as Padre de Marta
- Estimado Sr. juez... as Tambarria
- Venus de fuego as Subcomisario
- Memoria as Ulop
1977
- La mujer es un buen negocio as Don Anselmo
- Doña Perfecta
- Change of Sex as José
- The Perfect Killer as The Arms Dealer
- Las alimañas as Louis
1976
- A la Legión le gustan las mujeres… y a las mujeres, les gusta la Legión as André Meroy
- What Changed Charley Farthing? as Lupez
- The Stash as Paco
- Halt die Luft an alter Gauner - Der Stockfisch und das Stinktier as Admiral Pedro Santos
1975
- Canciones de nuestra vida as Self
- Cross of the Devil as Ignacio
- The Married and the Minor as Comisario
- Novios de la muerte
- Demon Witch Child as Police Chief
- La última jugada as Swartas Pinto
1974
- The Swamp of the Ravens as Inspector
- The King is the Best Mayor as Conde
- Ten Killers from Afar as Kelly Lucamone
- Voodoo Black Exorcist as Inspector Dominguez
1973
- Attack of the Blind Dead as Mayor Duncan
- The Playboy and His Sprees as Toni López
- Three Supermen of the West as FBI Director
- Man with the Golden Winchester as Colonel Michel Leblanche
- Karate, Fist and Beans as Espartero
- The Guerrilla as Juan
1972
- Fabulous Trinity as Coronel Jiménez
- Where the Bullets Fly
- Too Much Gold for One Gringo as Fermín Rojas
- Watch Out Gringo! Sabata Will Return as Carrancho
- The Boldest Job in the West as Reyes
- You Are a Traitor and I Will Kill You! as Sebastian
- Forbidden Love as Comisario
- Souliotes as Ali Pasas
1971
- Dig Your Grave Friend... Sabata's Coming as Leon Pompera
- And the Crows Will Dig Your Grave as Pancho Corrales
- X312 - Flight to Hell as Bill - Steward / Paco
- 28th October, 5:30 as Tryfonas Platanias
1970
- Surprise Attack as El Pernas
- In the Folds of the Flesh as Pascal Gorriot
- La banda de los tres crisantemos as Burton
- Stagecoach of the Condemned as Leon Pomparo / Ramón Sartana
- The Invisible Man's Love Life as The Game-Keeper
- At the Battle of Crete as Felix and Maria's father
1969
- Tarzan in the Golden Grotto as Hotel owner
- Twenty Thousand Dollars for Seven as Bill Cochran
- Amor a todo gas as Wagner
- Franco, Ciccio and the Pirate Blackbeard as Il Pirata Barbanera
- The Magnificent Tony Carrera as Einstein
- Simón Bolívar as Fernando Gonzales
1968
- If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death as Jose Manuel Mendoza
- Wrath of God as Burd
- Requiem for a Gringo as Porfirio Carranza
- Go For Broke as Carrancha
- Ciccio Forgives, I Don't as El Diablo / El Pantera
- Night of Hate as Fernando Gonzales
- Blood Calls to Blood as Sancho Rodriguez
1967
- The Big Gundown as Capt. Segura
- $10,000 for a Massacre as 'Stardust' Vasquez
- Vengeance Is Mine as Goncalves / Gonzalez
- The Crazy Westerners as Sancho
- Killer Kid as Vilar
- Hand of the Assassin as Suarez
- A Man and a Colt as Don Carlos
- El secreto de papá
- Mission Phantom as Prof. Higgins
- Clint the Stranger as Ross
- Winchester Bill as El Bicho 'The Bug'
- Massacre Mania as Professor Kenitz
- Hate for Hate as Coyote
- Wanted Johnny Texas as Col. Stewart
1966
- Django Shoots First as Gordon
- The Big Hit of Surcouf as Le geolier
- Seven Guns for the MacGregors as Miguel
- Seven Dollars on Red as El Chacal
- Taste of Killing as Sanchez
- Agent 3S3, Massacre in the Sun as General Emilio Siqueiros
- Arizona Colt as Gordon
- Il vostro superagente Flit as Smirnoff
- Almost Perfect Crime as Omar
- The Tough One as El Lobo
- Seven Guns for Timothy as Sancho Rodrigo Rodriguez
- Dynamite Jim as Pablo Reyes
1965
- A Pistol for Ringo as Sancho
- The Wild Men of Kurdistan as Padischah
- The Return of Ringo as Esteban Fuentes
- $100,000 for Ringo as Chuck
- Kingdom of the Silver Lion as Padischah
- Agent 3S3: Passport to Hell as Colonel Dolukin
- From the Orient with Fury as Loud patron in Paris restaurant
- Historias de la televisión as Presentador TV
- Man from Canyon City as Carrancho
- Five Thousand Dollars on One Ace as Juan Carrancho
- Doc, Hands of Steel as Pablo Reyes
- Two Idiots at Fort Alamo as Sergeant Fidhouse
- Totò d'Arabia as Ali el Buzur
- Texas Jim as Sancho / Pancho
1964
- Gunmen Of The Rio Grande as Pancho Bogan
- The Pitiless Three as Pedro Ramirez
- Minnesota Clay as Dominique Ortiz Mendoza
- Hour of Death as Scometti
- Two Gangsters in the Wild West as Rio
- Backfire as Ilmaz
- Crimen as El Juez
- I due toreri as Don Alonso
- The New Cinderella as Fernando
- Black Angel of the Mississippi as Garcia
1963
- 55 Days at Peking as Belgian Minister (uncredited)
- The Sign of the Coyote as Lugones Brother
- The Secret of the Black Widow as Slim
- José María as El Barrigas
- The Ceremony as Shaoush
- No temas a la ley as Eugenio - Le patron de l'hôtel
- El precio de un asesino as Rufo
- The Implacable Three as Diego Abriles
- Magic Fountain as Priest
1962
- Lawrence of Arabia as Turkish Sergeant (uncredited)
- The Son of Captain Blood as Timothy Thomas
- My Son, the Hero as Prison Overseer (uncredited)
- The Carpet of Horror as Gunman
- Zorro the Avenger as Sargento
1961
- King of Kings as Mad man
- Madame as Pommier
- Goliath Against the Giants as Namathos
- El pobre García as Elías
- Alerta en el cielo as Sargento Montebelo
1960
- La paz empieza nunca as Mirín
- The Little Colonel as Vinagre
- El indulto as El Maroma
1959
- Der Löwe von Babylon as Prof. Ignatz Pfotenhauer
- In Cold Blood as Enrique
- Two Men in Town as Gregorio
- Luxury Cabin as Ernesto
1958
- You, Your Mother, and Me as il turco
- The Girl of San Pietro Square as The Boxing Coach
- Patio andaluz
- The Inveterate Bachelor
- Die Sklavenkarawane as Prof. Ignaz Pfotenhauer
- El inquilino as Jiménez
- Entierro de un funcionario en primavera
- ¡Viva lo imposible! as John
- Entierro de un funcionario en primavera
1957
- The Star of Africa as Strauch
- ...And She Chose Hell
- Susanna tutta panna as Aristide
- Female Three Times as Guardia notturna
- Day of Fear
1956
- Pasión en el mar as Vicente
- Fail in Communism as Pedro
- Cuerda de presos as Juan Díaz de Garayo, 'El Sacamantecas'
1955
- Death of a Cyclist as Traffic Police
- That Lady as Diego
- Tres hombres van a morir as Peauleguin
- El canto del gallo as (no acreditado)
- The Other Life of Captain Contreras as Antonio Cornejo
1954
- Murió hace quince años as Joaquín Campos
- The Adventurer of Seville as Sir Albert
- Judas' Kiss as Padre del condenado
- Intriga en el escenario as Policía 1º
- Castles in Spain as Posadero
1953
- I Was a Parish Priest as Barrona
- La belle de Cadix as Padre gitano
- La alegre caravana
- Airport as Mr. Fogg
- Nadie lo sabrá as Ángel
- María Dolores as Antonio
1952
- Path to the Kingdom as Mr. Evans (as Fernando Sancho)
- Estrella de Sierra Morena as Rafael
- The Eyes Leave a Trace as Comensal irascible
- De Madrid al cielo as Empresario de "El Paraíso"
- Último día as Profesor Lorenzo
1951
- La señora de Fátima as Comunista 1
- El sueño de Andalucía as Empresario
- Dawn of America as Pedro Salcedo
- Andalusia
- The Great Galeoto as Vizconde de Nebreda
1950
- Date With My Old Love
- Servicio en la mar as Don Tofol
- Agustina of Aragon as Escudella
- La mujer de nadie as Martorell
1949
- Don Juan de Serrallonga as Tallaferro
- Life in Shadows as Film Producer
1948
- Embrujo as Mister Benson
- Canción mortal
- Alma baturra
- La sirena negra
- La mies es mucha as Clarenberg
- Si te hubieses casado conmigo as Taxista
- La muralla feliz as Mariano García
1947
- Cuando los ángeles duermen as Peral
- Abel Sánchez
- Heroes del 95 as General Tampico
- Mariona Rebull as Señor Roig
- El ángel gris
1944
- Ni pobre, ni rico, sino todo lo contrario
- Orosia as Mañico bronquista (uncredited)
1941
- Stowaway on Board! as Camarero