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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
The Heifer as Alcalde
El crimen de la calle Fuencarral as Coronel

1984

East of West as Chapulín
Las alegres chicas de Colsada

1983

Las autonosuyas as Bernardo
Invierno en Marbella as Cardenal

1982

Pecado Horizontal
Black Commando as President Bethancourt
De camisa vieja a chaqueta nueva as Cónsul alemán
Fredy el croupier as Cura

1981

Revenge of the Black Wolf as Corporal Donovan
Black Jack
The Black Wolf as Cabo

1980

I.O.B. Spezialauftrag as Vanloo
Spoiled Children as Agustín
...And the Third Year, He Resuscitated as Coronel

1979

Father Cami's Wedding as Blas
The Seven Magnificent and Bold Women
Son of Superbug as Alfonso, Mafia-Boss

1978

Venus de fuego as Subcomisario
Memoria as Ulop
Estimado Sr. juez... as Tambarria
Trampa sexual as Padre de Marta

1977

Change of Sex as José
The Perfect Killer as The Arms Dealer
Las alimañas as Louis
Doña Perfecta
La mujer es un buen negocio as Don Anselmo

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

Demon Witch Child as Police Chief
Cross of the Devil as Ignacio
Novios de la muerte
Canciones de nuestra vida as Self
La última jugada as Swartas Pinto
The Married and the Minor as Comisario

1974

The Swamp of the Ravens as Inspector
Voodoo Black Exorcist as Inspector Dominguez
Ten Killers from Afar as Kelly Lucamone
The King is the Best Mayor as Conde

1973

Attack of the Blind Dead as Mayor Duncan
Karate, Fist and Beans as Espartero
The Playboy and His Sprees as Toni López
Man with the Golden Winchester as Colonel Michel Leblanche
The Guerrilla as Juan
Three Supermen of the West as FBI Director

1972

Where the Bullets Fly
Too Much Gold for One Gringo as Fermín Rojas
Souliotes as Ali Pasas
Forbidden Love as Comisario
Fabulous Trinity as Coronel Jiménez
The Boldest Job in the West as Reyes
You Are a Traitor and I Will Kill You! as Sebastian
Watch Out Gringo! Sabata Will Return as Carrancho

1971

X312 - Flight to Hell as Bill - Steward / Paco
Dig Your Grave Friend... Sabata's Coming as Leon Pompera
And the Crows Will Dig Your Grave as Pancho Corrales
28th October, 5:30 as Tryfonas Platanias

1970

In the Folds of the Flesh as Pascal Gorriot
At the Battle of Crete as Felix and Maria's father
The Invisible Man's Love Life as The Game-Keeper
Stagecoach of the Condemned as Leon Pomparo / Ramón Sartana
La banda de los tres crisantemos as Burton
Surprise Attack as El Pernas

1969

Tarzan in the Golden Grotto as Hotel owner
Twenty Thousand Dollars for Seven as Bill Cochran
Franco, Ciccio and the Pirate Blackbeard as Il Pirata Barbanera
Simón Bolívar as Fernando Gonzales
Amor a todo gas as Wagner
The Magnificent Tony Carrera as Einstein

1968

If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death as Jose Manuel Mendoza
Requiem for a Gringo as Porfirio Carranza
Go For Broke as Carrancha
Wrath of God as Burd
Ciccio Forgives, I Don't as El Diablo / El Pantera
Blood Calls to Blood as Sancho Rodriguez
Night of Hate as Fernando Gonzales

1967

The Big Gundown as Capt. Segura
Killer Kid as Vilar
Hate for Hate as Coyote
The Crazy Westerners as Sancho
$10,000 for a Massacre as 'Stardust' Vasquez
Hand of the Assassin as Suarez
Clint the Stranger as Ross
A Man and a Colt as Don Carlos
Vengeance Is Mine as Goncalves / Gonzalez
Wanted Johnny Texas as Col. Stewart
Winchester Bill as El Bicho 'The Bug'
El secreto de papá
Mission Phantom as Prof. Higgins
Massacre Mania as Professor Kenitz

1966

Arizona Colt as Gordon
Seven Guns for the MacGregors as Miguel
Django Shoots First as Gordon
The Big Hit of Surcouf as Le geolier
Taste of Killing as Sanchez
Agent 3S3, Massacre in the Sun as General Emilio Siqueiros
Seven Dollars on Red as El Chacal
The Tough One as El Lobo
Almost Perfect Crime as Omar
Dynamite Jim as Pablo Reyes
Seven Guns for Timothy as Sancho Rodrigo Rodriguez
Il vostro superagente Flit as Smirnoff

1965

A Pistol for Ringo as Sancho
The Return of Ringo as Esteban Fuentes
The Wild Men of Kurdistan as Padischah
Totò d'Arabia as Ali el Buzur
$100,000 for Ringo as Chuck
From the Orient with Fury as Loud patron in Paris restaurant
Kingdom of the Silver Lion as Padischah
Man from Canyon City as Carrancho
Historias de la televisión as Presentador TV
Doc, Hands of Steel as Pablo Reyes
Agent 3S3: Passport to Hell as Colonel Dolukin
Two Idiots at Fort Alamo as Sergeant Fidhouse
Five Thousand Dollars on One Ace as Juan Carrancho
Texas Jim as Sancho / Pancho

1964

Minnesota Clay as Dominique Ortiz Mendoza
Gunmen Of The Rio Grande as Pancho Bogan
Backfire as Ilmaz
The Pitiless Three as Pedro Ramirez
Hour of Death as Scometti
Two Gangsters in the Wild West as Rio
The New Cinderella as Fernando
Black Angel of the Mississippi as Garcia
I due toreri as Don Alonso
Crimen as El Juez

1963

55 Days at Peking as Belgian Minister (uncredited)
The Secret of the Black Widow as Slim
The Sign of the Coyote as Lugones Brother
Magic Fountain as Priest
The Ceremony as Shaoush
The Implacable Three as Diego Abriles
El precio de un asesino as Rufo
José María as El Barrigas
No temas a la ley as Eugenio - Le patron de l'hôtel

1962

Lawrence of Arabia as Turkish Sergeant (uncredited)
My Son, the Hero as Prison Overseer (uncredited)
The Son of Captain Blood as Timothy Thomas
Zorro the Avenger as Sargento
The Carpet of Horror as Gunman

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

El indulto as El Maroma
La paz empieza nunca as Mirín
The Little Colonel as Vinagre

1959

Luxury Cabin as Ernesto
Der Löwe von Babylon as Prof. Ignatz Pfotenhauer
In Cold Blood as Enrique
Two Men in Town as Gregorio

1958

The Inveterate Bachelor
You, Your Mother, and Me as il turco
¡Viva lo imposible! as John
El inquilino as Jiménez
The Girl of San Pietro Square as The Boxing Coach
Entierro de un funcionario en primavera
Die Sklavenkarawane as Prof. Ignaz Pfotenhauer
Entierro de un funcionario en primavera
Patio andaluz

1957

Susanna tutta panna as Aristide
Female Three Times as Guardia notturna
The Star of Africa as Strauch
Day of Fear
...And She Chose Hell

1956

Fail in Communism as Pedro
Cuerda de presos as Juan Díaz de Garayo, 'El Sacamantecas'
Pasión en el mar as Vicente

1955

That Lady as Diego
Death of a Cyclist as Traffic Police
El canto del gallo as (no acreditado)
The Other Life of Captain Contreras as Antonio Cornejo
Tres hombres van a morir as Peauleguin

1954

Murió hace quince años as Joaquín Campos
Castles in Spain as Posadero
The Adventurer of Seville as Sir Albert
Judas' Kiss as Padre del condenado
Intriga en el escenario as Policía 1º

1953

I Was a Parish Priest as Barrona
La belle de Cadix as Padre gitano
Airport as Mr. Fogg
La alegre caravana
Nadie lo sabrá as Ángel
María Dolores as Antonio

1952

Path to the Kingdom as Mr. Evans
Estrella de Sierra Morena as Rafael
De Madrid al cielo as Empresario de "El Paraíso"
The Eyes Leave a Trace as Comensal irascible
Último día as Profesor Lorenzo

1951

Dawn of America as Pedro Salcedo
The Great Galeoto as Vizconde de Nebreda
La señora de Fátima as Comunista 1
Andalusia
El sueño de Andalucía as Empresario

1950

Agustina of Aragon as Escudella
Date With My Old Love
Servicio en la mar as Don Tofol
La mujer de nadie as Martorell

1949

Life in Shadows as Film Producer
Don Juan de Serrallonga as Tallaferro

1948

La sirena negra
Si te hubieses casado conmigo as Taxista
Embrujo as Mister Benson
La muralla feliz as Mariano García
La mies es mucha as Clarenberg
Alma baturra
Canción mortal

1947

Mariona Rebull as Señor Roig
Heroes del 95 as General Tampico
El ángel gris
Abel Sánchez

1944

Orosia as Mañico bronquista (uncredited)
Ni pobre, ni rico, sino todo lo contrario

1941

Stowaway on Board! as Camarero