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
(1971)
Le roi d'Espagne
Psychout for Murder
(1969)
Francesco
Horror Express
(1972)
Father Pujardov
And Then There Were None
(1974)
Otto Martino
The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh
(1971)
Neil Wardh
A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
(1971)
Sergeant Brandon
Full Filmography
Acting
Gaucho soul
(1930)
Murió el sargento Laprida
(1937)
(as Alberto Mendoza)
...Y mañana serán hombres
(1939)
The Old Skinflint
(1942)
Un nuevo amanecer
(1942)
Su mejor alumno
(1944)
Enrique Moreno
Se rematan ilusiones
(1944)
Adán y la serpiente
(1946)
Daniel
Inspiración
(1946)
El retrato
(1947)
Navy's girlfriend
(1948)
Story of a Bad Woman
(1948)
Un hombre solo no vale nada
(1949)
Borracho en la boite
Miguitas en la cama
(1949)
Esteban Roselli
Don Juan Tenorio
(1949)
Joven bromista
La cuna vacía
(1949)
When My Husband Kisses
(1950)
Filomena Marturano
(1950)
Ricardo
The Marihuana Story
(1950)
Lt. DeLuca
Madre Alegría
(1950)
Suburbio
(1951)
Pasó en mi barrio
(1951)
Mingo
Ellos nos hicieron así
(1953)
La calle del pecado
(1954)
Alberto Salazar
Descent Into Hell
(1954)
Adrián Villar
Gray neighborhood
(1954)
Claudio
La noche de Venus
(1955)
La mujer desnuda
(1955)
¡Que seas feliz!
(1956)
Pablo Suárez
La adúltera
(1956)
Carlos Alatorre
La dulce enemiga
(1957)
Ricardo
La bestia humana
(1957)
The Marked Woman
(1957)
Rodolfo Morán alias El Sudamericano
The Boss
(1958)
Berger
Socios para la aventura
(1958)
El asalto
(1960)
Yo quiero vivir contigo
(1960)
Mauricio del Solar
Buscando a Mónica
(1962)
Antonio Montes
You and I Are Three
(1962)
Rodolfo Céspedes / Adolfo Céspedes
Queen of the Chantecler
(1962)
Federico de la Torre
Kill and Be Killed
(1962)
Fernando
The Adventures of Scaramouche
(1963)
Roger - Marquis de la Tour
The Blackmailers
(1963)
Vergara 'El Americano'
An Almost Decent Girl
(1963)
Carlos
Primero yo
(1963)
Shot in the Back
(1964)
The Dictator's Guns
(1965)
Hendrix
Secuestro en la ciudad
(1965)
José
Las locas del conventillo
(1966)
Manuel
The Man from Marrakech
(1966)
The Midshipmen
(1967)
Comandante de Brigada Carlos Torres
The Desperate Ones
(1967)
Hamlat
Las secretarias
(1968)
Don Carlos
Appointment in Beirut
(1968)
Police Captain
Volver a vivir
(1968)
Garrido
Forgotten Pistolero
(1969)
Tomas
A Bullet for Sandoval
(1969)
Lucky
Psychout for Murder
(1969)
Francesco
A Bullet for Rommel
(1969)
SS Major Hermann Traniger
One on Top of the Other
(1969)
Henry Dumurrier
De profesión, sus labores
(1970)
Juan Montesinos
Awkward Hands
(1970)
Latimore
The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh
(1971)
Neil Wardh
Delusions of Grandeur
(1971)
Le roi d'Espagne
A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
(1971)
Sergeant Brandon
The Case of the Scorpion's Tail
(1971)
John Stanley
The Corsairs
(1971)
The Duke
Human Cobras
(1971)
George MacGreves
Horror Express
(1972)
Father Pujardov
Las colocadas
(1972)
Enrique
Special Killers
(1973)
Giorgio Russo
And Then There Were None
(1974)
Otto Martino
To Love Ophelia
(1974)
Piero Criscione, Avvocato
Open Season
(1974)
Martin
Hold Up
(1974)
Ashley
A Prewar Grandmother
(1974)
Juan
Zorrita Martínez
(1975)
Antonio
The People Who Own the Dark
(1976)
Prof. Fulton
El erotismo y la informática
(1976)
Gonzalo Garcés
Fulanita y sus menganos
(1976)
Manolo
Striptease
(1976)
George
El hombre que supo amar
(1976)
Juan de Ávila
What Changed Charley Farthing?
(1976)
Curse of the Black Cat
(1977)
David
La violación
(1977)
Venus de fuego
(1978)
Beltrán
Sentados al borde de la mañana con los pies colgando
(1978)
Sr. Empresa
Avisa a Curro Jiménez
(1978)
El Jandalo
Seven Dangerous Women
(1979)
Marqués de Castellamare
Manaos
(1979)
Mario Buendía
The House on Garibaldi Street
(1979)
Primo
La amante ingenua
(1980)
Adrián
El infierno tan temido
(1980)
Nights Without Moons and Suns
(1984)
Cairo
Los tigres de la memoria
(1984)
Carlos
Lola Mora
(1996)
Bossa Nova
(2000)
Juan
Lua de Outubro
(2001)
Marcial Lopes
Cleopatra
(2003)
íctor
Tapas
(2006)
Don Mariano
Bad Truth
(2011)
Ernesto