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
Horror Express
(1972)
Father Pujardov
Delusions of Grandeur
(1971)
Le roi d'Espagne
Psychout for Murder
(1969)
Francesco
Open Season
(1974)
Martin
And Then There Were None
(1974)
Otto Martino
The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh
(1971)
Neil Wardh
One on Top of the Other
(1969)
Henry Dumurrier
A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
(1971)
Sergeant Brandon
Forgotten Pistolero
(1969)
Tomas
Tapas
(2006)
Don Mariano
The Case of the Scorpion's Tail
(1971)
John Stanley
Cleopatra
(2003)
íctor
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)
Inspiración
(1946)
Adán y la serpiente
(1946)
Daniel
El retrato
(1947)
Story of a Bad Woman
(1948)
Navy's girlfriend
(1948)
Don Juan Tenorio
(1949)
Joven bromista
Miguitas en la cama
(1949)
Esteban Roselli
La cuna vacía
(1949)
Un hombre solo no vale nada
(1949)
Borracho en la boite
The Marihuana Story
(1950)
Lt. DeLuca
Filomena Marturano
(1950)
Ricardo
When My Husband Kisses
(1950)
Madre Alegría
(1950)
Pasó en mi barrio
(1951)
Mingo
Suburbio
(1951)
Ellos nos hicieron así
(1953)
Gray neighborhood
(1954)
Claudio
La calle del pecado
(1954)
Alberto Salazar
Descent Into Hell
(1954)
Adrián Villar
La mujer desnuda
(1955)
La noche de Venus
(1955)
La adúltera
(1956)
Carlos Alatorre
¡Que seas feliz!
(1956)
Pablo Suárez
La bestia humana
(1957)
La dulce enemiga
(1957)
Ricardo
The Marked Woman
(1957)
Rodolfo Morán alias El Sudamericano
Socios para la aventura
(1958)
The Boss
(1958)
Berger
Yo quiero vivir contigo
(1960)
Mauricio del Solar
El asalto
(1960)
You and I Are Three
(1962)
Rodolfo Céspedes / Adolfo Céspedes
Buscando a Mónica
(1962)
Antonio Montes
Queen of the Chantecler
(1962)
Federico de la Torre
Kill and Be Killed
(1962)
Fernando
An Almost Decent Girl
(1963)
Carlos
The Blackmailers
(1963)
Vergara 'El Americano'
The Adventures of Scaramouche
(1963)
Roger - Marquis de la Tour
Primero yo
(1963)
Shot in the Back
(1964)
The Dictator's Guns
(1965)
Hendrix
Secuestro en la ciudad
(1965)
José
The Man from Marrakech
(1966)
Las locas del conventillo
(1966)
Manuel
The Midshipmen
(1967)
Comandante de Brigada Carlos Torres
The Desperate Ones
(1967)
Hamlat
Appointment in Beirut
(1968)
Police Captain
Las secretarias
(1968)
Don Carlos
Volver a vivir
(1968)
Garrido
Psychout for Murder
(1969)
Francesco
A Bullet for Sandoval
(1969)
Lucky
Forgotten Pistolero
(1969)
Tomas
One on Top of the Other
(1969)
Henry Dumurrier
A Bullet for Rommel
(1969)
SS Major Hermann Traniger
Awkward Hands
(1970)
Latimore
De profesión, sus labores
(1970)
Juan Montesinos
The Corsairs
(1971)
The Duke
Human Cobras
(1971)
George MacGreves
The Case of the Scorpion's Tail
(1971)
John Stanley
A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
(1971)
Sergeant Brandon
Delusions of Grandeur
(1971)
Le roi d'Espagne
The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh
(1971)
Neil Wardh
Las colocadas
(1972)
Enrique
Horror Express
(1972)
Father Pujardov
Special Killers
(1973)
Giorgio Russo
A Prewar Grandmother
(1974)
Juan
Hold Up
(1974)
Ashley
To Love Ophelia
(1974)
Piero Criscione, Avvocato
Open Season
(1974)
Martin
And Then There Were None
(1974)
Otto Martino
Zorrita Martínez
(1975)
Antonio
El hombre que supo amar
(1976)
Juan de Ávila
What Changed Charley Farthing?
(1976)
Fulanita y sus menganos
(1976)
Manolo
El erotismo y la informática
(1976)
Gonzalo Garcés
Striptease
(1976)
George
The People Who Own the Dark
(1976)
Prof. Fulton
La violación
(1977)
Curse of the Black Cat
(1977)
David
Sentados al borde de la mañana con los pies colgando
(1978)
Sr. Empresa
Venus de fuego
(1978)
Beltrán
Avisa a Curro Jiménez
(1978)
El Jandalo
The House on Garibaldi Street
(1979)
Primo
Manaos
(1979)
Mario Buendía
Seven Dangerous Women
(1979)
Marqués de Castellamare
El infierno tan temido
(1980)
La amante ingenua
(1980)
Adrián
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