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Alberto de Mendoza

{{Short description|Argentine actor (1923–2011)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Alberto de Mendoza

| image = Il pistolero dell Ave Maria - 1969 Alberto de Mendoza cropped.png

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| caption = De Mendoza in The Forgotten Pistolero (1969)

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|01|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina

| height =

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|12|12|1923|01|21|df=y}}

| death_place = Madrid, Spain

| spouse = Mabel Taboas

| yearsactive = 1945–2011

}}

Alberto Manuel Rodríguez-Gallego González de Mendoza (21 January 1923 – 12 December 2011)[http://www.perfil.com/contenidos/2011/12/12/noticia_0007.html Actor Alberto de Mendoza died] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235758/http://www.perfil.com/contenidos/2011/12/12/noticia_0007.html |date=2016-03-03 }} Perfil, 2011/12/12 was an Argentine film actor who appeared in some 114 films between 1930 and 2005, spanning eight decades.{{cite web|url=http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/87185/argentine-actor-alberto-de-mendoza-dies-at-88 |title=Argentine actor Alberto de Mendoza dies at 88 |publisher=BuenosAiresHerald.com |access-date=2011-12-12}}

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.{{cite news | url=http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/entertainment/2011/12/12/argentine-actor-alberto-de-mendoza-dies/ | work=Fox News | title=Argentine actor Alberto de Mendoza dies | date=12 December 2011 | access-date=2011-12-26 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616060835/http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/entertainment/2011/12/12/argentine-actor-alberto-de-mendoza-dies/ | archive-date=2012-06-16 | url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Hollywood/Spanish-actor-Alberto-de-Mendoza-died/Article1-781823.aspx |title=Spanish actor Alberto de Mendoza died - Hindustan Times |access-date=2011-12-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111215005423/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Hollywood/Spanish-actor-Alberto-de-Mendoza-died/Article1-781823.aspx |archive-date=2011-12-15 }}

He was the stepfather of journalist Daniel Ruiz, better known as Daniel Mendoza, having adopted his stepfather's surname.{{Cite web |title=Alberto de Mendoza - Biography |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0210274/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}

Selected filmography

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TV series

  • 1980-1982 – El Rafa
  • 1982 - El Oriental

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|210274|Alberto de Mendoza}}

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Category:1923 births

Category:2011 deaths

Category:Argentine male actors

Category:Male actors from Buenos Aires

Category:Male Spaghetti Western actors

Category:20th-century Argentine male actors

Category:21st-century Argentine male actors