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Eduardo Fajardo

{{Short description|Spanish actor (1924–2019)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}

{{family name hatnote|Martínez|Fajardo|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Eduardo Fajardo

| image = Eduardo Fajardo - Django 03.jpg

| caption = Eduardo Fajardo in Django (1966)

| birth_name = Eduardo Martínez Fajardo

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|8|14|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Meis, Pontevedra, Spain

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|7|4|1924|8|14|df=yes}}

| death_place = Mexico

| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1947–2002

| spouse = Carmelita González

| children = 7

}}

Eduardo Martínez Fajardo (14 August 1924 – 4 July 2019) was a Spanish film actor. He appeared in 183 films, 75 plays and made 2,000 television appearances between 1947 and 2002.{{cite news |url=https://www.lavozdealmeria.com/noticia/5/vivir/174778/adios-a-eduardo-fajardo-el-villano-que-quiso-ser-galan |title=Adiós a Eduardo Fajardo, el villano que quiso ser galán |first=Marta |last=Rodríguez |date=5 July 2019 |access-date=5 July 2019 |newspaper=La Voz de Almería |language=es}}

Biography

He was born in Meis, Pontevedra{{cite news |url=https://www.farodevigo.es/portada-arousa/2014/03/16/eduardo-fajardo-cowboy-o-mosteiro/986148.html |title=Eduardo Fajardo, un cowboy de O Mosteiro |last=Viana |first=Víctor |date=16 March 2014 |access-date=15 August 2018 |newspaper=Faro de Vigo |language=es}} on 14 August 1924, and raised in Haro and Santander, where he studied Bachillerato.{{cite news |url=https://www.ideal.es/culturas/almeria/fallece-mitico-actor-20190704133512-nt.html |title=Fallece el mítico actor afincado en Almería Eduardo Fajardo, a los 95 años |first=M. C. |last=Callejón |date=4 July 2019 |access-date=5 July 2019 |newspaper=Ideal |publisher=Vocento |language=es}} He began his career as a voice actor from 1942 to 1946, and in 1947 he made his film debut in Héroes del 95, directed by Raúl Alfonso.{{cite news |url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/2019-07-04/eduardo-fajardo-fallece_2106171/ |title=Muere el actor gallego Eduardo Fajardo a los 94 años |date=4 July 2019 |access-date=4 July 2019 |newspaper=El Confidencial |language=es}} In the 1950s he moved to Mexico, and when he came back to Spain appeared in spaghetti westerns such as Gli eroi di Fort Worth (1965) by Martin Herbert, and Django (1966) by Sergio Corbucci.{{cite news |url=https://www.academiadecine.com/2019/07/04/fallece-el-actor-eduardo-fajardo/ |title=Fallece el actor Eduardo Fajardo |date=4 July 2019 |access-date=5 July 2019 |work=Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas |language=es}}

In 2002, he founded Teatro sin barreras in Almeria, in order to help people with disabilities.{{cite news |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cine/20190704/463287473067/muere-actor-espanol-eduardo-fajardo-94-anos.html |title=Muere el actor español Eduardo Fajardo a los 94 años |author=EFE |author-link=EFE |date=4 July 2019 |access-date=5 July 2019 |newspaper=La Vanguardia |language=es}} He started the Almeria Walk of Fame,{{cite news |title=Eduardo Fajardo: "Hoy me despido de lo que más quiero en la vida, mi profesion" |url=http://www.noticiasdealmeria.com/noticia/67077/capital/eduardo-fajardo:-hoy-me-despido-de-lo-que-mas-quiero-en-la-vida-mi-profesion-.html |date=23 April 2014 |access-date=25 May 2018 |newspaper=Noticias de Almeria |language=es}} where he received a star in April 2012 due to his intervention in 7th Cavalry and Django.{{cite news |title=Eduardo Fajardo ya tiene su propia estrella en el 'paseo de la fama' de Almería |url=http://novaciencia.es/eduardo-fajardo-ya-tiene-su-propia-estrella-en-el-paseo-de-la-fama-de-almeria/ |date=11 April 2012 |access-date=10 November 2013 |newspaper=Nova Ciencia |language=es}}

=Personal life and death=

Fajardo was married four times. In Mexico he married twice, once with the actress Carmelita González, with whom he had a daughter, Paloma del Rocío.{{cite news |url=http://www.informador.com.mx/entretenimiento/2010/197670/6/carmelita-gonzalez-deja-un-gran-legado-en-cine-y-television.htm |title=Carmelita González deja un gran legado en cine y televisión |date=30 April 2010 |newspaper=El Informador |access-date=26 May 2010 |author=NTX}}{{cite news |url=http://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/520448.html |title=Se apaga la estrella de Carmelita González |date=1 May 2010 |newspaper=El Siglo de Torreón |access-date=27 May 2010}} His others children are José Antonio, Corazón, Lucero, Dusko, Alma and Eduardo.{{cite news |url=https://www.diariodealmeria.es/ocio/Fallece-Eduardo-Fajardo-enamoro-Almeria_0_1369963404.html |title=Fallece Eduardo Fajardo, el gran actor que se 'enamoró' de Almería |first=D. |last=Martínez |date=4 July 2019 |access-date=5 July 2019 |newspaper=Diario de Almería |language=es |publisher=Joly Digital}}

Fajardo died while vacationing with five of his seven children in Mexico on 4 July 2019 at the age of 94.{{Cite news |url=https://www.lavozdealmeria.com/noticia/5/vivir/174743/muere-en-mexico-eduardo-fajardo |title=Muere en México Eduardo Fajardo |newspaper=La Voz de Almería |first=María de los Ángeles |last=Arellano |date=4 July 2019 |access-date=5 July 2019 |language=es}}

Awards

He was honoured by the Diputación de Pontevedra and had been named hijo predilecto del Concello de Meis.{{cite news |url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/arousa/2010/07/14/queria-galan-sere-villano-noventa-cien/0003_8608928.htm |title="Quería ser galán, pero seré villano hasta los noventa o hasta los cien" |first=Hugo |last=Amoedo |date=14 July 2010 |access-date=5 July 2019 |newspaper=La Voz de Galicia |language=es}} In January 2019 he was honoured by the Almería Western Museo del Cine.{{cite news |url=https://www.diariodealmeria.es/ocio/actor-homenaje-Fajardo_0_1314768682.html |title=Homenaje al actor Eduardo Fajardo de 'Almería Western Museo del Cine' |first=D. |last=Martínez |date=1 January 2019 |access-date=5 July 2019 |newspaper=Diario de Almería |publisher=Joly Digital |language=es}}

Selected filmography

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  • {{IMDb name|0265761|Eduardo Fajardo}}
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Category:1924 births

Category:2019 deaths

Category:20th-century Spanish male actors

Category:Spanish male film actors

Category:People from Pontevedra

Category:Male Spaghetti Western actors