Rico Alaniz
{{Short description|Mexican-American actor (1919–2015)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Americo "Rico" Alaniz
| image = Rico Alaniz in The Adventures of Kit Carson.jpg
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| caption = Alaniz in The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951)
| birth_date = {{birth date|1919|10|25}}
| birth_place = Juárez, Mexico
| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|3|9|1919|10|25}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| resting_place =
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1950–1992
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Americo Zorilla "Rico" Alaniz (October 25, 1919 – March 9, 2015) was a Mexican-American actor.
Early years
Selected filmography
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- The Capture (1950) - Policeman (uncredited)
- A Lady Without Passport (1950) - Young Cuban Man (uncredited)
- Mister 880 (1950) - Carlos - Spanish Interpreter (uncredited)
- Smuggler's Island (1951) - Young Portuguese (uncredited)
- Hollywood Story (1951) - Spanish Actor (uncredited)
- Golden Girl (1951) - Bandit (uncredited)
- The Fighter (1952) - Carlos
- Viva Zapata! (1952) - Guard (uncredited)
- Macao (1952) - Bus Driver (uncredited)
- California Conquest (1952) - Pedro
- Tropic Zone (1953) - Capt. Basilio (uncredited)
- Jeopardy (1953) - Officer at 1st Roadblock (uncredited)
- Column South (1953) - Trooper Chavez
- The Desert Song (1953) - Legionnaire (uncredited)
- Wings of the Hawk (1953) - Capt. Gomez
- Conquest of Cochise (1953) - Felipe
- Appointment in Honduras (1953) - Bermudez
- Jubilee Trail (1954) - Spaniard (uncredited)
- Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954) - Gendarme (uncredited)
- Siege at Red River (1954) - Chief Yellow Hawk
- Drum Beat (1954) - Medicine Man (uncredited)
- Green Fire (1954) - Antonio
- The Last Command (1955) - Tomas (uncredited)
- Santiago (1956) - Dominguez (uncredited)
- Back from Eternity (1956) - Latin Official (uncredited)
- The Cruel Tower (1956) - Frenchy (uncredited)
- The Women of Pitcairn Island (1956) - The Spanisher
- Stagecoach to Fury (1956) - Miguel Torres
- Toughest Gun in Tombstone (1958) - Fernandez (uncredited)
- War of the Colossal Beast (1958) - Sgt. Luis Murillo
- Hong Kong Confidential (1958) - Fernando
- Wolf Larsen (1958) - Louis
- Sea Hunt (1960, Season 3, Episode 13) - Carlos Prado
- The Magnificent Seven (1960) - Sotero
- Summer and Smoke (1961) - Knife Thrower (uncredited)
- Gunsmoke (1963 episode "Extradition Part 1 & 2" - El Piñon
- The Virginian (1963 episode "The Mountain of the Sun" - Bandido Leader
- Hotel (1967) - Chairman (uncredited)
- Final Analysis (1992) - Old Spanish Man (final film role)
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References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|0015976}}
- [http://digital.copcomm.com/i/605448-fall-2015/105 SAG-AFTRA In memoriam]
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=BLcfDAAAQBAJ&dq=Obituaries+in+the+Performing+Arts%2C+2015%3A&pg=PR7 Rico Alaniz obituary is in this book and can be read in its excerpt. It's in alphabetical order.]
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Category:American male film actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:American male actors of Mexican descent
Category:20th-century American male actors
Category:Male actors from Los Angeles
Category:People from Ciudad Juárez
Category:Male actors from Chihuahua (state)
Category:Mexican emigrants to the United States
Category:Mexican expatriate male actors in the United States