Alberto de Mendoza
Alberto Manuel Rodríguez-Gallego González de Mendoza (21 January 1923 – 12 December 2011) was an Argentine film actor who appeared in some 114 films between 1930 and 2005, spanning eight decades.
Alberto de Mendoza
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- Name
- Alberto de Mendoza
- Born
- 21 January 1923
- Birthplace
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Died
- 12 December 2011
- Place of death
- Madrid, Spain
- Spouse
- Mabel Taboas
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages
- Spanish
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Alberto Manuel Rodríguez-Gallego González de Mendoza (21 January 1923 – 12 December 2011) was an Argentine film actor who appeared in some 114 films between 1930 and 2005, spanning eight decades.
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Alberto de Mendoza (1923–2011) was a Spanish actor, film actor and stage actor. Born in Buenos Aires, the actor died in Madrid. Languages used include Spanish.
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• Name — Alberto de Mendoza • Born — 21 January 1923 • Birthplace — Buenos Aires, Argentina • Died — 12 December 2011 • Place of death — Madrid, Spain • Spouse — Mabel Taboas • Years Active — 1945–2011
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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. He was the stepfather of journalist Daniel Ruiz, better known as Daniel Mendoza, having adopted his stepfather's surname.
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• 1980-1982 – El Rafa • 1982 - El Oriental
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Alberto de Mendoza died at Madrid.
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