Fernando Sancho
Biography
Fernando Sancho was born on January 7, 1916, in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. He was a male actor known for his work in film, holding numerous acting credits. His career in the entertainment industry spanned many years, during which he appeared in a large number of motion pictures. Some of the films associated with his career include Mariona Rebull from 1947, Agustina de Aragón from 1950, Terence Young's That Lady from 1955, Juan Antonio Bardem's Muerte de un Ciclista from 1955, King of Kings from 1961, Lawrence of Arabia from 1962, 55 Days at Peking, Historias de la Televisión from 1965, Tres Superhombres en el Oeste from 1973, 1919. Crónica del Alba from 1983, and Berlanga's La Vaquilla from 1984. Fernando Sancho passed away on July 31, 1990, at the age of 74.
Career overview
Fernando Sancho began his acting career in theatre before transitioning to film in 1940. He amassed over 400 credits throughout his 50-year career. Sancho's early film work includes "Mariona Rebull" (1947) and "Agustina de Aragón" (1950). He also appeared in notable films such as "That Lady" (1955), directed by Terence Young, and "Muerte de un Ciclista" (1955), directed by Juan Antonio Bardem.
During the 1960s and 1970s, Sancho played villains in several spaghetti westerns. He appeared in films such as "King of Kings" (1961) and "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962). Sancho also worked on "55 Days at Peking" (1955) and "Historias de la Televisión" (1965). In addition to his film work, Sancho appeared in the 1973 film "Tres Superhombres en el Oeste" and the 1983 film "1919. Crónica del Alba".
Sancho's later career includes appearances in "La Vaquilla" (1984), directed by Berlanga. He continued to work in the film industry until his death in 1990. Sancho's extensive filmography showcases his versatility as an actor and his ability to adapt to various roles and genres throughout his career.
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- Spanish Western (2015) as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- The Black Moon (1990) as Mariano
- Sabbath (1989) as Mariano
- Policía (1987) as Comandante Castillejo
- Los presuntos (1986) as Mafioso italiano
- Pagina de Sucesos (1985) as Río Leona
- The Heifer (1985) as Alcalde
- El crimen de la calle Fuencarral (1985) as Coronel
- Las alegres chicas de Colsada (1984)
- East of West (1984) as Chapulín
- Las autonosuyas (1983) as Bernardo
- Invierno en Marbella (1983) as Cardenal
- Pecado Horizontal (1982)
- Black Commando (1982) as President Bethancourt
- De camisa vieja a chaqueta nueva (1982) as Cónsul alemán
- Fredy el croupier (1982) as Cura
- Black Jack (1981)
- The Black Wolf (1981) as Cabo
- Revenge of the Black Wolf (1981) as Corporal Donovan
- I.O.B. Spezialauftrag (1980) as Vanloo
- ...And the Third Year, He Resuscitated (1980) as Coronel
- Spoiled Children (1980) as Agustín
- The Seven Magnificent and Bold Women (1979)
- Son of Superbug (1979) as Alfonso, Mafia-Boss
- Father Cami's Wedding (1979) as Blas
- Trampa sexual (1978) as Padre de Marta
- Venus de fuego (1978) as Subcomisario
- Estimado Sr. juez... (1978) as Tambarria
- Memoria (1978) as Ulop
- Change of Sex (1977) as José
- Doña Perfecta (1977)
- The Perfect Killer (1977) as The Arms Dealer
- Las alimañas (1977) as Louis
- La mujer es un buen negocio (1977) as Don Anselmo
- The Stash (1976) as Paco
- A la Legión le gustan las mujeres… y a las mujeres, les gusta la Legión (1976) as André Meroy
- What Changed Charley Farthing? (1976) as Lupez
- Halt die Luft an alter Gauner - Der Stockfisch und das Stinktier (1976) as Admiral Pedro Santos
- La última jugada (1975) as Swartas Pinto
- The Married and the Minor (1975) as Comisario
- Demon Witch Child (1975) as Police Chief
- Cross of the Devil (1975) as Ignacio
- Novios de la muerte (1975)
- Canciones de nuestra vida (1975) as Self
- Voodoo Black Exorcist (1974) as Inspector Dominguez
- The Swamp of the Ravens (1974) as Inspector
- Ten Killers from Afar (1974) as Kelly Lucamone
- The King is the Best Mayor (1974) as Conde
- Attack of the Blind Dead (1973) as Mayor Duncan
- The Guerrilla (1973) as Juan
- Karate, Fist and Beans (1973) as Espartero
- The Playboy and His Sprees (1973) as Toni López
- Three Supermen of the West (1973) as FBI Director
- Man with the Golden Winchester (1973) as Colonel Michel Leblanche
- You Are a Traitor and I Will Kill You! (1972) as Sebastian
- Fabulous Trinity (1972) as Coronel Jiménez
- Where the Bullets Fly (1972)
- Souliotes (1972) as Ali Pasas
- Too Much Gold for One Gringo (1972) as Fermín Rojas
- Forbidden Love (1972) as Comisario
- The Boldest Job in the West (1972) as Reyes
- Watch Out Gringo! Sabata Will Return (1972) as Carrancho
- X312 - Flight to Hell (1971) as Bill - Steward / Paco
- 28th October, 5:30 (1971) as Tryfonas Platanias
- Dig Your Grave Friend... Sabata's Coming (1971) as Leon Pompera
- And the Crows Will Dig Your Grave (1971) as Pancho Corrales
- In the Folds of the Flesh (1970) as Pascal Gorriot
- The Invisible Man's Love Life (1970) as The Game-Keeper
- At the Battle of Crete (1970) as Felix and Maria's father
- Stagecoach of the Condemned (1970) as Leon Pomparo / Ramón Sartana
- Surprise Attack (1970) as El Pernas
- La banda de los tres crisantemos (1970) as Burton
- Amor a todo gas (1969) as Wagner
- Simón Bolívar (1969) as Fernando Gonzales
- Franco, Ciccio and the Pirate Blackbeard (1969) as Il Pirata Barbanera
- Tarzan in the Golden Grotto (1969) as Hotel owner
- The Magnificent Tony Carrera (1969) as Einstein
- Twenty Thousand Dollars for Seven (1969) as Bill Cochran
- If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death (1968) as Jose Manuel Mendoza
- Requiem for a Gringo (1968) as Porfirio Carranza
- Go For Broke (1968) as Carrancha
- Wrath of God (1968) as Burd
- Ciccio Forgives, I Don't (1968) as El Diablo / El Pantera
- Night of Hate (1968) as Fernando Gonzales
- Blood Calls to Blood (1968) as Sancho Rodriguez
- Hand of the Assassin (1967) as Suarez
- The Big Gundown (1967) as Capt. Segura
- Killer Kid (1967) as Vilar
- The Crazy Westerners (1967) as Sancho
- Winchester Bill (1967) as El Bicho 'The Bug'
- $10,000 for a Massacre (1967) as 'Stardust' Vasquez
- Clint the Stranger (1967) as Ross
- Mission Phantom (1967) as Prof. Higgins
- Hate for Hate (1967) as Coyote
- Vengeance Is Mine (1967) as Goncalves / Gonzalez
- Massacre Mania (1967) as Professor Kenitz
- Wanted Johnny Texas (1967) as Col. Stewart
- Wanted Johnny Texas (1967) as Colonel Steward - Texas Rangers
- El secreto de papá (1967)
- A Man and a Colt (1967) as Don Carlos
- Django Shoots First (1966) as Gordon
- Seven Guns for the MacGregors (1966) as Miguel
- Seven Guns for Timothy (1966) as Sancho Rodrigo Rodriguez
- Arizona Colt (1966) as Gordon
- Dynamite Jim (1966) as Pablo Reyes
- Seven Dollars on Red (1966) as El Chacal
- Taste of Killing (1966) as Sanchez
- The Big Hit of Surcouf (1966) as Le geolier
- Agent 3S3, Massacre in the Sun (1966) as General Emilio Siqueiros
- Il vostro superagente Flit (1966) as Smirnoff
- Almost Perfect Crime (1966) as Omar
- The Tough One (1966) as El Lobo
- A Pistol for Ringo (1965) as Sancho
- The Return of Ringo (1965) as Esteban Fuentes
- $100,000 for Ringo (1965) as Chuck
- The Wild Men of Kurdistan (1965) as Padischah
- Kingdom of the Silver Lion (1965) as Padischah
- Five Thousand Dollars on One Ace (1965) as Juan Carrancho
- From the Orient with Fury (1965) as Loud patron in Paris restaurant
- Totò d'Arabia (1965) as Ali el Buzur
- Man from Canyon City (1965) as Carrancho
- Historias de la televisión (1965) as Presentador TV
- Agent 3S3: Passport to Hell (1965) as Colonel Dolukin
- Two Idiots at Fort Alamo (1965) as Sergeant Fidhouse
- Texas Jim (1965) as Sancho / Pancho
- Doc, Hands of Steel (1965) as Pablo Reyes
- Crimen (1964) as El Juez
- Gunmen Of The Rio Grande (1964) as Pancho Bogan
- Backfire (1964) as Ilmaz
- I due toreri (1964) as Don Alonso
- Hour of Death (1964) as Scometti
- Minnesota Clay (1964) as Dominique Ortiz Mendoza
- The Pitiless Three (1964) as Pedro Ramirez
- Two Gangsters in the Wild West (1964) as Rio
- Black Angel of the Mississippi (1964) as Garcia
- The New Cinderella (1964) as Fernando
- José María (1963) as El Barrigas
- 55 Days at Peking (1963) as Belgian Minister (uncredited)
- Magic Fountain (1963) as Priest
- The Implacable Three (1963) as Diego Abriles
- The Ceremony (1963) as Shaoush
- The Secret of the Black Widow (1963) as Slim
- No temas a la ley (1963) as Eugenio - Le patron de l'hôtel
- The Sign of the Coyote (1963) as Lugones Brother
- El precio de un asesino (1963) as Rufo
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962) as Turkish Sergeant (uncredited)
- The Son of Captain Blood (1962) as Timothy Thomas
- My Son, the Hero (1962) as Prison Overseer (uncredited)
- The Carpet of Horror (1962) as Gunman
- Zorro the Avenger (1962) as Sargento
- El pobre García (1961) as Elías
- King of Kings (1961) as Mad man
- Madame (1961) as Pommier
- Goliath Against the Giants (1961) as Namathos
- Alerta en el cielo (1961) as Sargento Montebelo
- The Little Colonel (1960) as Vinagre
- La paz empieza nunca (1960) as Mirín
- El indulto (1960) as El Maroma
- In Cold Blood (1959) as Enrique
- Der Löwe von Babylon (1959) as Prof. Ignatz Pfotenhauer
- Two Men in Town (1959) as Gregorio
- Luxury Cabin (1959) as Ernesto
- Patio andaluz (1958)
- ¡Viva lo imposible! (1958) as John
- El inquilino (1958) as Jiménez
- Die Sklavenkarawane (1958) as Prof. Ignaz Pfotenhauer
- The Inveterate Bachelor (1958)
- You, Your Mother, and Me (1958) as il turco
- The Girl of San Pietro Square (1958) as The Boxing Coach
- Entierro de un funcionario en primavera (1958)
- Entierro de un funcionario en primavera (1958)
- Susanna tutta panna (1957) as Aristide
- ...And She Chose Hell (1957)
- The Star of Africa (1957) as Strauch
- Female Three Times (1957) as Guardia notturna
- Day of Fear (1957)
- Fail in Communism (1956) as Pedro
- Cuerda de presos (1956) as Juan Díaz de Garayo, 'El Sacamantecas'
- Pasión en el mar (1956) as Vicente
- Death of a Cyclist (1955) as Traffic Police
- That Lady (1955) as Diego
- El canto del gallo (1955) as (no acreditado)
- Tres hombres van a morir (1955) as Peauleguin
- The Other Life of Captain Contreras (1955) as Antonio Cornejo
- Murió hace quince años (1954) as Joaquín Campos
- Intriga en el escenario (1954) as Policía 1º
- Judas' Kiss (1954) as Padre del condenado
- The Adventurer of Seville (1954) as Sir Albert
- Castles in Spain (1954) as Posadero
- La alegre caravana (1953)
- La belle de Cadix (1953) as Padre gitano
- Airport (1953) as Mr. Fogg
- I Was a Parish Priest (1953) as Barrona
- Nadie lo sabrá (1953) as Ángel
- María Dolores (1953) as Antonio
- Estrella de Sierra Morena (1952) as Rafael
- Path to the Kingdom (1952) as Mr. Evans (as Fernando Sancho)
- The Eyes Leave a Trace (1952) as Comensal irascible
- De Madrid al cielo (1952) as Empresario de "El Paraíso"
- Último día (1952) as Profesor Lorenzo
- El sueño de Andalucía (1951) as Empresario
- La señora de Fátima (1951) as Comunista 1
- Dawn of America (1951) as Pedro Salcedo
- The Great Galeoto (1951) as Vizconde de Nebreda
- Andalusia (1951)
- Agustina of Aragon (1950) as Escudella
- Servicio en la mar (1950) as Don Tofol
- Date With My Old Love (1950)
- La mujer de nadie (1950) as Martorell
- Life in Shadows (1949) as Film Producer
- Don Juan de Serrallonga (1949) as Tallaferro
- Canción mortal (1948)
- Alma baturra (1948)
- Embrujo (1948) as Mister Benson
- La sirena negra (1948)
- La mies es mucha (1948) as Clarenberg
- Si te hubieses casado conmigo (1948) as Taxista
- La muralla feliz (1948) as Mariano García
- Abel Sánchez (1947)
- Cuando los ángeles duermen (1947) as Peral
- El ángel gris (1947)
- Heroes del 95 (1947) as General Tampico
- Mariona Rebull (1947) as Señor Roig
- Ni pobre, ni rico, sino todo lo contrario (1944)
- Orosia (1944) as Mañico bronquista (uncredited)
- Stowaway on Board! (1941) as Camarero