Fernando Sánchez Polack (11 August 1920 – 24 January 1982) was a Spanish actor. He appeared in more than 110 films and television shows from 1959 to 1982, mostly in supporting roles in

Spaghetti Western films This list of Spaghetti Western films includes Western films primarily produced and directed by Italian production companies between 1913 and 1978. For a list of non-Italian produced European Westerns see List of Euro-Western films. In the 19 ...

. He starred in the 1966 film ''

La caza ''The Hunt'' (in Spanish ''La Caza'') is a 1966 Spanish film directed by Carlos Saura. The film is a psychological thriller about three veterans of the Spanish Civil War who meet to go rabbit hunting. It was Saura's first international success, wi ...

'', which won the

Silver Bear for Best Director The Silver Bear for Best Director (german: Silberner Bär/Bester Regie) is an award presented annually at the Berlin International Film Festival since 1956. It is given for the best achievement in directing and is chosen by the International Jury ...

at the

16th Berlin International Film Festival The 16th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 24 June – 5 July 1966. The Golden Bear was awarded to the British film '' Cul-de-sac'' directed by Roman Polanski. Jury The following people were announced as being on the jury ...

. On 1 December 1981 he was hospitalized from a paraplegia at Residencia Sanitaria Provincial, and he died on 24 January 1982 aged 61 from cardiac arrest.

Selected filmography

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Los tramposos ''Los tramposos'' ("The cheaters") is a 1959 Spanish comedy film directed by Pedro Lazaga and starring Tony Leblanc and Antonio Ozores. The movie is about two small-time con-men. Plot Two small-time con men make a living of swindling people. They ...

'' (1959) - Ayudante truhán * ''La fiel infantería'' (1960) - Sargento Asterio * ''Los económicamente débiles'' (1960) * ''Trío de damas'' (1960) - Horacio, un basurero * '' Don Mendo's Revenche'' (1962) - Barón de Vedia * ''

The Balcony of the Moon ''The Balcony of the Moon'' (Spanish:''El balcón de la Luna'') is a 1962 Spanish musical comedy film directed by Luis Saslavsky and starring Carmen Sevilla, Lola Flores and Paquita Rico. Its critical and commercial failure illustrated the decli ...

'' (1962) * ''

Weeping for a Bandit ''Weeping for a Bandit'' ( es, Llanto por un bandido) is a 1964 Spanish drama film directed by Carlos Saura. It was Saura's first film in color. It was co-produced with France and Italy, and starred Italian Lea Massari and French-Italian Lino Ven ...

'' (1964) - Antonio * ''

A Fistful of Dollars ''A Fistful of Dollars'' ( it, Per un pugno di dollari, lit=For a Fistful of Dollars titled on-screen as ''Fistful of Dollars'') is a 1964 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood in his first leading role, a ...

'' (1964) - Rojo Gang Member Crushed by Wine Cask (uncredited) * '' I due violenti'' (1964) - Hombre de Barnes * ''Los dinamiteros'' (1964) - Obrero en mausoleo * ''Minnesota Clay'' (1964) - (uncredited) * ''Búsqueme a esa chica'' (1964) - Mariano * ''

Jesse James' Kid ''Jesse James' Kid'' ( it, Solo contro tutti, es, El hijo de Jesse James, also known as ''Son of Jesse James'') is a 1965 Spanish-Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Antonio del Amo. Cast *Robert Hundar as Bill James *Mercedes Alonso a ...

'' (1965) * '' The Art of Living'' (1965) * ''Posición avanzada'' (1966) - Sargento Díaz * ''

With the East Wind ''With the East Wind'' ( es, Con el viento solano) is a 1966 Spanish drama film directed by Mario Camus. It was entered into the 1966 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Antonio Gades as Sebastián * Vicente Escudero as Montoya * María José Alfonso ...

'' (1966) - Francisco Vázquez * ''Nuevo en esta plaza'' (1966) - Torero * ''Nueve cartas a Berta'' (1966) - Padre Echarri * ''

'' (1966) - Juan * ''La busca'' (1966) - Tomás * ''

The Drums of Tabu ''The Drums of Tabu'' (also known as ''Fugitivos de las islas del sur'' and ''Tabu: le vergini di Samoa'') is a 1966 adventure film directed by Javier Setó and produced by Sidney W. Pink. Premise The story follows a drunk who discovers a Samo ...

'' (1966) - Anahita's Father (uncredited) * ''

The Ugly Ones ''The Ugly Ones'' ( es: ''El precio de un hombre'', lit. "The Price of a Man", it: ''The Bounty Killer'', later ''La morte ti segue... ma non ha fretta'', lit. "Death follows you... but not in a hurry") is a 1966 Spanish- Italian Spaghetti ...

'' (1966) * ''

The Big Gundown ''The Big Gundown'' ( it, La resa dei conti, lit=The Settling of Scores) is a 1966 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Sollima, and starring Lee Van Cleef and Tomas Milian. Plot Possessing a reputation for bringing criminals to justice, r ...

'' (1966) - Sheriff of Willow Creek City (uncredited) * ''Django Does Not Forgive'' (1966) * ''

Ballad of a Gunman ''Ballad of a Gunman'', also known as ''Pistoleros'' and ''Ringo, Pray to Your God and Die'' ( it, Ballata per un pistolero) is a 1967 Italian Spaghetti Western directed by Alfio Caltabiano and starring Antony Ghidra. Plot The criminal brothe ...

'' (1967) - Saloon Owner (uncredited) * ''

Bewitched Love ''Bewitched Love'' ( es, El amor brujo) is a 1967 Spanish drama film directed by Francisco Rovira Beleta and based on the eponymous ballet by Manuel de Falla. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It was also ent ...

'' (1967) - Padre de Candelas * ''Crónica de nueve meses'' (1967) - Eugenio - conductor del autobús * ''De cuerpo presente'' (1967) - Jefe de policía * ''Novios 68'' (1967) - Guardia urbano * ''Club de solteros'' (1967) - Paco * ''

Peppermint Frappé ''Peppermint Frappé'' is a 1967 Spanish psychological thriller directed by Carlos Saura, starring Geraldine Chaplin and José Luis López Vázquez. The story centers on a man who becomes obsessed with the wife of an old friend, believing her to ...

'' (1967) - Patient (uncredited) * ''Les têtes brûlées'' (1967) * ''Los flamencos'' (1968) * ''Los subdesarrollados'' (1968) - Jefe de bomberos * ''La dinamita está servida'' (1968) - Pepe * ''Stress-es tres-tres'' (1968) - Juan * ''Long-Play'' (1968) - Jacinto * ''Tiempos de Chicago'' (1969) - Rico * ''Pagó cara su muerte'' (1969) * ''Adiós cordera'' (1969) - Don Julián * ''

Blood in the Bullring ''Blood in the Bullring'' (Spanish:''Sangre en el ruedo'') is a 1969 Spanish drama film directed by Rafael Gil and starring Alberto Closas, Ángel Teruel and Francisco Rabal.Bentley p.169 Synopsis The son of a famous bullfighter tries to solve an ...

'' (1969) - Félix * ''Macabre'' (1969) - Comisario * ''Los desafíos'' (1969) - Benito (segment 2) * ''El ángel'' (1969) - Delincuente * ''A Bullet for Sandoval'' (1969) - Mexican Officer (uncredited) * ''Los escondites'' (1969) * ''Homicidios en Chicago'' (1969) * ''El niño y el potro (Más allá de río Miño)'' (1969) - Don Lorenzo - alcalde * ''

The Pizza Triangle ''The Pizza Triangle'' ( it, Dramma della gelosia (tutti i particolari in cronaca) and also released as ''Drama of Jealousy'') is a 1970 Italian commedia all'italiana film directed by Ettore Scola and written by Scola and the famous screenwriter du ...

'' (1970) - District Head of Communist Party * ''Il trapianto'' (1970) * ''La ley de una raza'' (1970) * ''

El bosque del lobo ''The Ancines Woods'' ( es, El Bosque del Lobo, lit=The Forest of the Wolf also known as ''The Wolf's Forest'') is a 1970 Spanish drama/ horror film co-written, produced, and directed by Pedro Olea. It is based on the novel by Carlos Martínez-B ...

'' (1970) - Vilairo * ''

The Wind's Fierce ''The Wind's Fierce'' ( es, La cólera del viento, it, La collera del vento, also known as ''Revenge of Trinity'', ''Trinity Sees Red'' and ''The Wind's Anger'') is a 1970 Spanish-Italian western-drama film written and directed by Mario Camus. P ...

'' (1970) - Pedro * ''Las melancólicas'' (1971) * ''20,000 dólares por un cadáver'' (1971) * ''

Captain Apache ''Captain Apache'' is a 1971 Spanish-British acid Western film directed by Alexander Singer and starring Lee Van Cleef, Carroll Baker, and Stuart Whitman. It was written and produced by Milton Sperling and Philip Yordan. The film was based on th ...

'' (1971) - Guitarist * ''

The House of the Doves ''The House of the Doves'' (Spanish: ''La casa de las palomas'', Italian: ''Un solo grande amore'') is a 1972 Italian-Spanish drama film directed by Claudio Guerin and starring Ornella Muti, Lucia Bosé and Glen Lee.Bentley p.208 The film's sets ...

'' (1972) - Sirviente de Fernando * ''La garbanza negra, que en paz descanse...'' (1972) - Bombero jefe * ''

The Cannibal Man ''The Cannibal Man'' (Spanish ''La Semana del asesino'', literally "Week of the Killer") is a 1972 horror film, directed by Eloy de la Iglesia and written by de la Iglesia and Antonio Fos. Despite the international title, the film contains no sce ...

'' (1972) - Señor Ambrosio * ''

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'' (1972) - Manuel * ''

El Retorno de Walpurgis ''El Retorno de Walpurgis'' (''The Return of Walpurgis'', also known as ''Curse of the Devil'') is a 1973 Mexican-Spanish co-production horror film that is the seventh in a twelve-film series about the werewolf Count Waldemar Daninsky, played by ...

'' (1973) - Maurice, Waldemar's valet * ''

The Guerrilla ''The Guerrilla'' is a 1908 American silent short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. Cast * Arthur V. Johnson as Jack Stanford * Dorothy West as Dorothy * George Gebhardt as Confederate Soldier * Charles Inslee as Servant * Owen Moore * ...

'' (1973) - Guerrillero * ''La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea'' (1973) - Alguacil * ''

Vengeance of the Zombies ''Vengeance of the Zombies'' ( es, La rebelión de las muertas/ ''Rebellion of the Dead Women'') is a 1972 Spanish horror film directed by León Klimovsky and starring Paul Naschy, Mirta Miller, Vic Winner and Aurora de Alba. The film was shot in ...

'' (1973) - Augusto * ''

Murder in a Blue World ''Murder in a Blue World'' ( es, Una gota de sangre para morir amando, links=no, ''A Drop of Blood to Die Loving''; french: Le bal du vaudou, links=no, ''The Voodoo Ball'') is a 1973 Spanish-French dystopian science fiction/crime/ horror film di ...

'' (1973) - Rehabilitado * '' Verflucht dies Amerika'' (1973) * ''

The King is the Best Mayor ''The King is the Best Mayor'' (Italian: ''Il miglior sindaco, il re'', Spanish: ''El mejor alcalde, el rey'') is a 1974 Italian-Spanish historical drama film directed by Rafael Gil and starring Analía Gadé, Simonetta Stefanelli and Ray Loveloc ...

'' (1974) - Yuntero * ''Cuando los niños vienen de Marsella'' (1974) - Padre de Titi * ''The Mummy's Revenge'' (1975) - Anchaff * '' The Great House'' (1975) * '' Pim, pam, pum... ¡fuego!'' (1975) * ''Solo ante el Streaking'' (1975) - Servando * ''El poder del deseo'' (1975) - Vecino * '' Manuela'' (1976) - El Moreno * ''La lozana andaluza'' (1976) * ''Secuestro'' (1976) - Guardia civil * ''Más fina que las gallinas'' (1977) * '' Foul Play'' (1977) - Mecánico del pueblo * ''¡Bruja, más que bruja!'' (1977) - Sacerdote * ''Me siento extraña'' (1977) - Tomás * '' Los Días del pasado'' (1978) - Lucio * ''Un hombre llamado Flor de Otoño'' (1978) - Modesto * ''Donde hay patrón...'' (1978) - Vargas * ''Cartas de amor de una monja'' (1978) - Jerónimo * ''Cabo de vara'' (1978) * ''

Seven Days in January ''Seven Days in January'' ( es, Siete días de enero) is a 1979 Spanish drama film directed by Juan Antonio Bardem about the 1977 Atocha massacre. The film won the Golden Prize at 11th Moscow International Film Festival. Cast * Manuel Ángel E ...

'' (1979) - Sebastián Cifuentes * ''La Sabina'' (1979) - Félix * ''El lobo negro'' (1981) * ''Buitres sobre la ciudad'' (1981) - Cullen * ''Perdóname, amor'' (1982)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Polack, Fernando Sanchez 1920 births 1982 deaths Male actors from Madrid Spanish male film actors 20th-century Spanish male actors Male Spaghetti Western actors