Álvaro de Luna Blanco (10 April 1935 – 2 November 2018) was a Spanish actor. He performed in more than one hundred films since 1961. He was most known for El Algarrobo in ''
Curro Jiménez
''Curro Jiménez'' was a successful Spanish television historical drama series that was first broadcast on La Primera Cadena of Televisión Española from December 22, 1976 to March 25, 1978.
Its main theme was Andalusian "bandolerismo" (bandi ...
''.
In 1963 he appeared in ''
El verdugo'', by
Luis García Berlanga
Luis García-Berlanga Martí (12 June 1921 – 13 November 2010) was a Spain , Spanish film director and screenwriter. Acclaimed as a pioneer of modern Spanish cinema, his films are marked by social satire and acerbic critiques of Spanish culture ...
. In 1987 he appeared in the TV series ''Vísperas''.
He died on 2 November 2018 from a
hepatic insufficiency.
Selected filmography
* 1965: ''
That Man in Istanbul
''That Man in Istanbul'' ( es, Estambul 65, it, Colpo grosso a Galata Bridge, french: L'Homme d'Istamboul) is a 1965 English-language European international co-production adventure film directed by Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi and starring Horst ...
''
* 1965: ''
All'ombra di una colt
''In a Colt's Shadow'' ( it, All'ombra di una colt) is a 1965 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed and written by Giovanni Grimaldi.
Story
Two professional gunfighters separate after they complete a job in a small Mexican town where they rid ...
''
* 1967: ''
The Viscount''
* 1968: ''
The Mercenary''
* 1968: ''
Ballad of a Bounty Hunter''
* 1970: ''
Un par de asesinos
''Sartana Kills Them All'' ( es, Un par de asesinos) is a 1970 Spanish crime comedy western film directed by Rafael Romero Marchent, written by Mario Alabiso and Santiago Moncada and starring Gianni Garko
Gianni Garko (born Giovanni Garcovich ...
''
* 1970: ''
Compañeros''
* 1974: ''
Count Dracula's Great Love'' as Porteado
* 1975: ''
Order to Kill''
* 1982:
El cabezota'
* 1985: ''
Teo el pelirrojo''
* 2001: ''
Lázaro de Tormes
''Lázaro de Tormes'' is a 2001 Spanish comedy film directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez and José Luis García Sánchez which stars Rafael Álvarez "El Brujo" as the title character.
Plot
Set in the 16th century, the plot concerns about a tria ...
''
* 2001: ''
Silencio roto
''Broken Silence'' ( es, Silencio roto, links=no) is a 2001 Spanish drama film directed by Montxo Armendáriz which stars Lucía Jiménez and Juan Diego Botto. The plot depicts life in a small town after the Spanish Civil War in the years 1944-19 ...
'' as Don Hilario
* 2002: ''
Carol's Journey
''Carol's Journey'' ( es, El viaje de Carol, links=no) is a 2002 Spanish-Portuguese drama film directed by Imanol Uribe which stars Clara Lago and Juan José Ballesta alongside Álvaro de Luna, María Barranco, Carmelo Gómez and Rosa María Sar ...
''
References
External links
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1935 births
2018 deaths
Spanish male film actors
Male actors from Madrid
20th-century Spanish male actors
21st-century Spanish male actors
Deaths from cancer in Spain
Deaths from liver cancer
Male Spaghetti Western actors
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