Ángel Álvarez (26 September 1906 – 13 December 1983) was a prolific

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. He made over 205 film appearances between 1945 and 1982. He is probably best known for his

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s of the 1960s and 1970s. He appeared in

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films such as ''

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'', and '' Django'' in 1966 opposite

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. He often played a plump store keeper or a bank manager.

Selected filmography

* '' Eloisa Is Under an Almond Tree'' (1943) - Espectador del cine (uncredited) * '' El destino se disculpa'' (1945) - Conserje de la radio (uncredited) * ''La luna vale un millón'' (1945) - Financiero (uncredited) * ''Cinco lobitos'' (1945) * ''

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'' (1946) - Barman * ''El crimen de Pepe Conde'' (1946) * ''María Fernanda, la Jerezana'' (1947) * ''Fuenteovejuna'' (1947) * ''

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'' (1947) - Segundo Fraile (Second Friar) (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1947) - Bibliotecario * ''El marqués de Salamanca'' (1948) - Recepcionista hotel * ''Pequeñeces...'' (1950) - criado de Jacobo * ''Tiempos felices'' (1950) * ''

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'' (1951) - (uncredited) * '' The Great Galeoto'' (1951) * '' Lola the Coalgirl'' (1952) - Parroquiano (uncredited) * ''Cerca de la ciudad'' (1952) - Juan * ''Facultad de letras'' (1952) - Camarero * '' From Madrid to Heaven'' (1952) - Cochero * ''

Devil's Roundup ''Devil's Roundup'' (Spanish: ''El cerco del diablo'') is a 1952 Spanish drama film directed by Antonio del Amo, Enrique Gómez, Edgar Neville, José Antonio Nieves Conde and Arturo Ruiz Castillo.Betz p.248 Cast * Fernando Aguirre as Pescad ...

'' (1952) - Cajero * '' Last Day'' (1952) - Dueño de la churrería * '' Doña Francisquita'' (1952) - Un señor (uncredited) * ''El encuentro'' (1952) * '' Welcome Mr. Marshall!'' (1953) - Pedro * '' I Was a Parish Priest'' (1953) - Tendero (uncredited) * ''Nadie lo sabrá'' (1953) - Compañero de Pedro * ''

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'' (1953) - Lorenzo * '' Adventures of the Barber of Seville'' (1954) - Dueño de la posada (uncredited) * '' Three are Three'' (1954) - (segment "Introducción: Tribunal") * ''Tres huchas para Oriente'' (1954) - Cliente de José * ''Nosotros dos'' (1955) - Customer (uncredited) * ''El coyote'' (1955) * ''Duelo de pasiones'' (1955) * ''Mañana cuando amanezca'' (1955) - Karl Naumann * ''Noche de tormenta'' (1955) * '' The Red Fish'' (1955) - Portero del teatro * ''Recluta con niño'' (1956) - Marido de Enriqueta * '' The Coyote's Justice'' (1956) - Fiscal * ''La vida en un bloc'' (1956) - Cura párrroco (uncredited) * '' The Big Lie'' (1956) - Guionista de Sándalo (uncredited) * ''Esa voz es una mina'' (1956) * ''Miedo'' (1956) * '' We're All Necessary'' (1956) - Cocinero restaurante del tren * '' We Thieves Are Honourable'' (1956) - Farmacéutico * '' Andalusia Express'' (1956) - Apostador en frontón (uncredited) * '' El malvado Carabel'' (1956) - Olalla * ''Manolo guardia urbano'' (1956) - Dueño de la mantequería (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1956) - Tabernero * ''Piedras vivas'' (1956) * ''Miguitas y el carbonero'' (1956) * ''Dimentica il mio passato'' (1957) * ''El hombre que viajaba despacito'' (1957) - Marcelino * ''Un abrigo a cuadros'' (1957) * '' Faustina'' (1957) - Guardia (uncredited) * ''El genio alegre'' (1957) * ''Fulano y Mengano'' (1957) - Encargado de obra * ''Un marido de ida y vuelta'' (1957) - Sacerdote * ''Polvorilla'' (1957) * ''Las muchachas de azul'' (1957) - Payaso * ''Historias de Madrid'' (1958) - Lucas * ''

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'' (1958) - Consejero * ''Familia provisional'' (1958) * ''Aquellos tiempos del cuplé'' (1958) - Don Benigno * ''El hombre del paraguas blanco'' (1958) - El boticario * ''

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'' (1958) - Amo 2 * ''Muchachas en vacaciones'' (1958) * ''Villa Alegre'' (1958) - Ramiro * ''

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'' (1959) - Sáenz * ''El puente de la paz'' (1958) - Vecino * ''Ana dice sí'' (1958) - Portero * ''Los clarines del miedo'' (1958) - Músico * ''Hospital general'' (1958) * ''Die Sklavenkarawane'' (1958) - Bimbaschi (uncredited) * ''

Where Are You Going, Alfonso XII? ''Where Are You Going, Alfonso XII?'' () is a 1959 Spanish historical drama film directed by Luis César Amadori and starring Paquita Rico and Vicente Parra. It portrays the romance between Alfonso XII of Spain and his wife Maria de las Merced ...

'' (1959) - Tabernero (uncredited) * ''Soledad'' (1959) * ''Juego de niños'' (1959) * ''Gayarre'' (1959) - Mecenas * ''Bombas para la paz'' (1959) - Padre de la novia citada a las 11 * ''

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'' (1959) - Padrino * ''Salto a la gloria'' (1959) - Fotógrafo * ''Y después del cuplé'' (1959) * '' They Fired with Their Lives'' (1959) * ''La vida alrededor'' (1959) - Don Heliodoro * ''Der Löwe von Babylon'' (1959) - Kepek * ''El día de los enamorados'' (1959) - Cliente en Tienda de Deportes * ''El gafe'' (1959) * ''Los chicos'' (1959) - (uncredited) * ''El secreto de papá'' (1959) * ''

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'' (1959) * ''El amor que yo te di'' (1960) * ''Siempre en la arena'' (1960) * ''El cerro de los locos'' (1960) - Don Daniel * ''

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'' (1960) * '' Carnival Day'' (1960) * ''The Fabulous Fraud'' (1960) - Pascual * ''Compadece al delincuente'' (1960) * ''Le tre eccetera del colonnello'' (1960) * ''La quiniela'' (1960) * '' El Cochecito'' (1960) - Álvarez * '' The Two Rivals'' (1960) * '' One Step Forward'' (1960) - Cocinero * '' My Street'' (1960) - Tratante de caballos (uncredited) * ''091 Policía al habla'' (1960) - Melonero * ''La estatua'' (1961) * ''Margarita se llama mi amor'' (1961) - Manolo, hombre sentado en el baile * ''La bella Mimí'' (1961) * ''Prohibido enamorarse'' (1961) - El burrero * '' Darling'' (1961) * ''Honorables sinvergüenzas'' (1961) - Roque Martínez Calero * ''Despedida de soltero'' (1961) * '' Tres de la Cruz Roja'' (1961) - Don José * ''Armas contra la ley'' (1961) * ''Fray Escoba'' (1961) - Fray Tomás * ''Zorro the Avenger'' (1962) - Ciudadano * '' Accidente 703'' (1962) - Mariano (uncredited) * ''Los que no fuimos a la guerra'' (1962) - Fernández * ''Sabían demasiado'' (1962) * '' The Balcony of the Moon'' (1962) - Cura * ''Una isla con tomate'' (1962) * ''Cupido contrabandista'' (1962) * ''

La gran familia ''La gran familia'' is a 1962 Spanish classic comedy film directed by and starring Alberto Closas and Amparo Soler Leal, as a married couple with 15 children, José Isbert and José Luis López Vázquez. It was so successful that it inspired ...

'' (1962) - El frutero * ''Les quatre vérités'' (1962) * ''Operación Embajada'' (1963) - Anticuario * '' La becerrada'' (1963) - Chamorro * ''El sol en el espejo'' (1963) - Frutero * '' The Executioner'' (1963) - Álvarez, el enterrador * ''La máscara de Scaramouche'' (1963) * ''

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'' (1963) - Guía Don Quijote * '' Marisol rumbo a Río'' (1963) - Cliente en gasolinera * ''Pacto de silencio'' (1963) - Cap. Esteban Durante * ''Júrame'' (1964) * ''I promessi sposi'' (1964) * ''Isidro el labrador'' (1964) * '' The Chosen Ones'' (1964) - Aldeano en tren * '' Weeping for a Bandit'' (1964) - Cliente de la posada * ''Fin de semana'' (1964) - Don Eloy * ''Damned Pistols of Dallas'' (1964) - Fast Draw * ''

Tintin and the Blue Oranges ''Tintin and the Blue Oranges'' () is a 1964 Franco-Spanish adventure comedy film directed by Philippe Condroyer and starring Jean-Pierre Talbot as Tintin. It was the second live-action film, with an original story based on characters from the c ...

'' (1964) - le Professeur Zalamea * '' The Pleasure Seekers'' (1964) - (uncredited) * '' Tres dólares de plomo'' (1964) * '' La frontera de Dios'' (1965) * ''Historias de la televisión'' (1965) * '' Currito of the Cross'' (1965) - Don Antonio * ''El cálido verano del Sr. Rodríguez'' (1965) * ''Mi canción es para ti'' (1965) - Don Napoleón * '' Madamigella di Maupin'' (1966) - Monseigneur de Maupin * ''Rose rosse per Angelica'' (1966) * '' Django'' (1966) - Nathaniel the Bartender * ''

'' (1966) - Oliver Blackwood - Bank Manager * ''Non faccio la guerra, faccio l'amore'' (1966) * ''Eroe vagabondo'' (1966) * '' Fury of Johnny Kid'' (1967) - Padre * ''El hombre de Caracas'' (1967) * ''Operación Dalila'' (1967) - Botín * ''

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'' (1967) - Sacerdote #1 * ''El Baldiri de la costa'' (1968) - Rector * '' Requiem for a Gringo'' (1968) - Samuel, Saloon Owner * '' The Mercenary'' (1968) - Notary (uncredited) * '' Cemetery Without Crosses'' (1969) - Barkeeper (uncredited) * ''Pasto de fieras'' (1969) * ''Esa mujer'' (1969) * ''Mi marido y sus complejos'' (1969) - Ernesto * ''Educando a una idiota'' (1969) * '' The Price of Power'' (1969) - J. B. Cotton * ''El alma se serena'' (1970) - Taxista * '' Adiós, Sabata'' (1970) - Bookie (uncredited) * ''Préstame quince días'' (1971) - Arturo * ''Una chica casi decente'' (1971) * '' Delusions of Grandeur'' (1971) - (uncredited) * '' Rain for a Dusty Summer'' (1971) - The Bishop (uncredited) * ''La montaña rebelde'' (1971) - Don Fabián * ''

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'' (1972) - Taxista * ''Ligue Story'' (1972) - El párroco * '' Sting of the West'' (1972) * '' A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die'' (1972) - Scully the Monger (uncredited) * ''Secuestro a la española'' (1972) * ''

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'' (1973) - Rev. Wilson * ''¡Qué cosas tiene el amor!'' (1973) - Miembro del rodaje * ''Corazón solitario'' (1973) - Sacerdote * '' Ricco the Mean Machine'' (1973) - Giuseppe Calogero * ''Verflucht, dies Amerika'' (1973) * ''Celos, amor y Mercado Común'' (1973) * ''Grandeur nature'' (1974) - Spaniard at party (uncredited) * ''Los caballeros del Botón de Ancla'' (1974) - Don Cristino * ''El reprimido'' (1974) * ''Doctor, me gustan las mujeres, ¿es grave?'' (1974) - Médico * ''El insólito embarazo de los Martínez'' (1974) - Hombre en combate de boxeo * ''Vida íntima de un seductor cínico'' (1975) * ''Nosotros, los decentes'' (1976) - Don Domingo * ''El alijo'' (1976) - Agente * ''Ligeramente viudas'' (1976) * ''Guerreras verdes'' (1976) - Sacerdote * ''

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'' (1976) - Álvarez * ''La mujer es un buen negocio'' (1977) - Cliente del limpiabotas * ''Viaje al centro de la Tierra'' (1977) - Professor * ''Uno del millón de muertos'' (1977) * ''Nunca es tarde'' (1977) - Abuelo * ''Doña Perfecta'' (1977) * ''Hail Hazana'' (1978) - Hermano Pedro * ''Avisa a Curro Jiménez'' (1978) * ''La escopeta nacional'' (1978) * ''Cabo de vara'' (1978) * ''Soldados'' (1978) * '' Tigers in Lipstick'' (1979) * ''El rediezcubrimiento de México'' (1979) - Cura * ''Un pasota con corbata'' (1982) * ''Nacional III'' (1982) * ''Un rolls para Hipólito'' (1982) - Huésped #2 * ''Los pajaritos'' (1983)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alvarez, Angel Spanish male film actors Male Spaghetti Western actors Male actors from Madrid 1906 births 1983 deaths 20th-century Spanish male actors