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 Westerns 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 the list of Euro-Western films. In the ...

. He starred in the 1966 film ''

La caza ''The Hunt'' (in Spanish ''La Caza'') is a 1966 cinema of Spain, 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 internati ...

'', which won the

Silver Bear for Best Director The Silver Bear for Best Director () 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 from the films in the Competition ...

at the

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

. 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

* ''

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. Th ...

'' (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 declin ...

'' (1962) * '' Weeping for a Bandit'' (1964) - Antonio * ''

A Fistful of Dollars ''A Fistful of Dollars'' (, (''For a Fistful of Dollars'')) is a 1964 spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood in his first leading role, alongside Gian Maria Volonté, Marianne Koch, Wolfgang Lukschy, Si ...

'' (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'' (, , 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 as Dorothy * Adrian Hoven as Allan * Luis Induni ...

'' (1965) * '' The Art of Living'' (1965) * ''Posición avanzada'' (1966) - Sargento Díaz * '' With the East Wind'' (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 Sa ...

'' (1966) - Anahita's Father (uncredited) * '' The Ugly Ones'' (1966) * ''

The Big Gundown ''The Big Gundown'' () is a 1967 spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Sollima, and starring Lee Van Cleef and Tomas Milian. It was followed by Run, Man, Run in 1968. Plot Possessing a reputation for bringing criminals to justice, ready-to- ...

'' (1966) - Sheriff of Willow Creek City (uncredited) * ''Django Does Not Forgive'' (1966) * '' Ballad of a Gunman'' (1967) - Saloon Owner (uncredited) * '' Bewitched Love'' (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'' (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'' (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'' (1970) - District Head of Communist Party * ''Il trapianto'' (1970) * ''La ley de una raza'' (1970) * '' El bosque del lobo'' (1970) - Vilairo * '' The Wind's Fierce'' (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 ...

'' (1971) - Guitarist * '' The House of the Doves'' (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 scen ...

'' (1972) - Señor Ambrosio * ''

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'' (1972) - Manuel * '' El Retorno de Walpurgis'' (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'' (/ ''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 July 1972, but was only theatri ...

'' (1973) - Augusto * '' Murder in a Blue World'' (1973) - Rehabilitado * '' Verflucht dies Amerika'' (1973) * '' The King is the Best Mayor'' (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 ''El poder del deseo'' (, 'The force of desire') is a 1975 Spanish film starring Marisol and English actor Murray Head. The film was directed by Juan Antonio Bardem. The script was written by him and Rafael Azcona based on the novel by Manuel de ...

'' (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'' (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