Antonio Casas
Acting
Biography
Antonio Casas (11 November 1911 - 14 February 1982) was a Spanish footballer turned film actor who appeared in film between 1941 and his death in 1982. Casas originally began as a footballer for Atlético Madrid, but entered film in 1941 and made nearly 170 appearances in film and TV between then and 1982. He appeared in A Pistol for Ringo in 1965 and Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in 1966. One of his best-known roles was in Luis Buñuel's Tristana.
Born: November 11, 1911
Place of Birth: A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Known For
The Dead Don't Forgive
A parapsychology student investigates his father's death.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.
El guardián del paraíso
A serene mind a person is in a coffee some of their experiences: the story of a poet who gives shelter, a nun who takes off to find a drug habits in the black market, and his own witness of a robbery and as a lover.
La Máscara Negra
Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang
Kirk Warren, a former spy, is to be executed because he tried to steal a million dollars. But he is saved by Colonel Smithson because Sir Wilcox has prepared a mission for him. Warren has to steal a secret formula in Switzerland and try to expose the real identity of Mr. X. Kirk leaves London and Alina, his girl, together with three clumsy friends to accomplish his not so secret mission. But Kirk's great love is always a million dollars and not a secret formula.
Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
This epic Spanish biopic chronicles the life of Cervantes, Spain's great novelist, playwright and poet, during the 16th-century, when as a young man he goes to Italy to become a soldier for the Pope. Later he helps the Pope's emissary wage war against the Spanish Moors. His exploits win him great favor. He falls in love with a famous Italian courtesan and she with him. Unfortunately, the Pope splits them apart with his newest decree which demands that all prostitutes leave the city. Upset, Cervantes goes to fight in the famed sea battle of Lepanto and comes back a hero. Later he is captured by Barbary pirates and ransomed by Trinitarian friars.
El señor de La Salle
Biography of San Juan Bautista de la Salle , where the effort and hardships that this canon of the nobility had to overcome in order to offer universal and free education to children, his main devotion, in the time of Louis XIV, are appreciated.
The Big Gundown
Unofficial lawman John Corbett hunts down Cuchillo Sanchez, a Mexican peasant accused of raping and killing a 12-year-old girl.
Tristana
As a young woman, Tristana is orphaned and taken under the guardianship of Don Lope, a respected member of the community, who takes advantage of his innocent charge. When Tristana falls in love with artist Horacio, she must learn to be more assertive in order to achieve independence from her nefarious guardian, or her blossoming relationship with Horatio is doomed.
Nine Letters to Berta
Lorenzo is a young man returns to Spain after spending some time in England, where he fell in love with Berta, the daughter of Spanish immigrants. Lorenzo writes several letters to her trying to convey the beauty of the world her parents left behind.
Filmography
as Gonzalo Pascual
as Emilio
as Juez
as Pedro
as Andrés
as Alguacil
as Castruccio
as Dr. Iglesias
as Jefe superior
as Comisario
as El Gran Duque
as Celio
as Juez
as Don Ricardo
as Arcipreste
as Óscar
as General Goyo
as El padre
as Padre de Nacho
as (uncredited)
as Wilkinson
as Padre de Miguel
as Comisario
as "La Tulipe"
as Warren
as Abad
as Don Cosme
as Mr. Willer
as Barnes
as Un bandito
as Felipe
as Don José
as Leading Citizen of Puerto del Fuego
as Prof. Andre
as Brother Smith & Wesson
as Col. Jenkins
as Stevens
as Isidro
as (uncredited)
as Professor Padereski
as Luis
as Frank Brady
as Colonel Jackson
as Scheik Cedar
as Sheriff Carson
as Colonel
as Scheik Cedar
as Pecos
as Comisario Ruiz
as Maj. Clyde
as Carlos
as Uncle Jonathan
as Sheriff Clymer
as Fiscal
as Salvador
as Carlos
as Bronsfield
as Don Enrique
as Enrique
as Luis Alcaraz
as Zathmar
as Sr. que encuentra a Chencho
as Dr. Shipley
as Captain of the 'Negrier'
as Phoenician Ambassador
as Pedro
as Luis
as Padre de Teresa
as Antonio
as Dosorza
as The father
as Mudir
as Dueño Granja A.S.U.
as Dr. Enrique González
as Asesor
as Juan García
as Enrique
as Manazas
as Médico
as Inspector
as Trainer
as Inspector
as (segment "Una de indios")
as Andrés
as Aziz
as Policía
as Giner
as Miguel
as Sr. Ramírez
as Comandante Aguado
as Juan de la Cosa
as Juan de Padilla
as Álvaro de Castro
as Javier
as Paquiro
as Padre Germán