Ángel Álvarez
Acting
Biography
Ángel Álvarez (September 26, 1906 – December 13, 1983) was a prolific Spanish film actor. He made over 205 film appearances between 1945 and 1982. He is probably best known for his western films of the 1960s and 1970s. He appeared in Spaghetti western films such as Navajo Joe and Django in 1966 opposite Franco Nero. He often played a plump store keeper or a bank manager. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ángel Álvarez, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: September 27, 1906
Place of Birth: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Known For
El balcón de la Luna
The lives of 3 singers during their last few months working at a venue called "The Moon's Balcony"
El hombre que viajaba despacito
A tank regiment soldier needs a permit to go to his village to meet his newborn son. It will not be easy, leading to absurd situations featuring the legendary humorist Miguel Gila.
De Madrid al cielo
In the Madrid beginning of the 20th century two young people try to make it as artists: Elena intends to succeed in the music world and Pablo wants to become a famous painter.
The Betrothed
Renzo Tramaglino and Lucia Mondella are two poor farmers who are in love, but they are hampered by the wickedness of the powerful Don Rodrigo, who secretly loves Lucia. The two run away from Lake Como where they live, and take refuge inland.
Nadie lo sabrá
La fierecilla domada
The Executioner
An undertaker gets married to an old executioner's daughter and, although he doesn't like it, must continue the profession of his father-in-law after his retirement.
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
A small Spanish town, Villar del Río, is alerted to the upcoming visit of American diplomats and its ruling townsmen begin preparations to impress the American visitors, in the hopes of benefiting under the Marshall Plan. Hoping to demonstrate the side of Spanish culture with which the visiting foreign officials would be more familiarized, the Castilian citizens don unfamiliar Andalusian costumes, hire a renowned flamenco performer, and re-decorate their town in Andalusian style, meantime waiting for their uncertain arrival.
Delusions of Grandeur
Don Sallust is the minister of the King of Spain. Being disingenuous, hypocritical, greedy and collecting the taxes for himself, he is hated by the people he oppresses. Accused by The Queen, a beautiful princess Bavarian, of having an illegitimate child to one of her maids of honor, he was stripped of his duties and ordered to retire to a monastery.
Django
A coffin-dragging gunslinger and a prostitute become embroiled in a bitter feud between a merciless masked clan and a band of Mexican revolutionaries.
Filmography
as Huésped
as Abuelo
as Deán
as Professor
as Cliente del limpiabotas
as Sacerdote
as Álvarez
as Sacerdote
as Don Domingo
as Agente
as Bishop
as Hombre en combate de boxeo
as Giuseppe Calogero
as Sacerdote
as Rev. Wilson
as El párroco
as Taxista
as Representative of the poor village racketeered (uncredited)
as Juez
as Superior
as Arturo
as Don Fabián
as Taxista
as J. B. Cotton
as Ernesto
as Barkeeper (uncredited)
as Notary (uncredited)
as Samuel, Saloon Owner
as Rector
as Botín
as Padre
as Don Alvarez
as Oliver Blackwood
as Nataniele
as Tabernero
as Monsignor de Maupin
as Don Antonio
as Don Napoleón
as Professeur Zalamea
as Goodwin
as Don Eloy
as (uncredited)
as Cliente en gasolinera
as Álvarez, el enterrador
as Cap. Esteban Durante
as Chamorro
as Anticuario
as (segment "La mort et le bûcheron")
as El frutero
as Alcalde
as Cura
as El Sésamo
as Fernández
as Mariano (uncredited)
as Ciudadano
as Guardia
as Fray Tomás
as Roque Martínez Calero
as Manolo, hombre sentado en el baile
as Tratante de caballos (uncredited)
as Melonero
as Álvarez
as Cocinero
as (uncredited)
as Don Daniel
as Slave Trader
as Cliente en Tienda de Deportes
as Kepek
as Don Heliodoro
as Padrino
as Sáenz
as Tabernero (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Bimbaschi (uncredited)
as Dueño del Bar Eulogio
as Portero
as Vecino
as Trabajador del aeropuerto
as Master #2
as El boticario
as Don Benigno
as Consejero
as Lucas
as Payaso
as Sacerdote
as Encargado de obra
as Marcelino
as Apostador en frontón (uncredited)
as Sándalo's Screenwriter (uncredited)
as Cura párroco (uncredited)
as Miembro Consejo de Administración
as (no acreditado)
as Karl Naumann
as Cliente (no acreditado)
as (segment "Introducción: Tribunal")
as Dueño de la posada
as Cliente de José
as Compañero de Pedro
as Tendero (no acreditado)
as Pedro
as Un señor
as Dueño de la churrería
as Cochero
as Camarero
as Parroquiano
as Juan
as Cajero
as Criado (no acreditado)
as Señor en reunión
as (no acreditado)
as Criado de Jacobo
as Defensor de Zaragoza (no acreditado)
as Recepcionista hotel
as Segundo Fraile (Second Friar) (uncredited)
as Barman
as Financiero (uncredited)