Aldo Sambrell
Aldo Sambrell (actually Alfredo Sánchez Brell , born February 23, 1937 in Madrid , † July 10, 2010 in Alicante ) was a Spanish actor , producer and director .
Life
Sambrell spent part of his youth with his father, who fled to Mexico before Francisco Franco, and after returning to his homeland he got his first film role in Nicholas Ray's King of Kings . Soon he was best known for his roles in Spaghetti Westerns; Among other things, he appeared in all of Sergio Leone's films in this genre. In over 150 films he appeared as a mostly unsympathetic figure, often as a Mexican. He played his best role and one of the greatest in Sergio Corbucci's Navajo Joe (1966).
After the western wave subsided, Sambrell managed to stay in business making him one of the most widely used actors.
In addition to his genre films, Sambrell was also seen in more demanding productions such as Doktor Schiwago (1965), Buñuels Tristana (1970) or I Picari (1988). In 1982 he took part in the Australian television series "Runaway Island / Auf und Away " with. He produced and directed several films himself; mostly with South American co-producers. From the late 1990s, he also appeared in a few films by Jess Franco .
Filmography (selection)
- 1961: King of Kings (King of kings)
- 1963: Fuera de la ley - directed by León Klimovsky
- 1963: Settlement in Veracruz (El sabor de la venganza)
- 1963: Three against Sacramento (Gringo)
- 1963: The Three Inexorable (Tres hombres buenos)
- 1963: gunpowder in Casa Grande (Gunfighters of Casa Grande)
- 1964: For a handful of dollars (Per un pugno di dollari)
- 1964: Journey to Hell to Golden City (Fuerte perdido)
- 1964: La tumba del pistolero
- 1964: Assault on Fort Yellowstone (El hombre de la diligencia)
- 1964: The Hundred Knights (I cento cavalieri)
- 1965: Pistoleros (All'ombra di una colt)
- 1965: For a few dollars more (Per qualche dollaro in più)
- 1965: Hell of Manitoba
- 1965: $ 100,000 for a Colt (La muerte cumple condena)
- 1965: Son of gunslingers (Son of a Gunfighter)
- 1965: Zadar-Khan, the desert rebel (La magnifica sfida)
- 1966: They Fear Neither Death nor the Devil (Lost Command)
- 1966: Dinamita Jim
- 1966: Bounty: One Dollar (Navajo Joe)
- 1966: The Texas Man (The Texican)
- 1966: Kill Amigo (Quien sabe?)
- 1966: Two glorious scoundrels (Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo)
- 1966: Under the flag of the tiger (El tigre de los siete mares)
- 1967: Face to Face (Faccia a faccia)
- 1967: The Cruel (I crudeli)
- 1967: The last train to Durango (Un treno per Durango)
- 1967: More dead than alive (Un minuto per pregare, un istanto per morire)
- 1968: Pancho Villa rides (Villa Rides)
- 1968: Requiem for Django (Réquiem para el gringo)
- 1968: The Dirty Thirteen (Quindici forche per un assassino)
- 1968: Play me the song of death (C'era una volta il West)
- 1969: 100 Rifles (100 rifles)
- 1970: In a saddle with death (Hannie Caulder)
- 1970: Manos torpes
- 1970: Death says Amen (Arizona si scatenò… e li fece fuori tutti)
- 1970: Uccidi Django… uccidi per primo !!!
- 1971: Who instigated the mob (The Last Run)
- 1971: The Challenge (Rain for a Dusty Summer)
- 1971: No Requiem for San Bastardo (A Town Called Hell)
- 1971: The Light at the Edge of the World (The Light at the Edge of the World)
- 1971: Matalo (… y seguian robandose el millon de dolares)
- 1971: Sando Kid speaks the last Hallelujah (Un dolár para Sartana)
- 1971: The Last Run
- 1972: Ben and Charlie (Amico, Stammi lontano almeno un palmo)
- 1973: The Man from El Paso (Un hombre llamado Noon)
- 1973: Shaft in Africa (Shaft in Africa)
- 1973: Under the Deadly Sun (Charley One-Eye)
- 1974: Sinbad's Dangerous Adventures (The Golden Voyage of Sinbad)
- 1975: The Wind and the Lion (The Wind and the Lion)
- 1976: The Million Dollar Coup (Atraco en la jungla)
- 1978: Missile X - secret mission neutron bomb (Alarms nucleare)
- 1978: silver saddle (Sella d'argento)
- 1978: Frau Doktor can not help it (L'infermiera di campagna)
- 1979: The Dog (El perro)
- 1980: Up and away (Runaway Iceland) (TV Series)
- 1981: Mundo Verde (Kapax del Amazonas) (& director)
- 1981: Monkfish (Los diablos del mar)
- 1982: Ahora mis pistolas hablan
- 1982: Sex orgies in Satan's castle (La bimba di Satana)
- 1983: Al Oeste de Río Grande
- 1984: The Temple of Bloody Gold (Yellow Hair and the Fortress of Gold)
- 1984: Tuareg - The Deadly Trace (Tuareg - Il guerriero del deserto)
- 1985: Black Arrow - War of the Roses (Black Arrow)
- 1985: Blood Hunt (La noche de la ira)
- 1985: Tex and the secret of the grottoes of death (Tex e il Signore degli abissi)
- 1986: Caligula - Emperor of Terror (Roma. L'antica chiave dei sensi)
- 1986: Flavia - Caesar's sex slave (Flavia)
- 1986: The Junk Thief (Ladrón de chatarra)
- 1987: Bird of Prey (Beaks)
- 1989: The Return of the Musketeers (The Return of the Musketeers)
- 1990: Mission Adler - Armor of God II
- 1991: Caged Women (Caged - Le prede umane)
- 1994: Men of War
- 1996: Aquí llega Condemor (el pecador de la pradera)
- 2002: Killer Barbys vs. Dracula - Director: Jesus Franco
Web links
- Aldo Sambrell in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Sambrell, Aldo |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brell, Alfredo Sánchez (real name); Brell, Aldo S. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 23, 1937 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Madrid , Spain |
DATE OF DEATH | July 10, 2010 |
Place of death | Alicante , Spain |