Frank Braña
Frank Braña (actually Francisco Braña Pérez ; born February 24, 1934 in Pola de Allande , † February 13, 2012 in Madrid ) was a Spanish actor .
Life
Braña first worked as a stuntman and later as an actor; he thus became one of the most consistent workers in the heyday of Italian and Spanish genre cinema from the 1960s to the 1980s. He was after his appearances in Sergio Leone's dollar trilogy with gray hair and bushy eyebrows a supporting actor in spaghetti westerns again and again; Overall, he played in almost 60 westerns and well over a hundred other films.
In 2007 he received the University of Navarra's award for best actor for his role in El viejo y el mar (The Old Man and the Sea) .
Frank Braña was also led under the following names: Frank Blank, Francisco Brana, Franck Brana, Frank Brana, Frank Branya, Francisco Braña, Paco Braña .
Filmography (selection)
- 1961: Under the flag of the privateers
- 1963: Law of the Bravados (Cavalca e uccidi)
- 1963: Assault on Fort Yellowstone (El hombre de la diligencia)
- 1964: La carga de la policía montada
- 1964: For a handful of dollars (Per un pugno di dollari)
- 1964: The Law of Two (I due violenti)
- 1964: Journey to Hell to Golden City (Fuerte perdido)
- 1964: Murietta - Scourge of California (Joaquín Murrieta)
- 1964: El secreto del capitán O'Hara
- 1964: La tumba del pistolero
- 1965: Adios Gringo (Adiós gringo)
- 1965: A stretcher for the sheriff (Una bara per lo sceriffo)
- 1965: For a few dollars more (Per qualche dollaro in più)
- 1965: The last of the Mohicans
- 1965: El proscrito del Río Colorado
- 1966: Two glorious scoundrels (Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo)
- 1966: The Haunted of the Sierra Madre (La resa dei conti)
- 1966: No coffin without dollars (El precio de un hombre)
- 1966: The witch without a broom (Una bruja sin escoba)
- 1967: Django - insatiable like Satan (Un hombre vino a matar)
- 1967: God forgives ... Django never! (Dio perdona ... io no!)
- 1967: Face to Face (Faccia a faccia)
- 1968: A colt for a hundred coffins (Una pistola per cento bare)
- 1968: Django - I want him dead (Lo voglio morto)
- 1968: The Dirty Thirteen (Quindici forche per un assassino)
- 1968: One shot too many (Dos hombres van a morir)
- 1968: Play me the song of death (C'era una volta il West)
- 1968: Four for one Ave Maria (I quattro dell'Ave Maria)
- 1969: Bloody lead (Il prezzo del potere)
- 1969: Garringo - the executioner (Garringo)
- 1969: The bounty killer pays the bill (La morte sull'alta collina)
- 1969: Zorro's Revenge (El Zorro justiciero)
- 1970: Manos torpes
- 1970: Sartana is coming ... (Una nuvola di polvere ... un grido di morte ... arriva Sartana)
- 1970: ... and Santana kills them all (Un par de asesinos)
- 1971: In nome del padre, del figlio e della Colt
- 1971: El más fabuloso golpe del Far West
- 1972: Una bala marcada
- 1972: Los buitres cavarán tu fosa
- 1972: Un dólar de recompensa
- 1973: … so divennero i tre supermen del west
- 1973: Hai sbagliato… dovevi uccidermi subito!
- 1973: The return of the corpses on horseback (El ataque de los muertos sin ojos)
- 1973: Sing me the song of vengeance (Mi chiamavano 'Requiescat'… ma avevano sbagliato)
- 1973: Damn this America
- 1974: Murderer Roulette (El clan de los inmorales)
- 1975: Si quieres vivir… dispara
- 1979: Supersonic Man
- 1981: El lobo negro
- 1981: La venganza del Lobo Negro
- 1983: The extraterrestrial visitors (Los nuevos extraterrestres)
- 1985: Black Arrow - War of the Roses (Black Arrow)
- 1985: Tex and the secret of the grottoes of death (Tex e il Signore degli abissi)
literature
- Westerns all'Italiana !, # 73, 2007 - interview
Web links
- Frank Braña in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.larazon.es/noticia/4828-fallece-frank-brana-actor-en-170-peliculas-de-accion-y-del-oeste
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Braña, Frank |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Braña Pérez, Francisco (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1934 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pola de Allande , Spain |
DATE OF DEATH | February 13, 2012 |
Place of death | Madrid |