Frank Braña

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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)

literature

  • Westerns all'Italiana !, # 73, 2007 - interview

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.larazon.es/noticia/4828-fallece-frank-brana-actor-en-170-peliculas-de-accion-y-del-oeste
personal data
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