German Cobos
Germán Cobos (actually Germán Sánchez Hernández Cobos ; born July 7, 1927 in Seville ; † January 12, 2015 ) was a Spanish actor .
Life
Cobos studied acting at the Real Conservatorio de Declamación in Madrid and since 1951 has played in a large number of European productions of popular genres; Particularly remembered - alongside three films for director Steno in the late 1950s - are his roles in spaghetti westerns and agent films of the 1960s in which he played the leading role. Sometimes he was referred to as Jerry Cobb or George Gordon . Later in his 110-plus film career, he also starred for Carlos Saura and Pedro Almodóvar . In the popular television series Arrayán he interpreted "Arturo Torres".
In 2010 Cobos received the gold medal of the "Spanish Society for Film History". Several times he was also active on stage.
Filmography (selection)
- 1951: La leona de Castilla
- 1957: My very bottom tester (Totò, Vittorio e la dottoressa)
- 1957: Susanna sweet as cream (Susanna tutta panna)
- 1960: Bread and Blood (A las cincos de la tarde)
- 1960: Taxi to Tobruk (Un taxi pour Tobrouk)
- 1963: Right under the skin (Les parias de la gloire)
- 1964: Journey to Hell to Golden City (Fuerte perdido)
- 1964: El secreto del capitán O'Hara
- 1965: The chance is nil (Agent Z 55 missione disperata)
- 1966: The Falcon of Castile (El halcón de Castilla)
- 1967: The gold fist of Brooklyn (El hombre del puño de oro)
- 1967: Lola Colt ... she spits in the devil's face (Lola Colt (Faccia a faccia con El Diablo))
- 1967: Wanted (Wanted)
- 1968: Sangue chiama sangue
- 1969: Quinto, don't kill (El valor de un cobarde)
- 1970: lead thunderstorm (Reverendo Colt)
- 1975: Breed ravens ... (Cría cuervos)
- 2007: Limoncello (short film)
Web links
- Germán Cobos in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Enrico Lancia, Fabio Melelli: Dictionnaire del cinema italiano. Attori stranieri del nostro cinema . Gremese 2006, pp. 50/51
- ↑ http://www.costadigital.es/html/actualidad.php?id=11152
- ↑ http://actores.mforos.com/1071290/6169114-german-cobos/
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cobos, German |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hernández Cobos, Germán Sánchez; Cobb, Jerry; Gordon, George |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 7, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seville |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 12, 2015 |