Fernando Sancho


Fernando Sancho Les was a Spanish actor.

Biography

He was born in Zaragoza, in Aragon, Spain on 7 January 1916 and died at Hospital Militar Gómez Ulla in Madrid on 31 July 1990 from a liver failure during or following surgery to remove a malignant tumor in the pancreas. He was interred in Madrid.
Fernando Sancho fought in the Spanish Civil War on the rebel side, being wounded several times and achieving the rank of lieutenant in the Legion.

Career

He was often typecast as a Mexican bandit in Spaghetti Westerns, including The Big Gundown, A Pistol for Ringo and Return of Ringo, Arizona Colt, Minnesota Clay, and Sartana.
He also appeared in a number of Spanish horror movies in the 1960s and 1970s. One of his better known horror parts was the role of a corrupt small-town mayor in Return of the Blind Dead, directed by Amando de Ossorio.
Another notable horror film was Orloff and the Invisible Man, directed by Pierre Chevalier and starring Howard Vernon, an unofficial continuation of the Dr. Orloff saga begun by Jess Franco in The Awful Dr. Orloff.
He turned up briefly in the epic film Lawrence of Arabia playing the Turkish sergeant who arrests T. E. Lawrence in Deraa. He appeared in five Greek war movies ; three of these involved World War II and the other two involved the Greek War of Independence and the resistance of Souliotes against Ali Pasha.
Sancho had a prolific career and remained active in films up to his death.

Awards

He won the Medallas del Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos for La guerrilla in 1972, and in 1980 for all his career.

Selected filmography

¡Polizón a bordo! - CamareroOrosia - Mañico bronquistaUna mujer en un taxi Ni pobre, ni rico, sino todo lo contrario Estaba escrito Leyenda de feria Eres un caso Las inquietudes de Shanti Andía - Tristán de UgarteHéroes del 95 - General TampicoAbel Sánchez Mariona Rebull - Señor RoigWhen the Angels Sleep - PeralEl ángel gris The Black Siren - MayordomoAlma baturra Mi enemigo el doctor Embrujo - Mister BensonEl tambor del Bruch La muralla feliz - Mariano GarcíaCanción mortal La mies es mucha - ClarenbergCampo Bravo Don Juan de Serrallonga - TallaferroAquellas palabras Vida en sombras - ProductorCita con mi viejo corazón That Luzmela Girl Si te hubieses casado conmigo - TaxistaAgustina of Aragon La mujer de nadie - MartorellThe Dream of Andalusia Service at Sea - Don TofolOur Lady of Fatima - Comunista 1The Great Galeoto - Vizconde de NebredaDawn of America - Pedro SalcedoFrom Madrid to Heaven - Empresario de 'El Paraíso'The Eyes Leave a Trace - Comensal irascibleThe Song of Sister Maria - RafaelSor Intrépida - Mr. EvansEstrella of the Sierra Morena - RafaelLast Day - Profesor LorenzoMaría Dolores - AntonioLa alegre caravana Airport - Mr. FoggI Was a Parish Priest - BarronaPlot on the Stage - Policía 1ºThe Beauty of Cadiz - Pere gitaneNadie lo sabrá - ÁngelJudas' Kiss - Padre del condenadoThe Adventurer of Seville - Sir AlbertCastles in Spain - PosaderoHe Died Fifteen Years Ago - Joaquín CamposTres hombres van a morir - PeauleguinThe Other Life of Captain Contreras - Antonio CornejoThat Lady - DiegoDeath of a Cyclist - Guardia de tráficoSuspenso en comunismo - PedroCuerda de presos - Juan Díaz de Garayo, 'El Sacamantecas'Torrepartida - El AlicantinoPasión en el mar - VicenteHoras de pánico Der Stern von Afrika - StrauchSusanna Whipped Cream - GiovanniFemmine tre volte - Guardia notturna...Y eligió el infierno El inquilino - JiménezIo, mammeta e tu - TurcoLet's Make the Impossible! - JohnGli zitelloni Die Sklavenkarawane - Prof. Ignaz PfotenhauerPatio andaluz La ragazza di piazza San Pietro - The Boxing CoachEntierro de un funcionario en primavera - Jefe de bomberosLuxury Cabin - ErnestoLlegaron dos hombres - GregorioDer Löwe von Babylon - Prof. Ignaz PfotenhauerA sangre fría - EnriqueEl secreto de papá Toro bravo The Little Colonel - VinagreEl indulto - El MaromaLa paz empieza nunca - MirínTaxi for Tobruk - German Corporal in the OasisGoliath Against the Giants - NamathosAlerta en el cielo - Sargento MontebeloEl pobre García - ElíasKing of Kings - the demon-possessed manMadame - PommierMy Son, the Hero Zorro the Avenger - SargentoThe Son of Captain Blood - Timothy Thomas' - GunmanI tromboni di Fra Diavolo - MammoneLawrence of Arabia - Turkish Sergeant Magic Fountain - Priest55 Days at Peking - Belgian MinisterThe Sign of the Coyote - Lugones BrotherTres hombres buenos - Diego AbrilesNo temas a la ley - Eugenio - Le patron de l'hôtelThe Secret of the Black Widow - SlimThe Ceremony - ShaoushJosé María El precio de un asesino - RufoThree Ruthless Ones - Pedro RamirezTwo Gangsters in the Wild West - RioBackfire - IlmazBlack Angel of the Mississippi - GarciaCrimen - El JuezThe Seven from Texas - Scometti, the half-breedMinnesota Clay - Gen. Domingo OrtizGunmen of the Rio Grande - Pancho BoganLa nueva Cenicienta - FernandoI due toreri - Don AlonsoToto of Arabia - Ali el BuzurHistorias de la televisión - Presentador TVA Pistol for Ringo - SanchoLos cuatreros - PanchoTwo Sergeants of General Custer - Colonel DolukinPistoleros de Arizona - CarranchoAgent 3S3: Passport to Hell - Serg. FidhouseAgent 077: From the Orient with Fury - Loud Patron in Paris Restaurant