Sancho Gracia
Félix Ángel Sancho Gracia was a Spanish motion picture and television actor.
Career
Born in Madrid, Gracia started his acting career in Montevideo, Uruguay, where he lived from 1947 until 1961. In Uruguay he was a student of Margarita Xirgu at the Multidisciplinary School of Dramatic Art. He made his movie acting debut in France in the 1963 film L'Autre femme opposite Annie Girardot. Since then he has appeared in more than eighty motion pictures including several Hollywood productions during the 1970s and in 1999's Outlaw Justice with Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson. Gracia also worked in Australia, performing as a regular cast member in the 1982 television series Runaway Island and in the 1991 made-for-TV film Pirates Island. He also participated in the Oscar-nominated Mexican film The Crime of Padre Amaro.
In 2003, he was nominated for the Goya Award for Best Actor for his performance in the 2002 film 800 Bullets.
In addition to motion pictures, Sancho Gracia made more than sixty guest appearances on Spanish television shows. He became famous in Spain for the role of Curro Jiménez, in the Televisión Española drama series of the same name, that was broadcast from 1976 to 1979, being rebroadcast several times since then.
Personal life
In 1969, Sancho Gracia married Noelia Aguirre Gomensoro, the daughter of an Uruguayan National Party politician, with whom he had three children, including Rodolfo.
During the shooting of the film 100 Rifles in Spain in 1968, Gracia had an affair with American actress Raquel Welch, who at the time was married to producer Patrick Curtis. Welch's husband, upon finding out about the affair, chased Gracia at gunpoint through the hotel where they were staying in Aguadulce.
Death
Sancho Gracia died of lung cancer on 8 August 2012 in Madrid.
Selected filmography
Vampiresas 1930 – Negra de la orquestaA Nearly Decent Girl – Amigote de CarlosL'autre femme Murieta – Bandido de Murrieta El Zorro cabalga otra vez – JuanSheriff Won't Shoot – Sam, Handsome BanditIn a Colt's Shadow – Saloon Gunslinger Operation Poker – John ParkerLa ciudad no es para mí – Dr. Ricardo TorresHe's My Man! – Jefe banda Sing-SingLos duendes de Andalucía – Simon LegrandPer il gusto di uccidere – Bill KilpatrickLas viudas – Joven seductor Fray Torero – AntonioRoad to Rocío – MédicoSavage Pampas – CarlosEspi... ando ¿Qué hacemos con los hijos? – JoséDjango Kill... If You Live, Shoot! – WillyClub de solteros – TomásRun Like a Thief – WesThe House of 1,000 Dolls – FernandoLa chica de los anuncios – Teddy100 Rifles – Mexican Leader Guns of the Magnificent Seven – MiguelSimón Bolívar – CardonaEl último día de la guerra – Pvt. MartínezRain for a Dusty Summer – Humberto ProAntony and Cleopatra – CanidiusThe Call of the Wild – Taglish CharlieEl espectro del terror – DoctorDick Turpin – RichardPaís S.A. – Actores invitadosGuerreras verdes – Sargento SaezAvisa a Curro Jiménez – Curro JiménezÉl y él – AlbertoMarbella, un golpe de cinco estrellas – Police Inspector VargasThe Witching Hour – Rubén Blázquez y Delgado de AguileraDe tripas corazón – ArturoFreckled Max and the Spooks – ProkuratorGallego Love, Hate and Death – Antonio MontoyaTango – MarcosHuidos – JuanTocando fondo – BartoloCachito – RafaelMartín (hache) – José M.ª NavarroThe Naked Eye – IgnacioDying of Laughter – Legionario brutalInferno – MuñozA galope tendido – Tío BoniLa comunidad – CastroNo te fallaré – Sandro¡Hasta aquí hemos llegado! – LagoThe Crime of Father Amaro – Padre Benito DíazBox 507 – Santos GuijueloEl robo más grande jamás contado – Fernando Baeza "Garganta Profunda"800 Bullets – JuliánEl oro de Moscú – Teniente de la Guardia CivilEl furgón – El MancoEl Cid: The Legend – Gormaz Love by Mistake – ManoloMala uva – CésarR2 y el caso del cadáver sin cabeza – Inspector jefeBailando chachacha La bicicleta – MarioLos managers – JoseteDonkey Xote – Sansón Carrasco / Siniestro Barreiros, motor humano – 7 pasos y medio – AntonioThe Last Circus – Coronel SalcedoEntrelobos – Atanasio