
Fernando Sancho
Known for Acting · 224 credits
- Born
- 1916-01-07
- Died
- 1990-07-31
- Place of birth
- Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain
- Also known as
- Fernando Sanchez · Ferdinand Sancho · Fernand Sancho · Фернандо Санчо · Fernando Sancho Les
Biography
One of the most popular performers in Spanish cinema. Born in Zaragoza, Sancho began acting in the theatre. After fighting in the Spanish Civil War, he entered films in 1940 and amassed over 400 credits in a career that spanned 50 years. During the 1960s and 1970s he played villains in several spaghetti westerns. His films include "Mariona Rebull" (1947), "Agustina de Aragón" (1950), Terence Young's "That Lady" (1955), Juan Antonio Bardem's "Muerte de un Ciclista" (1955), "King of Kings" (1961), "Lawrence of Arabia"(1962), "55 Days at Peking" (1955), "Historias de la Televisión" (1965), "Tres Superhombres en el Oeste" (1973), "1919. Crónica del Alba" (1983) and Berlanga's "La Vaquilla" (1984).
Known For
TV Shows (3)
Movies (221)

Lawrence of Arabia
1962
as Turkish Sergeant (uncredited)

King of Kings
1961
as Mad man

55 Days at Peking
1963
as Belgian Minister (uncredited)
Pecado Horizontal
1982

The Big Gundown
1967
as Capt. Segura

The Son of Captain Blood
1962
as Timothy Thomas

Madame
1961
as Pommier

Forbidden Love
1972
as Comisario

If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death
1968
as Jose Manuel Mendoza

Kingdom of the Silver Lion
1965
as Padischah

The Stash
1976
as Paco

The Guerrilla
1973
as Juan

That Lady
1955
as Diego

Doña Perfecta
1977

Arizona Colt
1966
as Gordon

Mariona Rebull
1947
as Señor Roig

The Crazy Westerners
1967
as Sancho

Life in Shadows
1949
as Film Producer

Embrujo
1948
as Mister Benson

Castles in Spain
1954
as Posadero

Django Shoots First
1966
as Gordon

Memoria
1978
as Ulop

Susanna tutta panna
1957
as Aristide

Andalusia
1951

Change of Sex
1977
as José

Revenge of the Black Wolf
1981
as Corporal Donovan

Taste of Killing
1966
as Sanchez

The Return of Ringo
1965
as Esteban Fuentes

In the Folds of the Flesh
1970
as Pascal Gorriot

The Inveterate Bachelor
1958

A Pistol for Ringo
1965
as Sancho

Canciones de nuestra vida
1975
as Self

Hand of the Assassin
1967
as Suarez

The Swamp of the Ravens
1974
as Inspector

Spanish Western
2015
as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Voodoo Black Exorcist
1974
as Inspector Dominguez

Seven Dollars on Red
1966
as El Chacal

Ni pobre, ni rico, sino todo lo contrario
1944

Estrella de Sierra Morena
1952
as Rafael

Gunmen Of The Rio Grande
1964
as Pancho Bogan

La paz empieza nunca
1960
as Mirín

The Ceremony
1963
as Shaoush

Death of a Cyclist
1955
as Traffic Police

$100,000 for Ringo
1965
as Chuck

Agent 3S3, Massacre in the Sun
1966
as General Emilio Siqueiros

Abel Sánchez
1947

The Wild Men of Kurdistan
1965
as Padischah

Doc, Hands of Steel
1965
as Pablo Reyes

Demon Witch Child
1975
as Police Chief

...And She Chose Hell
1957

My Son, the Hero
1962
as Prison Overseer (uncredited)

Historias de la televisión
1965
as Presentador TV

Agustina of Aragon
1950
as Escudella

Dawn of America
1951
as Pedro Salcedo

Airport
1953
as Mr. Fogg

Killer Kid
1967
as Vilar

Dig Your Grave Friend... Sabata's Coming
1971
as Leon Pompera

The Implacable Three
1963
as Diego Abriles

X312 - Flight to Hell
1971
as Bill - Steward / Paco

Simón Bolívar
1969
as Fernando Gonzales

El pobre García
1961
as Elías

Hour of Death
1964
as Scometti

The Star of Africa
1957
as Strauch

The Girl of San Pietro Square
1958
as The Boxing Coach

El inquilino
1958
as Jiménez

You, Your Mother, and Me
1958
as il turco

Backfire
1964
as Ilmaz

The Heifer
1985
as Alcalde

Minnesota Clay
1964
as Dominique Ortiz Mendoza

Seven Guns for Timothy
1966
as Sancho Rodrigo Rodriguez

Man from Canyon City
1965
as Carrancho

The Pitiless Three
1964
as Pedro Ramirez

El canto del gallo
1955
as (no acreditado)

The Carpet of Horror
1962
as Gunman

Path to the Kingdom
1952
as Mr. Evans (as Fernando Sancho)

Dynamite Jim
1966
as Pablo Reyes

$10,000 for a Massacre
1967
as 'Stardust' Vasquez

Hate for Hate
1967
as Coyote

Three Supermen of the West
1973
as FBI Director

Attack of the Blind Dead
1973
as Mayor Duncan

Five Thousand Dollars on One Ace
1965
as Juan Carrancho

No temas a la ley
1963
as Eugenio - Le patron de l'hôtel

Stagecoach of the Condemned
1970
as Leon Pomparo / Ramón Sartana

The Sign of the Coyote
1963
as Lugones Brother

A Man and a Colt
1967
as Don Carlos

Requiem for a Gringo
1968
as Porfirio Carranza

Los presuntos
1986
as Mafioso italiano

The Married and the Minor
1975
as Comisario

Vengeance Is Mine
1967
as Goncalves / Gonzalez

The Big Hit of Surcouf
1966
as Le geolier

The Black Moon
1990
as Mariano

Two Idiots at Fort Alamo
1965
as Sergeant Fidhouse

Black Commando
1982
as President Bethancourt

Black Angel of the Mississippi
1964
as Garcia

The Magnificent Tony Carrera
1969
as Einstein

The Seven Magnificent and Bold Women
1979

Die Sklavenkarawane
1958
as Prof. Ignaz Pfotenhauer

The Little Colonel
1960
as Vinagre

Policía
1987
as Comandante Castillejo

Almost Perfect Crime
1966
as Omar

The Black Wolf
1981
as Cabo

Murió hace quince años
1954
as Joaquín Campos

Zorro the Avenger
1962
as Sargento

The Invisible Man's Love Life
1970
as The Game-Keeper

And the Crows Will Dig Your Grave
1971
as Pancho Corrales

Franco, Ciccio and the Pirate Blackbeard
1969
as Il Pirata Barbanera

Souliotes
1972
as Ali Pasas

La banda de los tres crisantemos
1970
as Burton

The Tough One
1966
as El Lobo

Mission Phantom
1967
as Prof. Higgins

Totò d'Arabia
1965
as Ali el Buzur

Seven Guns for the MacGregors
1966
as Miguel

Female Three Times
1957
as Guardia notturna

Ciccio Forgives, I Don't
1968
as El Diablo / El Pantera

Too Much Gold for One Gringo
1972
as Fermín Rojas

Fail in Communism
1956
as Pedro

Man with the Golden Winchester
1973
as Colonel Michel Leblanche

Clint the Stranger
1967
as Ross

Texas Jim
1965
as Sancho / Pancho

Si te hubieses casado conmigo
1948
as Taxista
About Fernando Sancho
One of the most popular performers in Spanish cinema. Born in Zaragoza, Sancho began acting in the theatre. After fighting in the Spanish Civil War, he entered films in 1940 and amassed over 400 credits in a career that spanned 50 years. During the 1960s and 1970s he played villains in several spaghetti westerns. His films include "Mariona Rebull" (1947), "Agustina de Aragón" (1950), Terence Young's "That Lady" (1955), Juan Antonio Bardem's "Muerte de un Ciclista" (1955), "King of Kings" (1961), "Lawrence of Arabia"(1962), "55 Days at Peking"… With 224 credits spanning from 1941 to 2015, Fernando Sancho has appeared in 221 films and 3 TV shows.
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Most Popular Fernando Sancho Movies
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962) — as Turkish Sergeant (uncredited)
- King of Kings (1961) — as Mad man
- 55 Days at Peking (1963) — as Belgian Minister (uncredited)
- Pecado Horizontal (1982)
- The Big Gundown (1967) — as Capt. Segura
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