Álvaro de Luna (actor)

Álvaro de Luna Blanco (10 April 1935 – 2 November 2018) was a Spanish actor. He performed in more than one hundred films since 1961. He was most known for El Algarrobo in Curro Jiménez.[1]

Álvaro de Luna
Born
Álvaro de Luna Blanco

(1935-04-10)10 April 1935
Madrid, Spain
Died2 November 2018(2018-11-02) (aged 83)
Madrid, Spain
Years active1961–2018

In 1963 he appeared in El verdugo, by Luis García Berlanga.[2] In 1987 he appeared in the TV series Vísperas.[3]

He died on 2 November 2018 from a hepatic insufficiency.[4]

Selected filmography

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Film

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  • 1961: The Colossus of Rhodes (uncredited)
  • 1962: The Son of Captain Blood as Pirata (uncredited)
  • 1962: Torrejón City as Pelea en saloon (uncredited)
  • 1962: Vampiresas 1930 as Pelea
  • 1963: The Adventures of Scaramouche
  • 1963: Los conquistadores del Pacífico
  • 1963: Objetivo: las estrellas as El Tigre
  • 1963: Pacto de silencio as Forense
  • 1964: The Black Tulip
  • 1964: The Two Gladiators as Pannunzio
  • 1964: A Fistful of Dollars as Rojo Gang Member (uncredited)
  • 1964: The Seven from Texas as Burns
  • 1964: Minnesota Clay (uncredited)
  • 1964: Desafío en Río Bravo as Pistolero
  • 1965: Seven Hours of Gunfire as Utter
  • 1965: Per un pugno nell'occhio as Sargento Black (uncredited)
  • 1965: Shoot to Kill as Henchman
  • 1965: Whisky y vodka
  • 1965: That Man in Istanbul as Bogo
  • 1965: Megatón Ye-Ye as Fausto
  • 1965: Train d'enfer as Hamlet
  • 1965: All'ombra di una colt (uncredited)
  • 1966: Kid Rodelo
  • 1966: Z7 Operation Rembrandt as Kosky Henchman
  • 1966: Lola, espejo oscuro as Franky
  • 1966: Arizona Colt as Watch Henchman
  • 1966: Navajo Joe as Sancho Ramirez - Member of Duncan's Gang
  • 1967: El halcón de Castilla as Acunia
  • 1967: The Hellbenders as Bixby
  • 1967: Amor a la española as Hombre que discute con Paco
  • 1967: I'll Kill Him and Return Alone as Aguador (uncredited)
  • 1967: The Viscount as Jean
  • 1967: The Christmas Kid as Burt Froelich
  • 1967: Las que tienen que servir as Spencer
  • 1967: 15 Scaffolds for a Murderer as Deputy Sheriff
  • 1967: Day of Anger as Wild Jack's Henchman (uncredited)
  • 1968: Ballad of a Bounty Hunter as Bandido
  • 1968: Fruit of Temptation as Fernández (uncredited)
  • 1968: Dame un poco de amooor...!
  • 1968: Giugno '44 - Sbarcheremo in Normandia as Cliff
  • 1968: The Mercenary as Ramón
  • 1969: Cemetery Without Crosses as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
  • 1969: Relaciones casi públicas as Chucho
  • 1969: Les étrangers as Percy
  • 1969: Mónica Stop as Espía
  • 1969: Sundance and the Kid as Bad Jim's Henchman (uncredited)
  • 1970: Des vacances en or
  • 1970: Dele color al difunto as Julio
  • 1970: An Imperfect Crime as Matón #3
  • 1970: Un par de asesinos as Patrick Kirby
  • 1970: Sabata the Killer as Garfield Hechman
  • 1970: El monumento as Portillo
  • 1970: En un lugar de La Manga as Amigo de Juan
  • 1970: No desearás al vecino del quinto as Liborio
  • 1970: Compañeros as John's Henchman #1
  • 1970: El astronauta as Hijo de la anciana que está viendo la TV
  • 1970: Growing Leg, Diminishing Skirt as Alberto García del Chaparral
  • 1971: La orilla as Comandante Rojo
  • 1971: Préstame quince días as Un pueblerino
  • 1971: El diablo Cojuelo as Juez
  • 1971: No desearás la mujer del vecino as Felipe - el boxeador
  • 1971: La red de mi canción as E. Avilés
  • 1971: Los días de Cabirio as Lacayo de Tía
  • 1971: Si Fulano fuese Mengano as Amigo de Miguel
  • 1972: La cera virgen as Jiménez
  • 1972: Los novios de mi mujer as Jorge
  • 1972: Venta por pisos as Julio 'Sansón' Gutiérrez Vizcaino
  • 1972: Sonny and Jed as Sheriff with Bowler Hat
  • 1972: Soltero y padre en la vida as Camarero del club Go-Go
  • 1973: Count Dracula's Great Love as Second Porteador
  • 1974: Odio mi cuerpo as Camilo
  • 1974: El insólito embarazo de los Martínez as Tigre
  • 1975: Evil Eye as Police Officer (uncredited)
  • 1975: Order to Kill as Daniel
  • 1975: El clan de los Nazarenos as Carlos
  • 1975: El mejor regalo as Enfermero
  • 1976: Celedonio y yo somos así as Hermano de Cristina
  • 1977: Foul Play as Cacique #1
  • 1978: Avisa a Curro Jiménez as El Algarrobo
  • 1978: Donde hay patrón... as Marcial
  • 1980: Él y él as Enrique
  • 1980: El gran secreto as Camionero
  • 1980: Todos me llaman Gato as Álvaro
  • 1981: La quinta del porro as El Sargento
  • 1981: Duelo a muerte as Capitán
  • 1982: Sweet Hours as Tío
  • 1982: En septiembre as Perico
  • 1982: El cabezota [es; cy] as El cabezota
  • 1982: Jane, mi pequeña salvaje as Tom
  • 1984: El balcón abierto as El jinete
  • 1985: Puente de invierno as Lorenzo
  • 1986: Teo el pelirrojo as Teo
  • 1987: La guerra de los locos as Rubio
  • 1987: Mi general as Comandante Barbadillo
  • 1987: Luna de lobos as Gildo
  • 1988: Gallego as Aniceto
  • 1988: El tesoro as El Papo
  • 1991: Tramontana as Don Gerau
  • 1993: La febre d'Or as Bernando Foix
  • 1996: Pesadilla para un rico as Lorenzo
  • 1998: Mambí as Sargento Arocha
  • 2000: Maestros
  • 2000: Lázaro de Tormes as Calderero
  • 2001: Silencio roto as Don Hilario
  • 2002: La soledad era esto as Juanjo
  • 2002: La marcha verde as Coronel
  • 2002: Carol's Journey as Don Amalio
  • 2003: Las voces de la noche as El viejo
  • 2007: Theresa: The Body of Christ as Padre de Teresa
  • 2007: And Who Are You? as Luis
  • 2007: The Field of Stars as Alfonso
  • 2007: Camino al Edén
  • 2008: El libro de las aguas as Faustino
  • 2014: Spanish Western as Himself
  • 2018: Miau as Aramendi
  • 2019: Sesión Salvaje as Himself (final film role)

Television

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References

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  1. ^ EFE (4 June 2015). "Álvaro de Luna: 'El actor que se deja marcar por el personaje no es bueno'". El Mundo (in Spanish). Alicante: Unidad Editorial Información General S.L.U. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Más de una vida actuando". Pozuelo In. (in Spanish). Meiga Media S.L. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  3. ^ R. G. G. (3 June 1987). "TVE emprende una nueva etapa de co-producciones con la serie Vísperas" (PDF). ABC (in Spanish). Sevilla: Vocento. p. 91. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Fallece Álvaro de Luna, el actor que encarnó a 'Algarrobo'". Noticias de Navarra (in Spanish). Zeroa Multimedia. Archived from the original on 3 November 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
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