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{{Short description|Spanish actor (1916–1990)}}
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{{family name hatnote|Sancho|Les|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Fernando Sancho
| image = Festival de Cine de San Sebastián (24 de 110) - Fondo Marín-Kutxa Fototeka.jpg
| caption = Fernando Sancho in 1970 at the [[Festival de San Sebastián]]
| birth_name = Fernando Sancho Les
| birth_date = {{birth date|1916|01|07|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Zaragoza]], [[Restoration (Spain)|Spain]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1990|07|31|1916|01|07|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Madrid]], Spain
| nationality = Spanish
| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1941-1990
}}
'''Fernando Sancho Les''' (7 January 1916 – 31 July 1990) 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 [[Pancreatic cancer|malignant tumor in the pancreas]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1990/08/01/cultura/649461608_850215.html |title=El actor Fernando Sancho muere a los 72 años |newspaper=[[El País]] |___location=Madrid |date=1 August 1990 |access-date=22 September 2019 |language=es |publisher=[[Prisa]]}}</ref> He was interred in Madrid.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vpwqAQAAIAAJ&q=Muere+Fernando+Sancho |title=Fernando Sancho |encyclopedia=Enciclopedia del cine español: cronología |volume=1 |first1=Pascual |last1=Cebollada |first2=Luis |last2=Rubio Gil |publisher=Ediciones del Serbal |year=1996 |page=50 |isbn=9788476281642}}</ref>
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 Western]]s, including ''The Big Gundown'' (directed by Sergio Sollima), ''A Pistol for Ringo'' and ''Return of Ringo'' (directed by Duccio Tessari), ''Arizona Colt'' (directed by Michele Lupo), ''[[Minnesota Clay]]'' (directed by [[Sergio Corbucci]]), and ''[[Sartana]]'' (directed by Gianfranco Parolini).
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]]'' (''El ataque de los muertos sin ojos''), directed by [[Amando de Ossorio]].{{cn|date=June 2020}}
Another notable horror film was ''Orloff and the Invisible Man'' (1971), directed by Pierre Chevalier and starring Howard Vernon, an unofficial continuation of the [[Dr. Orloff]] saga begun by [[Jesus Franco|Jess Franco]] in ''[[The Awful Dr. Orloff]]'' (1962).
He turned up briefly in the epic film ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'' playing the [[Turkey|Turkish]] sergeant who arrests [[T. E. Lawrence]] in [[Deraa]]. He appeared in five Greek war movies (1970-73); three of these involved [[World War II]] (i.e., [[Battle of Crete]], [[Greek Resistance]], [[Fort Roupel]]) and the other two involved the [[Greek War of Independence]] and the resistance of [[Souliotes]] against Ali Pasha.{{cn|date=June 2020}}
Sancho had a prolific career and remained active in films up to his death.{{cn|date=June 2020}}
==Awards==
He won the Medallas del Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos for ''[[La guerrilla]]'' in 1972,<ref>{{cite web |title=Premios del CEC a la producción española de 1972 |url=http://www.cinecec.com/EDITOR/premios/palmares/1972.htm |work=Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos |access-date=2 December 2018 |year=1972 |language=es |archive-date=25 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225093132/http://www.cinecec.com/EDITOR/premios/palmares/1972.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> and in 1980 for all his career.<ref>{{cite web |title=Premios del CEC a la producción española de 1980 |url=http://www.cinecec.com/EDITOR/premios/palmares/1980.htm |work=Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos |access-date=24 March 2019 |year=1980 |language=es |archive-date=8 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208160714/http://www.cinecec.com/EDITOR/premios/palmares/1980.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Selected filmography==
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* ''¡Polizón a bordo!'' (1941) - Camarero
* ''[[Orosia (film)|Orosia]]'' (1944) - Mañico bronquista
* ''Una mujer en un taxi'' (1944)
* ''Ni pobre, ni rico, sino todo lo contrario'' (1944)
* ''Estaba escrito'' (1945)
* ''Leyenda de feria'' (1946)
* ''Eres un caso'' (1946)
* ''Las inquietudes de Shanti Andía'' (1947) - Tristán de Ugarte
* ''Héroes del 95'' (1947) - General Tampico
* ''Abel Sánchez'' (1947)
* ''[[Mariona Rebull (film)|Mariona Rebull]]'' (1947) - Señor Roig
* ''[[When the Angels Sleep]]'' (1947) - Peral
* ''El ángel gris'' (1947)
* ''[[The Black Siren]]'' (1947) - Mayordomo
* ''Alma baturra'' (1948)
* ''Mi enemigo el doctor'' (1948)
* ''Embrujo'' (1948) - Mister Benson
* ''El tambor del Bruch'' (1948)
* ''La muralla feliz'' (1948) - Mariano García
* ''Canción mortal'' (1948)
* ''La mies es mucha'' (1948) - Clarenberg
* ''Campo Bravo'' (1948)
* ''Don Juan de Serrallonga'' (1949) - Tallaferro
* ''Aquellas palabras'' (1949)
* ''Vida en sombras'' (1949) - Productor
* ''Cita con mi viejo corazón'' (1950)
* ''[[That Luzmela Girl (film)|That Luzmela Girl]]'' (1950)
* ''Si te hubieses casado conmigo'' (1950) - Taxista
* ''[[Agustina of Aragon (1950 film)|Agustina of Aragon]]'' (1950)
* ''La mujer de nadie'' (1950) - Martorell
* ''[[The Dream of Andalusia]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Service at Sea]]'' (1951) - Don Tofol
* ''[[Our Lady of Fatima (film)|Our Lady of Fatima]]'' (1951) - Comunista 1
* ''[[The Great Galeoto]]'' (1951) - Vizconde de Nebreda
* ''[[Dawn of America]]'' (1951) - Pedro Salcedo
* ''[[From Madrid to Heaven]]'' (1952) - Empresario de 'El Paraíso'
* ''[[The Eyes Leave a Trace]]'' (1952) - Comensal irascible
* ''[[The Song of Sister Maria]]'' (1952) - Rafael
* ''Sor Intrépida'' (1952) - Mr. Evans
* ''[[Estrella of the Sierra Morena]]'' (1952) - Rafael
* ''[[Last Day (film)|Last Day]]'' (1952) - Profesor Lorenzo
* ''María Dolores'' (1953) - Antonio
* ''La alegre caravana'' (1953)
* ''[[Airport (1953 film)|Airport]]'' (1953) - Mr. Fogg
* ''[[I Was a Parish Priest]]'' (1953) - Barrona
* ''[[Plot on the Stage]]'' (1953) - Policía 1º
* ''[[The Beauty of Cadiz]]'' (1953) - Pere gitane
* ''Nadie lo sabrá'' (1953) - Ángel
* ''[[Judas' Kiss (1954 film)|Judas' Kiss]]'' (1954) - Padre del condenado
* ''The Adventurer of Seville'' (1954) - Sir Albert
* ''Castles in Spain'' (1954) - Posadero
* ''[[He Died Fifteen Years Ago]]'' (1954) - Joaquín Campos
* ''Tres hombres van a morir'' (1954) - Peauleguin
* ''[[The Other Life of Captain Contreras]]'' (1955) - Antonio Cornejo
* ''[[That Lady]]'' (1955) - Diego
* ''[[Death of a Cyclist]]'' (1955) - Guardia de tráfico
* ''Suspenso en comunismo'' (1956) - Pedro
* ''Cuerda de presos'' (1956) - Juan Díaz de Garayo, 'El Sacamantecas'
* ''Torrepartida'' (1956) - El Alicantino
* ''Pasión en el mar'' (1956) - Vicente
* ''Horas de pánico'' (1957)
* ''[[Der Stern von Afrika]]'' (1957) - Strauch
* ''[[Susanna Whipped Cream]]'' (1957) - Giovanni
* ''Femmine tre volte'' (1957) - Guardia notturna
* ''...Y eligió el infierno'' (1957)
* ''El inquilino'' (1958) - Jiménez
* ''Io, mammeta e tu'' (1958) - Turco
* ''[[Let's Make the Impossible!]]'' (1958) - John
* ''Gli zitelloni'' (1958)
* ''Die Sklavenkarawane'' (1958) - Prof. Ignaz Pfotenhauer
* ''Patio andaluz'' (1958)
* ''La ragazza di piazza San Pietro'' (1958) - The Boxing Coach
* ''Entierro de un funcionario en primavera'' (1958) - Jefe de bomberos
* ''[[Luxury Cabin]]'' (1959) - Ernesto
* ''Llegaron dos hombres'' (1959) - Gregorio
* ''Der Löwe von Babylon'' (1959) - Prof. Ignaz Pfotenhauer
* ''A sangre fría'' (1959) - Enrique
* ''El secreto de papá'' (1959)
* ''Toro bravo'' (1960)
* ''[[The Little Colonel (1960 film)|The Little Colonel]]'' (1960) - Vinagre
* ''El indulto'' (1960) - El Maroma
* ''La paz empieza nunca'' (1960) - Mirín
* ''[[Taxi for Tobruk]]'' (1961) - German Corporal in the Oasis
* ''[[Goliath Against the Giants]]'' (1961) - Namathos
* ''Alerta en el cielo'' (1961) - Sargento Montebelo
* ''El pobre García'' (1961) - Elías
* ''[[King of Kings (1961 film)|King of Kings]]'' (1961) - [[Exorcism of the Gerasene demoniac|the demon-possessed man]]
* ''[[Madame (1961 film)|Madame]]'' (1961) - Pommier
* ''[[My Son, the Hero]]'' (1962)
* ''Zorro the Avenger'' (1962) - Sargento
* ''[[The Son of Captain Blood]]'' (1962) - Timothy Thomas
* ''{{ill|The Carpet of Horror|de|Der Teppich des Grauens (Film)}}'' (1962) - Gunman
* ''I tromboni di Fra Diavolo'' (1962) - Mammone
* ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'' (1962) - Turkish Sergeant (uncredited)
* ''Magic Fountain'' (1963) - Priest
* ''[[55 Days at Peking]]'' (1963) - Belgian Minister
* ''[[The Sign of the Coyote]]'' (1963) - Lugones Brother
* ''[[Implacable Three|Tres hombres buenos]]'' (1963) - Diego Abriles
* ''No temas a la ley'' (1963) - Eugenio - Le patron de l'hôtel
* ''[[The Secret of the Black Widow]]'' (1963) - Slim
* ''[[The Ceremony (1963 film)|The Ceremony]]'' (1963) - Shaoush
* ''José María'' (1963)
* ''El precio de un asesino'' (1963) - Rufo
* ''[[Three Ruthless Ones]]'' (1964) - Pedro Ramirez
* ''Two Gangsters in the Wild West'' (1964) - Rio
* ''[[Backfire (1964 film)|Backfire]]'' (1964) - Ilmaz
* ''Black Angel of the Mississippi'' (1964) - Garcia
* ''Crimen'' (1964) - El Juez
* ''[[The Seven from Texas]]'' (1964) - Scometti, the half-breed
* ''[[Minnesota Clay]]'' (1964) - Gen. Domingo Ortiz
* ''[[Gunmen of the Rio Grande]]'' (1964) - Pancho Bogan
* ''La nueva Cenicienta'' (1964) - Fernando
* ''[[I due toreri]]'' (1964) - Don Alonso
* ''[[Toto of Arabia]]'' (1965) - Ali el Buzur
* ''Historias de la televisión'' (1965) - Presentador TV
* ''[[A Pistol for Ringo]]'' (1965) - Sancho
* ''Los cuatreros'' (1965) - Pancho
* ''[[Two Sergeants of General Custer]]'' (1965) - Colonel Dolukin
* ''Pistoleros de Arizona'' (1965) - Carrancho
* ''[[Agent 3S3: Passport to Hell]]'' (1965) - Serg. Fidhouse
* ''[[Agent 077: From the Orient with Fury]]'' (1965) - Loud Patron in Paris Restaurant
* ''{{ill|Wild Kurdistan|de|Durchs wilde Kurdistan (Film)}}'' (1965) - Padischah
* ''[[Man from Canyon City]]'' (1965) - Carrancho
* ''[[100.000 dollari per Ringo]]'' (1965) - Chuck
* ''[[Doc, Hands of Steel]]'' (1965) - Pablo Reyes
* ''[[The Return of Ringo]]'' (1965) - Esteban Fuentes
* ''{{ill|Kingdom of the Silver Lion|de|Im Reiche des silbernen Löwen (Film)}}'' (1965) - Padischah
* ''[[Seven Guns for the MacGregors]]'' (1966) - Miguel
* ''[[Seven Dollars on the Red]]'' (1966) - El Cachal / Sancho
* ''Seven Magnificent Guns'' (1966) - Sancho Rodrigo Rodriguez
* ''[[The Almost Perfect Crime]]'' (1966) - Omar
* ''[[Agent 3S3: Massacre in the Sun]]'' (1966) - General Emilio Siqueiros
* ''[[Per il gusto di uccidere]]'' (1966) - Sanchez
* ''Dynamite Jim'' (1966) - Pablo Reyes
* ''[[Arizona Colt]]'' (1966) - Torrez Gordo Watch
* ''[[Il vostro super agente Flit]]'' (1966) - Smirnoff
* ''[[Django Shoots First]]'' (1966) - Gordon
* ''[[The Big Gundown]]'' (1966) - Captain Segura
* ''Il grande colpo di Surcouf'' (1966) - Le geôlier
* ''[[The Tough One]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Clint the Stranger]]'' (1967) - Ross
* ''[[Ten Thousand Dollars for a Massacre]]'' (1967) - Stardust Vasquez
* ''Wanted Johnny Texas'' (1967) - Colonel Steward - Texas Rangers
* ''Come rubare un quintale di diamanti in Russia'' (1967) - Prof. Higgins
* ''Odio per odio'' (1967) - Coyote
* ''El rostro del asesino'' (1967) - Suarez
* ''[[Dakota Joe]]'' (1967) - Don Carlos
* ''Killer Kid'' (1967) - Vilar
* ''If One Is Born a Swine'' (1967) - El Bicho
* ''[[Massacre Mania]]'' (1967) - Professor Kenitz
* ''Crónica de un atraco'' (1968) - Fernando Gonzales
* ''Go for Broke'' (1968) - Carranza
* ''Sangue chiama sangue'' (1968) - 'El Sancho' Rodríguez
* ''[[Per 100.000 dollari ti ammazzo]]'' (1968) - Concalves
* ''[[Rita of the West]]'' (1968) - Pancho
* ''[[If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death]]'' (1968) - Jose Manuel Mendoza
* ''[[Requiem for a Gringo]]'' (1968) - Porfirio Carranza
* ''[[Wrath of God (film)|Wrath of God]]'' (1968) - Burd
* ''[[The Magnificent Tony Carrera]]'' (1968) - Einstein
* ''[[Ciccio Forgives, I Don't]]'' (1968) - El Dablo / El Pantera
* ''Tarzan in the Golden Grotto'' (1969)
* ''[[Twenty Thousand Dollars for Seven]]'' (1969) - Bill Cochran, capo dei banditi
* ''Amor a todo gas'' (1969) - Wagner
* ''[[Simón Bolívar (1969 film)|Simón Bolívar]]'' (1969) - Fernando González
* ''[[Franco, Ciccio e il pirata Barbanera]]'' (1969) - Il Pirata Barbanera
* ''[[La banda de los tres crisantemos]]'' (1970) - Burton
* ''Golpe de mano (Explosión)'' (1970) - El Pernas
* ''[[In the Folds of the Flesh]]'' (1970) - Pascal Gorriot
* ''[[The Boldest Job in the West]]'' (1970) - Ramón Sartana
* ''Orloff Against the Invisible Man'' (1970) - Le garde-chasse
* ''In the Battle of Crete'' (1970) - Manousos Kallergis
* ''28 October 1940'' (1971) - Tryfonas Platanias
* ''[[Dig Your Grave Friend... Sabata's Coming]]'' (1971) - León Pompero
* ''[[Los buitres cavarán tu fosa]]'' (1971) - Pancho Corrales
* ''{{Interlanguage link multi|X312 - Flight to Hell|de|X 312 – Flug zur Hölle}}'' (1971) - Bill - Steward / Paco
* ''The Great Moment of the Greek War of Independence: Papaflessas'' (1971) - Mahmud Dramali Pasha
* ''[[The Boldest Job in the West]]'' (1972) - Reyes
* ''Timanfaya (Amor prohibido)'' (1972)
* ''[[Watch Out Gringo! Sabata Will Return]]'' (1972) - Carrancho
* ''You Are a Traitor and I'll Kill You!'' (1972) - Sebastian
* ''[[La caza del oro]]'' (1972) - Fermín Rojas
* ''Tutti fratelli nel West… per parte di padre'' (1972)
* ''Fabulous Trinity'' (1972) - Coronel Jiménez
* ''Souliotes'' (1972) - Ali Pasas
* ''Las juergas de 'El Señorito''' (1973) - Toni López
* ''[[The Guerrilla (1973 film)|The Guerrilla]]'' (1973) - Juan
* ''The Last of Rupel'' (1973)
* ''Three Supermen of the West'' (1973) - FBI Director
* ''[[Return of the Blind Dead]]'' (1973) - Mayor Duncan
* ''Storia di karatè, pugni e fagioli'' (1973) - Espartero
* ''[[Man with the Golden Winchester]]'' (1973) - Colonel Michel Leblanche
* ''El pantano de los cuervos'' (1974) - Inspector
* ''[[The King is the Best Mayor]]'' (1974) - Conde
* ''[[Il mio nome è Scopone e faccio sempre cappotto]]'' (1974) - Aguadulce
* ''Voodoo Black Exorcist'' (1974) - Comisario Domínguez
* ''Los caballeros del Botón de Ancla'' (1974) - Andrés Dopico
* ''[[Death's Newlyweds]]'' (1975) - Comandante Lauria
* ''The Possessed'' (1975) - Police Chief
* ''[[La cruz del diablo]]'' (1975) - Ignacio
* ''[[What Changed Charley Farthing?]]'' (1975) - Lupez
* ''La última jugada'' (1975) - Swartas Pinto
* ''Los casados y la menor'' (1975) - Comisario
* ''[[The Legion Like Women]]'' (1976) - André Meroy
* ''El alijo'' (1976) - Paco
* ''Memoria'' (1976) - Profesor Ulop
* ''Halt die Luft an alter Gauner - Der Stockfisch und das Stinktier'' (1976) - Admiral Pedro Santos
* ''Las alimañas'' (1977) - Louis
* ''La mujer es un buen negocio'' (1977) - Don Anselmo
* ''[[Change of Sex]]'' (1977) - José Bou, padre de José María
* ''Quel pomeriggio maledetto'' (1977) - The Arms Dealer
* ''Doña Perfecta'' (1977)
* ''Estimado Sr. juez...'' (1978) - Tambarria
* ''Trampa sexual'' (1978) - Padre de Marta
* ''Venus de fuego'' (1978) - Subcomisario
* ''Zwei tolle Käfer räumen auf'' (1979) - Alfonso, Mafia-Boss
* ''[[Father Cami's Wedding]]'' (1979) - Blas
* ''Las siete magníficas y audaces mujeres'' (1979)
* ''[[And in the Third Year, He Rose Again]]'' (1980) - Coronel
* ''[[Spoiled Children (1980 film)|Spoiled Children]]'' (1980) - Agustín
* ''El lobo negro'' (1981)
* ''Asalto al casino'' (1981)
* ''Revenge of the Black Wolf'' (1981) - Corporal Donovan
* ''Black Commando'' (1982) - President Bethancourt
* ''Fredy el croupier'' (1982) - Cura
* ''De camisa vieja a chaqueta nueva'' (1982) - Cónsul alemán
* ''Mar brava'' (1983) - Alcalde
* ''1919, crónica del alba'' (1983) - Don Hermógenes
* ''[[The Autonomines]]'' (1983) - Bernardo
* ''Invierno en Marbella'' (1983) - Cardenal
* ''[[Al este del oeste]]'' (1984) - Chapulín
* ''[[The Cheerful Colsada Girls]]'' (1984) - Sr. Barbero
* ''[[The Heifer]]'' (1985) - Alcalde
* ''Los presuntos'' (1986) - Mafioso italiano
* ''Policía'' (1987) - Comandante Castillejo
* ''La luna negra'' (1989) - Mariano
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==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Male actors from Zaragoza]]
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