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Fernando Sancho (January 7, 1916 – July 31, 1990) was a Spanish
Spain

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 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
. Sancho was born in Zaragoza
Zaragoza

Zaragoza, also called Saragossa in English language, is the capital city of the Zaragoza and of the Autonomous communities of Spain and former Kingdom of Aragon of Aragon, Spain....
, Aragón, Spain, and died in Madrid
Madrid

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 after surgery.

He was often typecast as a Mexican bandit in paella and spaghetti western
Spaghetti Western

Spaghetti Western, also known in some countries in mainland Europe as the Italo-Western, is a nickname for a broad Genre of Western film that emerged in the mid-1960s, so named because most were produced and directed by Cinema of Italy, usually in coproduction with a Cinema of Spain....
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" (Gianfranco Parolini).






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Fernando Sancho (January 7, 1916 – July 31, 1990) was a Spanish
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
. Sancho was born in Zaragoza
Zaragoza

Zaragoza, also called Saragossa in English language, is the capital city of the Zaragoza and of the Autonomous communities of Spain and former Kingdom of Aragon of Aragon, Spain....
, Aragón, Spain, and died in Madrid
Madrid

Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...
 after surgery.

He was often typecast as a Mexican bandit in paella and spaghetti western
Spaghetti Western

Spaghetti Western, also known in some countries in mainland Europe as the Italo-Western, is a nickname for a broad Genre of Western film that emerged in the mid-1960s, so named because most were produced and directed by Cinema of Italy, usually in coproduction with a Cinema of Spain....
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" (Gianfranco Parolini). Though invariably given the same role - a Mexican bandit chief - Sancho was a strong actor, and became one of the icons of these films.

He also appeared in a number of Spanish horror movies in the 60's and 70's. One of the better known horror parts was the role of a corrupt small town mayor in El Ataque de los Muertos sin Ojos AKA Return of the Blind Dead, directed by Amando de Ossorio. 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 Jess Franco
Jesús Franco

Jes?s "Jess" Franco is a Spain film director, screenwriter, cinematographer and actor. Though he had an American box office success with his first Women in prison films, 99 Women, in 1969, he never achieved wide commercial success....
 in The Awful Dr. Orloff (1962). Sancho also turned up briefly in the epic Lawrence of Arabia
Lawrence of Arabia (film)

Lawrence of Arabia is a 1962 in film UK epic film based on the life of T. E. Lawrence. It was directed by David Lean and produced by Austrian Sam Spiegel , from a script by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson ....
 playing the Turkish sergeant who arrests Lawrence in Deraa.

It is possible that Fernando Sancho's mother was Greek; he could certainly speak Greek trippingly, and acted in several Greek movies, all depicting moments of Greek martial history.

Sancho had a very prolific career and remained active in film up to his death. He made larger than life characters his specialty, and was a similarly 'big' character off screen as well - popular both with audiences, and with his fellow actors.

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