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| birth_place = [[Meis]] ([[Province of Pontevedra|Pontevedra]]), Spain
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* [[Meis]]
* [[Haro, La Rioja|Haro]]
* [[Santander, Spain|Santander]]
* [[Mexico]]
* [[Almería]]
* [[Mojácar]]
* [[Huércal de Almería]]
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| occupation = Actor
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'''Eduardo Martínez Fajardo''' (14 August 1924 – 4 July 2019) was a Spanish film actor born in [[Meis]] ([[Province of Pontevedra|Pontevedra]]), Spain.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.farodevigo.es/portada-arousa/2014/03/16/eduardo-fajardo-cowboy-o-mosteiro/986148.html |title=Eduardo Fajardo, un cowboy de O Mosteiro |last=Viana |first=Víctor |date=16 March 2014 |access-date=15 August 2018 |newspaper=[[Faro de Vigo]] |language=es}}</ref> He appeared in 183 films, 75 plays and 2000 television appeareances between 1947 and 2002.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.lavozdealmeria.com/noticia/5/vivir/174778/adios-a-eduardo-fajardo-el-villano-que-quiso-ser-galan |title=Adiós a Eduardo Fajardo, el villano que quiso ser galán |first=Marta |last=Rodríguez |date=5 July 2019 |access-date=5 July 2019 |newspaper=[[La Voz de Almería]] |language=es}}</ref>
'''Eduardo Martínez Fajardo''' (14 August 1924 &ndash; 4 July 2019) was a Spanish film actor born in [[Meis]] ([[Province of Pontevedra|Pontevedra]]), Spain.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.farodevigo.es/portada-arousa/2014/03/16/eduardo-fajardo-cowboy-o-mosteiro/986148.html |title=Eduardo Fajardo, un cowboy de O Mosteiro |last=Viana |first=Víctor |date=16 March 2014 |access-date=15 August 2018 |newspaper=[[Faro de Vigo]] |language=es}}</ref> He appeared in 183 films, 75 plays and made 2,000 television appearances between 1947 and 2002.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.lavozdealmeria.com/noticia/5/vivir/174778/adios-a-eduardo-fajardo-el-villano-que-quiso-ser-galan |title=Adiós a Eduardo Fajardo, el villano que quiso ser galán |first=Marta |last=Rodríguez |date=5 July 2019 |access-date=5 July 2019 |newspaper=[[La Voz de Almería]] |language=es}}</ref>

==Biography==
He was born in [[Meis]], [[Pontevedra]] on 14 August 1924, and he raised in [[Haro, La Rioja|Haro]] and [[Santander, Spain|Santander]], where he studied [[Bachillerato]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ideal.es/culturas/almeria/fallece-mitico-actor-20190704133512-nt.html |title=Fallece el mítico actor afincado en Almería Eduardo Fajardo, a los 95 años |first=M. C. |last=Callejón |date=4 July 2019 |access-date=5 July 2019 |newspaper=[[Ideal (newspaper)|Ideal]] |publisher=[[Vocento]] |language=es}}</ref> He began his career as a [[voice actor]] from 1942 to 1946, and in 1947 he made his [[film debut]] in ''Héroes del 95'', directed by Raúl Alfonso.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/2019-07-04/eduardo-fajardo-fallece_2106171/ |title=Muere el actor gallego Eduardo Fajardo a los 94 años |date=4 July 2019 |access-date=4 July 2019 |newspaper=[[El Confidencial]] |language=es}}</ref> In the 1950s he moved to [[Mexico]], and when he came back to Spain he appeared in [[spaghetti westerns]] such as ''[[Gli eroi di Fort Worth]]'' (1965) by [[Martin Herbert]], and ''[[Django (1966 film)|Django]]'' (1966) by [[Sergio Corbucci]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.academiadecine.com/2019/07/04/fallece-el-actor-eduardo-fajardo/ |title=Fallece el actor Eduardo Fajardo |date=4 July 2019 |access-date=5 July 2019 |work=[[Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España|Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas]] |language=es}}</ref>


He was born in [[Meis]], [[Pontevedra]] on 14 August 1924, and he raised in [[Haro, La Rioja|Haro]] and [[Santander, Spain|Santander]], where he studied [[Bachillerato]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ideal.es/culturas/almeria/fallece-mitico-actor-20190704133512-nt.html |title=Fallece el mítico actor afincado en Almería Eduardo Fajardo, a los 95 años |first=M. C. |last=Callejón |date=4 July 2019 |access-date=5 July 2019 |newspaper=[[Ideal (newspaper)|Ideal]] |publisher=[[Vocento]] |language=es}}</ref> He began his career as a [[voice actor]] from 1942 to 1946, and in 1947 he made his [[film debut]] in ''Héroes del 95'', directed by Raúl Alfonso.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/2019-07-04/eduardo-fajardo-fallece_2106171/ |title=Muere el actor gallego Eduardo Fajardo a los 94 años |date=4 July 2019 |access-date=4 July 2019 |newspaper=[[El Confidencial]] |language=es}}</ref> In 1950s he moved to [[Mexico]], and when he came back to Spain he appeared in [[spaghetti westerns]] such as ''[[Gli eroi di Fort Worth]]'' (1965) by [[Martin Herbert]], and ''[[Django (1966 film)|Django]]'' (1966) by [[Sergio Corbucci]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.academiadecine.com/2019/07/04/fallece-el-actor-eduardo-fajardo/ |title=Fallece el actor Eduardo Fajardo |date=4 July 2019 |access-date=5 July 2019 |work=[[Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España|Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas]] |language=es}}</ref>
In 2002, he founded ''Teatro sin barreras'' in Almeria, in order to help [[people with disabilities]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cine/20190704/463287473067/muere-actor-espanol-eduardo-fajardo-94-anos.html |title=Muere el actor español Eduardo Fajardo a los 94 años |author=EFE |author-link=EFE |date=4 July 2019 |access-date=5 July 2019 |newspaper=[[La Vanguardia]] |language=es}}</ref> He started the [[Almeria Walk of Fame]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Eduardo Fajardo: "Hoy me despido de lo que más quiero en la vida, mi profesion" |url=http://www.noticiasdealmeria.com/noticia/67077/capital/eduardo-fajardo:-hoy-me-despido-de-lo-que-mas-quiero-en-la-vida-mi-profesion-.html |date=23 April 2014 |access-date=25 May 2018 |newspaper=Noticias de Almeria |language=es}}</ref> where he received a star on 11 April 2012 due to his intervention in ''[[7th Cavalry (film)|7th Cavalry]]'' and ''[[Django (1966 film)|Django]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Eduardo Fajardo ya tiene su propia estrella en el 'paseo de la fama' de Almería |url=http://novaciencia.es/eduardo-fajardo-ya-tiene-su-propia-estrella-en-el-paseo-de-la-fama-de-almeria/ |date=11 April 2012 |access-date=10 November 2013 |newspaper=Nova Ciencia |language=es}}</ref>


===Personal life and death===
In 2002 he founded ''Teatro sin barreras'' in Almeria, in order to help [[people with disabilities]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cine/20190704/463287473067/muere-actor-espanol-eduardo-fajardo-94-anos.html |title=Muere el actor español Eduardo Fajardo a los 94 años |author=EFE |author-link=EFE |date=4 July 2019 |access-date=5 July 2019 |newspaper=[[La Vanguardia]] |language=es}}</ref> He started the [[Almeria Walk of Fame]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Eduardo Fajardo: "Hoy me despido de lo que más quiero en la vida, mi profesion" |url=http://www.noticiasdealmeria.com/noticia/67077/capital/eduardo-fajardo:-hoy-me-despido-de-lo-que-mas-quiero-en-la-vida-mi-profesion-.html |date=23 April 2014 |access-date=25 May 2018 |newspaper=Noticias de Almeria |language=es}}</ref> where he received an star on 11 April 2012 due to his intervention in ''[[7th Cavalry (film)|7th Cavalry]]'' and ''[[Django (1966 film)|Django]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Eduardo Fajardo ya tiene su propia estrella en el 'paseo de la fama' de Almería |url=http://novaciencia.es/eduardo-fajardo-ya-tiene-su-propia-estrella-en-el-paseo-de-la-fama-de-almeria/ |date=11 April 2012 |access-date=10 November 2013 |newspaper=Nova Ciencia |language=es}}</ref>
Fajardo was married four times. In Mexico he married twice, one of her with the actress [[Carmelita González]], with whom he bore a daughter, Paloma del Rocío.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.informador.com.mx/entretenimiento/2010/197670/6/carmelita-gonzalez-deja-un-gran-legado-en-cine-y-television.htm |title=Carmelita González deja un gran legado en cine y televisión |date=30 April 2010 |newspaper=[[El Informador (Mexico)|El Informador]] |access-date=26 May 2010 |author=NTX}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/520448.html |title=Se apaga la estrella de Carmelita González |date=1 May 2010 |newspaper=[[El Siglo de Torreón]] |access-date=27 May 2010}}</ref> His others children are José Antonio, Corazón, Lucero, Dusko, Alma and Eduardo.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.diariodealmeria.es/ocio/Fallece-Eduardo-Fajardo-enamoro-Almeria_0_1369963404.html |title=Fallece Eduardo Fajardo, el gran actor que se 'enamoró' de Almería |first=D. |last=Martínez |date=4 July 2019 |access-date=5 July 2019 |newspaper=[[Diario de Almería]] |language=es |publisher=[[Joly Digital]]}}</ref>


Fajardo died while vacationing with five of his seven children in [[Mexico]] on 4 July 2019 at the age of 94.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.lavozdealmeria.com/noticia/5/vivir/174743/muere-en-mexico-eduardo-fajardo |title=Muere en México Eduardo Fajardo |newspaper=[[La Voz de Almería]] |first=María de los Ángeles |last=Arellano |date=4 July 2019 |access-date=5 July 2019 |language=es}}</ref>
Fajardo died while vacationing with five of his seven children in [[Mexico]] on 4 July 2019 at the age of 94.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.lavozdealmeria.com/noticia/5/vivir/174743/muere-en-mexico-eduardo-fajardo |title=Muere en México Eduardo Fajardo |newspaper=[[La Voz de Almería]] |first=María de los Ángeles |last=Arellano |date=4 July 2019 |access-date=5 July 2019 |language=es}}</ref>


==Awards==
He got married four times. In Mexico he married twice, one of her with the actress [[Carmelita González]], and he got seven children: José Antonio, Paloma, Corazón, Lucero, Dusko, Alma and Eduardo.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.diariodealmeria.es/ocio/Fallece-Eduardo-Fajardo-enamoro-Almeria_0_1369963404.html |title=Fallece Eduardo Fajardo, el gran actor que se ‘enamoró’ de Almería |first=D. |last=Martínez |date=4 July 2019 |access-date=5 July 2019 |newspaper=[[Diario de Almería]] |language=es |publisher=[[Joly Digital]]}}</ref>
He was honoured by the Diputación de Pontevedra and had been named hijo predilecto del Concello de Meis.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/arousa/2010/07/14/queria-galan-sere-villano-noventa-cien/0003_8608928.htm |title="Quería ser galán, pero seré villano hasta los noventa o hasta los cien" |first=Hugo |last=Amoedo |date=14 July 2010 |access-date=5 July 2019 |newspaper=[[La Voz de Galicia]] |language=es}}</ref> In January 2019 he was honoured by the Almería Western Museo del Cine.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.diariodealmeria.es/ocio/actor-homenaje-Fajardo_0_1314768682.html |title=Homenaje al actor Eduardo Fajardo de 'Almería Western Museo del Cine' |first=D. |last=Martínez |date=1 January 2019 |access-date=5 July 2019 |newspaper=[[Diario de Almería]] |publisher=[[Joly Digital]] |language=es}}</ref>


==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==
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* ''[[The Princess of the Ursines]]'' (1947)
* ''Héroes del 95'' (1947) – Enrique de Mendoza
* ''[[Lady in Ermine]]'' (1947)
* ''Dulcinea'' (1947) – Ginés de la Hera
* ''La nao Capitana'' (1947) – Soldier (uncredited)
* ''[[Mare Nostrum (1948 film)|Mare Nostrum]]'' (1948)
* ''[[Lady in Ermine]]'' (1947) – Don Luis Tristán
* ''[[The Princess of the Ursines]]'' (1947) – Capitán emisario
* ''Fuenteovejuna'' (1947) – Soldado
* ''2 cuentos para 2'' (1947) – Franklin Perry
* ''Don Quijote de la Mancha'' (1947) – Don Fernando
* ''Amanhã Como Hoje'' (1948) – Capitão
* ''[[Madness for Love]]'' (1948) – Marqués de Villena
* ''[[Mare Nostrum (1948 film)|Mare Nostrum]]'' (1948) – Capitán
* ''[[The Captain from Loyola]]'' (1949)
* ''[[The Captain from Loyola]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Just Any Woman]]'' (1949)
* ''Currito de la Cruz'' (1949) – Man at bullring (uncredited)
* ''[[The Duchess of Benameji (film)|The Duchess of Benameji]]'' (1949)
* ''Noche de Reyes'' (1949)
* ''[[Just Any Woman]]'' (1949) – Ricardo
* ''[[Agustina of Aragon (1950 film)|Agustina of Aragon]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Woman to Woman (1950 film)|Woman to Woman]]'' (1950)
* ''[[The Duchess of Benameji (film)|The Duchess of Benameji]]'' (1949) – Carlos, Marqués de Miraflores
* ''¡El santuario no se rinde!'' (1949) – Teniente Ramos
* ''[[Reckless (1951 film)|Reckless]]'' (1951)
* ''Paz'' (1949) – Voz en radio (voice, uncredited)
* ''[[The Lioness of Castille]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Dawn of America]]'' (1951)
* ''El sótano'' (1949) – Juan Bell
* ''[[Airport (1953 film)|Airport]]'' (1953)
* ''Tempestad en el alma'' (1950)
* ''[[The Curious Impertinent]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Woman to Woman (1950 film)|Woman to Woman]]'' (1950) – Luis
* ''[[Agustina of Aragon (1950 film)|Agustina of Aragon]]'' (1950) – Luis Montana
* ''Tres ladrones en la casa'' (1950) – Felipe
* ''Vendaval'' (1950) – Coronel Puig Moltó
* ''[[Reckless (1951 film)|Reckless]]'' (1951) – Mario Santos
* ''[[The Lioness of Castille]]'' (1951) – Tovar
* ''[[Dawn of America]]'' (1951) – Gastón
* ''Cerca de la ciudad'' (1952) – Antonio
* ''[[Gloria Mairena]]'' (1952) – Paulino Céspedes
* ''[[The Curious Impertinent]]'' (1953) – Bocaccio
* ''[[Airport (1953 film)|Airport]]'' (1953) – Espectador (uncredited)
* ''[[La intrusa (1954 film)|La intrusa]]'' (1954) – Raúl Gómez de Fonseca
* ''[[Tehuantepec (film)|Tehuantepec]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Tehuantepec (film)|Tehuantepec]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Tizoc (film)|Tizoc]]'' (1957)
* ''La engañadora'' (1955)
* ''Orgullo de mujer'' (1956) – Ramón Durán
* ''[[Macario (film)|Macario]]'' (1960)
* ''[[La ciudad no es para mí]] (1966)
* ''[[Tizoc (film)|Tizoc]]'' (1957) – Arturo
* ''La ciudad de los niños'' (1957) – Señor Jaime Andrade
* ''[[Django (1966 film)|Django]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Master Stroke]]'' (1967)
* ''Las últimas banderas'' (1957)
* ''Escuela de rateros'' (1958) – Eduardo, ladrón de joyas
* ''[[Trap for Seven Spies]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Pistol for a Hundred Coffins]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Macario (film)|Macario]]'' (1960) – Virrey
* ''[[The Mercenary (film)|The Mercenary]]'' (1968)
* ''[[La Llorona (1960 film)|La Llorona]]'' (1960) – Don Nuño de Montes Claros
* ''[[Uno a uno, sin piedad]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Ánimas Trujano (film)|Ánimas Trujano]]'' (1961) – El Español
* ''Los invisibles'' (1963) – Jewel Thief
* ''[[Bootleggers (1969 film)|Bootleggers]]'' (1969)
* ''[[Cry Chicago]]'' (1969)
* ''Las hijas del Zorro'' (1964)
* ''[[Compañeros]]'' (1970)
* ''Canción del alma'' (1964) – Alejandro
* ''[[Bad Man's River]]'' (1971)
* ''Las invencibles'' (1964)
* ''[[Dead Men Ride]]'' (1971)
* ''[[I due toreri]]'' (1965) – Ispettore N.B.
* ''[[Long Live Your Death]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Vengeance of the Vikings]]'' (1965) – Olaf
* ''[[What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution?]]'' (1972)
* ''[[Heroes of Fort Worth]]'' (1965) – Col. George Bonnet
* ''[[The Two Faces of Fear]]'' (1972)
* ''[[A Coffin for the Sheriff]]'' (1965) – Russell Murdock
* ''[[Sonny and Jed]]'' (1972)
* ''Ringo's Big Night'' (1966) – Joseph Finley
* ''[[Il coltello di ghiaccio|Knife of Ice]]'' (1972)
* ''[[La ciudad no es para mí]]'' (1966) – Dr. Agustín Valverde hijo
* ''[[Counselor at Crime]]'' (1973)
* ''[[Django (1966 film)|Django]]'' (1966) – Major Jackson
* ''[[Agent 3S3: Massacre in the Sun]]'' (1966) – Professor Theodore Karleston
* ''[[Yankee Dudler]]'' (1973)
* ''[[Fuzzy the Hero]]'' (1973)
* ''Pas de panique'' (1966) – Lorenzaccio
* ''[[Lisa and the Devil]]'' (1973)
* ''Missione apocalisse'' (1966) – Axel
* ''[[Ricco the Mean Machine]]'' (1973)
* ''[[Ringo, the Mark of Vengeance]]'' (1966) – Tim
* ''[[No es bueno que el hombre esté solo]]'' (1973) as Don Alfonso
* ''[[Trap for Seven Spies]]'' (1966) – Colonnello Riteau
* ''[[Uno, dos, tres... dispara otra vez]]'' (1973)
* ''El aventurero de Guaynas'' (1966)
* ''[[La cruz del diablo]]'' (1975)
* ''[[Master Stroke]]'' (1967) – Mr. Ferrington
* ''[[Argoman the Fantastic Superman]]'' (1967) – Shandra, butler
* ''Las adolescentes'' (1975)
* ''[[Convoy Buddies]]'' (1975)
* ''[[Seven Pistols for a Massacre]]'' (1967) – Tilly
* ''Come rubare un quintale di diamanti in Russia'' (1967) – Gen. Poniatowski
* ''[[The Shark Hunter]]'' (1979)
* ''[[Nightmare City]]'' (1980)
* ''[[Il tempo degli avvoltoi]]'' (1967) – Don Jaime Mendoza
* ''Gentleman Killer'' (1967) – Colonel Fernando Ferreras
* ''[[Oasis of the Zombies]]'' (1982)
* ''[[Vatican Conspiracy]]'' (1982)
* ''[[Killer Adios]]'' (1968) – Sam Ringold
* ''Cover Girl'' (1968) – Maurice Behar
* ''[[Exterminators of the Year 3000]]'' (1983)
* ''[[Pistol for a Hundred Coffins]]'' (1968) – Acombar
* ''Los flamencos'' (1968) – Kuis
* ''Go for Broke'' (1968) – Paco Nuñez
* ''[[A Stroke of 1000 Millions]]'' (1968) – Teopulos
* ''[[Pistol for a Hundred Coffins]]'' (1968) – Chavel, Madman
* ''[[Uno a uno, sin piedad]]'' (1968) – Sheriff Lyman
* ''[[The Mercenary (film)|The Mercenary]]'' (1968) – Alfonso García
* ''No le busques tres pies...'' (1968) – Juan
* ''Tiempos de Chicago'' (1969) – Captain Harper
* ''Pagó cara su muerte'' (1969) – Trevor
* ''[[Bootleggers (1969 film)|Bootleggers]]'' (1969) – Sir Louis Baymond
* ''El taxi de los conflictos'' (1969) – Comisario Diéguez
* ''Sharon vestida de rojo'' (1969) – Matthews
* ''[[Eagles Over London]]'' (1969) – German officer
* ''[[Cry Chicago]]'' (1969) – Dick O'Connor
* ''Cuatro noches de boda'' (1969) – Miguel
* ''Las nenas del mini-mini'' (1969) – Padre de Chalo
* ''Homicidios en Chicago'' (1969) – Arthur
* ''El perfil de Satanás'' (1969) – Staub
* ''El mesón del gitano'' (1970) – Jaime
* ''Os cinco Avisos de Satanás'' (1970) – Leonardo
* ''[[Shango (film)|Shango]]'' (1970) – Maj. Droster
* ''Helena y Fernanda'' (1970)
* ''¿Quién soy yo?'' (1970) – General Varclano
* ''[[Viva Cangaceiro]]'' (1970) – Governor Branco
* ''Il tuo dolce corpo da uccidere'' (1970) – Franz Adler
* ''[[Sabata the Killer]]'' (1970) – Mangosta
* ''Apocalypse Joe'' (1970) – Berg
* ''[[Compañeros (film)|Compañeros]]'' (1970) – Mexican Colonel
* ''Trasplante de un cerebro'' (1970) – Clifton Reynolds
* ''La araucana'' (1971) – Virrey Lagasca
* ''[[Dead Men Ride]]'' (1971) – Redfield
* ''Il lungo giorno della violenza'' (1971) – Juan Cisneros 'Malpelo'
* ''[[Bad Man's River]]'' (1971) – General Duarte
* ''[[Delusions of Grandeur (film)|Delusions of Grandeur]]'' (1971) – Gen. Huerta Un Grand d'Espagne
* ''[[Long Live Your Death]]'' (1971) – Gen. Huerta
* ''[[The Two Faces of Fear]]'' (1972) – Luisi
* ''La mansión de la niebla'' (1972) – Mr. Tremont
* ''[[Sonny and Jed]]'' (1972) – Don García Moreno
* ''[[Il coltello di ghiaccio|Knife of Ice]]'' (1972) – Marcos
* ''Fuenteovejuna'' (1972)
* ''[[Sting of the West]]'' (1972) – Grant
* ''[[What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution?]]'' (1972) – Herrero
* ''La redada'' (1973) – El Conde
* ''[[The Scarlet Letter (1973 film)|The Scarlet Letter]]'' (1973)
* ''The Killer with a Thousand Eyes'' (1973) – Costa
* ''[[No es bueno que el hombre esté solo]]'' (1973) – Don Alfonso
* ''[[Uno, dos, tres... dispara otra vez|Fuzzy the Hero]]'' (1973) – Cogan
* ''[[The Lonely Woman]]'' (1973) – Lawyer
* ''[[Ricco the Mean Machine]]'' (1973) – Cyrano
* ''[[Counselor at Crime]]'' (1973) – Calogero Vezza (uncredited)
* ''[[Yankee Dudler]]'' (1973) – Henry
* ''[[The Three Musketeers of the West]]'' (1973) – Horatio Maurice DeLuc
* ''[[Lisa and the Devil]]'' (1973) – Francis Lehar
* ''[[La hiena]]'' (1973) – Capitán Steven
* ''Una chica y un señor'' (1974) – Médico
* ''El último viaje'' (1974) – Comisario Mendoza
* ''¿... Y el prójimo?'' (1974) – Vicente
* ''[[The Four Musketeers (1974 film)|The Four Musketeers]]'' (1974)
* ''Siete chacales'' (1974)
* ''El último proceso en París'' (1974) – Mr. Dupont
* ''[[The Killer Must Kill Again]]'' (1975) – Inspector
* ''Evil Eye'' (1975) – Walter, the majordomo
* ''[[La cruz del diablo]]'' (1975) – Enrique Carrillo
* ''[[Lisa and the Devil]]'' (1975) – Francis Lehar
* ''{{ill|Valley of the Dancing Widows|de|Das Tal der tanzenden Witwen}}'' (1975) – Dynamite Dick
* ''[[Convoy Buddies]]'' (1975) – Monsieur Le Renard
* ''Juego sucio en Panamá'' (1975) – Edward
* ''Las adolescentes'' (1975) – Ana's Father
* ''Docteur Justice'' (1975) – Dr. Alverio
* ''El socarrón'' (1975)
* ''Guapa, rica y... especial'' (1976) – Don Arístides
* ''La ragazza dalla pelle di corallo'' (1976) – Barrymore
* ''Storia di arcieri, pugni e occhi neri'' (1976) – Baron / Duke of Sherwood
* ''Lucecita'' (1976)
* ''Las marginadas'' (1977) – Don Fernando
* ''La llamada del sexo'' (1977) – Sr. Montero
* ''El despertar de los sentidos'' (1977) – Juan
* ''Espectro (Más allá del fin del mundo)'' (1978) – Profesor Antón del Valle
* ''Venus de fuego'' (1978) – Padre de Alberto
* ''Polvos mágicos'' (1979) – Leandro
* ''[[The Shark Hunter]]'' (1979) – Il capitano Gómez
* ''Tres mujeres de hoy'' (1980) – Rafael
* ''[[Nightmare City]]'' (1980) – Dr. Kramer
* ''El niño de su mamá'' (1980) – Enrique
* ''Buitres sobre la ciudad'' (1981) – Bonardis
* ''Asalto al casino'' (1981) – Director of Security
* ''El lago de las vírgenes'' (1982) – Sebastián
* ''[[Oasis of the Zombies]]'' (1982) – Colonel Kurt Meitzell
* ''La vida, el amor y la muerte'' (1982)
* ''[[Vatican Conspiracy]]'' (1982) – Rettore
* ''Pájaros de ciudad'' (1983)
* ''[[Hundra]]'' (1983) – Chieftain
* ''[[Exterminators of the Year 3000]]'' (1983) – Senator
* ''[[Yellow Hair and the Fortress of Gold]]'' (1984) – Man-Who-Knows
* ''Café, coca y puro'' (1985) – Tío de Pablo
* ''Bangkok, cita con la muerte'' (1985) – Flanagan
* ''Mordiendo la vida'' (1986) – Don Ricardo
* ''Esto es un atraco'' (1987) – Ramón
* ''Fratello dello spazio'' (1988) – General Bradley
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Martínez and the second or maternal family name is Fajardo.
Eduardo Fajardo
Eduardo Fajardo in Django (1966)
Born
Eduardo Martínez Fajardo

(1924-08-14)14 August 1924
Meis (Pontevedra), Spain
Died4 July 2019(2019-07-04) (aged 94)
Mexico
OccupationActor
Years active1947–2002
SpouseCarmelita González
Children7

Eduardo Martínez Fajardo (14 August 1924 – 4 July 2019) was a Spanish film actor born in Meis (Pontevedra), Spain.[1] He appeared in 183 films, 75 plays and made 2,000 television appearances between 1947 and 2002.[2]

Biography

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He was born in Meis, Pontevedra on 14 August 1924, and he raised in Haro and Santander, where he studied Bachillerato.[3] He began his career as a voice actor from 1942 to 1946, and in 1947 he made his film debut in Héroes del 95, directed by Raúl Alfonso.[4] In the 1950s he moved to Mexico, and when he came back to Spain he appeared in spaghetti westerns such as Gli eroi di Fort Worth (1965) by Martin Herbert, and Django (1966) by Sergio Corbucci.[5]

In 2002, he founded Teatro sin barreras in Almeria, in order to help people with disabilities.[6] He started the Almeria Walk of Fame,[7] where he received a star on 11 April 2012 due to his intervention in 7th Cavalry and Django.[8]

Personal life and death

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Fajardo was married four times. In Mexico he married twice, one of her with the actress Carmelita González, with whom he bore a daughter, Paloma del Rocío.[9][10] His others children are José Antonio, Corazón, Lucero, Dusko, Alma and Eduardo.[11]

Fajardo died while vacationing with five of his seven children in Mexico on 4 July 2019 at the age of 94.[12]

Awards

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He was honoured by the Diputación de Pontevedra and had been named hijo predilecto del Concello de Meis.[13] In January 2019 he was honoured by the Almería Western Museo del Cine.[14]

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ Viana, Víctor (16 March 2014). "Eduardo Fajardo, un cowboy de O Mosteiro". Faro de Vigo (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  2. ^ Rodríguez, Marta (5 July 2019). "Adiós a Eduardo Fajardo, el villano que quiso ser galán". La Voz de Almería (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  3. ^ Callejón, M. C. (4 July 2019). "Fallece el mítico actor afincado en Almería Eduardo Fajardo, a los 95 años". Ideal (in Spanish). Vocento. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Muere el actor gallego Eduardo Fajardo a los 94 años". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Fallece el actor Eduardo Fajardo". Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas (in Spanish). 4 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  6. ^ EFE (4 July 2019). "Muere el actor español Eduardo Fajardo a los 94 años". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Eduardo Fajardo: "Hoy me despido de lo que más quiero en la vida, mi profesion"". Noticias de Almeria (in Spanish). 23 April 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Eduardo Fajardo ya tiene su propia estrella en el 'paseo de la fama' de Almería". Nova Ciencia (in Spanish). 11 April 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  9. ^ NTX (30 April 2010). "Carmelita González deja un gran legado en cine y televisión". El Informador. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
  10. ^ "Se apaga la estrella de Carmelita González". El Siglo de Torreón. 1 May 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  11. ^ Martínez, D. (4 July 2019). "Fallece Eduardo Fajardo, el gran actor que se 'enamoró' de Almería". Diario de Almería (in Spanish). Joly Digital. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  12. ^ Arellano, María de los Ángeles (4 July 2019). "Muere en México Eduardo Fajardo". La Voz de Almería (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  13. ^ Amoedo, Hugo (14 July 2010). ""Quería ser galán, pero seré villano hasta los noventa o hasta los cien"". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  14. ^ Martínez, D. (1 January 2019). "Homenaje al actor Eduardo Fajardo de 'Almería Western Museo del Cine'". Diario de Almería (in Spanish). Joly Digital. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
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