Eduardo Fajardo
Eduardo Fajardo | |
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 Eduardo Fajardo in Django (1966) | |
| Born | Eduardo Martínez Fajardo 14 August 1924 Meis (Pontevedra), Spain |
| Died | 4 July 2019 (aged 94) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1947–2002 |
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 2000 television appeareances between 1947 and 2002.[2]
He was born in Meis, Pontevedra on 14 August 1924, and he raised in Haro and Santander.[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 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]
He started the Almeria Walk of Fame,[6] where he received an star on 11 April 2012 due to his intervention in 7th Cavalry and Django.[7]
Fajardo died while vacationing in Mexico on 4 July 2019 at the age of 94.[8]
Selected filmography
- The Princess of the Ursines (1947)
- Lady in Ermine (1947)
- Mare Nostrum (1948)
- The Captain from Loyola (1949)
- Just Any Woman (1949)
- The Duchess of Benameji (1949)
- Agustina of Aragon (1950)
- Woman to Woman (1950)
- Reckless (1951)
- The Lioness of Castille (1951)
- Dawn of America (1951)
- Airport (1953)
- The Curious Impertinent (1953)
- Tehuantepec (1954)
- Tizoc (1957)
- Macario (1960)
- La ciudad no es para mí (1966)
- Django (1966)
- Master Stroke (1967)
- Trap for Seven Spies (1967)
- Pistol for a Hundred Coffins (1968)
- The Mercenary (1968)
- Uno a uno, sin piedad (1968)
- Bootleggers (1969)
- Cry Chicago (1969)
- Compañeros (1970)
- Bad Man's River (1971)
- Dead Men Ride (1971)
- Long Live Your Death (1971)
- What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution? (1972)
- The Two Faces of Fear (1972)
- Sonny and Jed (1972)
- Knife of Ice (1972)
- Counselor at Crime (1973)
- Yankee Dudler (1973)
- Fuzzy the Hero (1973)
- Lisa and the Devil (1973)
- Ricco the Mean Machine (1973)
- No es bueno que el hombre esté solo (1973) as Don Alfonso
- Uno, dos, tres... dispara otra vez (1973)
- La cruz del diablo (1975)
- Las adolescentes (1975)
- Convoy Buddies (1975)
- The Shark Hunter (1979)
- Nightmare City (1980)
- Oasis of the Zombies (1982)
- Vatican Conspiracy (1982)
- Exterminators of the Year 3000 (1983)
References
- ^ Viana, Víctor (16 March 2014). "Eduardo Fajardo, un cowboy de O Mosteiro". Faro de Vigo (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Muere el actor gallego Eduardo Fajardo a los 94 años". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Fallece el actor Eduardo Fajardo". Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas (in Spanish). 4 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Arellano, María de los Ángeles (4 July 2019). "Muere en México Eduardo Fajardo". La Voz de Almería (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 July 2019.
External links
- Eduardo Fajardo at IMDb
- Eduardo Fajardo at AllMovie
- Works by or about Eduardo Fajardo at Internet Archive
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