{{Short description|Spanish actor (1916–1990)}} {{family name hatnote|Sancho|Les|lang=Spanish}} {{More citations needed|date=June 2020}} {{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 | occupation = Actor | years_active = 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]].{{citation needed|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.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
Sancho had a prolific career and remained active in films up to his death.{{citation needed|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== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * ''¡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 * ''[[Wild Kurdistan]]'' (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 * ''[[Kingdom of the Silver Lion]]'' (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 * ''[[Vengeance Is Mine (1967 film)|Vengeance Is Mine]]'' (1967) - Concalves * ''Crónica de un atraco'' (1968) - Fernando Gonzales * ''Go for Broke'' (1968) - Carranza * ''Sangue chiama sangue'' (1968) - 'El Sancho' Rodríguez * ''[[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|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 *''[[Where the Bullets Fly (1972 film)|Where the Bullets Fly]]'' (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 * ''[[The Perfect Killer]]'' (1977) - The Arms Dealer * ''Doña Perfecta'' (1977) * ''The Last Duel'' (1977) - Thai film<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxzC0m4zwmI|via=YouTube|language=thai|title=เฟอร์นันโด ซานโจ มาเล่นหนังไทย "ดวล" ของ นำดี วิตตะ ปี 2515#ฟิล์มเก่าเล่าอดีต|author=ชุมทางหนังไทย|date=2022-08-12|accessdate=2026-02-24}}</ref> * ''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 {{div col end}}
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