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Actor
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Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
A Coruña
Death
14 February 1982 (aged 70 years)
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Place of death
Madrid
Age
70 years
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Biography
Antonio Casas (11 November 1911 in A Coruña, Galicia – 14 February 1982 in Madrid, Spain) was a Spanish footballer turned film actor who appeared in film between 1941 and his death in 1982.
Casas originally began as a footballer for Atlético Madrid, but entered film in 1941 and made nearly 170 appearances in film and TV between then and 1982. He appeared in A Pistol for Ringo in 1965 and Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Western the The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in 1966, a film that has consistently been voted one of the greatest of all time. One of his best known roles was in Luis Buñuel's Tristana.
In the early 1970s he worked in television but returned to film after 1975 until his death.
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1942 | Goyescas | Paquiro |
| The Wheel of Life | Javier | |
| 1943 | A Famous Gentleman | Uncredited |
| 1952 | Devil's Roundup | |
| 1953 | Flight 971 | Giner |
| 1955 | Three are Three | |
| 1958 | The Nightingale in the Mountains | |
| 1951 | Dawn of America | Juan de la Cosa |
| The Lioness of Castille | Juan de Padilla | |
| 1960 | Juanito | President Meza |
| The Revolt of the Slaves | Terulio | |
| 1962 | Accident 703 | Uncredited |
| 1963 | Nunca pasa nada | Enrique |
| The Secret of the Black Widow | Bronsfield | |
| 1964 | Sound of Horror | Professor Andre |
| 1965 | Assassination in Rome | Uncredited |
| A Pistol for Ringo | Major Clyde | |
| Crimen de doble filo | Comisario Ignacio Ruiz | |
| The Dictator's Guns | Uncredited | |
| The Return of Ringo | Sheriff | |
| 1966 | Fantasia 3 | Neptuno |
| The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | Stevens | |
| Kiss Kiss...Bang Bang | Professor Padereski | |
| The Texican | Frank Brady | |
| 1967 | Master Stroke | Colonel Jenkins |
| 1969 | Kidnapping! Paga o uccidiamo tuo figlio | Un Bandito |
| The Price of Power | Mr. Willer | |
| Sundance and the Kid | Barnds | |
| 1970 | Churchill's Leopards | La Tulipe |
| Tristana | Don Cosme | |
| 1971 | Boulevard du Rhum | Wilkinson |
| El bosque del lobo | Abad | |
| 1972 | Pancho Villa | General Goyo |
| 1973 | Nadie oyó gritar | Oscar |
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Notable Spanish Athletes
Gender: Male, Born in: Years 1900 to 1929
Notable Spanish Actors
Gender: Male, Born in: Years 1900 to 1929
Notable Spanish Football players
Gender: Male, Born in: Years 1900 to 1929
Notable Spanish Association football players
Gender: Male, Born in: Years 1900 to 1929
Notable Spanish Film actors
Gender: Male, Born in: Years 1900 to 1929
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