Álvaro de Luna (actor) explained

Álvaro de Luna
Birth Date:	10 April 1935
Birth Place:	Madrid, Spain
Death Place:	Madrid, Spain
Birth Name:	Álvaro de Luna Blanco
Years Active:	1961–2018

Álvaro de Luna Blanco (10 April 1935 – 2 November 2018) was a Spanish actor. He performed in more than one hundred films since 1961. He was most known for El Algarrobo in Curro Jiménez.^[1]

In 1963 he appeared in El verdugo, by Luis García Berlanga.^[2] In 1987 he appeared in the TV series Vísperas.^[3]

He died on 2 November 2018 from a hepatic insufficiency.^[4]

Selected filmography

Film

1961: The Colossus of Rhodes (uncredited)
1962: The Son of Captain Blood as Pirata (uncredited)
1962: Torrejón City as Pelea en saloon (uncredited)
1962: Vampiresas 1930 as Pelea
1963: The Adventures of Scaramouche
1963: Los conquistadores del Pacífico
1963: Objetivo: las estrellas as El Tigre
1963: Pacto de silencio as Forense
1964: The Black Tulip
1964: The Two Gladiators as Pannunzio
1964: A Fistful of Dollars as Rojo Gang Member (uncredited)
1964: The Seven from Texas as Burns
1964: Minnesota Clay (uncredited)
1964: Desafío en Río Bravo as Pistolero
1965: Seven Hours of Gunfire as Utter
1965: Per un pugno nell'occhio as Sargento Black (uncredited)
1965: Shoot to Kill as Henchman
1965: Whisky y vodka
1965: That Man in Istanbul as Bogo
1965: Megatón Ye-Ye as Fausto
1965: Train d'enfer as Hamlet
1965: All'ombra di una colt (uncredited)
1966: Kid Rodelo
1966: Z7 Operation Rembrandt as Kosky Henchman
1966: Lola, espejo oscuro as Franky
1966: Arizona Colt as Watch Henchman
1966: Navajo Joe as Sancho Ramirez - Member of Duncan's Gang
1967: El halcón de Castilla as Acunia
1967: The Hellbenders as Bixby
1967: Amor a la española as Hombre que discute con Paco
1967: I'll Kill Him and Return Alone as Aguador (uncredited)
1967: The Viscount as Jean
1967: The Christmas Kid as Burt Froelich
1967: Las que tienen que servir as Spencer
1967: 15 Scaffolds for a Murderer as Deputy Sheriff
1967: Day of Anger as Wild Jack's Henchman (uncredited)
1968: Ballad of a Bounty Hunter as Bandido
1968: Fruit of Temptation as Fernández (uncredited)
1968: Dame un poco de amooor...!
1968: Giugno '44 - Sbarcheremo in Normandia as Cliff
1968: The Mercenary as Ramón
1969: Cemetery Without Crosses as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
1969: Relaciones casi públicas as Chucho
1969: Les étrangers as Percy
1969: Mónica Stop as Espía
1969: Sundance and the Kid as Bad Jim's Henchman (uncredited)
1970: Des vacances en or
1970: Dele color al difunto as Julio
1970: An Imperfect Crime as Matón #3
1970: Un par de asesinos as Patrick Kirby
1970: Sabata the Killer as Garfield Hechman
1970: El monumento as Portillo
1970: En un lugar de La Manga as Amigo de Juan
1970: No desearás al vecino del quinto as Liborio
1970: Compañeros as John's Henchman #1
1970: El astronauta as Hijo de la anciana que está viendo la TV
1970: Growing Leg, Diminishing Skirt as Alberto García del Chaparral
1971: La orilla as Comandante Rojo
1971: Préstame quince días as Un pueblerino
1971: El diablo Cojuelo as Juez
1971: No desearás la mujer del vecino as Felipe - el boxeador
1971: La red de mi canción as E. Avilés
1971: Los días de Cabirio as Lacayo de Tía
1971: Si Fulano fuese Mengano as Amigo de Miguel
1972: La cera virgen as Jiménez
1972: Los novios de mi mujer as Jorge
1972: Venta por pisos as Julio 'Sansón' Gutiérrez Vizcaino
1972: Sonny and Jed as Sheriff with Bowler Hat
1972: Soltero y padre en la vida as Camarero del club Go-Go
1973: Count Dracula's Great Love as Second Porteador
1974: Odio mi cuerpo as Camilo
1974: El insólito embarazo de los Martínez as Tigre
1975: Evil Eye as Police Officer (uncredited)
1975: Order to Kill as Daniel
1975: El clan de los Nazarenos as Carlos
1975: El mejor regalo as Enfermero
1976: Celedonio y yo somos así as Hermano de Cristina
1977: Foul Play as Cacique #1
1978: Avisa a Curro Jiménez as El Algarrobo
1978: Donde hay patrón... as Marcial
1980: Él y él as Enrique
1980: El gran secreto as Camionero
1980: Todos me llaman Gato as Álvaro
1981: La quinta del porro as El Sargento
1981: Duelo a muerte as Capitán
1982: Sweet Hours as Tío
1982: En septiembre as Perico
1982: as El cabezota
1982: Jane, mi pequeña salvaje as Tom
1984: El balcón abierto as El jinete
1985: Puente de invierno as Lorenzo
1986: Teo el pelirrojo as Teo
1987: La guerra de los locos as Rubio
1987: Mi general as Comandante Barbadillo
1987: Luna de lobos as Gildo
1988: Gallego as Aniceto
1988: El tesoro as El Papo
1991: Tramontana as Don Gerau
1993: La febre d'Or as Bernando Foix
1996: Pesadilla para un rico as Lorenzo
1998: Mambí as Sargento Arocha
2000: Maestros
2000: Lázaro de Tormes as Calderero
2001: Silencio roto as Don Hilario
2002: La soledad era esto as Juanjo
2002: La marcha verde as Coronel
2002: Carol's Journey as Don Amalio
2003: Las voces de la noche as El viejo
2007: as Padre de Teresa
2007: And Who Are You? as Luis
2007: The Field of Stars as Alfonso
2007: Camino al Edén
2008: El libro de las aguas as Faustino
2014: Spanish Western as Himself
2018: Miau as Aramendi
2019: Sesión Salvaje as Himself (final film role)

Television

Curro Jiménez (1976–1978) as El Algarrobo
La barraca (1979) as Batiste
Herederos (2007–2008) as Antonio Moro

Notes and References

News: Álvaro de Luna: 'El actor que se deja marcar por el personaje no es bueno' . . es . 4 June 2015 . 28 October 2018 . EFE . EFE . Unidad Editorial Información General S.L.U. . Alicante.
Web site: Más de una vida actuando . 7 November 2014 . Pozuelo In. . Meiga Media S.L. . 28 October 2018 . es.
News: TVE emprende una nueva etapa de co-producciones con la serie Vísperas . 28 October 2018 . 3 June 1987 . . Sevilla . PDF . 91 . es . R. G. G. . Vocento.
News: Fallece Álvaro de Luna, el actor que encarnó a 'Algarrobo' . Noticias de Navarra . 2 November 2018 . es . Zeroa Multimedia . 3 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181103093554/https://www.noticiasdenavarra.com/2018/11/02/ocio-y-cultura/cultura/fallece-alvaro-de-luna-el-actor-que-encarno-a-algarrobo . dead .