Ángel del Pozo
Ángel del Pozo | |
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del Pozo in The Big Gundown (1966) | |
| Born | Ángel del Pozo Merino 14 July 1934 |
| Died | 29 March 2025 (aged 90) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1960–1980 |
Ángel del Pozo Merino (14 July 1934 – 29 March 2025) was a Spanish actor[1] who appeared in more than seventy films since 1960. His daughter is the journalist Almudena del Pozo. [2]
Pozo retired in 1980, and from 1990 to 2008, he worked as an executive producer and public relations on Gestevisión Group, from Mediaset España Comunicación.[3]
In April 2020, he survived COVID-19.[4] On 11 October 2020, he received Tabernas de Cine Award on Almería Western Film Festival in Mini Hollywood and Fort Bravo.[5] Pozo died on 29 March 2025, at the age of 90.[6]
Biography
He combined his university studies with amateur performances at the T.E.U. until he finally decided to pursue acting professionally. He joined Lili Muráti company, participating in the comedy Un bruto para Patricia.
He made his film debut in 1960 with the adaptation of the aforementioned play. After playing leading men in films such as My Love Is Called Margarita (1961), Vuelve San Valentín (1962), and Escala en hi-fi (1963), he specialized in the genre known as Spaghetti Western, shooting more than thirty films in the 1960s and 1970s. [7][8] He shared the screen with stars such as Lee Van Cleef, Christopher Lee, Jean Rochefort, Yul Brynner, and Orson Welles.[9]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | My Street | ||
| 1965 | The Dictator's Guns | ||
| 1966 | The Big Gundown | Chet Miller | |
| Savage Pampas | Lieutenant Del Rio | ||
| For a Few Extra Dollars | Captain Lefevre | ||
| 1967 | The Glass Sphinx | Alex | |
| Face to Face | Maximilian de Winton | ||
| 1968 | Wrath of God | David | |
| 1969 | Simón Bolívar | ||
| Bridge Over the Elbe | Rod | ||
| 1970 | La banda de los tres crisantemos | Police Agent John Williams | |
| 1971 | Catlow | Vargas | |
| 1972 | Horror Express | Yevtushenko | |
| Pancho Villa | Lieutenant Eager | ||
| Treasure Island | Dr. Livesey | ||
| 1973 | The Man Called Noon | Ben Janish | |
| The Three Musketeers | Jussac | ||
| 1974 | The Four Musketeers | Jussac | |
| 1975 | Mistress of the Devil | Chaplain | |
| The Passenger | Police Inspector |
References
- ^ "Ángel del Pozo".
- ^ "Almudena del Pozo abre las puertas de su casa en Chamberí a 'Toc, toc'". Telemadrid (in Spanish). 26 March 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ "Ángel del Pozo, Premio Tabernas de Cine". Almeria Western Film Festival. 11 October 2020. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ Ruiz, Mar (13 October 2020). "Angel del Pozo, el 'vaquero' español que rodó con Yul Brynner y Lee Van Cleef: "Casi siempre me mataban"". Cadena SER (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ EFE (29 September 2020). "Ángel del Pozo recibirá el premio 'Tabernas de Cine' que otorga el Almería Western Film Festival". Ideal (in Spanish). Vocento. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ "Muere a los 90 años el actor Ángel del Pozo, una de las caras del 'Spaghetti Western'". LaRazonES (in Spanish). 2025-03-29. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
- ^ Ángel del Pozo en 800spaghettiwesterns
- ^ Ángel del Pozo en decine21.com
- ^ "Muere el actor Ángel del Pozo, una de las caras del 'spaghetti western'". El País.
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