Félix Ángel Sancho Gracia (27 September 1936 – 8 August 2012) was a Spanish motion picture and television actor.

Career

Born in Madrid, Gracia started his acting career in Montevideo, Uruguay, where he lived from 1947 until 1961. In Uruguay he was a student of Margarita Xirgu at the Multidisciplinary School of Dramatic Art. He made his movie acting debut in France in the 1963 film L'Autre femme opposite Annie Girardot. Since then he has appeared in more than eighty motion pictures including several Hollywood productions during the 1970s and in 1999's Outlaw Justice with Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson. Gracia also worked in Australia, performing as a regular cast member in the 1982 television series Runaway Island and in the 1991 made-for-TV film Pirates Island. He also participated in the Oscar-nominated Mexican film The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002).

In 2003, he was nominated for the Goya Award for Best Actor for his performance in the 2002 film 800 Bullets.

In addition to motion pictures, Sancho Gracia made more than sixty guest appearances on Spanish television shows. He became famous in Spain for the role of Curro Jiménez, in the Televisión Española drama series of the same name, that was broadcast from 1976 to 1979, being rebroadcast several times since then.

Personal life

In 1969, Sancho Gracia married Noelia Aguirre Gomensoro, the daughter of an Uruguayan National Party politician, with whom he had three children, including Rodolfo.

During the shooting of the film 100 Rifles in Spain in 1968, Gracia had an affair with American actress Raquel Welch, who at the time was married to producer Patrick Curtis. Welch's husband, upon finding out about the affair, chased Gracia at gunpoint through the hotel where they were staying in Aguadulce.

Death Sancho Gracia died of lung cancer on 8 August 2012 in Madrid.

Selected filmography Vampiresas 1930 (1962) – Negra de la orquesta A Nearly Decent Girl (1963) – Amigote de Carlos L'autre femme (1964) Murieta (1965) – Bandido de Murrieta (uncredited) El Zorro cabalga otra vez (1965) – Juan Sheriff Won't Shoot (1965) – Sam, Handsome Bandit In a Colt's Shadow (1965) – Saloon Gunslinger (uncredited) Operation Poker (1965) – John Parker La ciudad no es para mí (1966) – Dr. Ricardo Torres He's My Man! (1966) – Jefe banda Sing-Sing Los duendes de Andalucía (1966) – Simon Legrand Per il gusto di uccidere (1966) – Bill Kilpatrick Las viudas (1966) – Joven seductor (segment "El Aniversario") Fray Torero (1966) – Antonio Road to Rocío (1966) – Médico Savage Pampas (1966) – Carlos Espi... ando (1966) ¿Qué hacemos con los hijos? (1967) – José Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot! (1967) – Willy Club de solteros (1967) – Tomás Run Like a Thief (1967) – Wes The House of 1,000 Dolls (1967) – Fernando La chica de los anuncios (1968) – Teddy Honeymoon with a Stranger (1969) - Sergeant (ABC Movie of the Week) 100 Rifles (1969) – Mexican Leader (uncredited) Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969) – Miguel Simón Bolívar (1969) – Cardona El último día de la guerra (1970) – Pvt. Martínez Rain for a Dusty Summer (1971) – Humberto Pro Antony and Cleopatra (1972) – Canidius The Call of the Wild (1972) – Taglish Charlie El espectro del terror (1973) – Doctor Dick Turpin (1974) – Richard País S.A. (1975) – Actores invitados Guerreras verdes (1976) – Sargento Saez Avisa a Curro Jiménez (1978) – Curro Jiménez Él y él (1980) – Alberto Marbella, un golpe de cinco estrellas (1985) – Police Inspector Vargas The Witching Hour (1985) – Rubén Blázquez y Delgado de Aguilera De tripas corazón (1985) – Arturo Freckled Max and the Spooks (1987) – Prokurator Gallego (1988) Love, Hate and Death (1989) – Antonio Montoya Tango (1991) – Marcos Huidos (1993) – Juan Tocando fondo (1993) – Bartolo Cachito (1996) – Rafael Martín (hache) (1997) – José M.ª Navarro The Naked Eye (1998) – Ignacio Dying of Laughter (1999) – Legionario brutal Inferno (1999) – Muñoz A galope tendido (2000) – Tío Boni La comunidad (2000) – Castro No te fallaré (2001) – Sandro ¡Hasta aquí hemos llegado! (2002) – Lago The Crime of Father Amaro (2002) – Padre Benito Díaz Box 507 (2002) – Santos Guijuelo El robo más grande jamás contado (2002) – Fernando Baeza "Garganta Profunda" 800 Bullets (2002) – Julián El oro de Moscú (2003) – Teniente de la Guardia Civil El furgón (2003) – El Manco El Cid: The Legend (2003) – Gormaz (voice) Love by Mistake (2004) – Manolo Mala uva (2004) – César R2 y el caso del cadáver sin cabeza (2005) – Inspector jefe Bailando chachacha (2005) La bicicleta (2006) – Mario Los managers (2006) – Josete Donkey Xote (2007) – Sansón Carrasco / Siniestro (voice) Barreiros, motor humano (2008) – (voice) 7 pasos y medio (2009) – Antonio The Last Circus (2010) – Coronel Salcedo Entrelobos (2010) – Atanasio

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