Antonio Casas

Actor

November 11, 1911 (70 years)

† February 14, 1982

A Coruña, Galicia, Spain

Biography

Antonio Casas (11 November 1911 - 14 February 1982) 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 Good, the Bad and the Ugly in 1966. One of his best-known roles was in Luis Buñuel's Tristana.

Filmography

8.5

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Stevens

While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.

7.2

Tales to Keep You Awake

Tales of terror by established authors such as Ray Bradbury or Edgar Allan Poe, as well as original scripts.

7.2

Tristana

Don Cosme

As a young woman, Tristana is orphaned and taken under the guardianship of Don Lope, a respected member of the community, who takes advantage of his innocent charge. When Tristana falls in love with artist Horacio, she must learn to be more assertive in order to achieve independence from her nefarious guardian, or her blossoming relationship with Horacio is doomed.

7.3

The Big Gundown

Brother Smith & Wesson

Unofficial lawman John Corbett hunts down Cuchillo Sanchez, a Mexican peasant accused of raping and killing a 12-year-old girl.

7.2

El pícaro

El Gran Duque

In 17th-century Spain, Lucas Trapaza is a lazy liar and con artist who does everything he can to live off others.

6.7

The Son of Captain Blood

Captain of the 'Negrier'

The son of a notorious pirate is placed on the path of righteousness by his love for a beautiful young woman.

5.9

The Colossus of Rhodes

Phoenician Ambassador

While on holiday in Rhodes, Athenian war hero Darios becomes involved in two different plots to overthrow the tyrannical king, one from Rhodian patriots and the other from sinister Phoenician agents.

5.7

Inquisition

Period piece set during the Inquisition about a witch-finder general who falls in love with the village beauty, who has made a pact with the devil to seduce and condemn the man who is killing off Satan's servants.

9.0

Christopher Colombus

Vittorio Cottafavi's four part series on the life of Christopher Colombus

6.3

The Last Days of Pompeii

Glaucus, a demobilized centurion returns home to Pompeii to find his father murdered by a gang of black-hooded Christian robbers that terrorizes the city and he decides to investigate the matter while the nearby volcano threatens to erupt.

4.7

Rum Runners

Wilkinson

During the prohibition era, Cornelius, a bootlegger, is on the run from the American coastguards. He comes across a silent film actress, Linda, on the set of a movie and falls in love with her.

6.3

A Pistol for Ringo

Maj. Clyde

Giuliano Gemma stars as a cool, cocky mercenary enlisted by a sheriff to infiltrate a ruthless gang of outlaws. Ennio Morricone provided the score to this early spaghetti western hit.

7.0

Face to Face

Leading Citizen of Puerto del Fuego

History Professor Brad Fletcher heads west for his health, but falls in with Solomon Bennett's outlaw gang. Fascinated by their way of life, Fletcher finally takes over the gang, leading with a new 'efficient' ruthlessness.

6.4

The Return of Ringo

Sheriff Carson

Once again billed as Montgomery Wood, Giuliano Gemma plays a civil war soldier who returns to his family land to find his family decimated, his property taken over by a family of Mexican bandits and his fiancee about to marry the Mexican gangster behind all this. Bent on revenge, he goes undercover disguised as a Mexican and discovers he has a daughter!

8.0

La Máscara Negra

Gonzalo Pascual

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5.6

The Legend of Frenchie King

(uncredited)

Outlaw sisters in the old West inherit a ranch and try to settle down and develop relationships with neighboring family of lots of brothers.

7.1

Death of a Cyclist

Trainer

A couple having an affair strike a bicyclist with their car and do not offer aid out of fear of their relationship being exposed.

4.9

Pancho Villa

General Goyo

In 1916, during the Mexican Revolution, General Pancho Villa manages to escape from the clutches of General Goyo, his greatest enemy, only to face an even greater problem when he meets McDermott, a mysterious adventurer who promises to get him weapons and ammunition for his troops.

6.6

Alive or Preferably Dead

Barnes

Two brothers, Monty and Ted, will inherit $300,000 if they manage to live together for six months.

5.0

Operation Double Cross

Colonel

In Barcelona, secret agent Antoine Donadieu thwarts the plans of a Nazi scientist.