Ignacio Rafael García Escudero (5 June 1919 – 3 September 1981), known as Rafael Albaicín, was a Spanish matador and film actor.[2]
Rafael Albaicín | |
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 Rafael Albaicín as the bartender in Lo voglio morto (1968) | |
| Born | Ignacio Rafael García Escudero 5 June 1919 Madrid, Spain |
| Died | 3 September 1981 (aged 62) |
| Occupation(s) | Matador and film actor |
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In 1948 he began as matador in Las Ventas, taught by Cagancho.[3] He also played the piano and violin, and he designed his traje de luces.[4] As an actor, he appeared in Shéhérazade (1963),[5] Vamos a matar, compañeros and The Ceremony.[6] He also played himself in Watch Out, We're Mad! (1974),[7] a bandit in Navajo Joe (1966),[8] and Alberto in Catlow (1971),[9]
He died on 3 September 1981 at the age of 62 in Madrid.[10]
Filmography edit
- La fiesta sigue (1948) as Rafael
- María Antonia 'La Caramba' (1951)
- Siempre Carmen (1953) as Un guappo
- Noches andaluzas (1954) as Bandit
- El fenómeno (1956) as Mauro
- Torero por alegrías (1957) as Miguel Romero
- El hombre que viajaba despacito (1957) as Gitano
- Mensajeros de paz (1957)
- Polvorilla (1957)
- Patio andaluz (1958) as José Reyes
- Tierra brutal (1961) as González
- Scheherezade (1963) as Leader of kidnappers
- El precio de la muerte (1963) as Waiter
- Encrucijada mortal (1963) as 7th gendarme
- El hombre del valle maldito (1964)
- Fuerte perdido (1964) as Apache
- El séptimo de caballería (1965) as Chief Wild Horse
- Los cien caballeros (1964) as Mohammed (uncredited)
- Dulcinea del Toboso (1964)
- Dos caraduras en Texas (1965) as Benito Cocos (uncredited)
- Don Quijote von der Mancha (1965, TV Mini-Series)
- Sangre sobre Texas (1965) as Oso gris
- Plazo para morir (1965) as Auctioneer
- Trampa para un forajido (1966) as Bandit (uncredited)
- Django (1966) as Member of Hugo's Gang #1
- Siete pistolas para Timothy (1966) as Grey Eagle
- Operación Lady Chaplin (1966) as Rodriguez - the false monk
- Héroes a la fuerza (1966)
- Navajo Joe (1966) as Mexican Scalphunter
- El secreto del capitán O'Hara (1966)
- Un hombre vino a matar (1967) as José
- La casa de las mil muñecas (1967) as Police Inspector (uncredited)
- 15 horcas para un asesino (1967) as Manuel
- Un tren para Durango (1968) as Lobo Henchman (uncredited)
- Winchester: Uno entre mil (1968)
- La hora del coraje (1968) as Ignacio, Carranza's Man
- Vivo para matarte (1968) as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Mercenarios sin gloria (1969) as Chief Arab at Oasis
- Que esperen los cuervos (1969)
- Vivos o preferiblemente muertos (1969) as Cowboy on the Train (uncredited)
- Al infierno, gringo (1969) as Indio
- Los tres supermen en la selva (1970) as Sorcerer (uncredited)
- El cóndor (1970) as Officer
- Reza por tu alma... y muere (1970) as Jose
- Los compañeros (1970) as Mongo Henchman (uncredited)
- Caza implacable (1971) as Mexican (uncredited)
- Catlow (1971) as Alberto
- Il lungo giorno della violenza (1971)
- ¡Viva la muerte... tuya! (1971) as Mexican Rider (uncredited)
- La muerte llega arrastrándose (1972)
- Los hijos del día y de la noche (1972) as Don García Henchman (uncredited)
- What Am I Doing in the Middle of a Revolution? (1972)
- La letra escarlata (1973) as Indian
- Charley, el tuerto (1973) as Mexican Leader
- El bruto, el listo y el capitán (1973) as Indian Chief (uncredited)
- Puños, piratas y karate (1973) as Fighter in Tavern (uncredited)
- La orgía nocturna de los vampiros (1973) as Afilador
- Les aventures du capitaine Luckner (1973, TV Series) as Polizeichef
- El chulo (1974)
- Watch Out, We're Mad! (1974)
- The Spikes Gang (1974) as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
- Im Auftrag von Madame (1974, TV Series)
- Cuando los niños vienen de Marsella (1974) as José
- El blanco, el amarillo y el negro (1975) as Comanchero
- No quiero perder la honra (1975)
- País S.A. (1975)
- Una libélula para cada muerto (1975)
- Y le llamaban Robin Hood (1976)
- Cuando los maridos se iban a la guerra (1976)
- Fulanita y sus menganos (1976)
- El hombre que supo amar (1976) as Almuhecín
- La amante perfecta (1976)
- Guerreras verdes (1976) as Juan
- El anacoreta (1976) as Lenteja
- La muerte ronda a Mónica (1976)
- Esposa y amante (1977) as Repartidor de jarrones 2
- El perro (1977)
- Doña Perfecta (1977)
- Curro Jiménez (1977, TV Series) as Don Pedro Romero / Calandria
- Clayton Drumm (1978) as Guard
- Fantasma en el Oeste (1978) as Paco
- El español y los siete pecados capitales (1980, TV Series)
- El liguero mágico (1980) as Cateto
- Yendo hacia ti (1981) as Auction Bidder (uncredited) (final film role)
References edit
- ^ López Fernández, María (5 July 2018). La imagen de la mujer en la pintura española. 1890-1914. Antonio Machado Libros. p. 496. ISBN 9788491141808.
- ^ "Rafael Albaicín". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- ^ Jiménez, Salvador (17 January 2021). "Rafael Albaicín, gitanería de negro, sedas y oro". Diario de Sevilla (in Spanish). Joly Digital. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- ^ Santainés Cirés, Antonio. "Albaicín, el modelo de Zuloaga". ABC (in Spanish). Barcelona: Vocento.
- ^ Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (28 February 2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. p. 150. ISBN 9781476627045.
- ^ Daniel Blum's Screen World. Vol. 15. Biblo & Tannen Publishers. 1964. p. 95. ISBN 9780819603050.
- ^ Gullo, Christopher. The Films of Donald Pleasence. BearManor Media.
- ^ Cox, Alex (21 October 2010). 10,000 Ways to Die. Oldcastle Books. ISBN 9781842434024.
- ^ Andreychuk, Ed (8 March 2010). Louis L'Amour on Film and Television. McFarland. p. 118. ISBN 978-0786457175.
- ^ "Murió El Albaicin". El País (in Spanish). 6 September 1981. Retrieved 23 January 2024.