José Manuel Martín
Biography
José Manuel Martín was a Spanish actor who also worked in radio and wrote screenplays. Born in Casavieja, he studied in Madrid at the Teatro Español Universitario and later had a scholarship at the Lope de Rueda, and he joined Radio Nacional de España in 1942 as a broadcaster. He made his feature debut in the 1952 war drama La llamada de África. A popular character actor in Spanish cinema, he appeared in over 100 film and television productions, often as villainous henchmen. He became especially known for Spaghetti Westerns, with supporting roles in A Pistol for Ringo (1965), A Bullet for the General (1967), God Forgives... I Don't! (1967), 100 Rifles (1969), Bastard, Go and Kill (1971), and Cut-Throats Nine (1972). He also appeared in Luis Buñuel's Viridiana (1961) and the horror film Sax Rohmer's The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969). Later he did television work and wrote scripts, including The Student Connection and Maestros. He died in 2006.
81years old at death
- Born Casavieja
- Died
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- José Manuel Martín Pérez (birth name)Also credited as Jose Manuel Martin
Movie Career
- Films
- 12
- Career span
- 11 years1961 to 1972
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First role
Martín was 28 when he first appeared in a feature film, the 1952 war drama La llamada de África. César Fernández Ardavín wrote and directed it.
A first
Martín's last appearance in an Italo-Western was in Amigo, Stay Away, where he played a peddler in a role that went uncredited.
Behind the camera
Martín wrote his first screenplay for Rafael Romero Marchent's The Student Connection (1974), co-writing it with Luciano Ercoli, José Luis Navarro and Marchent.
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- Frank WolffDeath Walks on High Heels (1971) and God Forgives... I Don't! (1967)
- Lorenzo RobledoCut-Throats Nine (1972) and Fort Yuma Gold (1966)
- Francisco SanzGod Forgives... I Don't! (1967) and A Pistol for Ringo (1965)
- Nieves NavarroDeath Walks on High Heels (1971) and A Pistol for Ringo (1965)
- Remo CapitaniBastard, Go and Kill (1971) and God Forgives... I Don't! (1967)
- Furio MeniconiBastard, Go and Kill (1971) and Fort Yuma Gold (1966)
- Lorella De LucaA Pistol for Ringo (1965) and Scheherazade (1963)
- Alberto DalbésCut-Throats Nine (1972) and 100 Rifles (1969)
- Francisco NietoCut-Throats Nine (1972) and Bad Man's River (1971)
- Manuel MuñizDeath Walks on High Heels (1971) and A Pistol for Ringo (1965)
- Osvaldo GenazzaniDeath Walks on High Heels (1971) and Sax Rohmer's The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
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