Legendary Spanish filmmaker Rafael Romero Marchent died in Madrid, Spain
on February 13, 2020. He was 94. The director, writer, actor along was born
into a family of filmmakers and along with his brothers Joaquin., Carlos and
his sister Ana were pioneers in the Euro-western genre that brought
international cinema and film making to Spain. He was involved with 20
Euro-westerns as production manager, director, assistant director, writer and
actor. Some of the titles are: “The Shadow of Zorro”; “Zorro the Avenger” both
1962; “Sign of the Coyote” (1963); “Gunfight at High Noon” (1965); Two Crosses
at Danger Pass” (1967); “Dead Men Don’t Count” (1968), “The Dead are Countless”
(1969) and he finished his western career with “The Black Wolf” and “Revenge of
the Black Wolf” in 1981. One of the greats of the genre has passed.
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