RIP Ángel Del Pozo

 

Spanish actor Ángel Del Pozo died on March 29^th in Madrid, Spain he was 90. Born Ángel del Pozo Merino in Madrid on July 14, 1934, he debuted in the cinema in 1960 with “Un bruto para Patricia” as Luis. After playing supporting roles in titles such as “Margarita se llama mi amor” (1961), “Vuelve San Valentín” (1962) and Escala en Hi-Fi” (1963), he began his best remembered work in Spaghetti Western, appearing more than a dozen titles in the 1960s and 1970s.In the 1970s he debuts as a director, shooting four films. At the end of the decade, he decided to withdraw from the world of entertainment. From the 1990s to 2008 he had been working in executive production and public relations in Gestevisión Telecinco[date) (now Mediaset Spain), manager of the television stations Telecinco and Cuatro. He received a lifetime achievement award at the Almeria Western Film Festival in 2020. He is survived by his daughter journalist Almudena del Pozo. Ángel appeared in fifteen Spaghetti westerns: “Welcome Padre Murray” 1962 as John/Juan, “The Colt is My Law” as George Benson) [credited as Anthony Clark], “A Place Called Glory as Josh both in 1965, “The Big Gundown” as Chet/Shemp Miller and “Fort Yuma Gold” as Captain Lefevre both in 1966, “Face to Face” 1967 as Maximilian de Winton, “Wrath of God” 1968  as David, “El Condor” as a lieutenant, “The Price of Power” as a lawyer, both in 1969, “Catlow” as Captain Francisco Vargas”, “In the Dust of the Sun” as a priest and “Pancho Villa” as Lieutenant Eager all in 1971, “Chino” “The Man Called Noon” as Ben Janish both in 1973 and the documentary “Spanish Western” as himself in 2014.