RIP Manny Zarzo

 

Spanish actor Manny Zarzo died from heart problems in Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain on June 16^th at the age of 93. Born Manuel López Zarzo on April 26, 1932, in Madrid, Zarzo was an assistant director, theater, film and TV actor, Zarzo made his film debut at the age of 19 and appeared in more than 170 films and series, most of them in supporting roles. Zarzo entered the world of acting in 1948, when he was 16, and joined a youth theatre company with which he performed for several seasons. Throughout his long career, with more than 100 films, Zarzo has worked with the great directors of Spanish cinema such as Juan Antonio Bardem, Mariano Ozores, Mario Camus or José Luis Garci and has shared the screen with Fernando Rey, Paco Rabal, Pepe Isbert, José Luis López Vázquez or Alfredo Landa. Manny was a stable in Spaghetti westerns made in Spain appearing in 12 films: “Bullets and Flesh” as Nelson Masters in 1964, “Seven Guns for the MacGregors” as David MacGregor), “The Sheriff Won’t Shoot” as Brett both in 1965, “The Ugly Ones” as Marty Hefner in 1966, “A Train for Durango” as Heraclio in 1967, “Zorro the Conqueror” as an Arellano henchman in 1968, “The Price of Power” as Nick in 1969, “The Legend of Frenchie King“ as a crooked roulette operator in 1971, “Patience has a Limit, We Don’t” and “Spaghetti Western” as Jack both in 1974, “Tex and the Lord of the Deep” in 1985 and “The Return of El Coyote” as Doctor Garcia Oviedo in 1997.