One of the leading actors of the Spaghetti western genre
Eduardo Fajardo, died in Mexico on July 4, 2019 at the age of 94. Born in Meis,
Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain on August 14, 1924 his family moved within a few
days of his life to La Rioja. His childhood would take place in Haro, which he
confessed liking very well. While still a teenager, he moved to Santander,
where he studied the Baccalaureate and began his acting career in 1942,
starting as a voice actor, a career he developed until 1946. With Cifesa he
signed a contract as an exclusive actor for several years for his greatest
successes. He debuted in the cinema with the film Heroes of 95, by Raúl Alfonso
(1947), thus inaugurating one of the most bulky filmographies of Spanish
cinema, which reaches over 180 titles. He also developed a career in the
theater which he carried on and off throughout his career. In 1953 he moved to
Mexico, where he combined his participation in the cinema of that country with
television appearances; among them Tehuantepec by Miguel Contreras Torres
(1954), Tizoc: Indian love by Ismael Rodríguez Ruelas (1957). On his return to
Spain he resumed his film career with a frenetic activity that led him to shoot
an average of fifteen titles a year in which the roles of the villain abound in
the Spaghetti Westerngenre most notably in Django (1966) ) by Sergio Corbucci.
In his final years he moved to Almeria where he instituted their Walk of Fame
and worked as a director in the theater working with disabled children. He worked on 183 films, 75 plays
and some 2,000 appearances on television in Spain and Mexico, as well as
participating in productions from Italy, Germany, France, Great Britain and the
United States.
Charge of the 7th – 1964 (Colonel George Bonnet)
A Coffin for the Sheriff – 1965 (Russell
Murder/Murdock/Banner)
Django – 1965 (Major Jackson)
Ringo’s Big Night – 1965 (Mayor Joseph Finley)
Ringo, the Face of Revenge – 1966 (Tim)
A Stranger in Paso Bravo – 1966 (Acombar/Akenbar)
Gentleman Killer – 1967 (Colonel Fernando Ferreras)
Last of the Badmen – 1967 (Don Jaime Morelos/Mendoza)
7 Pistols for a Massacre – 1967 (Tilly/Tiny)
Go for Broke – 1968 (Paco Nunez)
Killer, Adios – 1968 (Sam Ringold)
The Mercenary – 1968 (Alfono Garcia)
One by One – 1968 (Sheriff Lyman)
Tierra Brava – 1968 (Trevor)
A Pistol for 100 Coffins – 1968 (Chavel)
Companeros – 1970 (colonel)
Dead Men Ride – 1970 (Redfield)
A Man Called Apocalypse Joe – 1970 (Berg)
Sabata the Killer – 1970 (Mangosta)
Shango – 1970 (Major Droster)
Bad Man’s River – 1971 (General Duarte)
The Bandit Malpelo – 1971 (Juan Cisneros Malpelo)
Long Live Your Death – 1971 (General Huerta)
Sonny & Jed – 1972 (Doñ Garcia Moreno)
Sting of the West – 1972 (Grant)
Tequila – 1972 (Dekovan/Di Koven/Cogan)
The Three Musketeers of the West – 1973 (Horatio Maurice
DeLuc)
Valley of the Dancing Widows – 1974 (Dynamite Dick)
Arrivano i Vostro (TV) – 1983 [himself]
El bueno, la bomba y el malo – 2000 [himself]
Once Upon a Time in Europe (TV) – 2001 [himself]
