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Eduardo Fajardo

Eduardo Fajardo

Birthday: 1924-08-14 | Place of Birth: Meis, Galicia, Spain

Eduardo Martínez Fajardo (14 August 1924 – 4 July 2019) was a Spanish film actor born in Meis (Pontevedra), Spain. He appeared in 183 films, 75 plays and made 2,000 television appearances between 1947 and 2002. He was born in Meis, Pontevedra on 14 August 1924, and he raised in Haro and Santander, where he studied Bachillerato. He began his career as a voice actor from 1942 to 1946, and in 1947 he made his film debut in Héroes del 95, directed by Raúl Alfonso. In the 1950s he moved to Mexico, and when he came back to Spain he appeared in spaghetti westerns such as Gli eroi di Fort Worth (1965) by Martin Herbert, and Django (1966) by Sergio Corbucci. In 2002, he founded Teatro sin barreras in Almeria, in order to help people with disabilities. He started the Almeria Walk of Fame, where he received a star on 11 April 2012 due to his intervention in 7th Cavalry and Django. Fajardo was married four times. In Mexico he married twice, one of her with the actress Carmelita González, with whom he bore a daughter, Paloma del Rocío. His others children are José Antonio, Corazón, Lucero, Dusko, Alma and Eduardo. Fajardo died while vacationing with five of his seven children in Mexico on 4 July 2019 at the age of 94. He was honoured by the Diputación de Pontevedra and had been named hijo predilecto del Concello de Meis. In January 2019 he was honoured by the Almería Western Museo del Cine. Source: Article "Eduardo Fajardo" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1984
Yellow Hair and the Pecos Kid

as    Man-Who-Knows

1983
Exterminators of the Year 3000

as    Senator

1980
Nightmare City

as    Dr. Kramer

1979
The Shark Hunter

as    Il capitano Gómez

1977
The Call of Sex

as    Sr. Montero

1976
Lisa and the Devil

as    Francis Lehar

1976
The House of Exorcism

as    Francis Lehar (archive footage)

1975
Delusions of Grandeur

as    Cortega

1975
Ace of Hearts

as    Edward

1975
Cross of the Devil

as    Enrique Carrillo

1975
The Killer Must Kill Again

as    Inspector

1974
The Killer with a Thousand Eyes

as    Crime Boss Costa

1974
Ricco

as    Cyrano

1974
Sonny and Jed

as    Don García Moreno

1974
Don't Turn the Other Cheek

as    Gen. Huerta

1974
Bad Man's River

as    General Duarte

1974
Father Jackleg

as    Grant

1973
The Three Musketeers of the West

as    Horatio Maurice DeLuc

1973
Murder Mansion

as    Mr. Tremont

1972
The Two Faces of Fear

as    Luisi

1972
Knife of Ice

as    Marcos

1971
At the End of the Rainbow

as    Redfield

1970
Apocalypse Joe

as    Berg

1970
Your Sweet Body to Kill

as    Franz Adler

1970
Sabata the Killer

as    Mangosta

1969
Viva Cangaceiro

as    Governor Branco

1969
Cry Chicago

as    O'Connor

1968
The Mercenary

as    Alfonso García

1968
Killer Adios

as    Sam Ringold