Alfredo Mayo
Biography
Abandonó los estudios de Medicina para ingresar a los 18 años en la compañía teatral de Ernesto Vilches. Tras finalizar la Guerra Civil Española, donde llegó a ser teniente de Aviación. Inicia su carrera profesional siendo uno de los galanes favoritos de los directores del régimen franquista. Alcanzó una gran fama en la posguerra por encarnar el prototipo de galán militar y heroico y del franquismo. Debutó en 1935, pero su consagración llegó en 1941 con Raza, de José Luis Sáenz de Heredia. Tras ésta llegó A mí la legión (1942), de Juan de Orduña, con el que protagonizó también La leona de Castilla (1951), junto a Amparo Rivelles. Otras de sus películas son la extraordinaria La caza (1965), de Carlos Saura, Peppermint Frappé (1967), también de Saura, o Los desafíos (1969), dirigida por Víctor Erice. Participó en más de 250 películas.
Gallery
Known For
Acting History
1985
El caso del procurador enamorado as Padre de Carmen
1984Poppers as Pablo Jordan
1983The Angry Cid as Padre de Rodrigo
1983Mar brava as Anchoa
1983Bearn as Vicario
1982Hablamos esta noche as Padre
1982Cristóbal Colón, de oficio... descubridor as Fray Diego de Deza
1982Perdóname, amor
1982La Máscara Negra
1981La leyenda del tambor as Clussá's Grandfather
1981National Heritage as Nacho
1981I want to dream as Alfredo
1980Les Chevaux du soleil as Général de Bourmont
1980The Cantabrians as Lábaro
1979El tahúr
1979Encounters in the Deep as Pop
1978Cabo de Vara
1978Avisa a Curro Jiménez as Don Fulgencio
1978Red Gold as Padre de Aurelia
1978The Remains from the Shipwreck as Don Emilio
1978Cañas y barro as Tío Palomo
1977Gusanos de seda as D. Ernesto
1977Raza, el espíritu de Franco
1977Estoy hecho un chaval as Don Amalio
1977Secretos de alcoba as Conde
1977The Apolitical Man as Sr. Bustos
1977Pasión as Aldo
1977Tooth and Nail as Rodolfo Ortiz
1976Call girl: la vida privada de una señorita bien as Alejandro
1976Curro Jiménez as Don Esteban
1976El límite del amor as Ricardo
1976The Perfect Lover
1976Un día con Sergio as Productor
1976Songs for After a War as Jesús Churruca (archive footage) (uncredited)
1976La espuela as Don Pedro
1976El chiste as Hombre emocionado / Emiliano / Alfredo
1975Canciones de nuestra vida as Self
1975Terapia al desnudo as Doctor Armayor, Director del sanatorio
1974Chicas de alquiler as Don Carlos
1974Doctor, me gustan las mujeres, ¿es grave? as Dr. Ángel Alcántara
1974Bell from Hell as Don Pedro
1974Voodoo Black Exorcist as Dr. Kessling
1974Hen Pecked as Héctor Goizueta
1974Vera, a Cruel Tale as D. Juan Manuel
1974Sergeant Berry as Ernest Culp
1974Vida conyugal sana as Don Alfonso
1974Proceso a Jesús
1974Larga noche de julio as Padre de Toni
1973Karate, Fist and Beans as Colonel Randolf Quint
1973Volveré a nacer as Oscar
1973La llamaban la madrina as Don Ramón
1973The Scarlet Letter as Gov. Fuller
1973Those Dirty Dogs! as General Muller / Lopez
1972Entre dos amores
1972The Call of the Wild as Judge Miller
1972Prey of Vultures as John Wolley
1972Great Treasure Hunt as André
1972My Dear Killer as Beniamino
1971The Roosters of Dawn
1970Sabata the Killer as Garfield
1970El mejor del mundo as Doctor Márquez
1970In the Folds of the Flesh as Police inspector
1970The Ancines Woods as Don Nicolás de Valcárcel
1970¿Quién soy yo? as Pedro Astófano
1969The Challenges as Germán
1969Hell Commandos as Professor van Kolstrum
1969Eagles Over London as English officer
1969El taxi de los conflictos as Alfredo, el amante
1968Este cura as Don Pedro
1968Madigan's Millions
1968Smashing Up as Luis
1968El paseíllo
1968No le busques tres pies... as Mota
1967Peppermint Frappé as Pablo
1966The Hunt as Paco
1966Ypotron: Final Countdown as Morrow / Leikman
1966Special Mission Lady Chaplin as Sir Hillary
1966Las últimas horas as Juan de la Cierva
1966Attack of the Robots as Baxter
1965Espionage in Lisbon as Losky
1965The Amazing Doctor G as Automobilista Affeminato
1965Mission Bloody Mary
1965Place Your Bets, Ladies
1964Bullet in the Flesh as Mortimer Lasky
1964Casi un caballero as Eduardo Montalbán - inspector de policía
1964El señor de La Salle as Lanceroy
1964Badmen of the West as Philip
1963El secreto de Tomy as Don Fernando Mendoza
196355 Days at Peking as Spanish Minister
1963El turista as Don Luis
1963Los guerrilleros as Padre Antonio
1962Commando as Mayor
1962Historia de una noche as Del Río
1961Armas contra la ley
1961Fray Escoba as Don Juan de Porres
1961Revolt of the Mercenaries as Marco
1961Alerta en el cielo as Coronel Gadea
1961Teresa de Jesús as Padre Francisco de Borja
1960Queen of the Tabarin Club as Charles
1960Un paso al frente as Comandante Guzmán
1960Don Lucio and Brother Pío as Casinos
1960Fontana di Trevi as Sor Giovanni
1960Un ángel tuvo la culpa as Comisario
1960Robinson et le triporteur
1959Legions of the Nile as Ottaviano
1959Mission in Morocco as Major Selim Naruf
1958Una muchachita de Valladolid as Raimundo Aymat - el Canciller
1958Héroes del aire as Coronel Gonzalo Rivas
1957The Teacher and the Miracle as Preside
1957The Last Couplet as Gran Duque Vladimir de Rusia
1956Piedras vivas
1956Playa prohibida
1956Fail in Communism as Demetrio
1955Sucedió en Sevilla as Alberto Campos
1954Haute Couture as Ramón
1954El alcalde de Zalamea as Don Alvaro
1952Hombre acosado as Fussot
1951The Seventh Page as Paco
1951La Leona de Castilla as Manrique
1951María Antonia "La Caramba"
1951La virgen gitana as Eduardo Miranda
1949Paz as Federico
1948The Marquis of Salamanca as José de Salamanca
1948Pototo, Boliche y Compañía
1947Obsesión as Víctor
1947Heroes del 95 as Teniente Padilla
1946Chantaje
1946Audiencia pública as Raúl Pituá
1945El camino de Babel as César Jiménez
1943Deliciosamente tontos as Ernesto Azavedo
1943El abanderado
1942Malvaloca as Leonardo
1942Follow the Legion! as El Grajo
1942Raza as José Churruca
1942El frente de los suspiros
1941Sarasate as Pablo Sarasate
1941Escuadrilla as Teniente Miguel
1941¡Harka! as Capitán Santiago Balcázar
1940La florista de la reina
1936As très graças
1935El ciento trece as Marcelo