Portuguese actor
Cris Huerta
Born Crisanto Huerta Brieva
(1935-01-26 ) 26 January 1935Died 28 November 2004(2004-11-28) (aged 69) Occupation Actor Years active 1961–1998
Crisanto Huerta Brieva (26 January 1935 – 28 November 2004), better known as Cris Huerta , was a Portuguese actor. He was sometimes credited as Chris Huerta .
Life and career
Born in Lisbon , Huerta grew up in Madrid and he studied economics before giving up studies in favor of an acting career.[ 1] He was one of the busiest character actors of the 1960s and 1970s and worked his way up from uncredited bit parts to leading roles even if usually in low budget films.[ 2] The portly, bearded and bald actor appeared in more than 100 films, mainly spaghetti western films , splitting his time between leading roles as the sympathetic sidekick of the hero and character roles such as Mexican bandits, bartenders and sleazy businessmen.[ 2] Declined the spaghetti western genre, after 1977 he significantly slowed his activities.[ 2]
Selected filmography
Ursus (1961) - Challenging Wrestler
King of Kings (1961) - Jewish Rebel (uncredited)
A Nearly Decent Girl (1963) - Kronlick
The Secret Seven (1963) - Gular
The Secret of the Black Widow (1963) - Slim (uncredited)
Los muertos no perdonan (1963) - Doctor
Texas Ranger (1964) - Buck
Massacre at Fort Grant (1964) - Arthur
Aventuras del Oeste (1965) - Steve
The Last Tomahawk (1965) - Fat Soldier (uncredited)
I quattro inesorabili (1966) - Comisario
Cotolay (1965)
Seven Guns for the MacGregors (1966) - Crawford
Django (1966) - Mexican Officer (uncredited)
The Diabolical Dr. Z (1966) - Dr. Kallman
Navajo Joe (1966) - El Gordo
Residencia para espías (1966) - Willy
Fantasia 3 (1966) - Otton (segment "Los tres pelos del diablo")
The Desperate Ones (1967)
Two Crosses at Danger Pass (1967) - Loud Drunk
Bandidos (1967) - Vigonza
More Than a Miracle (1967)
Amor en el aire (1967)
No somos de piedra (1968) - Miguel Dicazo
Rose rosse per Angelica (1968) - Paul
Los que tocan el piano (1968) - Profesor Sorenson
Uno a uno sin piedad (1968) - Lonely Drunkard in Saloon
...e per tetto un cielo di stelle (1968) - Fat man in stagecoach
La dinamita está servida (1968) - Tino
Long-Play (1968) - Sacerdote
White Comanche (1968) - Blacksmith (uncredited)
Cemetery Without Crosses (1969) - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Sundance and the Kid (1969) - James 'Bad Jim' Williams
Urtain, el rey de la selva... o así (1969)
Il corsaro (1970)
Sartana Kills Them All (1970) - Deputy Smithy
Arriva Sabata! (1970) - Fuller
The Magnificent Robin Hood (1970) - Little John
Cannon for Cordoba (1970) - Cordoba officer (uncredited)
La Lola, dicen que no vive sola (1970) - Don Federico
The Wind's Fierce (1970) - Murdered Priest (uncredited)
The Tigers of Mompracem (1970) - Giro Batol
Reverend's Colt (1970) - Pat MacMurray
Nights and Loves of Don Juan (1971)
Black Beauty (1971) - The Commissioner [Spanish prints] (uncredited)
The Feast of Satan (1971) - Hotel Guest
A Town Called Hell (1971) - Gonzales (uncredited)
Una chica casi decente (1971) - Director italiano
Captain Apache (1971)
Vamos a matar Sartana (1971)
Kill (1971) - Nico Bizanthios
The Legend of Frenchie King (1971)
Un colt por cuatro cirios (1971) - Oswald
Simón, contamos contigo (1971) - Director del western
Ben and Charlie (1972) - San Diego Bank Manager (uncredited)
His Name Was Holy Ghost (1972) - Carezza
La liga no es cosa de hombres (1972) - Hans
Escalofrío diabólico (1972) - Dr. Badman
My Horse, My Gun, Your Widow (1972) - Grasco
Ninguno de los tres se llamaba Trinidad (1972) - Bud Wesley
Fat Brothers of Trinity (1973) - Bud
Holy God, Here Comes the Passatore! (1973) - 'Domandone'
My Colt, Not Yours (1973) - Town boss Jefferson
Lo chiamavano Tresette... giocava sempre col morto (1973) - Banker McPherson
...e così divennero i 3 supermen del West (1973) - Jake Patch
Tutti per uno... botte per tutti (1973) - Portland
Storia di karatè, pugni e fagioli (1973) - Buddy Piccolo
Cebo para una adolescente (1974) - Onaindía
El padrino y sus ahijadas (1974) - Salvatore
Di Tresette ce n'è uno, tutti gli altri son nessuno (1974) - Paco
Es knallt - und die Engel singen (1974) - Bud / Butch
Con la música a otra parte (1974) - Pepito
Chicas de alquiler (1974) - Señor
Doctor, me gustan las mujeres, ¿es grave? (1974) - Guardia
Dick Turpin (1974) - Conde de Belfort
El último proceso en París (1974) - Dr. Laporte
The White, the Yellow, and the Black (1975) - Robinson Watson 'Grasso'
Valley of the Dancing Widows [de ] (1975) - Robert Breidlinger
Tarzán y el tesoro Kawana (1975) - Christopher Malcolm
Bienvenido, Mister Krif (1975)
Los hijos de Scaramouche (1975) - Modisto
El poder del deseo (1975) - Inspector gordo
El colegio de la muerte (1975)
Imposible para una solterona (1976) - Juan
Storia di arcieri, pugni e occhi neri (1976) - Friar Tuck
Las delicias de los verdes años (1976) - Herculano
Virilidad a la española (1977) - Marido secuestrador
Impossible Love (1977) - Comandante
Doña Perfecta (1977)
7 días de enero (1979) - Rubén (uncredited)
Rocky Carambola (1979) - Jerry
Die Brut des Bösen (1979) - Sumo
Mieux vaut être riche et bien portant que fauché et mal foutu (1980)
La guerra de los niños (1980) - Padre de Carlitos
La patria del rata (1981) - Hombre Gordo Del Coche (uncredited)
Una espía enamorada (1984)
A Man Called Rage (1984) - Omar
The Rogues (1987) - Il fabbro
El aullido del diablo (1987) - Zacarías
¡No, hija, no! (1987) - Curro (uncredited)
Amanece, que no es poco (1989) - Tirso - el mesonero
Aquí huele a muerto... (¡pues yo no he sido!) (1990) - Vecino
The Dumbfounded King (1991) - Capuchino
El robobo de la jojoya (1991) - Prof. Bardenk
Cautivos de la sombra (1994) - Perista
La isla del diablo (1994) - Capitán Kraffa
The City of Lost Children (1995) - Father
References
^ "Cris Huerta" . Cine Archivio . Retrieved 21 June 2014 .
^ a b c Enrico Lancia, Fabio Melelli. Dizionario del cinema italiano. Attori stranieri del nostro cinema . Gremese 2006, pp. 99-100. ISBN 978-8-88440-425-1 .
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