Eduardo Fajardo
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.
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Acting
Movie
Django
as Major Jackson
1966
Movie
Delusions of Grandeur
as Cortega
1971
Movie
The Four Musketeers
as Officer
1974
Movie
Macario
as Virrey
1960
Movie
Nightmare City
as Dr. Kramer
1980
Movie
The Mercenary
as Alfonso García
1968
Movie
Lisa and the Devil
as Francis Lehar
1973
Movie
Compañeros
as Colonel
1970
Movie
Murder Mansion
as Mr. Tremont
1972
Movie
Knife of Ice
as Marcos
1972
Movie
La ciudad no es para mí
as Dr. Agustín Valverde hijo
1966
Movie
Tizoc
as Arturo
1957
Movie
Hundra
as Chieftain
1983
Movie
The Killer Must Kill Again
as Inspector
1975
Movie
The House of Exorcism
as Francis Lehar (archive footage)
1975
Movie
School for Buglars
as Eduardo
1958
Movie
The Important Man
as El Español
1961
Movie
Exterminators of the Year 3000
as Senator
1983
Movie
Bad Man's River
as General Duarte
1971
Movie
The Scarlet Letter
1973
Movie
Evil Eye
as Basev
1975
Movie
The Call of Sex
as Sr. Montero
1977
Movie
Argoman the Fantastic Superman
as Chandra, Butler
1967
Movie
Eagles Over London
as German officer
1969