Eduardo Fajardo
Actor
- Born
- August 14, 1924 · Meis, Galicia, Spain
- Died
- July 4, 2019 (age 94)
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.
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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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Known for
Django
April 6, 1966
Delusions of Grandeur
December 8, 1971
The Four Musketeers
October 31, 1974
Macario
June 9, 1960
Nightmare City
December 11, 1980
The Mercenary
December 20, 1968
Lisa and the Devil
November 25, 1974
Compañeros
December 18, 1970
Knife of Ice
August 24, 1972
Murder Mansion
August 5, 1972
La ciudad no es para mí
March 14, 1966
Tizoc
October 23, 1957
Acting150
- 2000El bueno, la bomba y el malo as Self
- 1988The Brother from Space as General Bradley
- 1987¡Esto es un atraco! as Ramón
- 1987Biting Life as Don Fernando
- 1985Café, coca y puro as Tío de Pablo
- 1985Bangkok, City of the Dead as Flanagan
- 1984Yellow Hair and the Fortress of Gold as Man-Who-Knows
- 1983Exterminators of the Year 3000 as Senator
- 1983Hundra as Chieftain
- 1983Pájaros de ciudad