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F r o m W i k i p e d i a , t h e f r e e e n c y c l o p e d i a
Spanish actor (1934–2012)
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is Braña and the second or maternal family name is
Pérez .
Frank Braña
Born
Francisco Braña Pérez
(1934-02-24 ) 24 February 1934
Died 13 February 2012(2012-02-13) (aged 77 )
Other names Paco Occupation Actor
Frank Braña (born Francisco Braña Pérez ; 24 February 1934 – 13 February 2012) was a Spanish character actor.
Biography [ edit ]
He was born Francisco Braña Pérez in Pola de Allande , Asturias , Spain on 24 February 1934.[1] Also credited as Frank Blank , Francisco Brana , Frank Brana , Frank Branya , Francisco Braña and Paco Braña , his career has been mostly based in Spanish and Italian movies of the spaghetti Western , horror and sword-and-sandal genres, having worked in more than 200 productions from the early 1960s, not always as a supporting actor .[1]
He appeared in the Dollars Trilogy by Sergio Leone : Per un pugno di dollari (1964), he played Blackie in Per qualche dollaro in più (1965), and Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (1966). He appeared in Sunscorched [de ] (1965) along Vivien Dodds, Óscar Pellicer and Luis Induni .[5]
He appeared in And the Crows Will Dig Your Grave (1971) and Dallas (1972), by John Wood , Django Does Not Forgive (1967), by Julio Buchs, Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot! (1967), by Giulio Questi , If You Shoot... You Live! , by Javier Elorrieta, and Three Supermen of the West (1974), by Italo Martinenghi.[6] He played Dan Robinson in Kilma, Queen of the Amazons (1976).[7] He played Prince in Perseus Against the Monsters (1963) in a supporting role along Antonio Molino Rojo and Lorenzo Robledo ,in Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) along Benito Stefanelli , Antonio Molino Rojo, Fabio Testi and Spartaco Conversi, federal agent Sam Puttnam in Light the Fuse... Sartana Is Coming (1970) along Massimo Serato , Nieves Navarro and José Jaspe , and Battle of the Amazons (1973) along Alberto Dell'Acqua , Benito Stefanelli and his son Marco.
One of his last film was Tiovivo c. 1950 (2004), by José Luis Garci , which received a nomination for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film .[12] He continued working in spite of suffering from silicosis .[13] In September 2007 he published the autobiography Morir con dignidad en el cine .[14] In September 2011 he was awarded at I Festival Internacional de Cine Western alongside Craig Hill and Teresa Gimpera, Eugenio Martin , Rafael Romero Marchent , Cándida López (widow of Aldo Sanbrell ), Antonio Pica , Dan van Husen , Nicoletta Machiavelli , Saturno Cerra, Fabio Testi and Al Matthews .[15] [16] [17]
On 13 February 2012, 3:15 pm, Brana died from respiratory failure at a hospital in Madrid, Spain, he was 11 days away of his 78th birthday.[18]
Selected filmography [ edit ]
Il conquistatore di Maracaibo (1961) – Pirate
King of Kings (1961) – Roman Soldier (uncredited)
Horizontes de luz (1962)
Accidente 703 (1962) – Amigo de Perico (uncredited)
Perseo l'invincibile (1963) – Prince (uncredited)
Han robado una estrella (1963) – Camionero
Los conquistadores del Pacífico (1963)
Rififí en la ciudad (1963) – Mario Alonso (uncredited)
Juego de hombres (1963)
Gibraltar (1964) – Thug
Apache Fury (1964) – Secuaz de Burt
A Fistful of Dollars (1964) – Baxter Gang Member (uncredited)
Brandy (1964) – Driver
I due violenti (1964) – Perkins
La tumba del pistolero (1964) – Jinete negro
Doomed Fort (1964) – John
Los siete bravísimos (1964)
El señor de La Salle (1964) – (uncredited)
El proscrito del río Colorado (1965) – Bandido
Murieta (1965) – Pistolero 1
Jandro (1965) – Roque
The Last Tomahawk (1965) – Corporal (uncredited)
La frontera de Dios (1965)
Sunscorched [de ] (1965)
For a Few Dollars More (1965) – Blackie (Indio's Gang) (uncredited)
Adiós gringo (1965) – Ranchester's henchman with red shirt
A Coffin for the Sheriff (1965) – Lupe's Henchman
Due mafiosi contro Al Capone (1966) – Bud Messina
Gunman Called Nebraska (1966) – Dickson
High Season for Spies (1966)
Per il gusto di uccidere (1966) – (uncredited)
Sugar Colt (1966) – Bandit
The Ugly Ones (1966)
The Texican (1966) – U.S. Marshal Vic
The Big Gundown (1966) – Widow's ranchero (uncredited)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) – Bounty Hunter #2 (uncredited)
Jugando a morir (1966)
Django Does Not Forgive (1966)
El hombre que mató a Billy el Niño (1967) – Murphy's Henchman (uncredited)
A Witch Without a Broom (1967) – Captain of the Guard
Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot! (1967) – Templer Henchman (uncredited)
Un hombre vino a matar (1967) – Tom
El halcón de Castilla (1967) – Alejandro
God Forgives... I Don't! (1967) – Smoking poker player with moustache
Face to Face (1967) – Jason
15 Scaffolds for a Murderer (1967) – Adam, Sandy's Henchman
Dos hombres van a morir (1968) – Juez
Tutto per tutto (1968) – Posse Sheriff
Lo voglio morto (1968)
Persecución hasta Valencia (1968)
Pistol for a Hundred Coffins (1968) – Joe, Stagecoach Driver
Suicide Commandos (1968) – (uncredited)
El secreto del capitán O'Hara (1968) – Henry
Ace High (1968) – Joe (uncredited)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) – Member of Frank's Gang Smoking Pipe at Auction (uncredited)
La muchacha del Nilo (1969) – Terry
La morte sull'alta collina (1969) – Captain Young
Garringo (1969) – Bill
I vigliacchi non pregano (1969) – Rod, Blake Henchman (uncredited)
Johnny Ratón (1969) – Bill
The Price of Power (1969) – Mortimer (uncredited)
I diavoli della guerra (1969) – Peter Kolowsky
Santo frente a la muerte (1969) – Mario
The Avenger, Zorro (1969) – Dominguez (uncredited)
The House That Screamed (1970)
Golpe de mano (Explosión) (1970) – El Fulminante
Che fanno i nostri supermen tra le vergini della jungla? (1970) – Zumakov
Santo contra los asesinos de la mafia (1970)
Manos torpes (1970)
Churchill's Leopards (1970) – François Leduc
Un par de asesinos (1970) – Brian Lester
Il magnifico Robin Hood (1970) – Prince John
El bosque del lobo (1970) – (uncredited)
Cloud of Dust... Cry of Death... Sartana Is Coming (1970) – Deputy Sheriff with Eye Patch
Una chica casi decente (1971) – Luc
And the Crows Will Dig Your Grave (1971) – Glenn Kovac
In nome del padre, del figlio e della Colt (1971) – Judge Finlay
Let's Go and Kill Sartana (1971)
They Call Him Cemetery (1971) – Saloon Patron
The Butcher of Binbrook (1971) – Dr. Lexter
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) – Gate Guard at Palace (uncredited)
Delusions of Grandeur (1971) – (uncredited)
The Boldest Job in the West (1972) – Jess
Hai sbagliato... dovevi uccidermi subito! (1972) – Sheriff Lewis Burton
Un dólar de recompensa (1972) – Judge
Timanfaya (Amor prohibido) (1972)
Arizona Kid (1972) – Austin Styles
Crimen de amor (1972) – The detective
Campeones del ring (1972)
Una bala marcada (1972)
La guerrilla (1973)
La redada (1973)
Hannah, Queen of the Vampires (1973) – Abdul Hamid – The Blind Sailor
El secreto de la momia egipcia (1973) – James Barton
Le Amazzoni – Donne d'amore e di guerra (1973)
Oi teleftaioi tou Rupel (1973)
...e così divennero i 3 supermen del West (1973) – Brad
Verflucht dies Amerika (1973) – Guardia mudo
Return of the Blind Dead (1973) – Howard
Fasthand (1973) – Quincy
Santo contra el doctor Muerte (1973) – Henchman
El último viaje (1974) – Sergio
Il mio nome è Scopone e faccio sempre cappotto (1974)
Los fríos senderos del crimen (1974) – Guy Malone
Open Season (1974)
Vacaciones sangrientas (1974)
Las violentas (1974) – Peterson
El último proceso en París (1974) – Taxista
Metralleta 'Stein' (1975) – El Minero
El clan de los inmorales (1975)
Tarzán y el tesoro Kawana (1975) – Jack
La última jugada (1975) – Ralph
Los hijos de Scaramouche (1975) – Pierre
Si quieres vivir... dispara (1975) – Marco
Muerte de un quinqui (1975) – Martín
El misterio de la perla negra (1976) – Julio
Kilma, reina de las amazonas (1976) – Dan Robinson
El alijo (1976) – Guardia civil
El in... moral (1976)
Las alimañas (1977) – Ralph
Hitler's Last Train (1977) – Otto Kramer
Where Time Began (1977) – Hans Belker
Sweetly You'll Die Through Love (1977) – Toife (uncredited)
Perros callejeros (1977) – El Esquinao
Fantasma en el Oeste (1978)
Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident (1978) – Rigo
Supersonic Man (1979) – Peterson
Savana violenza carnale (1979)
The Cantabrians (1980)
Revenge of the Black Wolf (1981) – Teodoro
El lobo negro (1981)
Mystery on Monster Island (1981) – Birling
Buitres sobre la ciudad (1981) – Mike Haddon
Las muñecas del King Kong (1981)
Freddie of the Jungle (1981) – Jack
Los diablos del mar (1982) – Van Hassel
Pieces (1982) – Sgt. Holden
Hundra (1983) – Chieftain
The Pod People (1983) – Burt
Goma-2 (1984) – Peio
Yellow Hair and the Fortress of Gold (1984) – The Sergeant (uncredited)
Story of O - Chapter 2 (1984)
Guerra sucia (1984) – Bruno
Tex and the Lord of the Deep (1985) – Mr. Bedford (uncredited)
Yo, 'El Vaquilla' (1985) – Manuel
Luna de lobos (1987) – Arriero
Siesta (1987) – Park Policeman
La herencia del mal (1987) – Hans
Slugs (1988) – Frank Phillips
Oro fino (1989)
The Rift (1990) – Muller
Don Juan, mi querido fantasma (1990) – Celador 5
La mansión de los Cthulhu (1990) – Felix
Superagentes en Mallorca (1990)
Dyningar (1991) – Gen. Alonso
Manoa, la ciudad de oro (1999) – Morgan
El escarabajo de oro (1999) – Capitán Kidd
El invierno de las anjanas (2000) – Colonel
Maestros (2000)
Tiovivo c. 1950 (2004) – Don Luis
References [ edit ]
^ Prickette, James (20 January 2012). Actors of the Spaghetti Westerns . Xlibris Corporation. p. 433. ISBN 9781469144290 .
^ Weisser, Thomas (11 March 2004). Spaghetti Westerns—the Good, the Bad and the Violent: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography of 558 Eurowesterns and Their Personnel, 1961–1977 . McFarland. p. 498. ISBN 9781476611693 .
^ Easter, Alvin (2004). Lash!: The Hundred Great Scenes of Men Being Whipped in the Movies . Xlibris Corporation. p. 275. ISBN 9781413463132 .
^ Amengual Colom, Antoni (2005). Hablando de física a la salida del cine . Universitat de les Illes Balears . p. 15. ISBN 9788476329382 .
^ "FRANK BRAÑA, HISTÓRICO DEL CINE DE ACCIÓN FALLECE EN MADRID A LOS 77 AÑOS" . Unión de Actores (in Spanish). 29 November 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2023 .
^ G. Ubierna, Gadea (19 September 2007). "La historia del pistolero que murió más de cien veces" . La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 July 2023 .
^ "Frank Braña y Saturno Cerra, históricos del cine del oeste, participaron en el I Festival Internacional de Cine Western" . Noticias de Almería (in Spanish). 23 April 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2023 .
^ López, Juan Jesús (12 September 2011). "Clausura del Almería Western Film Festival" . Almeria Clips (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 July 2023 .
^ "Almería Western Film Festival 2011" . Almeria Western Film Festival (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 July 2023 .
^ "Fallece Frank Braña, actor en 170 películas de acción y del oeste" . La Razón (in Spanish). Madrid. 13 February 2012. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2021 .
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