Ricardo Palacios
- Acting
- March 3, 1940 · Reinosa, Cantabria, Spain
- February 11, 2015
Biography
Ricardo López-Nuño Díez, better known as Ricardo Palacios, was a Spanish actor, film director and screenwriter. Born in Reinosa (Cantabria), Palacios graduated from the Official Film School in Madrid as an actor and director. He debuted in the 1961 TV series Poly. He participated in about 150 films and television series, being mainly active in the Spaghetti Western genre, and he was also a recurring presence in films directed by Jesús Franco. In 1987, Palacios made his directorial debut with the comedy film ¡Biba la Banda!, starring Alfredo Landa, and in 1997 he directed the TV-series La Banda de Pérez. After spending over a month in hospital with heart problems, Ricardo died on 11 February 2015 of heart failure.
Known for
Filmography
- Spanish Western · Self
- Contra el tiempo · Self
- The Green March · Perales
- Crónicas urbanas · Director, Writer
- Hot Blood · Néstor
- The Things of Love
- I'm the One You're Looking For · Morboso
- The Return of the Musketeers · Big Lackey
- Going Down in Morocco · Naturista
- Monster Dog · Sheriff Morrison
- Lute: Forge On or Die · Empleador
- The Impeccable Sinner · Anibal
- Trapped Women · Colonel
- ¡Biba la banda! · Writer, Director
- Crystalstone · Fruit Vendor
- Alone Against Terror · Dr. Orgaf
- Fury in the Tropics · Colonel Blanco
- Lulú de noche · Propietario Jazz Bar
- Sida, la peste del siglo XX
- Star Knight · Guardián
- Tex and the Lord of the Deep · Fat Whisky Seller (uncredited)
- Dirty Game in Casablanca · Papa Yul
- Jarabo · Ayudante Hinojosa
- Café, coca y puro · D. Antonio
- La Huella del Crimen · Ayudante de Hinojosa
- The Ark of the Sun God · Mohammed
- L'Homme de Suez · Mohamed Saïd
- La de Troya en el Palmar · El Exquisito
- Lonely Road · Raden
- Las autonosuyas · Rafa
- USA, violación y venganza · Theo Mancini
- Black Venus · Monsieur Lambert (uncredited)
- The Blues of Pop Street · Narrator (voice, uncredited)
- Y del seguro… líbranos, Señor! · Butragueño
- Fredy el croupier · El Calvo
- My Pussy is the Best · Director, Screenplay
- Buscando a Perico · Siniestra
- Comin' at Ya! · Polk
- Car Crash · Eli Wronsky
- Night of the Werewolf · First Graverobber
- Tú estás loco Briones · Rodolfo
- A Tied Blasé · Cholo
- Spoiled Children · Abogado
- The Beasts' Carnival · Don Carmelo, the priest
- Who Is That Splashing in the Mediterranean?
- DuDu · Creator
- The Cantabrians · Gurco
- Son of Superbug · Capitano
- The House on Garibaldi Street · Dani
- Seven Days in January · (uncredited)
- La fierecilla domada · Sly
- The adventures of Pinín and his friends · Capitán Prendes
- Estimado Sr. juez... · Gabriel Sánchez Morales
- Widows' Nest
- Journey to the Centre of the Earth · Train Ticket Collector
- The Black Pearl · Merchant
- Chely
- Uno del millón de muertos
- Del amor y de la muerte
- The People Who Own the Dark · Dr. Robertson
- A la Legión le gustan las mujeres… y a las mujeres, les gusta la Legión · El Pemán
- Soldier of Fortune · (uncredited)
- What Changed Charley Farthing? · Greek Captain
- Beyond Desire · Patrón
- Take a Hard Ride · Calvera
- Valley of the Dancing Widows · Coach Wagon Driver (uncredited)
- The Great Adventure · Joe - Barkeeper
- Dick Turpin · Moscarda, Screenplay
- Whisky and Ghosts · Capo messicano
- Ten Killers from Afar · Rompemanos
- Pasqualino Cammarata... capitano di fregata
- The Stranger and the Gunfighter · Calico
- The Man Called Noon · Brakeman
- Fat Brothers of Trinity · Ray Wesley
- Fabulous Trinity · Ray Wesley alias Panzio Trinidad
- Los Paladines
- Nada menos que todo un hombre · Socio del casino
- Delusions of Grandeur · Cook (uncredited)
- Captain Apache · Sergeant
- Bad Man's River · Mexican Soldier