Ricardo Palacios
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.
Filmography
Star Knight
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Tales to Keep You Awake
For a Few Dollars More
Graf Luckner
Delusions of Grandeur
Doctor Zhivago
L'Homme de Suez
Red Sun
Return of the Seven
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Widows' Nest
Socrates
The Return of the Musketeers
The Stranger and the Gunfighter
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
La Huella del Crimen
Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
The Beasts' Carnival
The People Who Own the Dark
Black Venus
Monster Dog
Comin' at Ya!
Soy leyenda
Bad Man's River
Fury in the Tropics
The House on Garibaldi Street
Take a Hard Ride
Los Paladines
El Condor