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Germán Cobos

Germán Cobos

Germán Sánchez Hernández-Cobos (7 July 1927 – 12 January 2015) was a prolific Spanish actor in a variety of European films. Son of the stage actor Fernando Cobos, he spent part of his childhood in San Sebastian. He began studying Architecture and in 1949 he joined the Teatro Español Universitario (TEU), when he had already developed a vocation for acting. After moving to Madrid, where he enrolled in the School of Dramatic Art and the Official School of Cinematography, he made his first screen role in 1951, in Juan de Orduña's film La leona de Castilla. Shortly afterwards he was hired as a young leading man in the comedy company of Lilí Murati, a Hungarian actress who had settled in Spain. He had successes in the theatre, both in comedies such as Tovarich and Una noche en su casa, señora, as well as in dramatic pieces, such as La muerte de Dantón.

Despite this happy period as a stage actor, his true projection during the 1950s and 1960s was in the cinema, where he played tough leading man roles. His extensive filmography includes nearly a hundred films. After appearing in Rafael J. Salvia's Flight 971 in 1953, he subsequently made films such as El beso de Judas, La patrulla, La otra vida del Capitán Contreras and Cuerda de presos, directed by Rafael Gil and Pedro Lazaga. From 1955 onwards he spent a few years in Italy, where he appeared in Esclavas de Cartago and Susana pura nata and other commercial films. Back in Spain he played Sara Montiel's leading man in Carmen la de Ronda, directed by Tulio Demichelli in 1959. The following year he made a melodrama, Ama Rosa, by León Klimowsky, alongside Imperio Argentina.

His stage appearances were more sparse. In the 1960s he starred in Los derechos de la mujer, then the comedy Guapo, libre y español and, from the 1980s onwards, Del rey Ordás y sus infamias, La amante de su señoría and La marquesa Rosalinda.

Among the rest of his extensive filmography, the most notable are Un taxi para Tobruck, an important co-production that paired him with Hardy Kruger, Lino Ventura and Charles Aznavour, also filmed in 1960, as well as A las cinco de la tarde, by J. A. Bardem; La bella Lola, by Alfonso Balcázar, again as a partner to Sara Montiel; El valle de las espadas, by Javier Setó, both from 1962; La revoltosa, by José Díaz Morales (1963); Las Vegas, 500 millones, by Isasi-Isasmendi (1968); Marianela, by Angelino Fons (1972); Cría cuervos, by Carlos Saura (1975); El puente, by Bardem (1976); Solos en la madrugada, by José Luis Garci (1977); La ley del deseo, by Pedro Almodóvar (1987); El aire de un crimen, by I. Isasmendi (1987); Un paraguas para tres, by Felipe Vega (1992) and Boca a boca, by Manuel Gómez Pereira (1995).

He spent some seasons retired, running a hospitality business in La Granja de San Ildefonso (Segovia). On television he participated in 1995 in the series Villarriba y Villabajo.

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Limoncello

Limoncello

2007

as Joe

C'est la vie, camarade!

C'est la vie, camarade!

2005

as Delgado

No One Could Live Here

No One Could Live Here

2003

as Manolo

No Big Deal

No Big Deal

2003

as Gabo

Arrayán

Arrayán

2001

as Arturo

Más allá del jardín

Más allá del jardín

1996

as Alvaro Larra

Mirada líquida

Mirada líquida

1996

Linked

Linked

1996

as Sr. Guerrero

Mouth to Mouth

Mouth to Mouth

1995

as Padre de Luci

Curro Jiménez, the Return of a Legend

Curro Jiménez, the Return of a Legend

1995

as Don Benjamín

Love at First Sight

Love at First Sight

1992

as L'Homme à la Cornemuse

El día que nací yo

El día que nací yo

1991

as Rafael

La viuda del capitán Estrada

La viuda del capitán Estrada

1991

as Mondéjar

La taberna fantástica

La taberna fantástica

1991

El crimen de Don Benito

El crimen de Don Benito

1991

Against the Wind

Against the Wind

1990

as Antonio

Spanish Actress for Russian Minister

Spanish Actress for Russian Minister

1990

as «Продюсер»

Scent of a Crime

Scent of a Crime

1988

as Amaro

Tu novia está loca

Tu novia está loca

1988

as Padre de Amaia

I picari

I picari

1987

as Theatrical impresario

Law of Desire

Law of Desire

1987

as El Cura

Proceso a Mariana Pineda

Proceso a Mariana Pineda

1984

as Juez Pedrosa (5 episodes, 1984)

Too Much for Galvez

Too Much for Galvez

1981

as El editor

Alone in the Dark

Alone in the Dark

1978

as Ramón Vidal

Hidden Pleasures

Hidden Pleasures

1977

as Ignacio

Foul Play

Foul Play

1977

as Emigrante

The Waitresses

The Waitresses

1976

as Enrique

Cria!

Cria!

1976

as Nicolás

The Lively Vampires of Vögel

The Lively Vampires of Vögel

1975

as Carlo

Sexy Cat

Sexy Cat

1973

as Mike Cash

Marianela

Marianela

1972

as D. Carlos

Reverend's Colt

Reverend's Colt

1970

as Fred Smith

Lola la Piconera

Lola la Piconera

1970

as Capitán Gustavo Lefevre

¡Se armó el belén!

¡Se armó el belén!

1969

as Don José

Matrimonios separados

Matrimonios separados

1969

as Daniel

The Happy Sixties

The Happy Sixties

1969

as Pablo

Quinto: Fighting Proud

Quinto: Fighting Proud

1969

as Sucre

El Secreto del capitán O'Hara

El Secreto del capitán O'Hara

1968

as Richard O'Hara

Blood Calls to Blood

Blood Calls to Blood

1968

as Padre

El halcón de Castilla

El halcón de Castilla

1967

as Don Diego de Mendoza

Lola Colt

Lola Colt

1967

as Larry/El Diablo

Hand of the Assassin

Hand of the Assassin

1967

as Carlos

L'uomo dal pugno d'oro

L'uomo dal pugno d'oro

1967

as Joe Callaghan

Fistful of Diamonds

Fistful of Diamonds

1967

as Clark

Wanted

Wanted

1967

as Martin Heywood

Camerino sin biombo

Camerino sin biombo

1967

Blueprint for a Massacre

Blueprint for a Massacre

1967

as Danny O'Connor / Agent Z-55

Algunas lecciones de amor

Algunas lecciones de amor

1966

as Presentador / Juan

Desperate Mission

Desperate Mission

1965

as Robert Manning / Danny O'Connor / Agent Z-55

Julieta engaña a Romeo

Julieta engaña a Romeo

1965

as Roberto

Brillante Porvenir

Brillante Porvenir

1965

as Antonio

Destino: Barajas

Destino: Barajas

1965

Massacre at Fort Grant

Massacre at Fort Grant

1964

as Paul Driscoll

Pariahs of Glory

Pariahs of Glory

1964

as Albertini

La revoltosa

La revoltosa

1963

as Felipe

Forty Years of Dating

Forty Years of Dating

1963

as Valentín Pereira

The Castilian

The Castilian

1963

as Abderramán

Los abanderados de la Providencia

Los abanderados de la Providencia

1963

I tromboni di Fra' Diavolo

I tromboni di Fra' Diavolo

1962

as Il colonnello Chamonis

The Lovely Lola

The Lovely Lola

1962

as Federico

Héroes de blanco

Héroes de blanco

1962

as Saúl Kauffman

Abuelita Charlestón

Abuelita Charlestón

1962

as Pierre

Despedida de soltero

Despedida de soltero

1961

as Miguel

El amor empieza en sábado

El amor empieza en sábado

1961

as Carlos

At Five in the Afternoon

At Five in the Afternoon

1961

as José Álvarez

Taxi for Tobruk

Taxi for Tobruk

1961

as Jean Ramirez

Un paso al frente

Un paso al frente

1960

as Rafael Aguirre

Ama Rosa

Ama Rosa

1960

as Javier

Carmen from Ronda

Carmen from Ronda

1959

as Lucas

Soledad

Soledad

1959

as Paco

El ángel está en la cumbre

El ángel está en la cumbre

1958

as Carlos Valle

Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor

Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor

1957

as Avvocato Otello Bellomo

Female Three Times

Female Three Times

1957

as Ugo

Susanna tutta panna

Susanna tutta panna

1957

as Alberto

Der Stern von Afrika

Der Stern von Afrika

1957

Saranno uomini

Saranno uomini

1957

Roberto el diablo

Roberto el diablo

1957

as Roberto

The Sword and the Cross

The Sword and the Cross

1956

as Tullius

Cuerda de presos

Cuerda de presos

1956

as Silvestre

Retorno a la verdad

Retorno a la verdad

1956

as Carlos

La vida es maravillosa

La vida es maravillosa

1956

as Eugenio Jalón

The Other Life of Captain Contreras

The Other Life of Captain Contreras

1955

as Pedro

Mañana cuando amanezca

Mañana cuando amanezca

1955

La patrulla

La patrulla

1954

as Calatayud

Judas' Kiss

Judas' Kiss

1954

as Andrés (no acreditado)

Vuelo 971

Vuelo 971

1953

as Primer oficial

La Leona de Castilla

La Leona de Castilla

1951