Alfredo Sánchez Brell (23 February 1931 – 10 July 2010), known as Aldo Sambrell, was a Spanish actor, director, and producer who appeared in over 150 films between 1961 and 1996.
[1] He travelled to Mexico because his parents were exiled there, beginning a football career in Puebla F.C., where he was known as Madrileño Sánchez,[2] and also in C.F.
[4] Sambrell was best known in the world of cinema for his roles as henchmen in Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Western films, portraying gang members in the trilogy of films A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More, (1965) and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), as well as in Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), and 100 Rifles (1969).
He also appeared alongside Jackie Chan in Armour of God 2: Operation Condor (1991), playing a villain,[6] and in several international productions as an extra or bit actor, including Doctor Zhivago (1965) and The Wind and the Lion (1975).
He died in Alicante, Spain on 10 July 2010 from a cerebral infarction, at age 79,[7] the result of three strokes he suffered in early June.