Aldo Sambrell

Alfredo Sanchez Brell (23 February 1937 in Madrid) is a Spanish film actor, director and producer who made over 150 appearances in film between 1961 and 1996. He remains one of the most used actors in Italian westerns. Sambrell is probably 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)... more

Alfredo Sanchez Brell (23 February 1937 in Madrid) is a Spanish film actor, director and producer who made over 150 appearances in film between 1961 and 1996. He remains one of the most used actors in Italian westerns. Sambrell is probably 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 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in 1966 and in Once Upon a Time in the West in 1968 he also played the part of firing squad leader in A Fistful of Dynamite (1971). He also acted in countless other westerns prolifically. His largest Spaghetti character was as the main antagonist of Sergio Corbucci's Navajo Joe. He also appeared in several international productions as an extra or bit actor, including Doctor Zhivago and The Wind and the Lion. less