
Ricardo Palacios
Department: Acting
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

The Blood of Fu Manchu
1968

What Changed Charley Farthing?
1976

Attack of the Robots
1966

Journey to the Centre of the Earth
1977

Alone Against Terror
1986

The People Who Own the Dark
1976

Night of the Werewolf
1981

The Beasts' Carnival
1980

Take a Hard Ride
1975

Comin' at Ya!
1981

Socrates
1971

¡Biba la banda!
1987

El Condor
1970

Son of Superbug
1979

La noche del doctor Valdés
1964

The Ark of the Sun God
1984

The Great Adventure
1975

USA, violación y venganza
1983

Ten Killers from Afar
1974

Antoñito vuelve a casa
1969

The Vengeance of Pancho Villa
1967

Fat Brothers of Trinity
1973

A la Legión le gustan las mujeres… y a las mujeres, les gusta la Legión
1976

The Green March
2002

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966

The Horsemen
1971

Car Crash
1981

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1966

Spoiled Children
1980

The Blues of Pop Street
1983

Going Down in Morocco
1989

The House on Garibaldi Street
1979

Ragan
1968

Sida, la peste del siglo XX
1986

Fury in the Tropics
1986

Doctor Zhivago
1965

Del amor y de la muerte
1977

Chely
1977

Lonely Road
1984

Dirty Game in Casablanca
1985

Safari erótico
1981

Y del seguro… líbranos, Señor!
1983

Satan's Profile
1969

Estimado Sr. juez...
1978

Beyond Desire
1976

Dick Turpin
1974

A Tied Blasé
1981

Buscando a Perico
1982

La fierecilla domada
1979

Tex and the Lord of the Deep
1985

Crystalstone
1987

Hot Blood
1989

Jarabo
1985

The Man Called Noon
1973

The adventures of Pinín and his friends
1979

Soy leyenda
1967

The Black Pearl
1977

The Cantabrians
1980

Monster Dog
1988

Historia de la frivolidad
1967

Captain Apache
1971

Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
1967

Dynamite Joe
1967

La de Troya en el Palmar
1984

For a Few Dollars More
1965

Kitosch, the Man Who Came from the North
1967

Who Is That Splashing in the Mediterranean?
1980

Uno del millón de muertos
1977

Café, coca y puro
1985

Bad Man's River
1971

Whisky and Ghosts
1974

Soldier of Fortune
1976

Red Sun
1971

Tú estás loco Briones
1981

Return of the Seven
1966

Run, Man, Run
1968

Las autonosuyas
1983

The Impeccable Sinner
1987

Fredy el croupier
1982

Contra el tiempo
2012

Spanish Western
2015

Seven Days in January
1979

El gran amante
1969

Delusions of Grandeur
1971

The Ugly Ones
1966

Diálogos de la paz
1965

Fabulous Trinity
1972

Widows' Nest
1977

Lulú de noche
1986

Lute: Forge On or Die
1987

Las secretas intenciones
1970

Valley of the Dancing Widows
1975

Nada menos que todo un hombre
1972

Black Venus
1983

Pasqualino Cammarata... capitano di fregata
1974

The Return of the Musketeers
1989

Star Knight
1985

The Desperate Ones
1967

Tengo 17 años
1964

1001 Nights
1968

El sobre verde
1971

The Things of Love
1989

El niño de Vallecas
1964

El último día de la humanidad
1969

I'm the One You're Looking For
1989

The Stranger and the Gunfighter
1974

Conquest
1971

Day of Anger
1967

Los diablos rojos
1968

Trapped Women
1987

Tales to Keep You Awake
1966

Los Paladines
1972

Graf Luckner
1971

La Huella del Crimen
1985

L'Homme de Suez
1984