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Roberto Contreras

Roberto Contreras

Actor · 1928 – 2000 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Tall, and slim, 6-foot-5, versatile, Euro-Indigenous Latino American character actor. He will be best remembered for playing the role of 'Armendariz' in the classic western adventure film, "Gold of the Seven Saints" (1961), which also starred Clint Walker, Roger Moore, and Letícia Román. He is also best remembered for playing the role of 'Angelo' in the episode entitled, "The Vaqueros," of the classic western television series, "The Rifleman," which originally aired on October 2, 1961, and which also starred Chuck Connors, Johnny Crawford, and Paul Fix. He was born to Jaime Contreras (1900-1975), and his wife Catalina Coin Contreras in St. Louis, Missouri, on December 12, 1928. Was of Euro-Indigenous Mexican descent. He made his actual film debut playing an undetermined role in the Spanish jungle adventure film, "The Rebellion of the Hanged" (1954), which also starred Pedro Armendáriz, Ariadne Walker, Victor Junco, and Amanda del Lindo. Besides, "The Rebellion of the Hanged" (1954), and "Gold of the Seven Saints" (1961), his many other film credits include, "En carne viva" (1954), "The Beast of Hollow Mountain" (1956), "The Black Scorpion" (1957), "Ride a Violent Mile" (1957), "The Flame Barrier" (1958), "The Badlanders" (1958), "Holiday for Lovers" (1959), "The Miracle" (1959), "The Magnificent Seven" (1960), "California" (1963), "Rio Conchos" (1964), "Mara of the Wilderness" (1965), "Brainstorm" (1965), "Marriage on the Rocks" (1965), "Alvarez Kelly" (1966), "The Last Challenge" (1967), "Chubasco" (1968), "Topaz" (1969), "Pets" (1973), "El extraño caso de Rachel K" (1973), "Cantata de Chile" (1976), "Miguel's Navidad" (1976), "Black Samurai" (1976), "The Dark" (1979), "The Day Time Ended" (1979), "Barbarosa" (1982), "Scarface" (1983), "Streets of Justice" (1985), "Blue City" (1986), and "The Under Achievers" (1987). Besides, the episode entitled, "The Vaqueros," of the classic western television series, "The Rifleman," his many other television credits include, "Telephone Time," "Broken Arrow," "Maverick," "The Walter Winchell File," "The Adventures of Jim Bowie," "The Magical World of Disney," "Zorro," "Border Patrol," "Cimarron City," "Sugarfoot," "26 Men," "The Rough Riders," "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp," "Riverboat," "Colt .45," "Law of the Plainsman," "The Texan," "Tombstone Territory," "The Westerner," "Gunslinger," "Wanted: Dead of Alive," "Mister Ed," "Have Gun-Will Travel," "Zane Grey Theatre," "The Barbara Stanwyck Show," "Ripcord," "The Dick Powell Theatre," "Outlaws," "Tales of Wells Fargo," "Thriller," "Frontier Circus," Cheyenne," "77 Sunset Strip," "Temple Houston," "Kraft Suspense Theatre," "Dr. Kildare," "Wendy and Me," "Rawhide," "Run for Your Life," "Get Smart," "Burke's Law," "Laredo," "The Invaders," Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre," "The Big Valley," "The Fugitive," "Rango," "The F.B.I.," "Death Valley Days," "Men at Law," "Ironside," "The High Chaparral," "Mission: Impossible," "Insight," "The Cowboys," "Cannon," "Police Story," "Kung Fu," "Switch," "Chico and the Man," "The Next Step Beyond," "Simon & Simon," and "Amazing Stories." His last role was playing 'Cruz's Grandfather' in the biographical crime film, "Blood In, Blood Out" (1993), which also starred Damian Chapa, Jesse Borrego, and Benjamin Bratt.

Series24

  • TV7.0

    Maverick

    1957 · 43 votes

  • TV6.8

    Ironside

    1967 · 71 votes

  • TV5.7

    Dr. Kildare

    1961 · 19 votes

  • TV7.1

    The Rifleman

    1958 · 54 votes

  • TV7.3

    The Fugitive

    1963 · 63 votes

  • TV7.6

    Mission: Impossible

    1966 · 320 votes

  • TV8.0

    Get Smart

    1965 · 448 votes

  • TV7.3

    Have Gun, Will Travel

    1957 · 44 votes

  • TV5.9
  • TV6.7

    Cannon

    1971 · 41 votes

  • TV5.6

    The F.B.I.

    1965 · 25 votes

  • TV6.8
  • TV6.7

    Simon & Simon

    1981 · 99 votes

  • TV6.2

    The Big Valley

    1965 · 59 votes

  • TV6.3

    Burke's Law

    1963 · 12 votes

  • TV7.2

    Rawhide

    1959 · 49 votes

  • TV6.2
  • TV6.2

    Cheyenne

    1955 · 26 votes

  • TV7.5

    Amazing Stories

    1985 · 237 votes

  • TV7.1

    Wanted: Dead or Alive

    1958 · 38 votes

  • TV6.8

    The Invaders

    1967 · 62 votes

  • TV6.0

    The Texan

    1958 · 6 votes

  • TV6.6

    Switch

    1975 · 11 votes

  • TV6.7

    Thriller

    1960 · 20 votes

Movies23

  • Movie8.2

    Scarface

    1983 · 13K votes

  • Movie8.2

    Bound by Honor

    1993 · 1.6K votes

  • Movie7.5

    The Magnificent Seven

    1960 · 2.1K votes

  • Movie7.1

    The Professionals

    1966 · 359 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Topaz

    1969 · 433 votes

  • Movie4.6

    The Dark

    1979 · 40 votes

  • Movie6.3

    The Last Challenge

    1967 · 30 votes

  • Movie5.9

    Barbarosa

    1982 · 47 votes

  • Movie5.4

    Pets

    1973 · 36 votes

  • Movie6.3

    Rio Conchos

    1964 · 61 votes

  • Movie3.7

    The Day Time Ended

    1980 · 57 votes

  • Movie7.2

    Gold of the Seven Saints

    1961 · 15 votes

  • Movie4.2
  • Movie5.2

    The Black Scorpion

    1957 · 67 votes

  • Movie6.1

    Brainstorm

    1965 · 30 votes

  • Movie6.3

    Holiday for Lovers

    1959 · 6 votes

  • Movie5.6

    Black Samurai

    1976 · 43 votes

  • Movie5.0

    Mara of the Wilderness

    1965 · 2 votes

  • Movie6.7

    La rebelión de los colgados

    Rebellion of the Hanged

    1954 · 13 votes

  • Movie10.0

    Cantata de Chile

    1976 · 1 votes

  • Movie6.0

    En carne viva

    1955 · 3 votes

  • Movie5.0

    The Flame Barrier

    1958 · 9 votes

  • Movie5.0

    California

    1963 · 3 votes