Manuel López Zarza (; 26 April 1932 – 16 or 17 June 2025), better known as Manuel Zarzo (), was a Spanish film actor. He appeared in more than 200 television and film works over his 7-decade long career. Zarzo made his film debut in '' Day by Day'' (1951). In 1960, the actor was clinically dead for two hours due to an injury received saving a woman from a fire. Zarzo died in

Pozuelo de Alarcón Pozuelo de Alarcón () is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Bordering the Moncloa-Aravaca district of Madrid proper to its west, Pozuelo de Alarcón is surrounded by large Mediterranean pine-tree forests: the Casa de Campo, the M ...

in the night of 16 to 17 June 2025, at the age of 93.

Selected filmography

* '' Day by Day'' (1951) * ''

Love in a Hot Climate ''Love in a Hot Climate'' (, ) is a 1954 Spanish-French drama film directed by Georges Rouquier and Ricardo Muñoz Suay. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Manuel Aguilera * Léandre Alpirente * Rafael Arcos - Paco * Ju ...

'' (1954) * ''

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'' (1954) * '' The Fisher of Songs'' (1954) * ''

The Song of the Nightingale ''Chant du Rossignol'' (English: ''Song of the Nightingale''), as it was published in 1921, is a ''symphonic poem, poème symphonique'' by Igor Stravinsky adapted in 1917 from his 1914 opera ''The Nightingale (opera), The Nightingale''. Opera Str ...

'' (1959) * ''

The Showgirl ''The Showgirl'' (Spanish: ''La corista'') is a 1960 Spanish musical film directed by José María Elorrieta and starring Marujita Díaz, Espartaco Santoni and Luis Sánchez Polack.Crusells p.222 Cast * Marujita Díaz as Marieta * Esparta ...

'' (1960) * '' The Delinquents'' (1960) * ''

The Balcony of the Moon ''The Balcony of the Moon'' (Spanish:''El balcón de la Luna'') is a 1962 Spanish musical comedy film directed by Luis Saslavsky and starring Carmen Sevilla, Lola Flores and Paquita Rico. Its critical and commercial failure illustrated the declin ...

'' (1962) * ''

Weeping for a Bandit ''Weeping for a Bandit'' () is a 1964 Spanish drama film directed by Carlos Saura. It was Saura's first film in color. It was co-produced with France and Italy, and starred Italian Lea Massari and French-Italian Lino Ventura. Thanks to his friends ...

'' (1964) * '' The 317th Platoon'' (1965) * ''

It's Your Move ''It's Your Move'' is an American sitcom television series created by Ron Leavitt and Michael G. Moye, starring Jason Bateman, Tricia Cast, Caren Kaye, Ernie Sabella, David Garrison, Adam Sadowsky, and Garrett Morris. The show originally aired ...

'' (1968) * ''

The Pizza Triangle ''The Pizza Triangle'' (), also released as ''A Drama of Jealousy (and Other Things)'' and ''Jealousy, Italian Style'', is a 1970 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Ettore Scola, who co-wrote the screenplay with the screenwriter duo of Age & ...

'' (1970) * '' The Legend of Frenchie King'' (1971) * ''

My Dear Killer ''My Dear Killer'' () is a 1972 Italian-Spanish giallo film directed by Tonino Valerii and starring George Hilton (actor), George Hilton, Marilù Tolo, Patty Shepard, Helga Line, Salvo Randone and William Berger (actor), William Berger. Some criti ...

'' (1972) * ''

The Two Faces of Fear ''The Two Faces of Fear'' () is a film directed by Tulio Demicheli. The film is an Italian and Spanish co-production between the Rome based company B.R.C. and Tecisa a Madrid based company. Cast * George Hilton as Dr. Roberto Carli * Fernando ...

'' (1972) * '' Ricco the Mean Machine'' (1973) * ''

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'' (1974) * '' Naked Therapy'' (1975) * '' Unmarried Mothers'' (1975) * '' Ambitious'' (1976) * ''

Nightmare City ''Nightmare City'' (; released in the US as ''City of the Walking Dead'') is a 1980 science-fiction horror film directed by Umberto Lenzi. It stars Hugo Stiglitz as a TV news reporter who witnesses the collapse of order in a city overrun by ir ...

'' (1980) * '' La colmena'' (1982) * '' Stico'' (1985) * ''

El hermano bastardo de Dios ''The Bastard Brother of God'' () is a 1986 drama film directed by Benito Rabal and starring Francisco Rabal, Asunción Balaguer and Agustín González. It is an adaption of the novel by José Luis Coll. It is about the Spanish Civil War ...

'' (1986) * ''

Tiovivo c. 1950 ''Tiovivo c. 1950'' is a 2004 Spanish film directed by José Luis Garci and starring Elsa Pataky, María Adánez and Carlos Hipólito. The film was nominated for six Goya Awards in 2005, and won the award for Best Production Design. Plot Set in ...

'' (2004)

References

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* 1932 births 2025 deaths Spanish male film actors Male actors from Madrid 20th-century Spanish male actors {{Spain-actor-stub