Americo Zorilla "Rico" Alaniz (October 25, 1919 – March 9, 2015) was a Mexican-American actor.

Early years

Alaniz was born in Juárez, Mexico, and began riding when he was a child.

Selected filmography

* '' The Capture'' (1950) - Policeman (uncredited) * '' A Lady Without Passport'' (1950) - Young Cuban Man (uncredited) * '' Mister 880'' (1950) - Carlos - Spanish Interpreter (uncredited) * ''

Smuggler's Island ''Smuggler's Island'' is a 1951 American Technicolor film noir adventure film directed by Edward Ludwig starring Jeff Chandler and Evelyn Keyes Chandler called the film one of his favourites because "I played myself". Around this time Chandler ...

'' (1951) - Young Portuguese (uncredited) * ''

Hollywood Story ''Hollywood Story'' is a 1951 American mystery film directed by William Castle and starring Richard Conte and Julie Adams. The supporting cast features Richard Egan, Henry Hull, Fred Clark and Jim Backus. The film was an attempt by Universal Pi ...

'' (1951) - Spanish Actor (uncredited) * '' Golden Girl'' (1951) - Bandit (uncredited) * ''

The Fighter ''The Fighter'' is a 2010 American Biographical film, biographical sports drama film directed by David O. Russell, and stars Mark Wahlberg (who also produced), Christian Bale, Amy Adams, and Melissa Leo. The film centers on the lives of profes ...

'' (1952) - Carlos * ''

Viva Zapata! ''Viva Zapata!'' is a 1952 American Western film directed by Elia Kazan and starring Marlon Brando. The screenplay was written by John Steinbeck, using Edgcomb Pinchon's 1941 book ''Zapata the Unconquerable'' as a guide. The cast includes Jea ...

'' (1952) - Guard (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1952) - Bus Driver (uncredited) * '' California Conquest'' (1952) - Pedro * '' Tropic Zone'' (1953) - Capt. Basilio (uncredited) * '' Jeopardy'' (1953) - Officer at 1st Roadblock (uncredited) * ''

Column South ''Column South'' is a 1953 American Western film directed by Frederick de Cordova and starring Audie Murphy and Joan Evans.''C ...

'' (1953) - Trooper Chavez * ''

The Desert Song ''The Desert Song'' is an operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel. It was inspired by the 1925 uprising of the Riffs, a group of Moroccan fighters, against French co ...

'' (1953) - Legionnaire (uncredited) * ''

Wings of the Hawk ''Wings of the Hawk'' is a 1953 3-D American Western film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Van Heflin and Julie Adams. It is set during the Mexican Revolution.Budd Boetticher: The Last Interview Wheeler, Winston Dixon. Film Criticism; ...

'' (1953) - Capt. Gomez * '' Conquest of Cochise'' (1953) - Felipe * ''

Appointment in Honduras ''Appointment in Honduras'' is a 1953 American adventure film directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Glenn Ford, Ann Sheridan, and Zachary Scott. Plot Taking place in 1910, during a fictional revolution in Honduras, Jim Corbett (Glenn For ...

'' (1953) - Bermudez * '' Jubilee Trail'' (1954) - Spaniard (uncredited) * '' Phantom of the Rue Morgue'' (1954) - Gendarme (uncredited) * '' Siege at Red River'' (1954) - Chief Yellow Hawk * ''

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'' (1954) - Medicine Man (uncredited) * ''

Green Fire ''Green Fire'' is a 1954 American CinemaScope and Eastmancolor adventure drama film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by Andrew Marton and produced by Armand Deutsch, with original music by Miklós Rózsa. The picture stars Grace ...

'' (1954) - Antonio * '' The Last Command'' (1955) - Tomas (uncredited) * ''

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, who ...

'' (1956) - Dominguez (uncredited) * '' Back from Eternity'' (1956) - Latin Official (uncredited) * '' The Cruel Tower'' (1956) - Frenchy (uncredited) * '' The Women of Pitcairn Island'' (1956) - The Spanisher * '' Stagecoach to Fury'' (1956) - Miguel Torres * '' Toughest Gun in Tombstone'' (1958) - Fernandez (uncredited) * '' War of the Colossal Beast'' (1958) - Sgt. Luis Murillo * '' Hong Kong Confidential'' (1958) - Fernando * '' Wolf Larsen'' (1958) - Louis * ''

Sea Hunt ''Sea Hunt'' is an American action adventure television series that aired in syndication from 1958 to 1961 and was popular for decades afterwards. The series originally aired for four seasons, with 155 episodes produced. It stars Lloyd Bridges a ...

'' (1960, Season 3, Episode 13) - Carlos Prado * ''

The Magnificent Seven ''The Magnificent Seven'' is a 1960 American Western film directed by John Sturges. The screenplay by William Roberts is a remake – in an Old West–style – of Akira Kurosawa's 1954 Japanese film '' Seven Samurai'' (itself initially ...

'' (1960) - Sotero * ''

Summer and Smoke ''Summer and Smoke'' is a two-part, thirteen-scene play by Tennessee Williams, completed in 1948. He began working on the play in 1945 as ''Chart of Anatomy'', derived from his short stories "Oriflamme" and the then-work-in-progress "Yellow Bir ...

'' (1961) - Knife Thrower (uncredited) * '' The Virginian'' (1963 episode "The Mountain of the Sun" - Bandido Leader * ''

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'' (1967) - Chairman (uncredited) * ''

Final Analysis ''Final Analysis'' is a 1992 American neo-noir erotic thriller film directed by Phil Joanou and written by Wesley Strick from a concept by forensic psychiatrist Robert H. Berger. It stars Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Uma Thurman, Eric Roberts, Keit ...

'' (1992) - Old Spanish Man (final film role)

References

External links

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SAG-AFTRA In memoriam

Rico Alaniz obituary is in this book and can be read in its excerpt. It's in alphabetical order.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alaniz, Rico 1919 births 2015 deaths American male film actors American male television actors American male actors of Mexican descent 20th-century American male actors Male actors from Los Angeles People from Ciudad Juárez Male actors from Chihuahua (state) Mexican emigrants to the United States Mexican expatriate actors in the United States Male Western (genre) film actors Western (genre) television actors