Cris Huerta

Crisanto Huerta Brieva (26 January 1935 – 28 November 2004), better known as Cris Huerta, was a Portuguese-Spanish actor. He was known mainly for his roles in spaghetti western films of the 1960s and 1970s. He was sometimes credited as Chris Huerta.

Life and career Born in Lisbon, Huerta grew up in Madrid and he studied economics before giving up studies in favor of an acting career. He was one of the busiest character actors of the 1960s and 1970s and worked his way up from uncredited bit parts to leading roles even if usually in low budget films. The portly, bearded and bald actor appeared in more than 100 films, mainly Westerns, splitting his time between leading roles as the sympathetic sidekick of the hero and character roles such as Mexican bandits, bartenders and sleazy businessmen. Declined the spaghetti western genre, after 1977 he significantly slowed his activities. One of his last roles was in Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet's The City of Lost Children (1995).

Selected filmography

Ursus (1961) - Challenging Wrestler King of Kings (1961) - Jewish Rebel (uncredited) A Nearly Decent Girl (1963) - Kronlick The Secret Seven (1963) - Gular The Secret of the Black Widow (1963) - Slim (uncredited) Los muertos no perdonan (1963) - Doctor Texas Ranger (1964) - Buck Massacre at Fort Grant (1964) - Arthur Seven Hours of Gunfire (1965) - Steve The Last Tomahawk (1965) - Fat Soldier (uncredited) The Relentless Four (1966) - Comisario Cotolay (1965) Seven Guns for the MacGregors (1966) - Crawford Django (1966) - Mexican Officer (uncredited) The Diabolical Dr. Z (1966) - Dr. Kallman Navajo Joe (1966) - El Gordo Residencia para espías (1966) - Willy Fantasia 3 (1966) - Otton (segment "Los tres pelos del diablo") Red Roses for Angelica (1966) - Paul The Desperate Ones (1967) Two Crosses at Danger Pass (1967) - Loud Drunk Bandidos (1967) - Vigonza More Than a Miracle (1967) Amor en el aire (1967) No somos de piedra (1968) - Miguel Dicazo Los que tocan el piano (1968) - Profesor Sorenson One by One (1968) - Lonely Drunkard in Saloon A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof (1968) - Fat man in stagecoach La dinamita está servida (1968) - Tino Long-Play (1968) - Sacerdote White Comanche (1968) - Blacksmith (uncredited) Cemetery Without Crosses (1969) - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) Sundance and the Kid (1969) - James 'Bad Jim' Williams Urtain, el rey de la selva... o así (1969) Il corsaro (1970) Sartana Kills Them All (1970) - Deputy Smithy Sabata the Killer (1970) - Fuller The Magnificent Robin Hood (1970) - Little John Cannon for Cordoba (1970) - Cordoba officer (uncredited) La Lola, dicen que no vive sola (1970) - Don Federico The Wind's Fierce (1970) - Murdered Priest (uncredited) The Tigers of Mompracem (1970) - Giro Batol Reverend's Colt (1970) - Pat MacMurray Nights and Loves of Don Juan (1971) Black Beauty (1971) - The Commissioner [Spanish prints] (uncredited) The Feast of Satan (1971) - Hotel Guest A Town Called Hell (1971) - Gonzales (uncredited) Una chica casi decente (1971) - Director italiano Captain Apache (1971) Vamos a matar Sartana (1971) Kill (1971) - Nico Bizanthios The Legend of Frenchie King (1971) Un colt por cuatro cirios (1971) - Oswald Simón, contamos contigo (1971) - Director del western Ben and Charlie (1972) - San Diego Bank Manager (uncredited) His Name Was Holy Ghost (1972) - Carezza La liga no es cosa de hombres (1972) - Hans Escalofrío diabólico (1972) - Dr. Badman My Horse, My Gun, Your Widow (1972) - Grasco Ninguno de los tres se llamaba Trinidad (1972) - Bud Wesley Fat Brothers of Trinity (1973) - Bud Holy God, Here Comes the Passatore! (1973) - 'Domandone' My Colt, Not Yours (1973) - Town boss Jefferson Man Called Invincible (1973) - Banker McPherson ...e così divennero i 3 supermen del West (1973) - Jake Patch The Three Musketeers of the West (1973) - Portland Storia di karatè, pugni e fagioli (1973) - Buddy Piccolo Cebo para una adolescente (1974) - Onaindía El padrino y sus ahijadas (1974) - Salvatore Di Tresette ce n'è uno, tutti gli altri son nessuno (1974) - Paco Es knallt - und die Engel singen (1974) - Bud / Butch Con la música a otra parte (1974) - Pepito Chicas de alquiler (1974) - Señor Doctor, me gustan las mujeres, ¿es grave? (1974) - Guardia Dick Turpin (1974) - Conde de Belfort El último proceso en París (1974) - Dr. Laporte The White, the Yellow, and the Black (1975) - Robinson Watson 'Grasso' (1975) - Robert Breidlinger Tarzán y el tesoro Kawana (1975) - Christopher Malcolm Bienvenido, Mister Krif (1975) Los hijos de Scaramouche (1975) - Modisto El poder del deseo (1975) - Inspector gordo School of Death (1975) Imposible para una solterona (1976) - Juan Storia di arcieri, pugni e occhi neri (1976) - Friar Tuck Las delicias de los verdes años (1976) - Herculano Virilidad a la española (1977) - Marido secuestrador Impossible Love (1977) - Comandante Doña Perfecta (1977) 7 días de enero (1979) - Rubén (uncredited) Rocky Carambola (1979) - Jerry Die Brut des Bösen (1979) - Sumo Mieux vaut être riche et bien portant que fauché et mal foutu (1980) La guerra de los niños (1980) - Padre de Carlitos La patria del rata (1981) - Hombre Gordo Del Coche (uncredited) Una espía enamorada (1984) A Man Called Rage (1984) - Omar The Rogues (1987) - Il fabbro El aullido del diablo (1987) - Zacarías ¡No, hija, no! (1987) - Curro (uncredited) Dawn Breaks, Which Is No Small Thing (1989) - Tirso - el mesonero Aquí huele a muerto... (¡pues yo no he sido!) (1990) - Vecino The Dumbfounded King (1991) - Capuchino (1991) - Prof. Bardenk Cautivos de la sombra (1994) - Perista La isla del diablo (1994) - Capitán Kraffa The City of Lost Children (1995) - Father