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| - Riesgo is a veteran actor from Spanish cinema, having acted in no less than 136 movies, plus five TV series. He began acting in 1949 with small roles in dramas and comedies. It was not until 1953, however, that he began acting in movies with international appeal, such as The Lovers of Toledo or Luis García Berlanga's Welcome Mr. Marshall, which is considered one of the best movies in the history of Spanish cinema. Because he played small roles, he could appear in seven different movies in 1956 and 1958, and even nine movies in 1959.
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| - Riesgo is a veteran actor from Spanish cinema, having acted in no less than 136 movies, plus five TV series. He began acting in 1949 with small roles in dramas and comedies. It was not until 1953, however, that he began acting in movies with international appeal, such as The Lovers of Toledo or Luis García Berlanga's Welcome Mr. Marshall, which is considered one of the best movies in the history of Spanish cinema. Because he played small roles, he could appear in seven different movies in 1956 and 1958, and even nine movies in 1959. Riesgo was one of the usual actors for the Italian-Spanish co-productions in the 1960s, particularly in the "spaghetti westerns". He apeared in Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars (1964), in a very small (uncredited) cameo as a captain in the Mexican Cavalry. From the early 1970s, Riesgo slowly left international co-productions -- his last being Bad Man's River in 1971. After that, he centered his attention in Spanish movies, with an occasional appearance in some prestigious TV series such as Estudio 1 or Curro Jiménez. During the late 1970s, he became a well-known face of the current of landismo.
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