Germán Cobos
Known for Acting · 87 credits
- Born
- 1927-07-07
- Died
- 2015-01-12
- Place of birth
- Sevilla, Andalucía, Spain
- Also known as
- Kh. Kobos · German Cobos · Germán Sánchez Hernández-Cobos · Herry Cobb · Herman Cobos
Biography
Germán Sánchez Hernández-Cobos (7 July 1927 – 12 January 2015) was a prolific Spanish actor in a variety of European films. Son of the stage actor Fernando Cobos, he spent part of his childhood in San Sebastian. He began studying Architecture and in 1949 he joined the Teatro Español Universitario (TEU), when he had already developed a vocation for acting. After moving to Madrid, where he enrolled in the School of Dramatic Art and the Official School of Cinematography, he made his first screen role in 1951, in Juan de Orduña's film La leona de Castilla. Shortly afterwards he was hired as a young leading man in the comedy company of Lilí Murati, a Hungarian actress who had settled in Spain. He had successes in the theatre, both in comedies such as Tovarich and Una noche en su casa, señora, as well as in dramatic pieces, such as La muerte de Dantón.
Despite this happy period as a stage actor, his true projection during the 1950s and 1960s was in the cinema, where he played tough leading man roles. His extensive filmography includes nearly a hundred films. After appearing in Rafael J. Salvia's Flight 971 in 1953, he subsequently made films such as El beso de Judas, La patrulla, La otra vida del Capitán Contreras and Cuerda de presos, directed by Rafael Gil and Pedro Lazaga. From 1955 onwards he spent a few years in Italy, where he appeared in Esclavas de Cartago and Susana pura nata and other commercial films. Back in Spain he played Sara Montiel's leading man in Carmen la de Ronda, directed by Tulio Demichelli in 1959. The following year he made a melodrama, Ama Rosa, by León Klimowsky, alongside Imperio Argentina.
His stage appearances were more sparse. In the 1960s he starred in Los derechos de la mujer, then the comedy Guapo, libre y español and, from the 1980s onwards, Del rey Ordás y sus infamias, La amante de su señoría and La marquesa Rosalinda.
Among the rest of his extensive filmography, the most notable are Un taxi para Tobruck, an important co-production that paired him with Hardy Kruger, Lino Ventura and Charles Aznavour, also filmed in 1960, as well as A las cinco de la tarde, by J. A. Bardem; La bella Lola, by Alfonso Balcázar, again as a partner to Sara Montiel; El valle de las espadas, by Javier Setó, both from 1962; La revoltosa, by José Díaz Morales (1963); Las Vegas, 500 millones, by Isasi-Isasmendi (1968); Marianela, by Angelino Fons (1972); Cría cuervos, by Carlos Saura (1975); El puente, by Bardem (1976); Solos en la madrugada, by José Luis Garci (1977); La ley del deseo, by Pedro Almodóvar (1987); El aire de un crimen, by I. Isasmendi (1987); Un paraguas para tres, by Felipe Vega (1992) and Boca a boca, by Manuel Gómez Pereira (1995).
He spent some seasons retired, running a hospitality business in La Granja de San Ildefonso (Segovia). On television he participated in 1995 in the series Villarriba y Villabajo.
Known For
TV Shows (5)
Movies (82)
Law of Desire
1987
as El Cura
Foul Play
1977
as Emigrante
Pariahs of Glory
1964
as Albertini
Susanna tutta panna
1957
as Alberto
Cria!
1976
as Nicolás
Wanted
1967
as Martin Heywood
Against the Wind
1990
as Antonio
Reverend's Colt
1970
as Fred Smith
Destino: Barajas
1965
Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor
1957
as Avvocato Otello Bellomo
I picari
1987
as Theatrical impresario
Ama Rosa
1960
as Javier
Spanish Actress for Russian Minister
1990
as «Продюсер»
The Sword and the Cross
1956
as Tullius
Sexy Cat
1973
as Mike Cash
Taxi for Tobruk
1961
as Jean Ramirez
The Waitresses
1976
as Enrique
Tu novia está loca
1988
as Padre de Amaia
Blood Calls to Blood
1968
as Padre
Mouth to Mouth
1995
as Padre de Luci
Hidden Pleasures
1977
as Ignacio
La viuda del capitán Estrada
1991
as Mondéjar
Brillante Porvenir
1965
as Antonio
Massacre at Fort Grant
1964
as Paul Driscoll
Lola Colt
1967
as Larry/El Diablo
Quinto: Fighting Proud
1969
as Sucre
El día que nací yo
1991
as Rafael
The Devil Made a Woman
1959
as Lucas
I tromboni di Fra' Diavolo
1962
as Il colonnello Chamonis
Hand of the Assassin
1967
as Carlos
Linked
1996
as Sr. Guerrero
The Star of Africa
1957
La Leona de Castilla
1951
El halcón de Castilla
1967
as Don Diego de Mendoza
¡Se armó el belén!
1969
as Don José
The Castilian
1963
as Abderramán
Scent of a Crime
1988
as Amaro
At Five in the Afternoon
1961
as José Álvarez
Más allá del jardín
1996
as Alvaro Larra
Female Three Times
1957
as Ugo
Desperate Mission
1965
as Robert Manning / Danny O'Connor / Agent Z-55
Too Much for Galvez
1981
as El editor
The Lively Vampires of Vögel
1975
as Carlo
El Secreto del capitán O'Hara
1968
as Richard O'Hara
Cuerda de presos
1956
as Silvestre
C'est la vie, camarade!
2005
as Delgado
Un paso al frente
1960
as Rafael Aguirre
Julieta engaña a Romeo
1965
as Roberto
The Lovely Lola
1962
as Federico
Soledad
1959
as Paco
Alone in the Small Hours
1978
as Ramón Vidal
Limoncello
2007
as Joe
Marianela
1972
as D. Carlos
La vida es maravillosa
1956
as Eugenio Jalón
La patrulla
1954
as Calatayud
Lola la Piconera
1970
as Capitán Gustavo Lefevre
The Happy Sixties
1969
as Pablo
El amor empieza en sábado
1961
as Carlos
Vuelo 971
1953
as Primer oficial
La taberna fantástica
1991
Judas' Kiss
1954
as Andrés (no acreditado)
The Other Life of Captain Contreras
1955
as Pedro
Algunas lecciones de amor
1966
as Presentador / Juan
La revoltosa
1963
as Felipe
Matrimonios separados
1969
as Daniel
Abuelita Charlestón
1962
as Pierre
No Big Deal
2003
as Gabo
Despedida de soltero
1961
as Miguel
Roberto el diablo
1957
as Roberto
Mirada líquida
1996
Blueprint for a Massacre
1967
as Danny O'Connor / Agent Z-55
Fistful of Diamonds
1967
as Clark
Retorno a la verdad
1956
as Carlos
Forty Years of Dating
1963
as Valentín Pereira
El crimen de Don Benito
1991
Marta
1955
El ángel está en la cumbre
1958
as Carlos Valle
L'uomo dal pugno d'oro
1967
as Joe Callaghan
Camerino sin biombo
1967
Mañana cuando amanezca
1955
Héroes de blanco
1962
as Saúl Kauffman
Los abanderados de la Providencia
1963
About Germán Cobos
Germán Sánchez Hernández-Cobos (7 July 1927 – 12 January 2015) was a prolific Spanish actor in a variety of European films. Son of the stage actor Fernando Cobos, he spent part of his childhood in San Sebastian. He began studying Architecture and in 1949 he joined the Teatro Español Universitario (TEU), when he had already developed a vocation for acting. After moving to Madrid, where he enrolled in the School of Dramatic Art and the Official School of Cinematography, he made his first screen role in 1951, in Juan de Orduña's film La leona de… With 87 credits spanning from 1951 to 2007, Germán Cobos has appeared in 82 films and 5 TV shows.
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Most Popular Germán Cobos Movies
- Law of Desire (1987) — as El Cura
- Foul Play (1977) — as Emigrante
- Pariahs of Glory (1964) — as Albertini
- Susanna tutta panna (1957) — as Alberto
- Cria! (1976) — as Nicolás
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