Gérard Tichy

Gerard Tichy (also Gérard Tichy, Gerhard Tichi and Gerardo Tichy) was a Spanish actor of German descent, who appeared in numerous movies, including several international productions. He was born in Weißenfels, Germany, on March 11, 1920, and died in Madrid, Spain, on April 11, 1992.

Tichy participated in World War II and held the rank of a lieutenant when it ended. He was put in a French POW camp but soon managed to escape to Spain. There he started his film career in the war epic Balarrasa (1951) and quickly became a prominent character actor in Spanish cinema, ultimately appearing in 99 films over the course of his career.

A capable if not fluent English speaker, Tichy also appeared in several international productions that were filmed in Spain, most notably King of Kings (1961) as Joseph, El Cid (1961) playing King Ramirez, and Doctor Zhivago (1965) as Liberius, a Red partisan commander.

He appeared in numerous spaghetti Westerns, most notably Sergio Corbucci's Compañeros (1971).

Selected filmography

 * Neutrality (1949) - Deutscher Offizier
 * Black Jack (1950)
 * Service at Sea (1951) - Pasajero (uncredited)
 * Servicio en la mar (1951) - Pasajero (uncredited)
 * Cerca del cielo (1951) - Camarada defensor (uncredited)
 * Quema el suelo (1952) - Eduardo Behovia
 * Come Die My Love (1952) - Bill
 * The Call of Africa (1952) - Capitán Andrade
 * Hombre acosado (1952) - Jan Matiz
 * Barco sin rumbo (1952)
 * Cuba Cabana (1952) - Polizei-Oberst
 * Decameron Nights (1953)
 * I Was a Parish Priest (1953) - El Negro
 * Pasaporte para un ángel (Órdenes secretas) (1954)
 * El beso de Judas (1954) - Poncio Pilato
 * An Impossible Crime (1954) - Eugenio Certal
 * He Died Fifteen Years Ago (1954) - Germán Goeritz
 * Malaga (1954) - Cronkhite
 * Kubala (1955)
 * Lo que nunca muere (1955) - Pierre
 * The Cock Crow (1955) - Gans
 * Nunca es demasiado tarde (1956) - Jorge
 * Alexander the Great (1956) - (uncredited)
 * Miedo (1956)
 * Curra Veleta (1956) - Alfredo Brighton
 * Minutos antes (1956)
 * Cuando el valle se cubra de nieve (1957)
 * ...Y eligió el infierno (1957)
 * Aquellos tiempos del cuplé (1958) - Jorge
 * Cuatro en la frontera (1958) - Julio
 * Hospital general (1958)
 * El frente infinito (1959) - Capitán Estrada
 * Molokai, la isla maldita (1959) - Capitán
 * Un ángel tuvo la culpa (1960) - Sr. X
 * Alerta en el cielo (1961) - Sargento Bell
 * King of Kings (1961) - Joseph
 * El Cid (1961) - King Ramírez
 * Pecado de amor (1961) - Gerardo Esquivel
 * The Happy Thieves (1961) - Antonio, Prado Museum Guard
 * Queen of The Chantecler (1962) - Henri Duchel
 * Face of Terror (1962) - Dr. Chambers
 * Los culpables (1962) - Salvador
 * Senda torcida (1963) - Silvestre
 * The Blancheville Monster (1963) - Rodéric De Blancheville
 * Casablanca, Nest of Spies (1963) - Mayor
 * The Secret Seven (1963) - Rabirio
 * La muerte silba un blues (1964) - Carlos Moroni
 * La Chance et l'Amour (1964) - Un truand (segment "Une chance explosive")
 * Desafío en Río Bravo (1964) - Zack Williams
 * Un tiro por la espalda (1964)
 * El niño y el muro (1965) - Guardia alemán #2
 * The Hell of Manitoba (1965) - Jack Villaine
 * That Man in Istanbul (1965) - Charly Cohen
 * Marie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha (1965) - Maitre d'Hôtel
 * Man from Canyon City (1965) - Hargitay
 * Playa de Formentor (1965) - Carlos Sanromá
 * Train d'enfer (1965) - Matras
 * 100.000 dollari per Ringo (1965) - Tom Sherry
 * Doctor Zhivago (1965) - Liberius, Red Partisan Commander
 * Agent X-77 Orders to Kill (1966) - Dr. Reichmann
 * Cuatro dólares de venganza (1966) - Clifford
 * The Sea Pirate (1966) - Kernan
 * Le Solitaire passe à l'attaque (1966) - Bernsen
 * The Texican (1966) - Boyd Thompson
 * Il grande colpo di Surcouf (1966) - Kernan
 * Superargo Versus Diabolicus (1966) - Diabolikus
 * Master Stroke (1967) - Max
 * Face to Face (1967) - Mayor of Silvertown (uncredited)
 * Madigan's Millions (1968) - J. P. Ogilvie
 * The Magnificent Tony Carrera (1968) - Serge
 * Sartana Does Not Forgive (1968) - Joe Sullivan
 * They Came to Rob Las Vegas (1968) - Sheriff Klinger
 * Hot Line (1968) - Truman
 * Cantando a la vida (1969)
 * Hora cero: Operación Rommel (1969) - Gen. von Gruber
 * Marquis de Sade: Justine (1969) - Comte Courville
 * Murder by Music (1969) - Inspector
 * Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970) - Dr. Kalleway
 * Cuadrilátero (1970) - Óscar
 * El último día de la guerra (1970) - Pvt. Bronc
 * Compañeros (1970) - Lieutenant
 * Un verano para matar (1972) - Alex
 * Les Charlots font l'Espagne (1972) - Le capitaine du grand voilier
 * La isla misteriosa y el capitán Nemo (1973) - Cyrus Smith
 * The Corruption of Chris Miller (1973) - Commissioner
 * La orgía de los muertos (1973) - Professor Leon Droila
 * Striptease (1978) - Play Boy
 * Venus de fuego (1978) - Detective
 * Maravillas (1981) - Benito
 * Misterio en la isla de los monstruos (1981) - Capt. Turkott
 * L'ultimo harem (1981) - (uncredited)
 * Los diablos del mar (1982) - Captain Hull
 * Pieces (1982) - Dr. Jennings
 * La Bestia y la Espada Magica (1983) - Otton el grande
 * La hoz y el Martínez (1985) - Dimitri Vasilievich
 * ¡Qué tía la C.I.A.! (1985) - Agente de la RFA
 * Serpiente de mar (1985)
 * Romanza final (Gayarre) (1986)
 * Yo me bajo en la próxima, ¿y usted? (1992) - (final film role)