Biographical Dictionary of Mexican Film Performers

ALVAREZ BIANCHI, GUILLERMO

very large, Spanish-born character actor from the '40s thru the early '80s. Sometimes billed as "Guillermo A. Bianchi." Equally at home with sinister, Sydney Greenstreet-type and sympathetic roles. Won the Best Supporting Actor Ariel for Cuarto de hotel ('52), and was later nominated for El buen ladrón ('56).