Portrait of Jesús Tordesillas

Acting

Jesús Tordesillas

Career

Active from 1926 to 1968, with a break from 1927 to 1939, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
15
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for Reckless
Reckless
GoodWatch score62/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jesús Tordesillas Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.2, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.3, average 2.2
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.4, average 1.6
  • Fantasy
    0.6, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Period Piece 5
  • Political Intrigue 4
  • Historical Setting 4
  • Tragic Romance 3
  • Historical Epic 2
  • Spanish Cinema 2
  • Classic Spaghetti Western 2
  • Nostalgic 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Classic Spanish Cinema 2
  • War Drama 2
  • Spanish History 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

70
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

5 titles · average score 60
With Music Elsewhere
With Music Elsewhere (1975)

as Mr. Jazz

The Guerrilla
The Guerrilla (1973)

as Don Alonso

Delusions of Grandeur
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
GoodWatch score 76

as Aged Baron (uncredited)

The Horsemen
The Horsemen (1971)
GoodWatch score 44

as Little Governor (uncredited)

The Masked Thief
The Masked Thief (1971)

as (uncredited)

1960s

20 titles · average score 58
A Stranger in Paso Bravo
A Stranger in Paso Bravo (1968)
GoodWatch score 57

as Blacksmith

Acompáñame
Acompáñame (1966)

as Pantaleón

Django the Condemned
Django the Condemned (1965)

as Cristobal Riaño

Lone and Angry Man
Lone and Angry Man (1965)
GoodWatch score 57

as Sven, old man

Black Angel of the Mississippi
Black Angel of the Mississippi (1964)

as David Edwards

The Sign of the Coyote
The Sign of the Coyote (1963)

as Don César de Echagüe Sr.

Cristo Negro
Cristo Negro (1963)

as Padre Braulio

The Shadow of Zorro
The Shadow of Zorro (1962)

as Don Cesar delaTorre

Kill and Be Killed
Kill and Be Killed (1962)

as Farmacéutico

Fray Escoba
Fray Escoba (1961)

as Padre Prior

Ella y los veteranos
Ella y los veteranos (1961)

as Joaquín Aguirre

The Little Colonel
The Little Colonel (1960)

as Don Esteban

1950s

24 titles · average score 62
Listen to My Song
Listen to My Song (1959)

as Marqués de Alvar, Joselito's grandfather

Una gran señora
Una gran señora (1959)

as Richard Chrysler

Vargas Inn
Vargas Inn (1959)

as General francés

Spanish Affair
Spanish Affair (1957)

as Sotelo

El andén
El andén (1957)

as Don Javier

The War Starts in Cuba
The War Starts in Cuba (1957)

as Marqués

El piyayo
El piyayo (1956)

as Don Carlos

Afternoon at the Bulls
Afternoon at the Bulls (1956)

as Luis Montes

Zalacaín el aventurero
Zalacaín el aventurero (1955)

as Tellagorri

Jeromín
Jeromín (1953)

as Carlos V

La Leona de Castilla
La Leona de Castilla (1951)

as Lope

Reckless
Reckless (1951)
GoodWatch score 62

as Carlos

1940s

20 titles · average score 60
El sótano
El sótano (1949)

as Padre Ramón

Jalisco canta en Sevilla
Jalisco canta en Sevilla (1949)

as Don Manuel Vargas

Locura de amor
Locura de amor (1948)
GoodWatch score 57

as Don Filiberto de Vere

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol (1947)

as William Scrooge

Las inquietudes de Shanti-Andía
Las inquietudes de Shanti-Andía (1947)

as Patricio Allen

White Mission
White Mission (1946)

as Padre Urcola

El crimen de Pepe Conde
El crimen de Pepe Conde (1946)

as Marqués

Eugenia de Montijo
Eugenia de Montijo (1944)

as Próspero Merimée

Pepe Conde
Pepe Conde (1941)

as Don Gaspar

La malquerida
La malquerida (1940)

as Esteban

La marquesona
La marquesona (1940)

as Julio Mendoza

Marianela
Marianela (1940)

as Pablo's Father

1920s

1 title
Currito de la Cruz
Currito de la Cruz (1926)

as Currito de la Cruz