Xan das Bolas

Actor Oct 31 (died age 68) La Coruña, Spain 1940–1977 (37 year career)

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Biography

Tomás Ares Pena was a Spanish actor. He started in the theater in the thirties as a comedian and variety actor. After the Spanish Civil War, he began his film career, and in the following years he became one of the supporting actors with one of the longest careers in the history of Spanish cinema.

Known For

Film

Delusions of Grandeur

Sheikh of the Barbary (uncredited)

Film

The Executioner

Guarda de la obra

Film

Placido

Rivas

Film

Strange Voyage

Cosme

Film

Villa Rides

Villa's Telegraphist (uncredited)

Film

Cut-Throats Nine

Buddy

Film

Lost Command

Old Man with Flag (uncredited)

Film

The Big Family

(uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (237)

Movies (236)

My Daughter Hildegart

1977

as Un republicano

5.2

A la Legión le gustan las mujeres… y a las mujeres, les gusta la Legión

1976

as Tabernero

5.0

Los hijos de...

1976

as Barrendero

Madrid, Costa Fleming

1976

as Marcelo

6.0

El chiste

1976

as Guardia forestal / Ganadero / Jefe indio

Volvoreta

1976

as Ramón

Vuelve, querida Nati

as Conserje

El segundo poder

as Fray Lope

La Carmen

as Padre de José

Cry, Onion!

as Sam - Merchant (uncredited)

5.2

El mejor regalo

1975

as Invitado a la boda

4.0

Una pareja... distinta

1974

as Truhán

6.4

Cuando los niños vienen de Marsella

1974

as Padre de José

5.1

Five Pillows for One Night

1974

as Recepcionista del Balneario Fuencaliente

2.3

La boda o la vida

1974

3.0

Celos, amor y Mercado Común

1973

as Amigo de Felipe

7.0

El apartamento de la tentación

1971

as Forest Guard

5.0

Delusions of Grandeur

1971

as Sheikh of the Barbary (uncredited)

7.4

La montaña rebelde

1971

as Ermitaño

3.7

Una chica casi decente

1971

2.7

Simón, contamos contigo

Cut-Throats Nine

as Buddy

Murders in the Rue Morgue

1971

as Orsini's Assistant

5.1

A Lady Called Andrew

1970

as Empleado de limpieza

El mesón del gitano

as Ezequiel

Don erre que erre

as Guardia Civil 1

Sabata the Killer

as Telegrafo

Con ella llegó el amor

1970

as Huésped de la pensión

El alma se serena

1970

as Jefe de estación

6.2

El niño y el potro (Más allá de río Miño)

as Rogelio

Pasto de fieras

Amor a todo gas

as Cristobal

Educando a una idiota

1969

Dead Are Countless

1969

as Potter (uncredited)

5.1

No somos ni Romeo ni Julieta

1969

as Policía secreta de noche 1º

4.0

Juicio de faldas

1969

as Paco, amigo de Gregorio

5.2

Villa Rides

1968

as Villa's Telegraphist (uncredited)

6.2

Operation Mata Hari

1968

as Jefe de sala del cabaret

6.8

One by One

1968

as Bartender Ben (uncredited)

5.8

¡Cuidado con las señoras!

1968

as Camarero

4.0

Between God, The Devil and a Winchester

1968

4.9

Los que tocan el piano

1968

as Rufino Celeiro - el Sereno

7.3

Objetivo: BI-KI-NI

1968

as Camarero

5.0

¡Cómo está el servicio!

1968

as Sereno con un bastón

5.4

Run Like a Thief

1967

as Gonzalez

La niña del patio

1967

as Don Calixto, administrador

40 grados a la sombra

1967

as Portero casa de Evaristo

Operación cabaretera

as Guardia

Club de solteros

as Lucas

Vestida de novia

1967

as Camarero gallego

Clint the Stranger

1967

as Simpson

4.7

Two Crosses in Danger Pass

1967

as Bartender

6.7

Proceso a una estrella

1966

7.0

Eroe vagabondo

1966

Ypotron: Final Countdown

1966

as Il portiere dell'hotel

5.2

Lost Command

1966

as Old Man with Flag (uncredited)

La mujer perdida

Fray Torero

as Un habitante del pueblo

4.8

Seven Guns for the MacGregors

1966

as Barman (uncredited)

5.1

The Tough One

1966

as Padre O’Hara

Mi canción es para ti

1965

as Propietario caballos de carreras

5.6

Texas Jim

1965

as Pedro, the Mexican

Amador

as Limpiabotas

Cotolay

as Monje

Whisky y vodka

as Pintor

In a Colt's Shadow

as Veterinarian

Dos chicas locas locas

1965

as Guarda de la estación de tren

5.3

Strange Voyage

1964

as Cosme

7.3

Relevo para un pistolero

1964

as Recepcionista del hotel

5.0

Gunmen Of The Rio Grande

as Peon

Los dinamiteros

as Marmolista

El camino

as Germán's Father

Backfire

as Guard of the boat parking

The Rash One

The Palomos

as Taxi driver

The Spy

as Poker Player

Gunfighters of Casa Grande

1964

as Vasco (uncredited)

3.7

Death Whistles the Blues

1964

as Policía

4.5

Como dos gotas de agua

1964

as Martínez

6.0

Black Angel of the Mississippi

as Lopez

La chica del gato

as Venancio

Cavalry Charge

El pecador y la bruja

1964

as Portero

3.7

The Adventures of Scaramouche

as Gino

Escala en Hi-Fi

Bochorno

The Ceremony

Heroes of the West

as Doctor

El turista

as Atracador

José María

1963

as Coronel

6.0

The Swindlers

1963

as Antonio Monterosi (segment "Medico i fidanzata")

The Implacable Three

as Cartero

The Executioner

as Guarda de la obra

Jaguar

as Lugarteniente del llanero

6.0

Girl from La Mancha

1963

as Carretero

5.2

Gunfight at Red Sands

as Barber

The Castilian

The Fair of the Dove

Mathias Sandorf

as Carpena

Pacto de silencio

as Guardia del tren

An Almost Decent Girl

1963

as Propietario bar

Plaza de Oriente

1963

as Camarero

La revoltosa

as Jugador de cartas

Sign of Zorro

as Mejicano

Death and the Lumberjack

1963

as Guardia

6.5

El precio de un asesino

1963

as Cura

Un demonio con ángel

1963

as Don Federico

Chica para todo

1963

as Gancho del Timador

7.5

Two Against All

1962

as Wagon Loader (uncredited)

Torrejón City

as Ojo de Halcón

I motorizzati

as (uncredited)

Placido

as Rivas

The Son of Captain Blood

as Matt

The Big Family

as (uncredited)

The Four Truths

The Shadow of Zorro

as Empleado de banca

Martes y trece

as Invitado con botella

5.0

Vamos a contar mentiras

Zorro the Avenger

as Soldado

Those Who Did Not Go to War

1962

as Propietario bar Fandiño

6.0

Punto y banca

1961

El pobre García

1961

as Felipe

The Savage Guns

1961

as Cantinero pedro

3.3

¡Aquí están las vicetiples!

as Dueño Kiosco

Madame

Pecado de amor

as Sereno

Fray Escoba

La venganza de Don Mendo

1961

as Alí

6.4

Revolt of the Mercenaries

1961

as Katia's Companion

7.0

Conqueror of Maracaibo

1961

as Ben Yussuf (uncredited)

Fantasmas en la casa

1961

as Pascasio

7.3

Ella y los veteranos

1961

as Dueño caseta de tiro

Ama Rosa

1960

as Cochero

6.0

The Boy Who Stole a Million

1960

as Knife Grinder

5.8

Three Etc.'s and the Colonel

1960

Crimen para recién casados

El indulto

as Músico ambulante

Un paso al frente

as Román

El hombre que perdió el tren

as Federico Méndez

Sonatas

as Tercer centinela

La vida alrededor

as Demetrio Suárez 'El Asunción'

5.2

The Redeemer

1959

6.0

¿Dónde vas, Alfonso XII?

1959

as Madrileño gritón (uncredited)

Diez fusiles esperan

as Cañete

Streetcar for Sale

as Marmolista

El gafe

as Sobrino de D. Balbino #2

6.3

Der Löwe von Babylon

1959

as Abdullah (uncredited)

6.0

Poison at 2:30

1959

as Hombre en consulta veterinario

Blame Me

Héroes del aire

as Percebe

Revenge

1958

as Galician Harvester

6.0

El hombre del paraguas blanco

1958

as Alguacil #1

Die Sklavenkarawane

1958

as Hassan (uncredited)

4.8

Farmacia de guardia

1958

as Sereno

Historias de Madrid

1958

as Ciriaco - guarda del cementerio (uncredited)

5.0

Anna Said Yes

1958

as Don Cristino

5.5

Aquellos tiempos del cuplé

1958

as Tendero

El puente de la paz

as Dedos Largos

Familia provisional

Life Ahead

as Copiloto de la camioneta

6.5

El hombre que viajaba despacito

1957

as Jugador de cartas

9.5

Un fantasma llamado amor

1957

Susanna and Me

1957

as Bedel

5.5

The Pride and the Passion

as (uncredited)

Faustina

as Lipio

El anónimo

Fulano y Mengano

as Conductor del coche fúnebre

6.3

Un marido de ida y vuelta

1957

as Díaz

4.0

Las muchachas de azul

1957

as Felipe - padre de Ana

Pasión en el mar

as El Sabio

El fenómeno

as Guardia del Parque

7.7

La mestiza

1956

5.0

Afternoon at the Bulls

1956

as Portero de la enfermería

4.8

¡Aquí hay petróleo!

1956

as Baldomero

7.8

Fedra, the Devil's Daughter

as (uncredited)

The Wicked Carabel

as Bedel

Piedras vivas

Curra Veleta

as Sereno

Saeta rubia

1956

as Taxista

4.7

El rey de la carretera

1956

as Pedro

Dos novias para un torero

1956

5.0

La reina mora

1955

as Presidiario

Un día perdido

as Maestro de baile

La Cruz de Mayo

as Félix

Pride

as Gabriel

El guardián del paraíso

1955

as Sereno

8.0

Radio Stories

1955

as Sargento de la guardia civil

7.2

The Coyote

1955

5.9

Para siempre amor mío

Noche de tormenta

Love on Wheels

as Cristóbal

Tres huchas para Oriente

1954

as Portero del estadio (uncredited)

7.0

Hollyhock

1954

as Barrabás

The Devil Plays the Flute

1954

as Presidente

6.3

Buenas noticias

1954

as Alguacil

Tres eran tres

1954

as (segment "Una de indios")

La ciudad de los sueños

Vuelo 971

as Padre

Jeromín

Airport

as Sereno

La alegre caravana

as Titiritero

Ha desaparecido un pasajero

Nadie lo sabrá

as Cartero

Sobresaliente

Niebla y sol

as Meigo

Doubt

as Sereno (uncredited)

The Great Galeoto

as Cochero

Air Lashings

as Pepiño

The Girl at the Inn

as Dimas

Pequeñeces

Historia en dos aldeas

1950

Post Office Box 1001

1950

6.9

Yo no soy la Mata-Hari

1950

as Don Cosme Fernández

Tiempos felices

1950

Sabela De Cambados

1949

as Benito

5.0

Pototo, Boliche y Compañía

1948

The Marquis of Salamanca

1948

as Hombre almacén figuras de cera

Botón de ancla

as Trinquete

Heroes del 95

as Fadeiro

El doncel de la reina

1946

Mar abierto

1946

as Peirán

El pirata Bocanegra

1946

as Cayetano

El pozo de los enamorados

1945

Un hombre de negocios

1945

as Conserje del museo

Ella, él y sus millones

1944

as El guía

5.5

Tuvo la culpa Adán

1944

as Guardia

La vida empieza a medianoche

1944

as Regidor del teatro

6.0

Goyescas

1942

as Asistente

Éramos 7 a la mesa

1942

La rueda de la vida

1942

as Juanito

6.0

El hombre que se quiso matar

as Huésped

Unos pasos de mujer

Madrid de mis sueños

Stowaway on Board!

as Alguacil

Torbellino

1941

as Juan José

Salomé

1940

Television (1)

Curro Jiménez

1976

7.1