Roberto Contreras

Tall and slim 6foot5 versatile EuroIndigenous Latino American character actor He will be best remembered for playing the role of Armendariz in the classic western adventure film Gold of the Seven Saints 1961 which also starred Clint Walker Roger Moore and Letícia Román He is also best remembered for playing the role of Angelo in the episode entitled The Vaqueros of the classic western television series The Rifleman which originally aired on October 2 1961 and which also starred Chuck Connors Johnny Crawford and Paul Fix He was born to Jaime Contreras 19001975 and his wife Catalina Coin Contreras in St Louis Missouri on December 12 1928 Was of EuroIndigenous Mexican descent He made his actual film debut playing an undetermined role in the Spanish jungle adventure film The Rebellion of the Hanged 1954 which also starred Pedro Armendáriz Ariadne Walker Victor Junco and Amanda del Lindo Besides The Rebellion of the Hanged 1954 and Gold of the Seven Saints 1961 his many other film credits include En carne viva 1954 The Beast of Hollow Mountain 1956 The Black Scorpion 1957 Ride a Violent Mile 1957 The Flame Barrier 1958 The Badlanders 1958 Holiday for Lovers 1959 The Miracle 1959 The Magnificent Seven 1960 California 1963 Rio Conchos 1964 Mara of the Wilderness 1965 Brainstorm 1965 Marriage on the Rocks 1965 Alvarez Kelly 1966 The Last Challenge 1967 Chubasco 1968 Topaz 1969 Pets 1973 El extraño caso de Rachel K 1973 Cantata de Chile 1976 Miguels Navidad 1976 Black Samurai 1976 The Dark 1979 The Day Time Ended 1979 Barbarosa 1982 Scarface 1983 Streets of Justice 1985 Blue City 1986 and The Under Achievers 1987 Besides the episode entitled The Vaqueros of the classic western television series The Rifleman his many other television credits include Telephone Time Broken Arrow Maverick The Walter Winchell File The Adventures of Jim Bowie The Magical World of Disney Zorro Border Patrol Cimarron City Sugarfoot 26 Men The Rough Riders The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Riverboat Colt 45 Law of the Plainsman The Texan Tombstone Territory The Westerner Gunslinger Wanted Dead of Alive Mister Ed Have GunWill Travel Zane Grey Theatre The Barbara Stanwyck Show Ripcord The Dick Powell Theatre Outlaws Tales of Wells Fargo Thriller Frontier Circus Cheyenne 77 Sunset Strip Temple Houston Kraft Suspense Theatre Dr Kildare Wendy and Me Rawhide Run for Your Life Get Smart Burkes Law Laredo The Invaders Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre The Big Valley The Fugitive Rango The FBI Death Valley Days Men at Law Ironside The High Chaparral Mission Impossible Insight The Cowboys Cannon Police Story Kung Fu Switch Chico and the Man The Next Step Beyond Simon Simon and Amazing Stories His last role was playing Cruzs Grandfather in the biographical crime film Blood In Blood Out 1993 which also starred Damian Chapa Jesse Borrego and Benjamin Bratt