Gerard Tichy
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Gérard Tichy (also Gerard Tichy, Gerhard Tichi, and Gerardo Tichy) was a Spanish actor of French descent, who appeared in numerous movies, including several international productions. He was born in Germany in 1920 and died in Madrid, Spain, on April 11, 1992.
Tichy started his film career in the Spanish war movie/epic Balarrasa (1951) and quickly become a prominent character actor in Spanish cinema, ultimately appearing in 99 films over the course of his career. A 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 also appeared in numerous Spaghetti Westerns, most notably Sergio Corbucci's Compañeros (1971).
