Ricardo López-Nuño Díez, better known as Ricardo Palacios, was a Spanish actor, film director and screenwriter. Born in Reinosa (Cantabria), Palacios graduated from the Official Film School in Madrid as an actor and director. He debuted in the 1961 TV series Poly. He participated in about 150 films and television series, being mainly active in the Spaghetti Western genre, and he was also a recurring presence in films directed by Jesús Franco. In 1987, Palacios made his directorial debut with the comedy film ¡Biba la Banda!, starring Alfredo Landa, and in 1997 he directed the TV-series La Banda de Pérez. After spending over a month in hospital with heart problems, Ricardo died on 11 February 2015 of heart failure.

Filmography

• 2002The Green March — Perales
• Crónicas urbanas — Director, Writer
• 1989Going Down in Morocco — Naturista
• 1989Hot Blood — Néstor
• 1989I'm the One You're Looking For — Morboso
• 1989The Return of the Musketeers — Big Lackey
• 1989The Things of Love
• 1988Monster Dog — Sheriff Morrison
• 1987Crystalstone — Fruit Vendor
• 1987Lute: Forge On or Die — Empleador
• 1987The Impeccable Sinner — Anibal
• 1987Trapped Women — Colonel
• 1987¡Biba la banda! — Director, Writer
• 1986Alone Against Terror — Dr. Orgaf
• 1986Fury in the Tropics — Colonel Blanco
• 1986Lulú de noche — Propietario Jazz Bar
• 1986Sida, la peste del siglo XX
• 1985Café, coca y puro — D. Antonio
• 1985Dirty Game in Casablanca — Papa Yul
• 1985Jarabo — Ayudante Hinojosa
• La Huella del Crimen — Ayudante de Hinojosa
• 1985Star Knight — Guardián
• 1985Tex and the Lord of the Deep — Fat Whisky Seller (uncredited)
• L'Homme de Suez — Mohamed Saïd
• 1984La de Troya en el Palmar — El Exquisito
• 1984Lonely Road — Raden
• 1984The Ark of the Sun God — Mohammed
• 1983Black Venus — Monsieur Lambert (uncredited)
• 1983Las autonosuyas — Rafa
• 1983The Blues of Pop Street — Narrator (voice, uncredited)
• 1983USA, violación y venganza — Theo Mancini
• 1983Y del seguro… líbranos, Señor! — Butragueño
• 1982Buscando a Perico — Siniestra
• 1982Fredy el croupier — El Calvo
• 1982My Pussy is the Best — Director, Screenplay, Story
• 1981A Tied Blasé — Cholo
• 1981Car Crash — Eli Wronsky
• 1981Comin' at Ya! — Polk
• 1981Night of the Werewolf — First Graverobber
• 1981Safari erótico
• 1981Tú estás loco Briones — Rodolfo
• DuDu — Creator
• 1980Spoiled Children — Abogado
• 1980The Beasts' Carnival — Don Carmelo, the priest
• 1980The Cantabrians — Gurco
• 1980Who Is That Splashing in the Mediterranean?
• 1979La fierecilla domada — Sly
• 1979Seven Days in January — (uncredited)
• 1979Son of Superbug — Capitano
• 1979The House on Garibaldi Street — Dani
• 1979The adventures of Pinín and his friends — Capitán Prendes
• 1978Estimado Sr. juez... — Gabriel Sánchez Morales
• 1977Chely
• 1977Del amor y de la muerte
• 1977Journey to the Centre of the Earth — Train Ticket Collector
• 1977The Black Pearl — Merchant
• 1977Uno del millón de muertos
• 1977Widows' Nest
• 1976A la Legión le gustan las mujeres… y a las mujeres, les gusta la Legión — El Pemán
• 1976Beyond Desire — Patrón
• 1976Soldier of Fortune — (uncredited)
• 1976The People Who Own the Dark — Dr. Robertson
• 1976What Changed Charley Farthing? — Greek Captain
• 1975Take a Hard Ride — Calvera
• 1975The Great Adventure — Joe - Barkeeper
• 1975Valley of the Dancing Widows — Coach Wagon Driver (uncredited)
• 1974Dick Turpin — Moscarda, Screenplay
• 1974Pasqualino Cammarata... capitano di fregata
• 1974Ten Killers from Afar — Rompemanos
• 1974The Stranger and the Gunfighter — Calico
• 1974Whisky and Ghosts — Capo messicano
• 1973Fat Brothers of Trinity — Ray Wesley
• 1973The Man Called Noon — Brakeman
• 1972Fabulous Trinity — Ray Wesley alias Panzio Trinidad
• Los Paladines
• 1972Nada menos que todo un hombre — Socio del casino
• 1971Bad Man's River — Mexican Soldier
• 1971Captain Apache — Sergeant
• 1971Conquest — Antolikan
• 1971Delusions of Grandeur — Cook (uncredited)
• 1971El sobre verde — Carromoto
• Graf Luckner — Jonas
• 1971Red Sun — Pogo (uncredited)
• 1971The Horsemen — Ghulam (uncredited)
• 1970El Condor — Chief Bandit
• 1970Las secretas intenciones — Hombre en centro comercial
• 1970Socrates — Critone
• 1969Antoñito vuelve a casa
• 1969El gran amante — The Make-up Artist
• 1969El último día de la humanidad
• 1969No disponible — Entrenador
• 1969Satan's Profile — Lyne
• 19681001 Nights — Mamet
• 1968Los diablos rojos
• 1968Once Upon a Time in the West — Morton's Train Conductor (uncredited)
• 1968Ragan — Flower
• 1968Run, Man, Run — Mexican Officer With Dynamite
• 1968The Blood of Fu Manchu — Sancho Lopez
• 1967Day of Anger — Bowie Cantina Owner
• 1967Dynamite Joe — El Sol
• 1967Historia de la frivolidad — Fan #2
• 1967Kitosch, the Man Who Came from the North
• 1967Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes — Sancho
• 1967Soy leyenda — Fat Man
• 1967The Desperate Ones
• 1967The Vengeance of Pancho Villa — Pancho Villa
• 1966A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum — Marcus Lycus's Eunuch (uncredited)
• 1966Attack of the Robots — Hermes
• 1966La Sonrisa
• 1966Return of the Seven — Jailer
• Tales to Keep You Awake
• 1966The Good, the Bad and the Ugly — Barista a Socorro (uncredited)
• 1966The Ugly Ones
• 1965Diálogos de la paz — Fotógrafo
• 1965Doctor Zhivago — Extra (uncredited)
• 1965For a Few Dollars More — Tucumcari Saloon Keeper (uncredited)
• 1964El niño de Vallecas
• 1964La noche del doctor Valdés
• 1964Tengo 17 años — Cleo

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2015Spanish Western — Self - Actor & Director
• 2012Contra el tiempo — Self