RIP Charly Bravo

Actor Charly Bravo, the western baddie, dies

In more than 200 movies, actor Charly Bravo was the face of a thousand different men. From western films to Conan the Barbarian (alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger), he became one of the most common faces on the screen in his supporting roles. Charly Bravo, stage name of Ramón Carlos Mirón Bravo, has died in Madrid at the age of 77.

He proudly carried the title of being the Spaniard who has worked the most in westerns (A Town Called Hell, Captain Apache, A Man Called Noon ...), as well as in numerous TV series, from Mediterranean to Central Hospital.

Bravo has passed away at the Estrella de Madrid hostel, where he has resided the last 30 years of his life, in one of it’s rooms in the back of the Gran Vía. This modest hotel is 100 meters from his real house, which he abandoned due to the bad relationships with his wife and daughters. "That's why I took off," he said in an interview with this newspaper in February 2004. "I am a lonely and somewhat selfish man, although loneliness does not scare me."

When work was scarce, Bravo was a regular on the Madrid Metro, where he would go down to play the guitar in order to pay for his room in the hostel. His collaborations with young filmmakers were also many during their early careers. This is the case of Pintadas (Juan Estelrich, Jr, 1996), Casting (Fernando Merinero, 1998) and In the City Without Limits (Antonio Hernández, 2002).

BRAVO, Carlos (Ramón Carlos Mirón-Muñoz Bravo)

Born: 3/6/1943, Casablanca, Morocco

Died: 6/23/2020, Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Charly Bravo’s westerns – actor:

The Warriors of Pancho Villa – 1966

Cemetery Without Crosses - 1968 (Stone Valee) [as Charly Bravo]

A Bullet for Sandoval - 1969 [as Charly Bravo]

El Condor - 1969 (bandit)

Land Raiders – 1969 [as Charly Bravo]

100 Rifles – 1969 (Lopez) [as Charly Bravo]

The Price of Power – 1969 (deputy)

Captain Apache - 1970 (Sanchez)

Santana Kills Them All – 1970 (Aaron/Adam Kirby)

The Boldest Job in the West - 1971 (Poldo) [as Charley Bravo]

A Town Called Hell – 1971 (Juan) [as Charly Bravo]

The Call of the Wild – 1972 (buyer of Buck) [as Charly Bravo]

The Hunting Party - 1972 (cowboy)

The Man Called Noon – 1973 (Lang) [as Charlie Bravo]

The Son of Zorro – 1973 (Pedro) [as Charly Bravo]

Spaghetti Western – 1974 (Judd) [as Charly Bravo]

China 9, Liberty 37 - 1978 (Duke) [as Charly Bravo]

The Man Called Noon – 1973 (Lang)

Comin’ at Ya! - 1980 [as Charly Bravo]

Rustlers’ Rhapsody – 1984 [as Charly Bravo]

Tex and the Lord of the Deep – 1985 (Marcos/Pablito) [as Charly Bravo]

White Apache – 1985 (Ryder/Redeath) [as Charly Bravo]

Scalps – 1986 (Sergeant Gordon)

Contra el tiempo – 2011 [himself]