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name: "Mario Alcalde"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mario-alcalde"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "6 September 1926"
died: "22 April 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T16:01:55.904820+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Mario Alcalde

Writer. Born 6 September 1926 in Key West, Florida, USA. Died 22 April 1971.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 6 September 1926, Key West, Florida, USA
- **Died:** 22 April 1971

## Biography

Mario Alcalde (6 September 1926 – 22 April 1971) was an American film and television actor and writer. Born in Key West, Florida, he attended the American Theatre Wing and began his screen career in 1954 with an appearance in the television series *Robert Montgomery Presents*. He had earlier acted on stage in an Off-Broadway production of *Bullfight*.

Alcalde guest-starred in numerous television programmes, including *Gunsmoke*, *Bonanza*, *Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea*, *The Wild Wild West*, *Ironside* and *McCloud*. He played the recurring role of Yellow Hawk in *The Texan* and therapist Chuck Atwell in the soap opera *Peyton Place*. His film appearances included *All the Young Men* (1960), *Dead Ringer* (1964), *Hail, Hero!* (1969) and *Clay Pigeon* (1971). He received two screenwriting credits, for episodes of *The Nurses* and *The Fugitive*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Fugitive* (1963), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)

## Also known for

- *Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea* (1964), Major Amadi
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), Lorca
- *Dead Ringer* (1964), Garcia
- *The Wild Wild West* (1965), Capt. Fortuna
- *Ironside* (1967)
- *McCloud* (1970), Carlos Peralta
- *Have Gun, Will Travel* (1957)

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