Alberto de Mendoza was born on 21 January 1923 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Horror Express (1972), El jefe (1958) and Tapas (2005). He died on 12 December 2011 in Madrid, Spain.
Stepfather of journalist Daniel Ruiz, best known as Daniel Mendoza (Daniel adopted the surname of his stepfather), who shot himself to death in 1992, after a failed affair with the model Andrea Frigerio.