Victor Israel was a small-part actor, active in Spanish and European films and television from the start of the 1960's until 2008.
He was born José María Soler Vilanova on June 13th 1929 in Barcelona. He was married to Antonia Doñate, with whom he had four children.
His earliest known film role dates from 1961, when he was aged 32. Within a few years he became one of the busiest small-part character actors in Spanish cinema, his bug-eyes (one glass), bad teeth and balding head with wild hair making him instantly recognisable.
From the late 1970's onwards Victor appeared mainly in films shot in Barcelona, including many Catalan language productions.
Victor died in Barcelona on September 19th 2009, aged 80.
He is a well-known face, so it is doubtful there will be many undocumented roles to be found, but, that said, I have come across a couple, so there could always be more.
His biographical details are compiled from various reliable sources, including obituaries.
- ¿Pena de muerte? .... Friend of Pablo (uncredited)
1962 - La bella Lola .... Couturier (uncredited)
- Tierra de todos .... Soldier (uncredited)
1963 - La cuarta ventana .... Man with Montes (uncredited)
- La gran coartada .... Andrés (credited? - role unconfirmed)
- La ruta de los narcóticos .... Board member (uncredited)
1964 - Circus World .... Harbourmaster (uncredited)
- El mujeriego .... Lodger (credited)
- El salario del crimen .... Suspect (credited)
- La boda era a las doce .... Barman (uncredited)
1965 - Die Hölle von Manitoba .... Hotel clerk (credited)
- Doctor Zhivago .... Hospital patient (uncredited)
- La llamada .... Watchman (credited)
- Los cuatreros .... Card player (credited)
- Muere una mujer .... Informer (credited)
- Playa de Formentor .... Servant (credited)
- Totò d'Arabia .... Boris (credited)
- Trampa bajo el sol .... Secret service weapons man (credited?)
- Tumba para un forajido .... Rembert (credited)
1966 - 7 pistole per i MacGregor .... Piano player (credited)
- Dinamite Jim .... Hotel clerk (credited)
- El aventurero de Guaynas .... Villarda henchman (credited)
- El Greco .... Mental patient (uncredited)
- El Tejano .... Wilkins (credited?)
- Hallucination Generation .... Store owner killed in robbery (credited)
- Huida en la frontera .... Andreas (poster credit - role unconfirmed)
- I 5 della vendetta .... Barber (uncredited)
- Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo .... Sergeant (uncredited)
- Il grande colpo di Surcouf .... Sailor in the tavern (uncredited)
- Sugar Colt .... Calhoun (credited)
- Surcouf, l'eroe dei sette mari .... Sailor in the tavern (uncredited)
- Yankee .... Sheriff (credited)
1967 - 7 donne per i Mac Gregor .... Trevor (credited)
- Bandidos .... Train conductor (uncredited)
- Destino: Estambul 68 .... Professor Alex (uncredited)
- I Spy (TV series) S. 2, Ep. 24: "Blackout" .... Taxi driver no.3 (credited)
1968 - Comanche blanco .... Carter (credited)
- E per tetto un cielo di stelle .... Tavern keeper (uncredited)
- I tre che sconvolsero il West .... Bakery owner (uncredited)
- Killer, adios .... Dixon (credited)
- Long-Play .... Man who ignores his existence (credited)
- No somos de piedra .... Godfather (credited)
- O.K. Yevtushenko .... Trilby (credited)
- Operación Mata Hari .... German officer in the nightclub (credited)
- Persecución hasta Valencia .... (credited, but not found)
- Un diablo bajo la almohada .... English delegate (credited? - role unconfirmed)
- Una pistola per cento bare .... Barrett (credited)
1969 - ¡Viva América! .... Doctor MacDonald (credited)
- ¿Por qué te engaña tu marido? .... Alfredo (credited)
- El abogado, el alcalde y el notario .... Piano player (credited)
- El ángel .... The Rockefeller (credited)
- La residencia .... Brechard (credited)
- Las crueles .... Porter (uncredited)
- Matrimonios separados .... The Informer (uncredited)
- Mónica Stop .... Spy (credited)
- Vivi o preferibilmente morti .... Mayor's supporter (uncredited)
1970 - ¡Vivan los novios! .... Vicente (credited)
- Cabezas cortadas .... Doctor (credited)
- El bosque del lobo .... Lameiro (credited)
- El vértigo del crimen .... Willy (credited? - role unconfirmed)
- The Arizona Kid .... Frank (credited)
- Vamos a matar, compañeros .... Rosenbloom henchman (uncredited)
1971 - ¡Viva la muerte... tua! .... Manuel Mendoza (credited)
- Aunque la hormona se vista de seda... .... Sebastian (credited)
- Catlow .... Pesquiera (credited)
- Kill! .... Baron (credited)
- Las melancólicas .... Barber (credited)
- Murders in the Rue Morgue .... Coachman (uncredited)
- Necrophagus .... Mr. Fowles (credited)
- The Light at the Edge of the World .... Das Mortes (credited)
- Topical Spanish .... Recording technician (credited)
- Una chica casi decente .... Carlitos (credited)
1972 - ¡No firmes más letras, cielo! .... Sound operator (uncredited)
- Che c'entriamo noi con la rivoluzione? .... Augusto (credited)
- Pánico en el Transiberiano .... Baggage porter (credited)
- I senza Dio .... Prison guard (uncredited)
- La banda J. & S. - Cronaca criminale del Far West .... Felipe (uncredited)
- Secuestro a la española .... Don Jacinto (credited)
- Treasure Island .... Morgan (credited)
- Trop jolies pour être honnêtes .... Psychiatrist (credited)
- Un verano para matar .... Mechanic (credited)
1973 - ...e così divennero i 3 supermen del West .... Banker (uncredited)
- Anche gli angeli mangiano fagioli .... Snitch (credited)
- El monte de las brujas .... Innkeeper (uncredited)
- La chica del Molino Rojo .... Lawyer (credited)
- La isla misteriosa (TV mini-series / feature film) Ep. 5 .... Pirate carpenter (credited in feature film version only)
- La polizia incrimina la legge assolve .... Boat captain (uncredited)
- Ricco .... Checana (credited)
1974 - El pez de los ojos de oro .... Pedro (credited)
- El último proceso en París .... Pierre Raymond (credited)
- Jenaro, el de los 14 .... El Rendijas (credited)
- La revolución matrimonial .... Dentist (credited)
- Un curita cañón .... Damian (uncredited)
- Una pareja... distinta .... "Fat Man" (credited)
1975 - Bons baisers de Hong-Kong .... Victor (credited)
- El quinto jinete (TV series) Ep.: "El ladrón de cadáveres" .... Topo (credited)
- Il bianco il giallo il nero .... Prisoner (uncredited)
- Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi (TV series) S. 2, Eps. 1, 2 .... Basch Kiatib (credited)
- La maldición de la bestia .... Joel (credited)
- Los hijos de Scaramouche .... Innkeeper (credited)
- Pim, pam, pum... ¡fuego! .... Señor Dimas (credited)
- Tres suecas para tres Rodríguez .... Genaro (credited)
- What Changed Charley Farthing? .... Christmas (credited)
- Zorrita Martínez .... Patient with crutches (credited)
1976 - El jovencito Drácula .... Renfield (credited)
- El secreto inconfesable de un chico bien .... Don Nicolas (credited? - role unconfirmed)
- La ciutat cremada .... Inspector Haya (credited)
- La perversa caricia de Satán .... Baron de Clanchart (credited)
- La saga de los Rius (TV series) Eps. 2, 6 .... Grau (credited in eps. 1, 2, 5, 6, 9)
- Las delicias de los verdes años .... (credited, but not found)
- Las ratas no duermen de noche .... Karl (credited?)
- Madrid, Costa Fleming .... Workman (credited?)
- Manuela .... Aguacharco (credited)
- Vivir a mil .... Money lender (poster credit - role unconfirmed)
1977 - Cuentos de las sábanas blancas .... Calixto (credited)
- Curro Jiménez (TV series) S. 2, Ep. 6: "El destino de Antonio Navajo" .... Horse owner (credited)
- El pobrecito Draculín.... Vladimir (credited)
- Es muß nicht immer Kaviar sein (TV series) Ep. 4: "Ich heiße Mabel" .... role? (credited)
- Makarras Conexion .... Man on the telephone (credited)
- Me siento extraña .... Party guest (credited)
- Sexy... amor y fantasía .... Gerardo (credited)
- The Last Remake of Beau Geste .... Legionaire (uncredited)
- Tío, ¿de verdad vienen de París? .... Guard (credited)
1978 - Carne apaleada .... Recluse (credited)
- Espectro (Más allá del fin del mundo) .... Barman (credited as "Victor D'Israel")
- L'osceno desiderio .... Giovanni (credited)
- Un hombre llamado Flor de Otoño .... Ramon (credited)
1979 - Dinero maldito .... Morgan (credited)
- Jaguar Lives! .... Sicilian party guest (credited)
- Rocky Carambola .... Gangster boss (credited)
1980 - Cinco tenedores .... Krauss (credited)
- Virus .... Zombie priest (credited)
1981 - ¡Viva la Pepa! .... Señor Fortuny (credited)
- Cervantes (TV series) Ep. 6 .... Tavern keeper (credited)
- La cripta .... Hotel receptionist (credited)
- Made in China .... Doctor Stahl (credited)
- Neumonía erótica y pasota .... Pepe (credited)
1982 - Cristóbal Colón, de oficio... descubridor .... Sephardi (credited)
- Doctor Caparrós, metge de poble (TV series) Eps. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12 .... Tonet (credited)
- El ser .... Gravedigger (credited)
- La rebelión de los pájaros .... Bird seller (credited)
- Verano azul (TV series) Ep. 17: "No nos moverán" .... Bargainer (credited)
1983 - Asalto al Banco Central .... El Seta (credited)
- El invernadero .... Gardener (credited)
- Juana la Loca... de vez en cuando .... Torturer (credited)
- Las pícaras (TV mini-series) Ep. 6: "La hija de Celestina" .... Priest (credited)
- Morbus (o bon profit) .... Shiu Shi (credited)
- Un genio en apuros .... Prophet (credited)
- Victòria! La gran aventura d'un poble .... Father (credited)
- Victòria! 2: La disbauxa del 17 …. (credited, but not found)
1984 - Al este del oeste .... Tumbas (credited)
- Victòria! 3: El seny i la rauxa .... Soldier (credited)
1985 - Acosada .... Simon Montes (credited? - Role unconfirmed)
- Escapada final (Scapegoat) .... Sewer manager (credited)
- Perras callejeras .... Crista's stepfather (credited)
- Serpiente de mar .... Marina watchman (credited as "Vic Israel")
1986 - Los nuevos curanderos .... Ramon (credited)
- Más allá de la muerte .... Academy concierge (credited?)
1987 - Las pícaras (TV series) Ep. 7: "Quin mosso en Pera!" .... Doctor (credited)
- Represión .... role? (poster credit)
1988 - Andalucía chica .... Detective (credited)
- Garum (Fantastic Contradiction) .... Receptionist (credited?)
1989 - Bueno y tierno como un ángel .... role? (poster credit)
- El anticristo 2 (Magic London) .... Inspector Welles (credited)
1990 - De professió: A.P.I. (TV series) S. 2, Ep. 6: "Les cases adossades" .... Thief (credited)
1991 - Un submari a les estovalles .... Ramon (credited? - role unconfirmed)
1992 - Un placer indescriptible .... Carpena (poster credit - role unconfirmed)
1994 - Ciudad Baja (Downtown Heat) .... Tramp (credited)
- Tiempos mejores .... Taxi driver (credited)
- Villarriba y Villabajo (TV series) Ep. 5: "La epidemia" .... Grandfather (credited)
1995 - El llop del bosc (Short film) .... Sanitarium warden (credited)
1996 - Makinavaja (TV series) Eps. 4, 7 .... Capacuras (credited)
1997 - La casa de los líos (TV series) S. 1, Ep. 33: "En la fiesta de Blas" .... Grandfather (credited)
1999 - La memòria dels Cargols (TV series) Eps. 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26 .... Gori (credited - Ep. 18 credit only)
2001 - El cielo abierto .... Grandfather Jazmina (credited)
2002 - Cásate conmigo, Maribel .... Don Manuel (credited)
- Mi casa es tu casa .... Jordi (credited)
- Vivancos 3 .... Drunk (credited)
2004 - Paco y Veva (TV series) S. 2, Eps. 5, 6 .... Anselmo (credited)
2005 - Mola ser malo (Short film) .... Cook (credited)
2006 - Goya's Ghosts .... Money Monk (credited)
2007 - Sitges-Nagasaki .... Doctor (credited? - role unconfirmed)
- Melancholy Rose (1987) Marc Almond music video …. Fan of Marc Almond
- Los perversos rostros de Víctor Israel (2010) Documentary feature
- La otra orilla (1965) IMDb
- Le voleur de Tibidabo / La vida es magnífica (1965) IMDb
- Espi... ando (1966) IMDb
- Su nombre es Daphne (1966) IMDb
- Después del gran robo (1967) IMDb
- Elisabet (1968) IMDb
- Las locuras de Jane (1978) IMDb
- Trampa sexual (1978) IMDb as Voyeur
- Queen Lear (1982) IMDb as Hobo
- Moment crític (1984 Short film) IMDb
- De hombre a hombre (1985) IMDb as Drunk
- Denver (1985) IMDb as Guard
- Galeria oberta (1986 TV series) Ep.: "Mel salvatge", IMDb as Marko
- Les claus de vidre (1986 TV series) Ep. 9: "Miró robat", IMDb
- 13 x 13 (1987 TV series) Ep. 2: "La dama blanca", IMDb as Drapaire
- Adela (1987) IMDb as Witness
- La veritat oculta (1987) IMDb as Fisherman
- Una nit a Casa Blanca (1987) IMDb
- Crònica negra (1988 TV series) Ep. 10: "Mala llet", IMDb as Pasta
- Superagentes en Mallorca (1990) IMDb
- El hombre de neón (1991) IMDb as The Teacher
- La Lloll (1993 TV series) S. 1, Ep. 11, IMDb
- Quince (1998) IMDb as Quitamal
- Hospital Central (2003 TV series) S. 6, Ep. 6: "Cambio de planes", IMDb as Agustin
- She Is (Not) Able to Sleep (2008 Short film) IMDb as Man
- Tierra brutal (1961) IMDb with no role. Not found by myself or Carlos
- I due sergenti del generale Custer (1965) IMDb with no role. Not found by myself or Dan. The film was shot entirely in Italy, so his appearance in an uncredited bit part would seem unlikely.
- Uomo avvisato mezzo ammazzato... Parola di Spirito Santo (1972) IMDb as Priest. Not found by myself or Carlos, probably confused with the role played by Riccardo Satta
- Clara es el precio (1975) IMDb with no role. Not found after several searches