 He travelled to Mexico because his parents were exiled there, beginning a football career in Puebla F.C., where he was known as "Madrileño Sánchez".When he returned to Spain he played for Alcoyano and Rayo Vallecano, and finally worked as an actor.He was best known in the world of cinema for his roles as henchmen in Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Western films, portraying gang members in the trilogy of films "A Fistful of Dollars" (1964), "For a Few Dollars More", (1965) and "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (1966), as well as in "Once Upon a Time in the West" in 1968, and "100 Rifles" in 1969.