Spanish actor Daniel Martín (1935-2009) acted in more than 60 European films, including Sergio Leone's classic Spaghetti Western Per un pugno di dollari / A Fistful of Dollars (1964). Under the pseudonym Dan Martin, he starred as Unkas, the son of the chief of the Mohicans, in the Eurowestern Der Letzte Mohikaner / The Last of the Mohicans (1965), based on the famous novel 'The Last of the Mohicans' by James Fenimore Cooper.
German postcard, no. 1 of 64. Photo by Constantin. Still for Der Letzte Mohikaner / The Last of the Mohicans (Harald Reinl, 1965) with Anthony Steffen.
German postcard, no. 53 of 64. Photo: Constantin. Still from Der Letzte Mohikaner / The Last of the Mohicans (1965). Caption: Despite the battle tumult, Unkas did not fail to notice the actions of his enemy, Magua. He fights his way free and takes Maguas' track.
German postcard, no. 58 of 64. Photo: Constantin. Still from Der Letzte Mohikaner / The Last of the Mohicans (1965). Caption: The wise chief has heard both. He asked the great Manitou. The judgment of God is: a duel will decide life and death.
Daniel Martín was born José Daniel Martínez Martínez in Cartagena, Spain in 1935. Although he was born in Cartagena (Murcia), he lived most of his life in Zaragoza.
After studying at the Instituto del Teatro in Barcelona, he made his film debut with a minor role in the historical drama La spada del Cid / The Sword of El Cid (Miguel Iglesias, 1962).
In the following year, he rose to fame with the leading role in the romance Los Tarantos (Francisco Rovira Beleta, 1963) with Antonio Gades. The film was nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Daniel Martín received in Spain the Antonio Barbero Award for his performance. It was also in this film that he met his partner for some time, the dancer Sara Lezana.
The next year, he appeared as Julián in the classic Spaghetti Western Per un pugno di dollari / A Fistful of Dollars (Sergio Leone, 1964) starring Clint Eastwood.
Other films in which he appeared were the Heist Caper Las Vegas, 500 millones / They Came to Rob Las Vegas (Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi, 1968), the excellent Spaghetti Western Anda muchacho, spara! / At the End of the Rainbow (Aldo Florio, 1971) with Fabio Testi, and the thriller La polizia incrimina la legge assolve / High Crime (Enzo G. Castellari, 1973) with Fernando Rey.
German postcard, no. 56 of 64. Photo: Constantin. Still from Der Letzte Mohikaner / The Last of the Mohicans (1965).
German postcard, no. 4 of 64. Photo: Constantin. Still from Der Letzte Mohikaner / The Last of the Mohicans (1965) with Anthony Steffen.
German postcard, no. 36 of 64. Photo: Constantin. Still from Der Letzte Mohikaner / The Last of the Mohicans (1965) with Karin Dor.
Under the pseudonym Dan Martin, Daniel Martín starred in Der Letzte Mohikaner / The Last of the Mohicans (Harald Reinl, 1965). This Euro-western was based on the historical novel 'The Last of the Mohicans' by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in 1826.
The story takes place in 1757, during the French and Indian War (the Seven Years' War), when France and Great Britain battled for control of the North American colonies. During this war, the French called on allied Native American tribes to fight against the more numerous British colonists.
Daniel Martín played Uncas, the son of the chief of the Mohicans. Uncas rides with his white ally, the frontiersman Natty Bumppo, known as Falkenauge / Hawkeye (Anthony Steffen), through the country. Soon they discover that the Huron and a gang of white bandits have destroyed the tribe of the Mohicans...
After Der Letze Mohikaner, Martín also starred as Uncas in the sequel, Uncas, el fin de una raza / Fall of the Mohicans (Mateo Cano, 1965), but this time without Anthony Steffen. In 1970 both actors starred again together in the Western La caza del oro / They Believed He Was No Saint (Juan Bosch, 1972).
In 1982, Martín suffered a heart attack after losing a son and his film activity was considerably reduced. In the following decades, Martín was mostly seen in Spanish B-films and on TV. His last film was the crime film A tiro limpio / A clean shot (Jesús Mora, 1996), and his final screen appearance was in the TV series Hospital Central (2002). After that, he started running a hotel in Zaragoza. Daniel Martín died in 2009 in Zaragoza, Spain, of pancreatic cancer. He was 74. His body was cremated in the Torrero cemetery.
German postcard, no. 29 of 64. Photo: Constantin. Still from Der Letzte Mohikaner / The Last of the Mohicans (Harald Reinl, 1965) with Karin Dor.
German postcard, no. 47 of 64. Photo: Constantin. Still from Der Letzte Mohikaner / The Last of the Mohicans (Harald Reinl, 1965) with Karin Dor.
German postcard, no. 62 of 64. Photo: Constantin. Still from Der Letzte Mohikaner / The Last of the Mohicans (Harald Reinl, 1965) with Ricardo Rodríguez.
Sources: Jean-Pascal Constantin (Les Gens du Cinéma - French), IMDb and Wikipedia (English and Spanish).
This post was last updated on 1 June 2025.
German postcard, no. 1 of 64. Photo by Constantin. Still for Der Letzte Mohikaner / The Last of the Mohicans (Harald Reinl, 1965) with Anthony Steffen.
German postcard, no. 53 of 64. Photo: Constantin. Still from Der Letzte Mohikaner / The Last of the Mohicans (1965). Caption: Despite the battle tumult, Unkas did not fail to notice the actions of his enemy, Magua. He fights his way free and takes Maguas' track.
German postcard, no. 58 of 64. Photo: Constantin. Still from Der Letzte Mohikaner / The Last of the Mohicans (1965). Caption: The wise chief has heard both. He asked the great Manitou. The judgment of God is: a duel will decide life and death.
Excellent Spaghetti Western
Daniel Martín was born José Daniel Martínez Martínez in Cartagena, Spain in 1935. Although he was born in Cartagena (Murcia), he lived most of his life in Zaragoza.
After studying at the Instituto del Teatro in Barcelona, he made his film debut with a minor role in the historical drama La spada del Cid / The Sword of El Cid (Miguel Iglesias, 1962).
In the following year, he rose to fame with the leading role in the romance Los Tarantos (Francisco Rovira Beleta, 1963) with Antonio Gades. The film was nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Daniel Martín received in Spain the Antonio Barbero Award for his performance. It was also in this film that he met his partner for some time, the dancer Sara Lezana.
The next year, he appeared as Julián in the classic Spaghetti Western Per un pugno di dollari / A Fistful of Dollars (Sergio Leone, 1964) starring Clint Eastwood.
Other films in which he appeared were the Heist Caper Las Vegas, 500 millones / They Came to Rob Las Vegas (Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi, 1968), the excellent Spaghetti Western Anda muchacho, spara! / At the End of the Rainbow (Aldo Florio, 1971) with Fabio Testi, and the thriller La polizia incrimina la legge assolve / High Crime (Enzo G. Castellari, 1973) with Fernando Rey.
German postcard, no. 56 of 64. Photo: Constantin. Still from Der Letzte Mohikaner / The Last of the Mohicans (1965).
German postcard, no. 4 of 64. Photo: Constantin. Still from Der Letzte Mohikaner / The Last of the Mohicans (1965) with Anthony Steffen.
German postcard, no. 36 of 64. Photo: Constantin. Still from Der Letzte Mohikaner / The Last of the Mohicans (1965) with Karin Dor.
The Last of the Mohicans
Under the pseudonym Dan Martin, Daniel Martín starred in Der Letzte Mohikaner / The Last of the Mohicans (Harald Reinl, 1965). This Euro-western was based on the historical novel 'The Last of the Mohicans' by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in 1826.
The story takes place in 1757, during the French and Indian War (the Seven Years' War), when France and Great Britain battled for control of the North American colonies. During this war, the French called on allied Native American tribes to fight against the more numerous British colonists.
Daniel Martín played Uncas, the son of the chief of the Mohicans. Uncas rides with his white ally, the frontiersman Natty Bumppo, known as Falkenauge / Hawkeye (Anthony Steffen), through the country. Soon they discover that the Huron and a gang of white bandits have destroyed the tribe of the Mohicans...
After Der Letze Mohikaner, Martín also starred as Uncas in the sequel, Uncas, el fin de una raza / Fall of the Mohicans (Mateo Cano, 1965), but this time without Anthony Steffen. In 1970 both actors starred again together in the Western La caza del oro / They Believed He Was No Saint (Juan Bosch, 1972).
In 1982, Martín suffered a heart attack after losing a son and his film activity was considerably reduced. In the following decades, Martín was mostly seen in Spanish B-films and on TV. His last film was the crime film A tiro limpio / A clean shot (Jesús Mora, 1996), and his final screen appearance was in the TV series Hospital Central (2002). After that, he started running a hotel in Zaragoza. Daniel Martín died in 2009 in Zaragoza, Spain, of pancreatic cancer. He was 74. His body was cremated in the Torrero cemetery.
German postcard, no. 29 of 64. Photo: Constantin. Still from Der Letzte Mohikaner / The Last of the Mohicans (Harald Reinl, 1965) with Karin Dor.
German postcard, no. 47 of 64. Photo: Constantin. Still from Der Letzte Mohikaner / The Last of the Mohicans (Harald Reinl, 1965) with Karin Dor.
German postcard, no. 62 of 64. Photo: Constantin. Still from Der Letzte Mohikaner / The Last of the Mohicans (Harald Reinl, 1965) with Ricardo Rodríguez.
Sources: Jean-Pascal Constantin (Les Gens du Cinéma - French), IMDb and Wikipedia (English and Spanish).
This post was last updated on 1 June 2025.
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