Florencio Amarilla

Florencio Amarilla Lacasa (3 January 1935 – 25 August 2012) was a Paraguayan footballer, coach and later actor.

Amarilla was born in Coronel Bogado, Paraguay. He started his career in with Club Nacional in Paraguay before being transferred to Europe to play for teams like Elche CF and Real Oviedo of Spain. After leaving Elche, he wandered through a number of teams in the Spanish second and third levels before retiring at AD Almería in 1972. He played as a striker.

Amarilla was also part of the Paraguay national team that qualified to the 1958 FIFA World Cup. In the qualifiers, Amarilla was Paraguay's top scorer with three goals and he was also one of the top scorers for Paraguay in the World Cup with two goals.

Amarilla stayed in the Province of Almería in Spain after his career and began appearing in films shot in the region, most often as an unlisted extra but sometimes credited with a minor role. His on-screen appearances include 100 Rifles, Patton, El Condor, Catlow and Conan the Barbarian.

Amarilla died in Vélez-Rubio, Spain on 25 August 2012, at the age of 77.

• 100 Rifles (1969) - (uncredited)
• Patton (1970) - Soldier (uncredited)
• El Condor (1970) - Aguila
• The Horsemen (1971) - Arabian Man (uncredited)
• Doc (1971) - Man (uncredited)
• Red Sun (1971) - Man (uncredited)
• Catlow (1971) - Tarahumara
• Rum Runners (1971) - Man (uncredited)
• Duck, You Sucker! (1971) - Revolutionary (uncredited)
• Hannie Caulder (1971) - American Indian (uncredited)
• Chato's Land (1972)
• Chino (1973) - Little Bear (uncredited)
• Conan the Barbarian (1982) - Man (uncredited)
• Yellow Hair and the Fortress of Gold (1984) - Stagecoach Apache