
Ignacio López Tarso
Biography
Ignacio López López (b. 15 January 1925 – 11 March 2023), better known as Ignacio López Tarso, was a Mexican actor of stage, film and television. He acted in about 50 films and appeared in documentaries and in one short feature. In 1973 he was given the Ariel Award for Best Actor for Rosa Blanca, and the Ariel de Oro lifetime achievement award in 2007. He was honored multiple times at the TVyNovelas Awards. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living actor and one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.
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Known For
Acting History
2025
Curandero as El Curandero
2021Buenos días, Ignacio
2021Wolves Aren't Meant For The Circus as Don Cristóbal
2020Taken Identity as Don Jesus
2018Más sabe el Diablo por Viejo as Joselito
2017One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo as Self
2015Tras Nazarin: Following Nazarin as Self
2015Loves with Trap as Porfirio
2013The Waterwheel as Old Man
2013Wild at Heart as Ramiro Olivares
2011El Encanto del Águila as Porfirio Díaz
2009Curse by the Sea as El Mojarras
2009Morenita: el escándalo as Santiago
2005Peregrina as Baltasar
2003De Pocas Pocas Pulgas as Don Julián Montes
2002Las Lunas del Auditorio as Self
2002¡Vivan los niños! as Ignacio Robles
2002Veneno
2001Navidad sin Fin as Rodito
2001Atrévete a Olvidarme as Gonzalo Rivas
2001el gato animado televisa as papa noel
2000La casa en la playa as Don Ángel Villarreal Cueto
1998Ángela as Feliciano Villanueva
1998Camila as Don Genaro
1997Conversando con Cristina Pacheco as Self
1997Reclusorio as Viejo (segment "Quiero quedarme en la carcel")
1997Saint Lucifer as Father Leopoldo Santos Higareda
1996Esmeralda as Melesio
1994Crystal Empire as César Lombardo
1993Banderas, the Tyrant as Coronel de la Gándara
1991Codicia mortal
1987Muelle rojo
1987Senda de gloria
1986Astucia as Don Polo
1986El otro as Sr. Tabares
1985Toña Machetes
1984Notes from Under the Volcano as Self
1984Under the Volcano as Dr. Vigil
1982Antonieta as Vargas
1982Viva México y sus corridos
1980Corrupción oficial
1978The Children of Sanchez as Ignacio
1978Los amantes frios
1977La casta divina as Don Wilfrido
1977¿Y ahora qué, señor fiscal?
1976The Bricklayers as Don Jesus
1976Resigned for Reasons of Health as Gustavo Sánchez Campero
1975Rapine as Porfirio
1974Looking for a Wall as José Clemente Orozco
1973The Prophet Mimi as Ángel Peñafiel, Mimi
1972Cayó de la gloria el diablo as Don Eme (Emeterio Sánchez)
1971La Generala as Rosauro Márquez
1970The Useless Life of Pito Pérez as Pito Pérez
1969La trinchera
1969The Door and The Butcher's Wife as Melitón Torres (segment "La mujer del carnicero")
1968The Devil's Visitations as Felix Estrella
1968A Long Journey Toward Death as Dr. David
1967Pedro Paramo as Fulgor Sedano
1965Tarahumara (Further and farther) as Raúl
1965Un hombre en la trampa
1964The Golden Cockerel as Dionisio Pinzón
1964Furia en el Edén as Ing. José Argos
1963Cri Cri el Grillito Cantor as Francisco Gabilondo Soler 'Cri-Cri'
1963Autumn Days as Albino
1963The Paper Man as Adán
1963Heart of a Child as Prof. Ezequiel Almeyda
1963La Bandida as Anselmo
1961My Son, the Hero as Gunslinger
1961Then God Named It Earth as Efrén Domínguez
1961Rosa blanca as Jacinto Yáñes
1961Juana Gallo as Pioquinto
1961Ellas también son rebeldes as Dr. Gabriel Renteria
1960The Shadow of the Tyrant as General Hilario Jiménez
1960Macario as Macario
1960La estrella vacía as Luis Arvide
1960Our Daily Hunger as Pablo
1959La Cucaracha as Trinidad
1959Sonatas as Jefe de guerrilleros
1959Nazarin as Thief in church
1958Love Your Neighbor as (voice)
1957Vanilla, Bronze and to Die as Ricardo Castillo
1957Happy Year, My Love
1955Chilam Balam
1954La desconocida








