Emilio Fernández

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Known For

Directing

Born

1903-03-26

Place of Birth

Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico
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Emilio Fernández

Biography

Emilio "El Indio" Fernández (born Emilio Fernández Romo, March 26, 1904 – August 6, 1986) was a Mexican film director, actor and screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific film directors of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. He is best known for his work as director of the film Maria Candelaria, which won the Palme d'Or award at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. As an actor, he worked in numerous film productions of Mexico and also in Hollywood.

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Acting History

2013
Ottolenghi's Mediterranean Island Feast as Founder of Restaurante Sa Foradada
1987
Arriba Michoacán
1986
The Kidnapping of Lola as Commander Prieto
1986
Lovers of the Lord of the Night as Don Venustiano
1986
Ahora mis pistolas hablan
1985
Treasure of the Amazon as Tacho / Paco
1984
Notes from Under the Volcano as Self
1984
Observations Under the Volcano as Self
1984
Under the Volcano as Diosdado
1983
Lola the Truck Driver as Comandante Prieto
1983
Mercenarios de la Muerte
1982
Una gallina muy ponedora
1982
Cinématon XIX as N°187
1980
Las cabareteras
1979
Erótica as Hernández
1976
Red Zone
1975
Political Asylum as General Salino
1975
Breakout as J.V.
1974
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia as El Jefe
1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Paco
1972
Nest of Virgins as Anacleto Morones
1972
Kung Fu as Carlos
1971
Columbo as Miguel
1971
The Enemy Blood as Juan
1971
La chamuscada (Tierra y libertad) as Margarito Herrero
1970
The Phantom Gunslinger as Sheriff
1969
El crepúsculo de un dios as Himself
1969
Duelo en El Dorado
1969
The Wild Bunch as Gen. Mapache
1968
The Smugglers as Cesare Brunelli
1968
El caudillo
1967
El Silencioso as Emilio Segura
1967
Un dorado de Pancho Villa as Aurelio Pérez
1967
The War Wagon as Calita
1967
Hard Breed to Kill as Ringo
1967
A Covenant with Death as Ignacio
1966
Return of the Seven as Francisco Lorca
1966
Los malvados
1966
The Appaloosa as Lazaro
1966
Duelo de pistoleros
1966
La recta final as Don Lucio
1965
Un callejón sin salida as Moran
1965
La conquista de El Dorado
1965
The Reward as Sergeant Lopez
1965
Los hermanos Muerte
1964
Yo, el valiente
1964
The Night of the Iguana as Barkeeper (uncredited)
1964
El revólver sangriento as Félix Gómez
1963
Wounded Dove as Danilo Zata
1963
La Bandida as Epigmenio Gomez
1962
Little Town as Coronel
1961
My Son, the Hero as Pascual Velasco
1959
La Cucaracha as Coronel Antonio Zeta
1943
El fanfarrón: ¡Aquí llegó el valentón! as Aguilucho
1943
Wild Flower as Rogelio Torres
1942
Passion Island
1941
Rancho Alegre
1941
El Zorro de Jalisco as Ernesto
1940
El charro Negro as Emilio Gómez
1940
The Underdogs as Pancracio
1939
Con Los Dorados De Villa
1938
Juan sin miedo
1937
Las mujeres mandan
1937
Almas rebeldes
1937
Las cuatro milpas
1937
Adios Nicanor
1937
The Super Madman as Idúa
1937
El impostor
1936
Allá en el Rancho Grande as Bailarín
1936
Marihuana El Monstruo Verde
1936
Celos as Sebastián
1935
Janitzio as Zirahuén
1934
Cruz Diablo as Toparca, bandolero
1933
Flying Down to Rio as Dancer (uncredited)
1932
The Western Code as Indian Joe
1931
The Sunrise Trail as Pancho
1930
The Land of Missing Men as Lopez