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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1903-03-26 (122 years old)

Place of Birth

Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico

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.

Known For

Acting

2013

Ottolenghi's Mediterranean Island Feast as Founder of Restaurante Sa Foradada

2004

1987

1986

The Kidnapping of Lola as Commander Prieto

1985

Treasure of the Amazon as Tacho / Paco

1984

Under the Volcano as Diosdado

1983

Lola the Truck Driver as Comandante Prieto

1982

Cinématon XIX as N°187

1980

1979

Erótica as Hernández

1976

1975

Breakout as J.V.
Political Asylum as General Salino

1974

1973

1972

El rincón de las vírgenes as Anacleto Morones

1971

La Chamuscada as Margarito Herrero
Columbo as Miguel

1970

1969

The Wild Bunch as Gen. Mapache

1968

The Smugglers as Cesare Brunelli

1967

The War Wagon as Calita
El Silencioso as Emilio Segura
Un dorado de Pancho Villa as Aurelio Pérez

1966

The Appaloosa as Lazaro
Return of the Seven as Francisco Lorca
La recta final as Don Lucio

1965

The Reward as Sergeant Lopez

1964

El revólver sangriento as Félix Gómez
The Night of the Iguana as Barkeeper (uncredited)

1963

La Bandida as Epigmenio Gomez
Wounded Dove as Danilo Zata

1962

Little Town as Coronel

1961

My Son, the Hero as Pascual Velasco

1959

La Cucaracha as Coronel Antonio Zeta

1943

Wild Flower as Rogelio Torres

1942

1941

1940

El charro Negro as Emilio Gómez
The Underdogs as Pancracio

1939

1938

1937

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

1930

Directing

1979

Erótica as Director
México Norte as Director

1976

Pink Zone as Director

1974

La Choca as Director

1963

Wounded Dove as Director

1962

Little Town as Director

1960

El impostor as Director
The Magnificent Seven as Assistant Director

1958

Una cita de amor as Director

1955

Nosotros dos as Director

1954

The Abduction as Director
La rosa blanca as Director

1953

The Net as Director
Reportaje as Director

1952

Acapulco as Director
Siempre tuya as Director
El mar y tu as Director

1951

Victims of Sin as Director
La bienamada as Director
Las Islas Marias as Director

1950

The Torch as Director
One Day of Life as Director

1949

La malquerida as Director
Salon Mexico as Director
Pueblerina as Director

1948

Rio Escondido as Director
Maclovia as Director

1947

The Pearl as Director
The Fugitive as Co-Director

1946

Enamorada as Director
Pepita Jimenez as Director

1945

The Abandoned as Director
Bugambilia as Director

1944

Maria Candelaria as Director

1943

Wild Flower as Director

1942

Soy puro mexicano as Director
Passion Island as Director

Writing

1979

Erótica as Writer

1976

Pink Zone as Writer

1974

La Choca as Writer

1963

Wounded Dove as Writer

1962

Little Town as Writer

1954

The Abduction as Adaptation
La rosa blanca as Writer

1953

The Net as Screenplay

1952

Siempre tuya as Writer
El mar y tu as Writer
Acapulco as Writer

1951

Victims of Sin as Screenplay

1950

The Torch as Screenplay
One Day of Life as Writer

1949

La malquerida as Screenplay
Pueblerina as Writer
Salon Mexico as Screenplay

1948

Rio Escondido as Story
Maclovia as Screenplay

1947

The Pearl as Screenplay

1946

Pepita Jimenez as Screenplay
Enamorada as Screenplay

1945

The Abandoned as Writer
Bugambilia as Story

1944

1942

Passion Island as Screenplay

1935

The Dead Speak as Adaptation
The Dead Speak as Writer

Production

1964

The Night of the Iguana as Associate Producer

1947

The Fugitive as Associate Producer