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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1925-01-15 (100 years old)

Place of Birth

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

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.

Known For

Acting

2021

2020

Taken Identity as Don Jesus

2018

2017

2015

Loves with Trap as Porfirio

2013

The Waterwheel as Old Man
Wild at Heart as Ramiro Olivares

2011

El Encanto del Águila as Porfirio Díaz

2009

Curse by the Sea as El Mojarras

2005

Peregrina as Baltasar

2003

De Pocas Pocas Pulgas as Don Julián Montes

2002

¡Vivan los niños! as Ignacio Robles

2001

Navidad sin Fin as Rodito
Atrévete a Olvidarme as Gonzalo Rivas

2000

La casa en la playa as Don Ángel Villarreal Cueto

1998

Ángela as Feliciano Villanueva
Camila as Don Genaro

1997

Saint Lucifer as Father Leopoldo Santos Higareda
Reclusorio as Viejo (segment "Quiero quedarme en la carcel")

1996

Esmeralda as Melesio

1994

Crystal Empire as César Lombardo

1993

Banderas, the Tyrant as Coronel de la Gándara

1991

1987

1986

Astucia as Don Polo
El otro as Sr. Tabares

1985

1984

Under the Volcano as Dr. Vigil

1982

Antonieta as Vargas

1980

1978

1977

La casta divina as Don Wilfrido

1976

The Bricklayers as Don Jesus
Resigned for Reasons of Health as Gustavo Sánchez Campero

1975

Rapine as Porfirio

1974

Looking for a Wall as José Clemente Orozco

1973

The Prophet Mimi as Ángel Peñafiel, Mimi

1972

Cayó de la gloria el diablo as Don Eme (Emeterio Sánchez)

1971

La Generala as Rosauro Márquez

1970

1969

The Door and The Butcher's Wife as Melitón Torres (segment "La mujer del carnicero")
The Butcher's Wife as Melitón Torres

1968

The Devil's Visitations as Felix Estrella

1967

Pedro Paramo as Fulgor Sedano

1965

1964

The Golden Cockerel as Dionisio Pinzón
Furia en el Edén as Ing. José Argos

1963

La Bandida as Anselmo
The Paper Man as Adán
Cri Cri el Grillito Cantor as Francisco Gabilondo Soler 'Cri-Cri'
Autumn Days as Albino
Heart of a Child as Prof. Ezequiel Almeyda

1961

Ellas también son rebeldes as Dr. Gabriel Renteria
My Son, the Hero as Gunslinger
The White Rose as Jacinto Yáñes
Juana Gallo as Pioquinto
Then God Named It Earth as Efrén Domínguez

1960

Macario as Macario
The Shadow of the Tyrant as General Hilario Jiménez
La estrella vacía as Luis Arvide

1959

Nazarin as Thief in church
La Cucaracha as Trinidad
Sonatas as Jefe de guerrilleros

1958

1957

Vanilla, Bronze and to Die as Ricardo Castillo

1955

1954

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