Portrait of Emilio Fernández

Emilio Fernández

Directing

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.

Born: March 26, 1903

Place of Birth: Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico

Filmography

1986
The Kidnapping of Lola

as Commander Prieto

1986
1985
Treasure of the Amazon

as Tacho / Paco

1984
1983
Lola the Truck Driver

as Comandante Prieto

1979
Erótica

as Hernández

1975
Political Asylum

as General Salino

1975
Breakout

as J.V.

1972
Nest of Virgins

as Anacleto Morones

1972
Kung Fu

as Carlos

1971
Columbo

as Miguel

1971
1971
1969
The Wild Bunch

as Gen. Mapache

1968
The Smugglers

as Cesare Brunelli

1967
El Silencioso

as Emilio Segura

1967
Un dorado de Pancho Villa

as Aurelio Pérez

1967
The War Wagon

as Calita

1967
1967
1966
Return of the Seven

as Francisco Lorca

1966
The Appaloosa

as Lazaro

1966
La recta final

as Don Lucio

1965
The Reward

as Sergeant Lopez

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
Wild Flower

as Rogelio Torres

1941
1940
El charro Negro

as Emilio Gómez

1940
The Underdogs

as Pancracio

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
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