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Emilio Fernández

Emilio Fernández

Birthday: 1903-03-26 | Place of Birth: Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2013
Ottolenghi's Mediterranean Island Feast

as    Founder of Restaurante Sa Foradada

1986
The Kidnapping of Lola

as    Commander Prieto

1986
Lovers of the Lord of the Night

as    Don Venustiano

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.

1974
1972
El rincón de las vírgenes

as    Anacleto Morones

1971
La chamuscada (Tierra y libertad)

as    Margarito Herrero

1970
The Phantom Gunslinger

as    Sheriff

1969
The Wild Bunch

as    Gen. Mapache

1968
The Smugglers

as    Cesare Brunelli

1967
Un dorado de Pancho Villa

as    Aurelio Pérez

1967
El Silencioso

as    Emilio Segura

1967
Hard Breed to Kill

as    Ringo

1966
Return of the Seven

as    Francisco Lorca

1966
The Appaloosa

as    Lazaro

1965
The Reward

as    Sergeant Lopez

1964
The Night of the Iguana

as    Barkeeper (uncredited)

1964
El revólver sangriento

as    Félix Gómez