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- Mexican character actor who achieved his greatest success in U.S. films. He was born in Mexico city, living in numerous places throughout the country. He received a private education in Houston, Texas as a teenager, but dropped out and roamed about doing an assortment of jobs. His family, however, brought him back to Mexico City, where he subsequently found work in the struggling Mexican film industry. He appeared in many Mexican films before director John Huston offered him the role of Gold Hat in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). Bedoya stole the scenes in which he appeared as the smiling cutthroat and delivered the famous line about not needing any "stinking badges". He made a number of popular films in the U.S. in the next nine years, but a drinking problem destroyed his health. He died of a heart attack at the age of 53.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Entering the Mexican film industry in the 1930s, it didn't take Arturo de Córdova long to become a major star, specializing in action and adventure films. At the height of his popularity he was beckoned to Hollywood in an attempt to make him a "Latin lover" type in the mold of Ricardo Montalban, Fernando Lamas and Gilbert Roland. However, after a few attempts in lower-budget films, de Córdova returned to Mexico to continue his career there, eventually surpassing his previous fame and also becoming a major star in South America and Spain.- Esperanza Baur was born on 17 July 1920 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico. She was an actress, known for Guadalajara (1937), La Valentina (1938) and The Count of Monte Cristo (1942). She was married to John Wayne and Eugene Colley Morrison. She died on 10 March 1961 in Mexico D.F., Mexico.
- Actor
- Music Department
- Composer
Luis Aguilar was born on 29 January 1918 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico. He was an actor and composer, known for Los chiflados del rock and roll (1957), Una aventura en la noche (1948) and Tres tristes tigres (1961). He was married to Rosario Gálvez and Ana María Almada Rubalcava. He died on 24 October 1997 in Mexico D.F., Mexico.- Music Artist
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Javier Solis was the third child of a poor family. His mother sent him to live with his aunt and uncle Sra. Angela Lopez Martinez and Sr. Valentin Levario Plata, whom Gabriel felt great love and affection for as if they were his real parents. Because of their poverty, he had to drop out of school and never had the opportunity to attend High School. He was blessed with a very beautiful voice, and entered many singing contests as a child and won most all of them. He worked at many different jobs in order to help his family. When he was 16 years old, he traveled to Puebla in order to sing with a group known as Mariachi Metepec. And then, approximately a couple of years later, two tremendously famous men named Alfredo Gil and Julito Rodriguez (from the Trio De Los Panchos) discovered him and aided him in securing a contract in the year 1950 with the CBS Recording Company in Mexico City. At the same time, he was under contract and singing at a very famous Teatro Lirico, also in downtown Mexico City. That same year, he met a very beautiful dancer by the name of Srta. Blanca Estela Saenz, whom he later married. With his first successful recording hit, he began to use his new "Stage name" of Javier Solis. Then, he began performing in other countries in Central and South-America, and also in the United States too. This man with one of the most beautiful voices in all of Latin-America, made over thirty movies during his short life-time. But his talented genius was cut short at the age of only 34 years by complications from Gall- bladder surgery, and he died on April 19th, 1966. His music has not died, nor has he been forgotten, and his fantastic singing is still available in many countries.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Raúl Martínez was born on 14 June 1920 in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Superzan El Invencible (1971), Cantando nace el amor (1954) and No me platiques más (1956). He was married to Lilian Jaime. He died on 8 March 1993 in Mexico D.F., Mexico.- Writer
- Director
Jaime Salvador was born on 4 November 1901 in Barcelona, Spain. Jaime was a writer and director, known for Fiesta en el corazón (1958), El último amor de Goya (1946) and Cita con la muerte (1949). Jaime was married to Alicia Ravel. Jaime died on 18 October 1976 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico.- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Julio Bracho was born on 17 July 1909 in Durango, Durango, Mexico. He was a director and writer, known for Twilight (1945), Rosenda (1948) and Cantaclaro (1946). He was married to Rosenda Monteros and Diana Bordes. He died on 26 April 1978 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico.- José Chávez was born on 12 June 1916 in Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Romancing the Stone (1984), The Wild Bunch (1969) and Guns for San Sebastian (1968). He was married to María del Carmen Benitez. He died on 12 July 1988 in Mexico D.F., Mexico.
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
José Elías Moreno was born on 12 November 1910 in Las Palmas, Unión de San Antonio, Jalisco, Mexico. He was an actor and writer, known for Santa Claus (1959), Las tres perfectas casadas (1953) and La bestia magnífica (1952). He was married to Beatriz Jimeno. He died on 15 July 1969 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico.- Miguel Manzano was born on 26 September 1907 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Las glorias del gran Púas (1984), Corazón salvaje (1977) and Corazón salvaje (1966). He was married to Josefina Castellanos Serna and Flora Solares Campos. He died on 21 January 1992 in Mexico D.F., Mexico.
- Roberto Cañedo Ramírez was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, México. His parents were Ignacio Cañedo Iñiguez and Carmen Ramírez Llamas. Has 8 more brothers: Ignacio, Celia, Juan de Dios, María Luisa, Cristina, Manuel, Oscar and Magdalena. In his youth, he worked as a waiter in a restaurant frequented by important people of the film environment. That is how he could be part of the art scene. His debut on films was in 1938 as an extra in 'Capitán aventurero'. For 11 years he made other extra characters, until September 30th, 1943 when he participated on theater in the play called 'Entre Hermanos'. He was very successful in radio soap operas since 1944 where he was accompanied by other stars like Prudencia Grifell, Blanca Estela Pabón, Rosa de Castilla and María Victoria. In 1949, the film director Emilio 'El Indio' Fernández invited him to participated with a starring role in "Pueblerina". He married for the first time with Nellie Valencia. They had 3 kids, Roberto, Francisco and Silvia. After divorcing he married with Ana María Padilla and had 3 girls, Sandra Alicia, Laura Anabelle and Claudia Gisela. He died at the age of 80.
- Carmen Molina was born on 20 January 1920 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico. She was an actress, known for Las mañanitas (1948), Hipócrita..! (1949) and El mártir del Calvario (1952). She was married to David Arturo Fernández. She died on 17 October 1998 in Mexico D.F., Mexico.
- Actress
- Writer
Rebeca Iturbide was born on 21 May 1924 in El Paso, Texas, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for El mensaje de la muerte (1953), El señor fotógrafo (1953) and La justicia del gavilán vengador (1957). She was married to Federico Sendel Schluter and Aureliano Torres. She died on 15 April 2003 in Mexico D.F., Mexico.- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Althought most of her career was before the cameras, Mimí Derba is better remembered as the first woman director in Mexico (and perhaps in Latin America). On 1917, when Mexican screens were filled by italian melodramas of "divas", Derba organized one of the very first Mexican production companies: Azteca Films. Practically without previous experience on screen, the actress produced, wrote and performed in two box-office hits: Alma de sacrificio (1917) and En defensa propia (1917). The success of those films persuated her to take the director's chair in Tigresa, La (1917). There's a legend that Azteca Films was a cover-up for General Pablo González, a minister in the cabinet of President Venustiano Carranza and Derba's lover in those years. González was accused of being the mastermind behind a famous gang of robbers called La Banda del Automóvil Gris (The Grey Car Gang) whose assaults were very famous in the Mexico City of 1915. Those events inspired the famous Mexican episodic film Automóvil Gris, El (1919). The mysterious of the source of the incoming money for producing Derba's films was never discovered, but it is certain that, after the scandal of involving González with the gang, activities ceased on Azteca Films and the career of the first woman Mexican director was over. Derba continued acting and made a strong career as a supporting actress in a great number of famous Mexican films. One of her most notorious roles was the bitter grandmother of Evita Muñoz 'Chachita' in Ustedes los ricos (1947).- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Juan García was born on 5 February 1905 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He was an actor and writer, known for Comisario en turno (1949), The Pearl (1947) and Cara sucia (1949). He was married to Nana Sajera Lediasky. He died on 11 October 1973 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Bruno Rey was born on 11 July 1935 in Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Pedro Páramo (1977), Cuartelazo (1977) and Sorceress (1982). He was married to María de Jesús Gutiérrez Carvajal. He died on 20 May 1995 in Mexico D.F., Mexico.- Fanny Schiller was born on 5 September 1901 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico. She was an actress, known for Cantaclaro (1946), La mujer que yo amé (1950) and Santa (1943). She was married to Manuel Sánchez Navarro. She died on 26 September 1971 in Mexico D.F., Mexico.
- Actress
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Writer
Blanca de Castejón was born on 13 May 1906 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She was an actress and writer, known for Escuela de vagabundos (1955), Los hijos mandan (1939) and La razón de la culpa (1943). She was married to Federico Lara Tena and Rafael Banquells. She died on 26 December 1969 in Mexico D.F., Mexico.- Alicia Montoya was born on 25 January 1918 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico. She was an actress, known for Lolo (1993), La vida de Chucho el Roto (1970) and Chucho el Roto (1968). She died on 17 August 2002 in Mexico D.F., Mexico.
- Raúl Meraz was born on 13 March 1927 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was an actor, known for La Valentina (1966), Los caudillos (1968) and La presidenta municipal (1975). He died on 20 April 1996 in Mexico D.F., Mexico(undisclosed).
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Arturo Martínez was born on 21 January 1919 in San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. He was an actor and director, known for The Mummies of San Angel (1975), El valiente vive... hasta que el cobarde quiere (1979) and Contrabando y traición (1977). He died on 26 September 1992 in Mexico D.F., Mexico.- Pablo Marichal was born on 17 August 1945 in Havana, Cuba. He was an actor, known for El Topo (1970), Triunfa la pandilla (1959) and Yo fui una callejera (1952). He died on 11 March 2008 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Conchita Martínez was born on 26 November 1916 in Cadiz, Spain. She was an actress, known for Hermoso ideal (1948), La morena de mi copla (1946) and Manolete (1946). She was married to Raúl Acha Sáenz. She died on 3 May 1960 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico.- Actress
- Make-Up Department
Carmelita González was born on 17 July 1928 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico. She was an actress, known for Motel (1984), Volver a empezar (1994) and Ángeles de arrabal (1949). She was married to Eduardo Fajardo. She died on 30 April 2010 in Mexico D.F., Mexico.