Person
Alfonso Mejía
Acting · 1934–2021 · Mexico City, Mexico
Biography
Alfonso Mejía Silva (16 November 1934 - 29 December 2021) was a Mexican actor. He is remembered for having played the role of Pedro, the main character in the film Los Olvidados (1950), considered a memory of the world by UNESCO and for which he won the Best Child Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1951.
Known for
Jóvenes y bellas
1962
The Young and the Damned
Pedro
Rubí
Dr. Cuevas
Chicas casaderas
1961
Por mis pistolas
Pablo Sanchez
Padre nuestro
Eduardo Molina
Mañana serán hombres
1961
The Martyr of Calvary
Marcos
El hombre de la ametralladora
Paco
Tarahumara (Further and farther)
Roniali
Filmography
- 1970RubíDr. Cuevas
- 1970The Young Animals
- 1968Por mis pistolasPablo Sanchez
- 1967Detectives o ladrones..?
- 1967Los tres mosqueteros de DiosRay
- 1967Serenata en noche de luna
- 1965Rio HondoMiguel
- 1965Tarahumara (Further and farther)Roniali
- 1964Los novios de mis hijas
- 1962Los falsos héroes
- 1962Contra viento y marea
- 1962Jóvenes y bellas
- 1962Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert)
- 1961El hombre de la ametralladoraPaco
- 1961Mañana serán hombres
- 1961Vacaciones en AcapulcoLencho
- 1961Chicas casaderas
- 1960QuinceañeraPancho
- 1959La edad de la tentación
- 1958El boxeador
- 1956Juventud desenfrenada
- 1955El túnel 6
- 1953Padre nuestroEduardo Molina
- 1952The Martyr of CalvaryMarcos
- 1951La bienamada
- 1950The Young and the DamnedPedro
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