Person
Emilio Fernández
Directing · 1903–1986 · Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico
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.
Known for
Columbo
Miguel
The Magnificent Seven
Assistant Director
Arriba Michoacán
1987
La traición
Gral. Arcadio Carvajal
The Wild Bunch
Gen. Mapache
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Paco
Return of the Seven
Francisco Lorca
The War Wagon
Calita
Almas rebeldes
1937
The Night of the Iguana
Barkeeper (uncredited)
Filmography
- 2013Ottolenghi's Mediterranean Island FeastFounder of Restaurante Sa Foradada
- 1987Arriba Michoacán
- 1986El Secuestro De Lola - Lola La Trailera 2Commander Prieto
- 1986Lovers of the Lord of the NightDon Venustiano
- 1986Ahora mis pistolas hablan
- 1985Treasure of the AmazonTacho / Paco
- 1985Un Retrato del IndioSelf
- 1984La traiciónGral. Arcadio Carvajal
- 1984Notes from Under the VolcanoSelf
- 1984Observations Under the VolcanoSelf
- 1984Under the VolcanoDiosdado
- 1983Lola the Truck DriverComandante Prieto
- 1983Mercenarios de la Muerte
- 1982Una gallina muy ponedora
- 1982Cinématon XIXN°187
- 1980Las cabareteras
- 1979EróticaHernández
- 1979México NorteDirector
- 1976Red Zone
- 1975Political AsylumGeneral Salino
- 1975BreakoutJ.V.
- 1974La ChocaWriter
- 1974Bring Me the Head of Alfredo GarciaEl Jefe
- 1973Pat Garrett & Billy the KidPaco
- 1972Nest of VirginsAnacleto Morones
- 1972Kung FuCarlos
- 1971ColumboMiguel
- 1971The Enemy BloodJuan
- 1971La Chamuscada - Tierra Y LibertadMargarito Herrero
- 1970The Phantom GunslingerSheriff
- 1969El crepúsculo de un diosEmilio
- 1969Duelo en El Dorado
- 1969The Wild BunchGen. Mapache
- 1968The SmugglersCesare Brunelli
- 1968El caudillo
- 1967El SilenciosoEmilio Segura
- 1967Un dorado de Pancho VillaAurelio Pérez
- 1967The War WagonCalita
- 1967Hard Breed to KillRingo
- 1967A Covenant with DeathIgnacio
- 1966Return of the SevenFrancisco Lorca
- 1966Los malvados
- 1966The AppaloosaLazaro
- 1966Duelo de pistoleros
- 1966La recta finalDon Lucio
- 1965Un callejón sin salidaMoran
- 1965La conquista de El Dorado
- 1965The RewardSergeant Lopez
- 1965Los hermanos Muerte
- 1964Yo El Valiente
- 1964The Night of the IguanaBarkeeper (uncredited)
- 1964El revólver sangrientoFélix Gómez
- 1963Paloma heridaDanilo Zata
- 1963La BandidaEpigmenio Gomez
- 1962Little TownCoronel
- 1961My Son, the HeroPascual Velasco
- 1960The Magnificent SevenAssistant Director
- 1960El impostorDirector
- 1959La CucarachaCoronel Antonio Zeta
- 1958Una cita de amorDirector
- 1955La Tierra del Fuego se apagaDirector
- 1955The Two of UsDirector
- 1954La rosa blancaDirector
- 1954The AbductionDirector
- 1954Rebellion of the HangedDirector
- 1953ReportajeDirector
- 1953The NetDirector
- 1952When the Fog LiftsDirector
- 1952The Sea and YouDirector
- 1952AcapulcoDirector
- 1952Siempre tuyaDirector
- 1951La bienamadaDirector
- 1951Las Islas MariasDirector
- 1951Victims of SinDirector
- 1950One Day of LifeWriter
- 1950The TorchScreenplay
- 1950Duelo en las montañasDirector
- 1949The Unloved WomanScreenplay
- 1949PueblerinaDirector
- 1949Salon MexicoDirector
- 1948MacloviaDirector
- 1948Hidden RiverDirector
- 1947The FugitiveAssociate Producer
- 1947The PearlDirector
- 1946EnamoradaDirector
- 1946Pepita JiménezDirector
- 1945BugambiliaDirector
- 1945The AbandonedDirector
- 1944Maria CandelariaDirector
- 1943El fanfarrón: ¡Aquí llegó el valentón!Aguilucho
- 1943Wild FlowerRogelio Torres
- 1942I'm a Real MexicanDirector
- 1942Passion IslandCapitán barco
- 1941Rancho Alegre
- 1941El Zorro de JaliscoErnesto
- 1940El charro NegroEmilio Gómez
- 1940The UnderdogsPancracio
- 1939Con Los Dorados De Villa
- 1938Juan sin miedo
- 1937Almas rebeldes
- 1937Las mujeres mandanBailarín
- 1937Las cuatro milpas
- 1937Adios Nicanor
- 1937The Super MadmanIdúa
- 1937El impostor
- 1936Allá en el Rancho GrandeBailarín
- 1936Marihuana (El monstruo verde)El indio
- 1936CelosSebastián
- 1935The Dead SpeakAdaptation
- 1935JanitzioZirahuén
- 1934Cruz DiabloToparca, bandolero
- 1934La buenaventuraBoris
- 1933Flying Down to RioDancer (uncredited)
- 1932The Western CodeIndian Joe
- 1931The Sunrise TrailPancho
- 1930The Land of Missing MenLopez
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