Emilio Fernández
Born
March 26, 1903
Died
August 6, 1986 (83 years old)
Known For
Directing
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.
Known For
Ottolenghi's Mediterranean Island Feast
Founder of Restaurante Sa Foradada · (4 episodes)
2013
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
(archive footage)
2004
Arriba Michoacán
1987
The Kidnapping of Lola
Commander Prieto
1986
Lovers of the Lord of the Night
Don Venustiano
1986
Ahora mis pistolas hablan
1986
Treasure of the Amazon
Tacho / Paco
1985
Notes from Under the Volcano
Self
1984
Observations Under the Volcano
Self
1984
Under the Volcano
Diosdado
1984
Lola the Truck Driver
Comandante Prieto
1983
Mercenarios de la Muerte
1983
Una gallina muy ponedora
1982
Cinématon XIX
N°187
1982
Las cabareteras
1980
Erótica
Hernández
1979
Pink Zone
1976
Political Asylum
General Salino
1975
Breakout
J.V.
1975
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
El Jefe
1974
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Paco
1973
Nest of Virgins
Anacleto Morones
1972
Kung Fu
Carlos · (1 episode)
1972
Columbo
Miguel · (1 episode)
1971
The Enemy Blood
Juan
1971
La chamuscada (Tierra y libertad)
Margarito Herrero
1971
The Phantom Gunslinger
Sheriff
1970
El crepúsculo de un dios
Himself
1969
Duelo en El Dorado
1969
The Wild Bunch
Gen. Mapache
1969
The Smugglers
Cesare Brunelli
1968
El caudillo
1968
El Silencioso
Emilio Segura
1967
Un dorado de Pancho Villa
Aurelio Pérez
1967
The War Wagon
Calita
1967
Hard Breed to Kill
Ringo
1967
A Covenant with Death
Ignacio
1967
Return of the Seven
Francisco Lorca
1966
Los malvados
1966
The Appaloosa
Lazaro
1966
Duelo de pistoleros
1966
La recta final
Don Lucio
1966
Un callejón sin salida
Moran
1965
La conquista de El Dorado
1965
The Reward
Sergeant Lopez
1965
Los hermanos Muerte
1965
Yo, el valiente
1964
The Night of the Iguana
Barkeeper (uncredited)
1964
El revólver sangriento
Félix Gómez
1964
Wounded Dove
Danilo Zata
1963
La Bandida
Epigmenio Gomez
1963
Little Town
Coronel
1962
My Son, the Hero
Pascual Velasco
1961
La Cucaracha
Coronel Antonio Zeta
1959
El fanfarrón: ¡Aquí llegó el valentón!
Aguilucho
1943
Wild Flower
Rogelio Torres
1943
Passion Island
1942
Rancho Alegre
1941
El Zorro de Jalisco
Ernesto
1941
El charro Negro
Emilio Gómez
1940
The Underdogs
Pancracio
1940
Con Los Dorados De Villa
1939
Juan sin miedo
1938
Las mujeres mandan
1937
Almas rebeldes
1937
Las cuatro milpas
1937
Adios Nicanor
1937
The Super Madman
Idúa
1937
The Imposter
1937
Allá en el Rancho Grande
Bailarín
1936
Marihuana El Monstruo Verde
1936
Celos
Sebastián
1936
Janitzio
Zirahuén
1935
Cruz Diablo
Toparca, bandolero
1934
Flying Down to Rio
Dancer (uncredited)
1933
The Western Code
Indian Joe
1932
The Sunrise Trail
Pancho
1931
The Land of Missing Men
Lopez
1930