Emilio Fernández

Mar 26, 1903 - Aug 06, 1986 (83 years old) in 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

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Columbo

Miguel

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The Wild Bunch

Gen. Mapache

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Breakout

J.V.

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The War Wagon

Calita

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The Appaloosa

Lazaro

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Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

(archive footage)

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A Covenant with Death

Ignacio

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Flying Down to Rio

Dancer (uncredited)

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Return of the Seven

Francisco Lorca

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Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Paco

Credits

Ottolenghi's Mediterranean Island Feast 2013

Founder of Restaurante Sa Foradada

★ NR
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade 2004

(archive footage)

★ 7.3
Arriba Michoacán 1987

★ 5
The Kidnapping of Lola 1986

Commander Prieto

★ 6.1
Lovers of the Lord of the Night 1986

Don Venustiano

★ 4.4
Ahora mis pistolas hablan 1986

★ 5
Treasure of the Amazon 1985

Tacho / Paco

★ 4.5
Notes from Under the Volcano 1984

Self

★ NR
Observations Under the Volcano 1984

Self

★ 2
Under the Volcano 1984

Diosdado

★ 6.5
Lola the Truck Driver 1983

Comandante Prieto

★ 6
Mercenarios de la Muerte 1983

★ 5
Una gallina muy ponedora 1982

★ 4.2
Cinématon XIX 1982

N°187

★ NR
Las cabareteras 1980

★ 4.5
Erótica 1979

Hernández

★ 6.5
Pink Zone 1976

★ 3.1
Political Asylum 1975

General Salino

★ 5
Breakout 1975

J.V.

★ 6.3
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia 1974

El Jefe

★ 7.1
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid 1973

Paco

★ 7.2
El rincón de las vírgenes 1972

Anacleto Morones

★ 5.4
Kung Fu 1972

★ 7.6
Columbo 1971

Miguel

★ 8.1
The Enemy Blood 1971

Juan

★ 6.7
La chamuscada (Tierra y libertad) 1971

Margarito Herrero

★ 6
The Phantom Gunslinger 1970

Sheriff

★ 4.6
El crepúsculo de un dios 1969

Himself

★ 6.2
Duelo en El Dorado 1969

★ 5
The Wild Bunch 1969

Gen. Mapache

★ 7.6
The Smugglers 1968

Cesare Brunelli

★ 4.8
El caudillo 1968

★ 5.6
El Silencioso 1967

Emilio Segura

★ 6
Un dorado de Pancho Villa 1967

Aurelio Pérez

★ 6.1
The War Wagon 1967

Calita

★ 6.8
Hard Breed to Kill 1967

Ringo

★ 5.1
A Covenant with Death 1967

Ignacio

★ 5
Return of the Seven 1966

Francisco Lorca

★ 6.2
Los malvados 1966

★ 5
The Appaloosa 1966

Lazaro

★ 6.2
Duelo de pistoleros 1966

★ 5
La recta final 1966

Don Lucio

★ 5
Un callejón sin salida 1965

Moran

★ 5.6
La conquista de El Dorado 1965

★ 5
The Reward 1965

Sergeant Lopez

★ 5.7
Los hermanos Muerte 1965

★ 5.2
Yo, el valiente 1964

★ 5
The Night of the Iguana 1964

Barkeeper (uncredited)

★ 7.2
El revólver sangriento 1964

Félix Gómez

★ 5.2
Wounded Dove 1963

Danilo Zata

★ 6
La Bandida 1963

Epigmenio Gomez

★ 4.6
Little Town 1962

Coronel

★ 6
My Son, the Hero 1961

Pascual Velasco

★ 8
La Cucaracha 1959

Coronel Antonio Zeta

★ 6.1
El fanfarrón: ¡Aquí llegó el valentón! 1943

Aguilucho

★ 5.8
Wild Flower 1943

Rogelio Torres

★ 6.4
Passion Island 1942

★ 4
Rancho Alegre 1941

★ 5
El Zorro de Jalisco 1941

Ernesto

★ 4.5
El charro Negro 1940

Emilio Gómez

★ 4.6
The Underdogs 1940

Pancracio

★ 5.7
Con Los Dorados De Villa 1939

★ 5.5
Juan sin miedo 1938

★ 5.3
Las mujeres mandan 1937

★ 3.7
Almas rebeldes 1937

★ 5.5
Las cuatro milpas 1937

★ 5
Adios Nicanor 1937

★ 5.5
The Super Madman 1937

Idúa

★ 4.5
The Imposter 1937

★ 5
Allá en el Rancho Grande 1936

Bailarín

★ 5.3
Marihuana El Monstruo Verde 1936

★ 5
Celos 1936

Sebastián

★ 3.7
Janitzio 1935

Zirahuén

★ 5.8
Cruz Diablo 1934

Toparca, bandolero

★ 5.3
Flying Down to Rio 1933

Dancer (uncredited)

★ 6.2
The Western Code 1932

Indian Joe

★ NR
The Sunrise Trail 1931

Pancho

★ 3
The Land of Missing Men 1930

Lopez

★ 4