Emilio Fernández
Known for Directing
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.
Filmography
The Wild Bunch
1969
as Gen. Mapache
The War Wagon
1967
as Calita
Under the Volcano
1984
as Diosdado
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
as Paco
Return of the Seven
1966
as Francisco Lorca
Breakout
1975
as J.V.
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
1974
as El Jefe
The Night of the Iguana
1964
as Barkeeper (uncredited)
Flying Down to Rio
1933
as Dancer (uncredited)
El Zorro de Jalisco
1941
as Ernesto
A Covenant with Death
1967
as Ignacio
My Son, the Hero
1961
as Pascual Velasco
The Appaloosa
1966
as Lazaro
Lovers of the Lord of the Night
1986
as Don Venustiano
The Phantom Gunslinger
1970
as Sheriff
Treasure of the Amazon
1985
as Tacho / Paco
The Reward
1965
as Sergeant Lopez
La Cucaracha
1959
as Coronel Antonio Zeta
Con Los Dorados De Villa
1939
Marihuana (El monstruo verde)
1936
as El indio