Emilio Fernández

Personal Info

Birthday

March 26, 1903

Day of Death

1986-08-06

(83 years old)

Place of Birth

Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico

Also Known As

Emilio "Indio" Fernández

Emilio Fernández Romo

Emilio 'El Indio' Fernandez

Emilio Fernandez

Emilio 'Indio' Fernandez

Indio Fernández

Эмилио Фернандес

Emilio Fernández

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

The Wild Bunch

The Appaloosa

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Return of the Seven

The Night of the Iguana

The War Wagon

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

Filmography

2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as (archive footage)
1986
The Kidnapping of Lola
as Commander Prieto
Lovers of the Lord of the Night
as Don Venustiano
1985
Treasure of the Amazon
as Tacho / Paco
1984
Notes from Under the Volcano
as Self
Observations Under the Volcano
as Self
Under the Volcano
as Diosdado
1983
Lola the Truck Driver
as Comandante Prieto
1982
Cinématon XIX
as N°187
1979
Erótica
as Hernández
1975
Political Asylum
as General Salino
Breakout
as J.V.
1974
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
as El Jefe
1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Paco
1972
Nest of Virgins
as Anacleto Morones
1971
The Enemy Blood
as Juan
La chamuscada (Tierra y libertad)
as Margarito Herrero
1970
The Phantom Gunslinger
as Sheriff
1969
El crepúsculo de un dios
as Himself
The Wild Bunch
as Gen. Mapache
1968
The Smugglers
as Cesare Brunelli
1967
El Silencioso
as Emilio Segura
Un dorado de Pancho Villa
as Aurelio Pérez
The War Wagon
as Calita
Hard Breed to Kill
as Ringo
A Covenant with Death
as Ignacio
1966
Return of the Seven
as Francisco Lorca
The Appaloosa
as Lazaro
La recta final
as Don Lucio
1965
Un callejón sin salida
as Moran
The Reward
as Sergeant Lopez
1964
The Night of the Iguana
as Barkeeper (uncredited)
El revólver sangriento
as Félix Gómez
1963
Wounded Dove
as Danilo Zata
La Bandida
as Epigmenio Gomez
1962
Little Town
as Coronel
1961
My Son, the Hero
as Pascual Velasco
1959
La Cucaracha
as Coronel Antonio Zeta
1943
El fanfarrón: ¡Aquí llegó el valentón!
as Aguilucho
Wild Flower
as Rogelio Torres
1941
El Zorro de Jalisco
as Ernesto
1940
El charro Negro
as Emilio Gómez
The Underdogs
as Pancracio
1937
The Super Madman
as Idúa
1936
Allá en el Rancho Grande
as Bailarín
Celos
as Sebastián
1935
Janitzio
as Zirahuén
1934
Cruz Diablo
as Toparca, bandolero
1933
Flying Down to Rio
as Dancer (uncredited)
1932
The Western Code
as Indian Joe
1931
The Sunrise Trail
as Pancho
1930
The Land of Missing Men
as Lopez