Ignacio Retes

Personal Info

Birthday

November 13, 1918

Day of Death

2004-04-23

(85 years old)

Place of Birth

Mexico City, Mexico

Ignacio Retes

Biography

José Ignacio Retes Guevara was a Mexican playwright, film, theater and television actor, director, and writer. Two-time winner of the Ariel Award.

He studied at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in the 30s, where he was able to meet other prominent playwrights and directors of the time such as Rodolfo Usigli, Seki Sano and José Revueltas. He founded the University Theater of San Luis Potosí in 1937 and the theater company Lantern Magic with workers from the Mexican Union of Electricians. With Usigli he founded the company Midnight Theater (in reference to the free time that both had to collaborate in it); with Sano he would work as an assistant.

Known For

The Year of the Plague

Mariana Mariana

Doña Perfecta

Aunt Alejandra

Playa azul

Bienvenido-Welcome

La casta divina

Oficio de tinieblas

Filmography

1997
If I Never See You Again
as Poncho
Esmeralda Comes by Night
as Don Gregorio, Esmeralda's father
1995
Bienvenido-Welcome
as Producer
1993
Encuentro Inesperado
as Ignacio Torres
1992
Vintage Model
as Basilio
Playa azul
as Matías
1989
Los años duros: El nacimiento de un guerrillero
as El doctor
1988
Lovers, Partners & Spies
as Priest
1987
Mariana Mariana
as Psychiatrist
1986
The Realm of Fortune
as Don Gil
Los Naúfragos II: Los Piratas
as Emilio Albani
Chido Guan, el tacos de oro
as Nacho Esquivel
Three of Cups
as Felipe Martínez
1985
El rey de la vecindad
as Don Matías
The Castaways of Liguria
as Emilio Albani
1984
Knock Out
as Old man in the building
Motel
as Cordova, Padrino
Luna de sangre
as Pastor
1983
Deceitful Appearances
as Tío Alberto
1982
The Eve
as Rubén Rocha
A Married Woman
as Papá de Irene
1981
Everyone's Hell So Feared
as Dr. Morales
The Big Dead Dog
as Armendariz
Oficio de tinieblas
as Don Alfonso
1979
Aunt Alejandra
as Doctor
Broken Flag
as Ernesto
1978
New World
as Don Diego de Alba
The Year of the Plague
as Dr. Mario Zermeño
Paper Flowers
as China
1977
La casta divina
as Don Emilio
Cuartelazo
as Coronel Rebelde
1955
Melodías de amor
as Sr. Rentería (no acreditado)
La vida tiene tres días
as Tomás, cartero
1951
Doña Perfecta
as Jacintito