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

Miguel

The Wild Bunch

Gen. Mapache

Kung Fu

Carlos

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Paco

Return of the Seven

Francisco Lorca

The War Wagon

Calita

The Night of the Iguana

Barkeeper (uncredited)

Filmography

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

Year	TV Show	Role
2013	Ottolenghi's Mediterranean Island Feast	Founder of Restaurante Sa Foradada
1972	Kung Fu	Carlos
1971	Columbo	Miguel