Ignacio López Tarso

Biography

Ignacio López López (b. 15 January 1925 – 11 March 2023), better known as Ignacio López Tarso, was a Mexican actor of stage, film and television. He acted in about 50 films and appeared in documentaries and in one short feature. In 1973 he was given the Ariel Award for Best Actor for Rosa Blanca, and the Ariel de Oro lifetime achievement award in 2007. He was honored multiple times at the TVyNovelas Awards. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living actor and one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.

Known For

Wild at Heart

Esmeralda

Curse by the Sea

Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

¡Vivan los niños!

Camila

Las Lunas del Auditorio

Crystal Empire

All Movies (68)

• Curandero2025 · as El Curandero
• Buenos días, Ignacio2021
• Wolves Aren't Meant For The Circus2021 · as Don Cristóbal
• Taken Identity2020 · as Don Jesus
• Más sabe el Diablo por Viejo2018 · as Joselito
• One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo2017 · as Self
• Tras Nazarin: Following Nazarin2015 · as Self
• The Waterwheel2013 · as Old Man
• Morenita: el escándalo2009 · as Santiago
• Veneno2002
• Reclusorio1997 · as Viejo (segment "Quiero quedarme en la carcel")
• Saint Lucifer1997 · as Father Leopoldo Santos Higareda
• Banderas, the Tyrant1993 · as Coronel de la Gándara
• Codicia mortal1991
• Muelle rojo1987
• Astucia1986 · as Don Polo
• El otro1986 · as Sr. Tabares
• Toña Machetes1985
• Notes from Under the Volcano1984 · as Self
• Under the Volcano1984 · as Dr. Vigil
• Antonieta1982 · as Vargas
• Viva México y sus corridos1982
• Corrupción oficial1980
• Los hijos de Sanchez1978
• The Children of Sanchez1978 · as Ignacio
• Los amantes frios1978
• La casta divina1977 · as Don Wilfrido
• ¿Y ahora qué, señor fiscal?1977
• The Bricklayers1976 · as Don Jesus
• Resigned for Reasons of Health1976 · as Gustavo Sánchez Campero
• Rapine1975 · as Porfirio
• Looking for a Wall1974 · as José Clemente Orozco
• The Prophet Mimi1973 · as Ángel Peñafiel, Mimi
• Cayó de la gloria el diablo1972 · as Don Eme (Emeterio Sánchez)
• La Generala1971 · as Rosauro Márquez
• The Useless Life of Pito Pérez1970 · as Pito Pérez
• La trinchera1969
• The Door and the Butcher's Wife1969 · as Melitón Torres (segment "La mujer del carnicero")
• The Butcher’s Wife1969 · as Melitón Torres
• The Devil's Visitations1968 · as Felix Estrella
• A Long Journey Toward Death1968 · as Dr. David
• Pedro Paramo1967 · as Fulgor Sedano
• Tarahumara (Further and farther)1965 · as Raúl
• Un hombre en la trampa1965
• The Golden Cockerel1964 · as Dionisio Pinzón
• Furia en el Edén1964 · as Ing. José Argos
• Cri-Cri the Singing little cricket1963 · as Francisco Gabilondo Soler 'Cri-Cri'
• Autumn Days1963 · as Albino
• The Paper Man1963 · as Adán
• Heart of a Child1963 · as Prof. Ezequiel Almeyda
• La Bandida1963 · as Anselmo
• My Son, the Hero1961 · as Gunslinger
• Then God Named It Earth1961 · as Efrén Domínguez
• The White Rose1961 · as Jacinto Yáñes
• Juana Gallo1961 · as Pioquinto
• Ellas también son rebeldes1961 · as Dr. Gabriel Renteria
• The Shadow of the Tyrant1960 · as General Hilario Jiménez
• Macario1960 · as Macario
• La estrella vacía1960 · as Luis Arvide
• Our Daily Hunger1960 · as Pablo
• La Cucaracha1959 · as Trinidad
• Sonatas1959 · as Jefe de guerrilleros
• Nazarín1959 · as Thief in church
• Love Your Neighbor1958 · as (voice)
• Vanilla, Bronze and to Die1957 · as Ricardo Castillo
• Happy Year, My Love1957
• Chilam Balam1955
• La desconocida1954

All TV Shows (20)

• Loves with Trap2015 · as Porfirio
• Wild at Heart2013 · as Ramiro Olivares
• El Encanto del Águila2011 · as Porfirio Díaz
• Curse by the Sea2009 · as El Mojarras
• Peregrina2005 · as Baltasar
• De Pocas Pocas Pulgas2003 · as Don Julián Montes
• Las Lunas del Auditorio2002 · as Self
• ¡Vivan los niños!2002 · as Ignacio Robles
• Navidad sin Fin2001 · as Rodito
• Atrévete a Olvidarme2001 · as Gonzalo Rivas
• el gato animado televisa2001 · as papa noel
• La casa en la playa2000 · as Don Ángel Villarreal Cueto
• Ángela1998 · as Feliciano Villanueva
• Camila1998 · as Don Genaro
• Conversando con Cristina Pacheco1997 · as Self
• Esmeralda1996 · as Melesio
• Crystal Empire1994 · as César Lombardo
• Senda de gloria1987 · as General Eduardo Álvarez
• El Derecho de Nacer1981 · as Don Rafael del Junco
• Amor prohibido1979 · as Arturo Galvan