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

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

The War Wagon

Return of the Seven

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

Breakout

The Night of the Iguana

All Movies (76)

• Arriba Michoacán1987
• El Secuestro De Lola - Lola La Trailera 21986 · as Commander Prieto
• Lovers of the Lord of the Night1986 · as Don Venustiano
• Ahora mis pistolas hablan1986
• Treasure of the Amazon1985 · as Tacho / Paco
• Un Retrato del Indio1985 · as Self
• Notes from Under the Volcano1984 · as Self
• Observations Under the Volcano1984 · as Self
• Under the Volcano1984 · as Diosdado
• Lola the Truck Driver1983 · as Comandante Prieto
• Mercenarios de la Muerte1983
• Una gallina muy ponedora1982
• Cinématon XIX1982 · as N°187
• Las cabareteras1980
• Erótica1979 · as Hernández
• Red Zone1976
• Political Asylum1975 · as General Salino
• Breakout1975 · as J.V.
• Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia1974 · as El Jefe
• Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid1973 · as Paco
• Nest of Virgins1972 · as Anacleto Morones
• The Enemy Blood1971 · as Juan
• La Chamuscada - Tierra Y Libertad1971 · as Margarito Herrero
• The Phantom Gunslinger1970 · as Sheriff
• El crepúsculo de un dios1969 · as Emilio
• Duelo en El Dorado1969
• The Wild Bunch1969 · as Gen. Mapache
• The Smugglers1968 · as Cesare Brunelli
• El caudillo1968
• El Silencioso1967 · as Emilio Segura
• Un dorado de Pancho Villa1967 · as Aurelio Pérez
• The War Wagon1967 · as Calita
• Hard Breed to Kill1967 · as Ringo
• A Covenant with Death1967 · as Ignacio
• Return of the Seven1966 · as Francisco Lorca
• Los malvados1966
• The Appaloosa1966 · as Lazaro
• Duelo de pistoleros1966
• La recta final1966 · as Don Lucio
• Un callejón sin salida1965 · as Moran
• La conquista de El Dorado1965
• The Reward1965 · as Sergeant Lopez
• Los hermanos Muerte1965
• Yo El Valiente1964
• The Night of the Iguana1964 · as Barkeeper (uncredited)
• El revólver sangriento1964 · as Félix Gómez
• Paloma herida1963 · as Danilo Zata
• La Bandida1963 · as Epigmenio Gomez
• Little Town1962 · as Coronel
• My Son, the Hero1961 · as Pascual Velasco
• La Cucaracha1959 · as Coronel Antonio Zeta
• El fanfarrón: ¡Aquí llegó el valentón!1943 · as Aguilucho
• Wild Flower1943 · as Rogelio Torres
• Passion Island1942
• Rancho Alegre1941
• El Zorro de Jalisco1941 · as Ernesto
• El charro Negro1940 · as Emilio Gómez
• The Underdogs1940 · as Pancracio
• Con Los Dorados De Villa1939
• Juan sin miedo1938
• Las mujeres mandan1937
• Almas rebeldes1937
• Las cuatro milpas1937
• Adios Nicanor1937
• The Super Madman1937 · as Idúa
• El impostor1937
• Allá en el Rancho Grande1936 · as Bailarín
• Marihuana (El monstruo verde)1936 · as El indio
• Celos1936 · as Sebastián
• Janitzio1935 · as Zirahuén
• Cruz Diablo1934 · as Toparca, bandolero
• La buenaventura1934 · as Boris
• Flying Down to Rio1933 · as Dancer (uncredited)
• The Western Code1932 · as Indian Joe
• The Sunrise Trail1931 · as Pancho
• The Land of Missing Men1930 · as Lopez

All TV Shows (4)

• Ottolenghi's Mediterranean Island Feast2013 · as Founder of Restaurante Sa Foradada
• La traición1984 · as Gral. Arcadio Carvajal
• Kung Fu1972 · as Carlos
• Columbo1971 · as Miguel