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Emilio "El Indio" Fernández 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 María Candelaria (1944), which won the Palme d'Or award at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. As an actor, he worked in numerous film productions in Mexico and in Hollywood.
Birth Name
Emilio Fernández Romo
Born
Thursday, 26 March 1903
Died
Wednesday, 06 August 1986
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | (archive footage) | 2004 |
| Arriba Michoacán | 1987 | |
| El secuestro de Lola | Commander Prieto | 1986 |
| Lovers of the Lord of the Night | Don Venustiano | 1986 |
| Treasure of the Amazon | Tacho / Paco | 1985 |
| Cuando corrio el alazan | (as Emilio Fernandez) | 1985 |
| Under the Volcano | Diosdado | 1984 |
| Observations Under the Volcano | Self | 1984 |
| Lola the Truck Driving Woman | Leoncio's Bodyguard / Comandante Prieto | 1983 |
| Mercenarios de la Muerte | 1983 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | (archive footage) | 2004 |
| Arriba Michoacán | 1987 | |
| El secuestro de Lola | Commander Prieto | 1986 |
| Lovers of the Lord of the Night | Don Venustiano | 1986 |
| Treasure of the Amazon | Tacho / Paco | 1985 |
| Cuando corrio el alazan | (as Emilio Fernandez) | 1985 |
| Under the Volcano | Diosdado | 1984 |
| Observations Under the Volcano | Self | 1984 |
| Lola the Truck Driving Woman | Leoncio's Bodyguard / Comandante Prieto | 1983 |
| Mercenarios de la Muerte | 1983 | |
| Una gallina muy ponedora | 1982 | |
| Las cabareteras | (as Emilio 'Indio' Fernández) | 1980 |
| Erótica | Hernández | 1979 |
| Pink Zone | Francisco Canales | 1976 |
| Lucky Lady | Ybarra | 1975 |
| Breakout | J.V. | 1975 |
| Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia | El Jefe | 1974 |
| Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | Paco | 1973 |
| El rincón de las vírgenes | Anacleto Morones | 1972 |
| Kung Fu | Carlos | 1972 |
| Columbo | Miguel | 1971 |
| La chamuscada (Tierra y libertad) | Coronel Margarito Herrero / Margarito Herrero | 1971 |
| The Phantom Gunslinger | Sheriff | 1970 |
| El crepúsculo de un dios | Himself / Self | 1969 |
| Duelo en El Dorado | Indio Romo | 1969 |
| The Wild Bunch | Gen. Mapache / Mapache | 1969 |
| Un toro me llama | 1968 | |
| El caudillo | Coronel | 1968 |
| Guns for San Sebastian | 1968 | |
| El silencioso | 1967 | |
| The War Wagon | Calita | 1967 |
| Un tipo dificil de matar | Ringo | 1967 |
| A Covenant with Death | Ignacio / Igancio | 1967 |
| Return of the Seven | Lorca / Francisco Lorca | 1966 |
| Los malvados | El Coyote | 1966 |
| The Appaloosa | Lazaro | 1966 |
| Duelo de pistoleros | 1966 | |
| La conquista de El Dorado | 1965 | |
| The Reward | Sgt. Lopez / Sergeant Lopez | 1965 |
| Los hermanos Muerte | Marcos Zermeño | 1965 |
| Yo, el valiente | El cuervo | 1964 |
| The Night of the Iguana | Barkeeper | 1964 |
| El revólver sangriento | Félix Gómez | 1964 |
| Paloma herida | Danilo Zata | 1963 |
| La bandida | Epigmenio Gómez / Epigmenio Gomez | 1963 |
| Little Village | Coronel | 1962 |
| My Son, the Hero | Pascual Velasco | 1961 |
| The Soldiers of Pancho Villa | Coronel Antonio Zeta | 1959 |
| Wild Flower | Rogelio Torres | 1943 |
| Rancho Alegre | 1941 | |
| El Zorro de Jalisco | Ernesto | 1941 |
| El charro Negro | Emilio Gómez | 1940 |
| Los de abajo | Pancracio | 1940 |
| El fanfarrón: ¡Aquí llegó el valentón! | Aguilucho (Juan José) / Aguilucho | 1940 |
| With Villa's Veterans | Mayor El Indio Fernández | 1939 |
| Juan sin miedo | Valentin | 1939 |
| Good-Bye Nicanor | Nicanor | 1937 |
| Rebel Souls | 1937 | |
| Las mujeres mandan | Bailarín | 1937 |
| The Super Madman | Idúa | 1937 |
| Marihuana | El Indio | 1936 |
| Celos | Sebastián | 1936 |
| Janitzio | Zirahuén / Sirahuén | 1935 |
| Martín Garatuza | 1935 | |
| Cruz Diablo | Toparca, bandolero | 1934 |
| La buenaventura | Boris | 1934 |
| Flying Down to Rio | Dancer | 1933 |
| Laughing at Life | Revolutionary | 1933 |
| The Sunrise Trail | Pancho | 1931 |
| Headin' North | Mexican Gambler | 1930 |
| The Land of Missing Men | Lopez - aka Black Coyote / Lopez | 1930 |
| The Oklahoma Cyclone | Pancho Gomez | 1930 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Erótica | 1979 |
| Pink Zone | 1976 |
| La choca | 1974 |
| El crepúsculo de un dios | 1969 |
| Paloma herida | 1963 |
| Little Village | 1962 |
| El puño del amo | 1958 |
| La Tierra del Fuego se apaga | 1955 |
| La rebelión de los colgados | 1954 |
| The White Rose | 1954 |
| El rapto | 1954 |
| Reportaje | 1953 |
| Rossana | 1953 |
| Cuando levanta la niebla | 1952 |
| El mar y tu | 1952 |
| Acapulco | 1952 |
| Siempre tuya | 1952 |
| La bienamada | 1951 |
| Los islas Marias | 1951 |
| Victims of Sin | 1951 |
| One Day of Life | 1950 |
| The Torch | 1950 |
| Duelo en las montañas | 1950 |
| La malquerida | 1949 |
| Pueblerina | 1949 |
| Salón México | 1949 |
| Maclovia | 1948 |
| Hidden River | 1948 |
| The Fugitive | 1947 |
| The Pearl | 1947 |
| Enamorada | 1946 |
| Pepita Jiménez | 1946 |
| Bugambilia | 1945 |
| The Abandoned | 1945 |
| Maria Candelaria | 1944 |
| Wild Flower | 1943 |
| I'm a Real Mexican | 1942 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| El crepúsculo de un dios | 1969 |
| The Night of the Iguana | 1964 |
| The Fugitive | 1947 |
