Pedro Infante
Born: 1917-11-19 in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Died: 1957-04-15
Known For: Acting
Biography
Pedro Infante Cruz (18 November 1917 – 15 April 1957), better known as Pedro Infante, was a Mexican actor and singer. Hailed as one of the greatest actors of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, he is considered an idol of the Latin American people, together with Jorge Negrete and Javier Solís, who were styled as the Tres Gallos Mexicanos (the Three Mexican Roosters). Infante was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico and was raised in Guamúchil. He died on 15 April 1957, in Mérida, Yucatán, in a plane crash during a flight en route to Mexico City. His film career began in 1939 with him appearing in more than 60 films, and starting in 1943, he recorded about 350 songs. For his performance in the movie Tizoc, he was awarded the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 7th Berlin International Film Festival.
Filmography
2026
- Miguel Lopez is a Snake as Man on TV
2020
- Beep ... (Songs)
1979
1963
- This was Pedro Infante as Pedro Infante
1958
- School for Buglars as Víctor Valdés / Raúl Cuesta Hernández
1957
- Tizoc as Tizoc
- Pablo y Carolina as Pablo Garza
1956
- The Innocent as Cutberto Gaudázar 'Cruci'
- The Hawks as Juan Menchaca
- People, Song and Hope
- The Third Word as Pablo Saldaña
1955
- School for Tramps as José Alberto Medina
- La Vida No Vale Nada as Pablo Galván
- Music School as Javier Prado
1954
- Watch Out for Love as Salvador Allende
- El mil amores as Viviano Villarreal
1953
- Gitana Tenias Que Ser as Pablo Mendoza
- Dos tipos de cuidado as Pedro Malo
- Pepe El Toro as Pepe "El Toro"
- Anxiety as Carlos Iturbe y Valdivia / Gabriel Lara / Rafael Lara
- Había una vez un marido
- Reportaje as Edmundo Bernal
- Si, Mi vida as Cameo
1952
- Los hijos de María Morales as José Morales (Pepe)
- Ahí viene Martín Corona as Martín Corona
- Por ellas aunque mal paguen as Pedro
- A Place Close to Heaven as Pedro González
- Far from Heaven as Pedro González
- El enamorado as Martín Corona
1951
- Full Spead Ahead as Pedro Chávez Pérez
- ¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer? as Pedro Chávez Pérez
- My General's Wives as General Juan Zepeda
- Las Islas Marias as Felipe Ortiz Suárez
- I Need Money as Manuel
- The Poulterer Hawk as José Inocencio Meléndez 'El Gavilán'
1950
- They also sing of pain as Braulio Peláez
- No desearás la mujer de tu hijo as Silvano
- Over the Waves as Juventino Rosas
1949
- The Woman I Lost as Pedro Montaño
- Dicen que soy mujeriego as Pedro
- The Black Sheep as Silvano
- The Seminarian as Miguel Morales
1948
- We the Poor as Pepe el Toro
- You the Rich as Pepe "El Toro"
- Black Angels as José Carlos Ruiz
- Los tres huastecos as Juan de Dios Andrade / Lorenzo Andrade / Víctor Andrade
- Cartas Marcadas
1947
- Vuelven los García as Luis Antonio García
- Soy charro de Rancho Grande as Antonio Aldama
- When the Brave Cry as Agapito Treviño 'Caballo Blanco'
- The Three Garcías as Luis Antonio García
- La barca de oro
- Si me han de matar mañana
1944
- Viva Mi Desgracia as Ramón Pineda
- Escándalo de estrellas as Ricardo del Valle y Rosales
1943
- ¡Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra! as Lt. Luis Sandoval
- Cuando Habla El Corazon
- La razón de la culpa
- La feria de las flores as Segundo amigo
- El ametralladora as Salvador Pérez Gómez 'El Ametralladora'
- Hooray for Women! as Chuy
1939
- En un burro tres baturros as (extra)