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
2020
- Beep ... (Songs)
1979
1963
- This was Pedro Infante as Pedro Infante
1958
- School for Buglars as Víctor Valdés / Raúl Cuesta Hernández
1957
- Pablo y Carolina as Pablo Garza
- Tizoc as Tizoc
1956
- The Hawks as Juan Menchaca
- The Innocent as Cutberto Gaudázar 'Cruci'
- The Third Word as Pablo Saldaña
- People, Song and Hope
1955
- School for Tramps as José Alberto Medina
- La Vida No Vale Nada as Pablo Galván
- Music School as Javier Prado
1954
- El mil amores as Viviano Villarreal
- Cuidado con el amor as Salvador Allende
1953
- Dos tipos de cuidado as Pedro Malo
- Pepe El Toro as Pepe "El Toro"
- Gitana Tenias Que Ser as Pablo Mendoza
- Reportaje as Edmundo Bernal
- Si, Mi vida as Cameo
- Había una vez un marido
- Anxiety as Carlos Iturbe y Valdivia / Gabriel Lara / Rafael Lara
1952
- Los hijos de María Morales as José Morales (Pepe)
- A Place Close to Heaven as Pedro González
- Far from Heaven as Pedro González
- Por ellas aunque mal paguen as Pedro
- Ahí viene Martín Corona as Martín Corona
- El enamorado as Martín Corona
1951
- Full Spead Ahead as Pedro Chávez Pérez
- ¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer? as Pedro Chávez Pérez
- Las Islas Marias as Felipe Ortiz Suárez
- I Need Money as Manuel
- The Poulterer Hawk as José Inocencio Meléndez 'El Gavilán'
- My General's Wives as General Juan Zepeda
1950
- No desearás la mujer de tu hijo as Silvano
- Over the Waves as Juventino Rosas
- They also sing of pain as Braulio Peláez
1949
- The Black Sheep as Silvano
- The Woman I Lost as Pedro Montaño
- Dicen que soy mujeriego as Pedro
- The Seminarian as Miguel Morales
1948
- Los tres huastecos as Juan de Dios Andrade / Lorenzo Andrade / Víctor Andrade
- We the Poor as Pepe el Toro
- Black Angels as José Carlos Ruiz
- You the Rich as Pepe "El Toro"
- Cartas Marcadas
1947
- The Three Garcías as Luis Antonio García
- Vuelven los García as Luis Antonio García
- La barca de oro
- When the Brave Cry as Agapito Treviño 'Caballo Blanco'
- Si me han de matar mañana
- Soy charro de Rancho Grande as Antonio Aldama
1944
- Viva Mi Desgracia as Ramón Pineda
- Escándalo de estrellas as Ricardo del Valle y Rosales
1943
- La razón de la culpa
- Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra as Lt. Luis Sandoval
- El ametralladora as Salvador Pérez Gómez 'El Ametralladora'
- Hooray for Women! as Chuy
- Cuando Habla El Corazon
- La feria de las flores as Segundo amigo
1939
- En un burro tres baturros as (extra)