Acting
Jaime Fernández
Born December 6, 1927 · Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Died April 15, 2005 · aged 77
Nicolás Jaime Fernández Reyes (December 6, 1933), better known simply as Jaime Fernández, was a Mexican actor and union leader. Over his career, he won 3 Silver Ariel awards — the Mexican equivalent of the Oscar — including one for what is arguably his best-known role, playing Friday, the protagonist's associate in Luis Buñuel's Robinson Crusoe. He appeared in over 200 films and served as the gen…
Known For
A Bullet for the General · 1967A Bullet for the General
★ 6.61967
MovieWestern
El Chuncho's bandits rob arms from a train, intending to sell the weapons to Elias' revolutionaries. They are helped by one of the passengers, Bill Tate, and allow him to join them, unware of his true intentions.
Guns for San Sebastian · 1967Guns for San Sebastian
★ 7.01967
MovieWestern
Leon Alastray is an outlaw who has been given sanctuary by Father John, whom he then escorts to the village of San Sebastian. The village is deserted, with its cowardly residents hiding in the hills from Indians, who regularly attack the village and steal all their supplies. When Father John is murdered, the villagers mistakenly think the outlaw is the priest. Alastray at first tells them he is not a priest, but they don't believe it, and an apparent miracle seems to prove they are correct. Eventually, he assists them in regaining their confidence and defending themselves.
Robinson Crusoe · 1954Robinson Crusoe
★ 6.31954
MovieAdventureDrama
The titular adventurer, after defying his parents to go to sea, survives a shipwreck and becomes a castaway on a deserted island for nearly thirty years, learning to build a new life from scratch, discovering companionship with a native man he names Friday, and eventually returning to civilisation a changed man, finding wealth and new challenges.
The Proud and the Beautiful · 1953The Proud and the Beautiful
★ 6.71953
MovieDrama
Life in a small Mexican village where joy and misery, hope and pain, passion and guilt, love and decay, life and death are mixed in the peasants life and two French citizens who end up stranded in there, during a typhoid epidemic.
The Brute · 1953The Brute
★ 6.91953
MovieDramaCrime
A tough young man, who helps to kick poor people out of their houses, falls in love with a girl. She lives with her father in the building about to be demolished.
The River and Death · 1954The River and Death
★ 6.31954
MovieDrama
A useless and bloody vendetta has been going on for ages between two families in this Mexican village. Men, sons, have killed each other for generations, for a so-called conception of honor in a revenge that never ends since it is also triggered by people of the village. Now, today, there are only two sons left, one in each family. One has become a doctor in the big city and his culture is modern. The other last one - of the other family - hasn't left the village and is waiting for the doctor to come "home" as he plans to kill him, to settle this war on this matter of honor once and for all. And the people of the village want blood.
Santo vs. the Zombies · 1962Santo vs. the Zombies
★ 4.81962
MovieHorrorAction
Masked luchador "Santo" fights against an evil doctor and his zombie army.
Tarahumara (Further and farther) · 1965Tarahumara (Further and farther)
★ 6.01965
MovieDrama
A worker of the Mexican Indigenist Institute tries to help the Tarahumara Indians to protect and keep their lands, but he must face corrupt landowners and politicians.
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The Brute · 1953The Brute
★ 6.91953
MovieDramaCrime
A tough young man, who helps to kick poor people out of their houses, falls in love with a girl. She lives with her father in the building about to be demolished.
Julián García (uncredited)
Santo vs. the Zombies · 1962Santo vs. the Zombies
★ 4.81962
MovieHorrorAction
Masked luchador "Santo" fights against an evil doctor and his zombie army.
Detective Rodriguez
Mi campeón · 1952Mi campeón
★ 5.51952
MovieComedyDrama
Catita is a simple and poor woman who dreams of that her son stands out on something important to help her out of his humble. But she opposes to him being boxer, therefore constantly fighting with her husband.
Espectador del fútbol americano (uncredited)
Blue Demon · 1965Blue Demon
★ 5.91965
MovieScience FictionHorror
Wrestler vs mad-scientist with werewolf serum.
Prof. Lauro Carral
Ven conmigo · 1975Ven conmigo
★ 7.01975
SeriesDrama
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