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
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.
Robinson Crusoe · 1954Robinson Crusoe
★ 6.41954
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.
El norteño · 1963El norteño
★ 6.71963
Movie
Lawman on horseback cracks a case involving stolen gold bullion, the title to a mine, an evil twin and a plucky pre-adolescent boy. First in a series.
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.
Lauro Puñales · 1969Lauro Puñales
★ 5.01969
Movie
One of Zapata's field marshals runs afoul of dictator Huerta's stooges in his home town.
Zonga, el ángel diabólico · 1957Zonga, el ángel diabólico
★ 5.41957
MovieDramaRomance
A medical researcher arrives at a cursed island and falls in love with an indigenous priestess.
El 7 Vidas · 1980El 7 Vidas
★ 5.41980
MovieAction
Roving gambler teams up with a small-town priest to break the bank at a local casino that's sucking the townspeople dry.
Vuelta al paraíso · 1960Vuelta al paraíso
★ 6.01960
MovieDramaRomance
All men who arrive on a small island fall in love with the daughters of an old fisherman who live there.
Movies
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.
Robinson Crusoe · 1954Robinson Crusoe
★ 6.41954
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.
El norteño · 1963El norteño
★ 6.71963
Movie
Lawman on horseback cracks a case involving stolen gold bullion, the title to a mine, an evil twin and a plucky pre-adolescent boy. First in a series.
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.
Lauro Puñales · 1969Lauro Puñales
★ 5.01969
Movie
One of Zapata's field marshals runs afoul of dictator Huerta's stooges in his home town.
Zonga, el ángel diabólico · 1957Zonga, el ángel diabólico
★ 5.41957
MovieDramaRomance
A medical researcher arrives at a cursed island and falls in love with an indigenous priestess.
El 7 Vidas · 1980El 7 Vidas
★ 5.41980
MovieAction
Roving gambler teams up with a small-town priest to break the bank at a local casino that's sucking the townspeople dry.
Vuelta al paraíso · 1960Vuelta al paraíso
★ 6.01960
MovieDramaRomance
All men who arrive on a small island fall in love with the daughters of an old fisherman who live there.
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.
La Fuga de los Pérez · 1995La Fuga de los Pérez
★ 6.31995
MovieAction
El corrido de María Pistolas · 1964El corrido de María Pistolas
★ 6.41964
Movie
Sequel to Maria Pistolas. Comic-tomgirl member of Villa's army has boy trouble.
Noches violentas · 2000Noches violentas
★ 6.32000
MovieActionCrime
A police commander is framed for murder and he must find the real killer.
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.
Talpa · 1956Talpa
★ 6.31956
MovieDrama
Produced on a grand scale, the Mexican Talpa relates the simple story of two brothers. The older of the siblings, Tanilo (Victor Manuel Mendoza) is a well-to-do family man; the other, Estaban (Jamie Fernandez), is one step above a wastrel. When Tanilo is felled by illness, Estaban is forced to take over the family's blacksmith business. He also inaugurates a romance with Tanilo's attractive young wife Juana (Lilia Prado). Punishment is eventually doled out in a manner which suggests that God Himself is exacting retribution on the adulterous couple. Originally released at 87 minutes, Talpa was pared down to 73 minutes for American consumption.
Oro rojo · 2005Oro rojo
★ 5.02005
MovieAction
He swears to avenge his brother's death and will not rest until he fulfills his oath, even if it costs him his own life.
Una pasión me domina · 1961Una pasión me domina
★ 6.01961
Movie
Unscrupulous landowner and his family are trying to deny water rights to the townsfolk. Particular beef with the guy that runs the mill. Ultimately the Revolution rolls through town and helps put everything right.
Thirst for Love · 1959Thirst for Love
★ 6.31959
MovieDrama
Pedro Ortiz, a brave charro, arrives to a fishing village that is passing hard times. There's no fish in the waters. His manners and his love for Maria, a local attractive widow, will get him into trouble
El Bronco Reynosa · 1961El Bronco Reynosa
★ 5.61961
Movie
Star of cowboy-movies returns to his home and locals expect him to be heroic like he is onscreen.
Sand kisses · 1959Sand kisses
★ 5.01959
Movie
Romantic rivalries and violence on a tropical island.
The Mark of Satan · 1957The Mark of Satan
★ 5.41957
MovieMysteryHorror
Cowboy avenger vs the supernatural.
The Brute · 1953The Brute
★ 7.01953
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
★ 6.41954
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.
Morir de pie · 1957Morir de pie
★ 5.71957
MovieDramaWar
A young woman gives herself to her boyfriend but is forced to marry an army officer, who takes revenge on him.
El jinete enmascarado · 1961El jinete enmascarado
★ 6.71961
Movie
Horseman. With a mask on. First in a series, "El Norteño."
