Fernando Casanova
Fernando Casanova (actually Fernando Gutiérrez López ; born November 24, 1925 in Guadalajara (Mexico) , Jalisco ; † November 16, 2012 in Mexico City ) was a Mexican actor .
Life
Casanova made his screen debut in 1946 when he played a small, unspecified role in La vida íntima de Marco Antonio y Cleopatra . His breakthrough came several years later, in 1953, when he took on the title role of the daring adventurer for producer Raul De Anda in El águila nera , after he had played for Luis Buñuel the year before, and performed alongside María Félix . Until the 1970s, he played in numerous successful Mexican films such as Los bandidos de Río Frío , Escuela de vagabundos (both 1954), Cuatro contra el imperio (1955), Rebeca Iturbide y Charito Granados and El hombre de Alázan (both 1958) and Mecánica nacional (1973). Most of them were adventure films, including many westerns - he was also shown in Spanish under the pseudonym Fred Canow - and Comedias rancheras , “a specifically Mexican term for the genre of folkloric-nostalgic ranch comedy about erotic entanglements, which is largely limited to Mexico Country life with a lot of music, songs and dance performances, as it was popular there since the politically troubled 1930s. ”His filmography is mentioned in the Guinness Book of Records : Among the nearly 200 there are so many with Casanova in the leading role that he this Record. In 2007 he played in a work produced on video.
Filmography (selection)
- 1949: The mistress of Soto (La malquerida)
- 1952: El mártir del calvario
- 1953: He (El)
- 1963: With gun and mask (Il segno del Coyote)
- 1963: The Avenger of Golden Hill (Cuatro balazos)
- 1987: Scorpion Force - Das Kommando (Policía judicial federal)
- 2007: La estampa del escorpion
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Film lexicon of the University of Kiel
- ↑ http://g1.globo.com/pop-arte/cinema/noticia/2012/11/morre-o-ator-mexicano-fernando-casanova-que-fez-mais-de-150-filmes.html
- ↑ http://www.oem.com.mx/esto/notas/n636472.htm
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Casanova, Fernando |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gutiérrez López, Fernando; Canow, Fred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Guadalajara (Mexico) , Jalisco |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 16, 2012 |
| Place of death | Mexico city |