Fernando Cortés

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Fernando J. Cortés Rodríguez (born October 4, 1909 in San Juan , † 1979 in Mexico City ) was a Puerto Rican actor, screenwriter and director.

Cortés made his actor debut in the silent film Flor de España , filmed in Spain in 1921 by Helena Cortesina and José María Granada . In 1932 he married the Puerto Rican actress María del Pilar , who became known as Mapy Cortés . They performed together in Zarzuelas and worked for cinema in Spain until they went to Mexico in 1940. Here they made films such as La liga de las canciones (1941), El conde de Monte Cristo , Las cinco noches de Adán (1942), Cinco fueron escogidos , Internado para senoritas (1943, with Katy Jurado ), La corte de faraón (1944 ), La picara Susana (1945), Un beso de la noche (with Julián Soler ) and Recién casados ​​... no molestar (1951).

In the 1950s, Cortés and his wife dedicated themselves particularly to television in Puerto Rico. You made the first Puerto Rican sitcom Mami y Papi in 1954, starring María Judith Franco and Paquito Cordero . Cortés has also directed other Mexican films such as Dormitorio para señoritas (1960, with Mapi Cortés, her niece Mapita Cortés and Manolo Fábregas ), Rateros último modelo and Las tres Calaveras .

In the next few years Cortés shot several Puerto Rican-Mexican co-productions in Puerto Rico, including Los Expatriados with Luis Aguilar , Braulio Castillo , Arturo Correa and Gladys Rodríguez (1964), Los Tres Pecados with Miguel Ángel Álvarez , Tito Lara and Lucha Villa ( 1966) and Luna de miel en Puerto Rico with Miguel Ángel Álvarez, Héctor Cabrera , Paquito Cordero , Elín Ortiz and Gilda Mirós (1969). His last appearance as an actor was in Pobre, pero honeada! (1973) and Pasajeros en tránsito (1978).

Cortés worked as a director for seven years on the Mexican television series La criada bien criada . He has also directed films such as Las Golfas and Los Beverley Hills del Pralvillo (both 1971), La Criada Maravilla and El Hijo del Angela María (1974) and Futbolista Fenómeno (1979). In addition, Cortés wrote almost fifty scripts, including several with leading roles for his wife.

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SURNAME Cortés, Fernando
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cortés Rodríguez, Fernando J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Puerto Rican actor, screenwriter and director
DATE OF BIRTH 4th October 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH San Juan
DATE OF DEATH 1979
Place of death Mexico city