Antonio Aguilar
Antonio Aguilar Barraza (17 May 1919 – 19 June 2007) was a Mexican singer, songwriter, film actor, film producer, andscreenwriter. During his career, he recorded over 150 albums, which sold 25 million copies, and participated in more than 120 films. He was given the honorific nickname "El Charro de México" (The Horseman of Mexico) because he is credited with popularizing la charrería, considered to have originated in Mexico, to international audiences. To this day he has been the only Hispanic artist to sell out the Madison Square Garden of New York City for six consecutive nights in 1997. Aguilar was best known for singing traditional Mexican folk songs (rancheras) and ballads (corridos) as well for his roles in films concerning rural themes, such as the Mexican Revolution. He won the Latin ACE Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Emiliano Zapata in the 1970 epic film of the same name. He also portrayed Pancho Villa twice in film. In 1997, Aguilar was awarded the Special Golden Ariel for his "invaluable contribution and spreading of Mexican cinema". With his second wife, popular singer and actress Flor Silvestre, he had two sons, Antonio Aguilar Jr. and Pepe Aguilar, who also became singers and actors. His family is known collectively as "La Dinastía Aguilar" (The Aguilar Dynasty).
Known For
Credits
- 1993 · La sangre de un valiente as
- 1992 · El chivo as
- 1991 · Blue Memories as Jesús Barajas
- 1990 · El hijo de Lamberto Quintero as Lamberto Quintero
- 1988 · Domingo Corrales as Domingo Corrales
- 1987 · Lamberto Quintero as Lamberto Quintero
- 1987 · Zapata en Chinameca as Emiliano Zapata
- 1986 · Contrabando y muerte as
- 1986 · Astucia as Juan Cabello
- 1984 · El rey de oros as
- 1984 · El tonto que hacía milagros as
- 1983 · Viva el chubasco as José Montemayor Treviño
- 1982 · Viva México y sus corridos as
- 1982 · El ánima de Sayula as
- 1982 · Los gemelos alborotados as
- 1980 · Persecución y muerte de Benjamín Argumedo as
- 1980 · Taste of Blood as Mauricio Rosales
- 1980 · Albur de amor as
- 1979 · Benjamín Argumedo el rebelde as
- 1979 · Mi Caballo El Cantador as Don Refugio Ortega / cura Lorenzo
- 1978 · The Achievers as
- 1978 · Soy el hijo del gallero as
- 1977 · Mi aventura en Puerto Rico as Himself
- 1977 · La muerte de un gallero as
- 1977 · Volver, volver, volver as Antonio Mmontalvo
- 1977 · El moro de Cumpas as Pedro
- 1976 · El Rey as
- 1975 · Don Herculano enamorado as
- 1975 · Simon Blanco as Simón Blanco
- 1974 · Peregrina as
- 1974 · La muerte de Pancho Villa as Pancho Villa
- 1973 · La yegua colorada as Arnulfo Contreras / Salvador Fuentes
- 1973 · Valente Quintero as
- 1971 · They Call Him Marcado as El Marcado
- 1971 · The Revenge of Gabino Barrera as
- 1970 · Emiliano Zapata as Emiliano Zapata
- 1970 · The Capture of Gabino Barrera as
- 1970 · Vuelve el ojo de vidrio as
- 1969 · El ojo de vidrio as Porfirio Alcalá y Buenavista
- 1969 · The Undefeated as General Rojas
- 1969 · Lauro Puñales as
- 1968 · El as de oros as
- 1968 · Valentín de la Sierra as
- 1968 · Lucio Vázquez as
- 1968 · Caballo prieto azabache as Jesús Aguilar
- 1967 · Los alegres Aguilares as
- 1966 · Los dos rivales as Nicanor Juereña
- 1966 · Alazán y enamorado as Licio Arredondo
- 1966 · Juan Colorado as Juan Colorado
- 1966 · The Four Juanes as Juan Colorado
- 1966 · El alazán y el rosillo as Rosendo Anaya (as Tony Aguilar)
- 1966 · La vida de Pedro Infante as Antonio Aguilar
- 1965 · The Son of Gabino Barrera as
- 1965 · Alma llanera as Juan Pablo Ureña
- 1965 · El padre diablo as
- 1965 · El rifle implacable as
- 1965 · Escuela para solteras as Antonio Contreras
- 1965 · Gabino Barrera as Gabino Barrera
- 1964 · El bracero del año as Himself
- 1964 · La gitana y el charro as Antonio
- 1964 · El revólver sangriento as Ramón
- 1964 · Vuelve el Norteño as
- 1963 · El norteño as
- 1963 · Yo, el mujeriego as Rafael
- 1963 · Vuelven los Argumedo as Angel
- 1963 · Aquí está tu enamorado as
- 1962 · La emboscada mortal as
- 1962 · Ahí vienen los Argumedo as
- 1962 · Si yo fuera millonario as
- 1962 · Cazadores de asesinos as Rosendo Cruz, el lobo (as Tony Aguilar)
- 1962 · El justiciero vengador as
- 1962 · Sol en llamas as
- 1962 · The White Horse as Antonio Cueto
- 1961 · The Important Man as Tadeo
- 1961 · El jinete enmascarado as
- 1961 · Rumbo a Brasilia as
- 1961 · Que me maten en tus brazos as
- 1961 · My Son, the Hero as Reynaldo del Hierro
- 1961 · La joven mancornadora as
- 1961 · Vacaciones en Acapulco as Antonio Aguilar
- 1960 · Dos hijos desobedientes as Toño
- 1960 · Bala Perdida as
- 1960 · The Shadow of the Tyrant as Coronel Jáuregui
- 1960 · ¡Qué bonito amor! as
- 1960 · El siete de copas as
- 1959 · La Cucaracha as Capitán Ventura
- 1959 · Los santos reyes as
- 1959 · Yo... el aventurero as
- 1958 · La marca del cuervo as
- 1958 · Los muertos no hablan as Mauricio Rosales
- 1958 · La rebelión de la sierra: El Fin de Heraclio Bernal as
- 1958 · El rayo de Sinaloa: La venganza de Heraclio Bernal as
- 1958 · Las tres pelonas as
- 1958 · Fiesta en el corazón as
- 1958 · Here is Heraclius Bernal as
- 1958 · La guarida del buitre as
- 1958 · La cama de piedra as
- 1958 · Land of Men as Gilberto
- 1957 · La justicia del gavilán vengador as
- 1957 · La pantera negra as
- 1957 · Hundred girls as
- 1957 · Here are the eagles! as
- 1956 · La huella del chacal as
- 1956 · La sierra del terror as
- 1955 · El gavilan vengador as
- 1955 · Pueblo quieto as
- 1955 · El rayo justiciero as
- 1955 · Una gallega en La Habana as
- 1954 · El casto Susano as
- 1954 · Reventa de esclavas as
- 1953 · Yo soy muy macho as
- 1953 · La segunda mujer as
- 1953 · Mi adorada Clementina as
- 1953 · Mi papá tuvo la culpa as
- 1953 · The Naked Woman as Tony Aguilar
- 1953 · Había una vez un marido as Himself
- 1953 · Crazy Love as Álvaro
- 1953 · Por el mismo camino as Cantante
- 1952 · Yo fui una callejera as
- 1952 · A Place Close to Heaven as Catrín
- 1952 · Far from Heaven as Tony Merino