--- name: "Emilio Fernández" canonical: "https://film.one/person/emilio-fernandez" fi1m_id: "emilio-fernandez" imdb_id: "nm0273477" tmdb_id: 8259 wikidata_id: "Q458612" roles: ["Actor"] born: "26 March 1903" died: "6 August 1986" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-26T17:45:58.538134+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Emilio Fernández ## Identity Emilio Fernández - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/emilio-fernandez - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** emilio-fernandez - **IMDb ID:** nm0273477 - **TMDB ID:** 8259 - **Wikidata ID:** Q458612 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Fern%C3%A1ndez, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q458612, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0273477/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8259 Actor. Born 26 March 1903 in Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico. Died 6 August 1986. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 26 March 1903, Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico - **Died:** 6 August 1986 - **Active:** 1969–1974 - **Also known as:** Emilio "Indio" Fernández, Emilio Fernández Romo, Emilio 'El Indio' Fernandez, Emilio Fernandez, Emilio 'Indio' Fernandez, Indio Fernández, Эмилио Фернандес - **Frequently works with:** [Sam Peckinpah](https://film.one/person/sam-peckinpah.md), [Warren Oates](https://film.one/person/warren-oates.md) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Fern%C3%A1ndez, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q458612, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0273477/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8259 ## Biography Emilio Fernández Romo, known as 'El Indio', was a Mexican film director, screenwriter and actor. Born on 26 March 1904 in Sabinas, Coahuila, he was one of the leading figures of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. He directed *María Candelaria* (1944), which won the Palme d'Or at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival, as well as *Enamorada* (1946) and *The Pearl* (1947). Fernández also appeared as an actor in numerous Mexican and Hollywood productions, including *The Wild Bunch* (1969) as Gen. Mapache and *Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia* (1974) as El Jefe. He died on 6 August 1986 in Mexico City. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, encyclopedia.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Wild Bunch* (1969), Fi1m 84, as Gen. Mapache — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wild-bunch.md) ## Complete filmography (113) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Ottolenghi's Mediterranean Island Feast* (2013), series, as Founder of Restaurante Sa Foradada - *Arriba Michoacán* (1987), Actor - *El Secuestro De Lola - Lola La Trailera 2* (1986), as Commander Prieto - *Lovers of the Lord of the Night* (1986), as Don Venustiano - *Ahora mis pistolas hablan* (1986), Actor - *Treasure of the Amazon* (1985), as Tacho / Paco - *La traición* (1984), series, as Gral. Arcadio Carvajal - *Under the Volcano* (1984), as Diosdado - *Lola the Truck Driver* (1983), as Comandante Prieto - *Mercenarios de la Muerte* (1983), Actor - *Una gallina muy ponedora* (1982), Actor - *Cinématon XIX* (1982), as N°187 - *Las cabareteras* (1980), Actor - *Erótica* (1979), as Hernández · Director, Writer - *México Norte* (1979), Director - *Red Zone* (1976), Director, Writer - *Political Asylum* (1975), as General Salino - *Breakout* (1975), as J.V. - *La Choca* (1974), Writer, Director - *Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia* (1974), as El Jefe - *Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid* (1973), as Paco - *Nest of Virgins* (1972), as Anacleto Morones - *Kung Fu* (1972), series, as Carlos - *Columbo* (1971), series, as Miguel — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md) - *The Enemy Blood* (1971), as Juan - *The Phantom Gunslinger* (1970), as Sheriff - *El crepúsculo de un dios* (1969), as Emilio · Director, Writer, Producer - *Duelo en El Dorado* (1969), Actor - *La Chamuscada - Tierra Y Libertad* (1969), as Margarito Herrero - *The Wild Bunch* (1969), as Gen. Mapache — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wild-bunch.md) - *The Smugglers* (1968), as Cesare Brunelli - *El caudillo* (1968), Actor - *El Silencioso* (1967), as Emilio Segura - *Un dorado de Pancho Villa* (1967), as Aurelio Pérez · Writer, Producer, Director - *The War Wagon* (1967), as Calita - *Hard Breed to Kill* (1967), as Ringo - *A Covenant with Death* (1967), as Ignacio - *Return of the Seven* (1966), as Francisco Lorca - *Los malvados* (1966), Actor - *The Appaloosa* (1966), as Lazaro - *Duelo de pistoleros* (1966), Actor - *La recta final* (1966), as Don Lucio - *Un callejón sin salida* (1965), as Moran - *La conquista de El Dorado* (1965), Actor - *The Reward* (1965), as Sergeant Lopez - *Los hermanos Muerte* (1965), Actor - *Yo El Valiente* (1964), Actor - *The Night of the Iguana* (1964), as Barkeeper (uncredited) · Associate Producer - *El revólver sangriento* (1964), as Félix Gómez - *Paloma herida* (1963), as Danilo Zata · Director, Story - *La Bandida* (1963), as Epigmenio Gomez - *Little Town* (1962), as Coronel · Director, Writer - *My Son, the Hero* (1961), as Pascual Velasco - *The Magnificent Seven* (1960), Assistant Director - *El impostor* (1960), Director - *La Cucaracha* (1959), as Coronel Antonio Zeta - *Una cita de amor* (1958), Director - *La Tierra del Fuego se apaga* (1955), Director, Writer - *The Two of Us* (1955), Director, Writer - *La rosa blanca* (1954), Director, Adaptation, Story - *The Abduction* (1954), Director, Adaptation - *Rebellion of the Hanged* (1954), Director - *Reportaje* (1953), Director - *The Net* (1953), Director, Screenplay - *When the Fog Lifts* (1952), Director - *The Sea and You* (1952), Director, Writer - *Acapulco* (1952), Director, Writer - *Siempre tuya* (1952), Director, Writer - *La bienamada* (1951), Director, Writer - *Las Islas Marias* (1951), Director, Writer - *Victims of Sin* (1951), Director, Screenplay - *One Day of Life* (1950), Writer, Director - *The Torch* (1950), Screenplay, Director - *Duelo en las montañas* (1950), Director, Writer - *The Unloved Woman* (1949), Screenplay, Director - *Pueblerina* (1949), Director, Writer - *Salon Mexico* (1949), Director, Screenplay - *Maclovia* (1948), Director, Screenplay - *Hidden River* (1948), Director, Story - *The Fugitive* (1947), Associate Producer, Co-Director - *The Pearl* (1947), Director, Screenplay - *Enamorada* (1946), Director, Screenplay - *Pepita Jiménez* (1946), Director, Adaptation - *Bugambilia* (1945), Director, Story - *The Abandoned* (1945), Director, Writer - *Maria Candelaria* (1944), Director, Writer - *El fanfarrón: ¡Aquí llegó el valentón!* (1943), as Aguilucho · Adaptation - *Wild Flower* (1943), as Rogelio Torres · Screenplay, Director - *I'm a Real Mexican* (1942), Director, Story - *Passion Island* (1942), as Capitán barco · Director, Story, Screenplay - *Rancho Alegre* (1941), Actor - *El Zorro de Jalisco* (1941), as Ernesto - *El charro Negro* (1940), as Emilio Gómez - *The Underdogs* (1940), as Pancracio - *Con Los Dorados De Villa* (1939), Actor - *Juan sin miedo* (1938), Actor - *Almas rebeldes* (1937), Actor - *Las mujeres mandan* (1937), as Bailarín - *Las cuatro milpas* (1937), Actor - *Adios Nicanor* (1937), Actor - *The Super Madman* (1937), as Idúa - *El impostor* (1937), Actor - *Allá en el Rancho Grande* (1936), as Bailarín - *Marihuana (El monstruo verde)* (1936), as El indio - *Celos* (1936), as Sebastián - *The Dead Speak* (1935), Adaptation, Writer - *Janitzio* (1935), as Zirahuén - *Cruz Diablo* (1934), as Toparca, bandolero - *La buenaventura* (1934), as Boris - *Flying Down to Rio* (1933), as Dancer (uncredited) - *The Western Code* (1932), as Indian Joe - *The Sunrise Trail* (1931), as Pancho - *The Land of Missing Men* (1930), as Lopez --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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