Ignacio López Tarso

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1925-01-15 (98 years old)

Deathday

2023-03-11

Place of Birth

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Ignacio López Tarso

Biography

Ignacio López López (b. 15 January 1925 – 11 March 2023), better known as Ignacio López Tarso, was a Mexican actor of stage, film and television. He acted in about 50 films and appeared in documentaries and in one short feature. In 1973 he was given the Ariel Award for Best Actor for Rosa Blanca, and the Ariel de Oro lifetime achievement award in 2007. He was honored multiple times at the TVyNovelas Awards. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living actor and one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.

Acting

2002

1959

Nazarin

as Thief in church

1984

Under the Volcano

as Dr. Vigil

1982

Antonieta

as Vargas

1974

Looking for a Wall

as José Clemente Orozco

1963

La Bandida

as Anselmo

1959

La Cucaracha

as Trinidad

1960

Macario

as Macario

1963

1959

Sonatas

as Jefe de guerrilleros

1963

Cri Cri el Grillito Cantor

as Francisco Gabilondo Soler 'Cri-Cri'

1964

The Golden Cockerel

as Dionisio Pinzón

1964

Furia en el Edén

as Ing. José Argos

1975

Rapine

as Porfirio

2013

The Waterwheel

as Old Man

1973

The Prophet Mimi

as Ángel Peñafiel, Mimi

1976

The Bricklayers

as Don Jesus

1960

The Shadow of the Tyrant

as General Hilario Jiménez

1977

La casta divina

as Don Wilfrido

1963

Autumn Days

as Albino

1997

Reclusorio

as Viejo (segment "Quiero quedarme en la carcel")

1997

Saint Lucifer

as Father Leopoldo Santos Higareda

1960

1961

Ellas también son rebeldes

as Dr. Gabriel Renteria

1967

Pedro Paramo

as Fulgor Sedano

1960

La estrella vacía

as Luis Arvide

1972

Cayó de la gloria el diablo

as Don Eme (Emeterio Sánchez)

1986

Astucia

as Don Polo

1968

The Devil's Visitations

as Felix Estrella

1976

Resigned for Reasons of Health

as Gustavo Sánchez Campero

1957

Vanilla, Bronze and to Die

as Ricardo Castillo

1969

The Door and The Butcher's Wife

as Melitón Torres (segment "La mujer del carnicero")

1958

1971

La Generala

as Rosauro Márquez

1963

Heart of a Child

as Prof. Ezequiel Almeyda

1961

My Son, the Hero

as Gunslinger

1986

El otro

as Sr. Tabares

1961

The White Rose

as Jacinto Yáñes

1961

Juana Gallo

as Pioquinto

1993

Banderas, the Tyrant

as Coronel de la Gándara

2020

Taken Identity

as Don Jesus

1961

Then God Named It Earth

as Efrén Domínguez

1969

The Butcher's Wife

as Melitón Torres

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