Ignacio Retes

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1918-11-13 (86 years old)

Deathday

2004-04-23

Place of Birth

Mexico City, Mexico

Ignacio Retes

Biography

José Ignacio Retes Guevara was a Mexican playwright, film, theater and television actor, director, and writer. Two-time winner of the Ariel Award. He studied at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in the 30s, where he was able to meet other prominent playwrights and directors of the time such as Rodolfo Usigli, Seki Sano and José Revueltas. He founded the University Theater of San Luis Potosí in 1937 and the theater company Lantern Magic with workers from the Mexican Union of Electricians. With Usigli he founded the company Midnight Theater (in reference to the free time that both had to col...

Acting

1979

1986

Three of Cups

as Felipe Martínez

1983

Deceitful Appearances

as Tío Alberto

1987

Mariana Mariana

as Psychiatrist

1986

1986

1984

Knock Out

as Old man in the building

1992

Playa azul

as Matías

1995

1984

Motel

as Cordova, Padrino

1993

Encuentro Inesperado

as Ignacio Torres

1981

The Big Dead Dog

as Armendariz

1985

El rey de la vecindad

as Don Matías

1977

La casta divina

as Don Emilio

1951

Doña Perfecta

as Jacintito

1978

The Year of the Plague

as Dr. Mario Zermeño

1982

The Eve

as Rubén Rocha

1978

1982

A Married Woman

as Papá de Irene

1978

New World

as Don Diego de Alba

1997

Esmeralda Comes by Night

as Don Gregorio, Esmeralda's father

1984

1979

Broken Flag

as Ernesto

1986

1955

La vida tiene tres días

as Tomás, cartero

1977

Cuartelazo

as Coronel Rebelde

1981

1955

Melodías de amor

as Sr. Rentería (no acreditado)

1992

Vintage Model

as Basilio

1981

Oficio de tinieblas

as Don Alfonso

1985

The Castaways of Liguria

as Emilio Albani

Production

1989

The Naked City

as Screenplay

1979

Broken Flag

as Screenplay

1947

1985

1989

1985

Viaje al paraíso

as Screenplay

1978

Paper Flowers

as Writer

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