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Vicente Fernández was born on 17 February 1940 in Huentitán El Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. He was an actor and producer, known for La ley del monte (1976), El Arracadas (1978) and Matar o morir (1984). He was married to María del Refugio Abarca Villaseñor. He died on 12 December 2021 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Todd Karns was born on 15 January 1921 in Hollywood, California, USA. He was an actor, known for It's a Wonderful Life (1946), Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941) and The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942). He was married to Katherine Julia Flaten. He died on 5 February 2000 in Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico.- Producer
- Actor
- Production Manager
Ash Christian was an Emmy Award-winning producer, director, and actor, with more than 15 feature films and television series to his credit.
Most recently, he produced the SXSW hit film 1985 (2018), which was released. Ash recently produced the thriller Burn (2019), released by eOne in 2019. He also executive produced After Everything (2018) (written and directed by Hannah Marks and Joey Power), which premiered at SXSW. Other productions include Southern Pride (2018), Little Sister (2016), Miles (2016), Hello Again (2017), Coin Heist (2017), Stranger in the House (2015), Petunia (2012), Mangus! (2011), Addiction: A 60's Love Story (2015), Nate & Margaret (2012), and Fat Girls (2006). In 2019, Coyote Lake (2019), was released. Other films released in 2019 included Kindred Spirits (2019) (directed by Lucky McKee) and Milkwater (2020). In 2018, he produced Social Animals (2018), which will be released in theaters from Paramount Pictures. He also produced Hurricane Bianca: From Russia with Hate (2018) (the sequel to Hurricane Bianca (2016)), released theatrically in 2018.
Through his company, Cranium Entertainment, he is developing several feature film projects. Titles include "Untitled Timothy McVeigh Project" (directed by Mike Ott), "As Sick As They Made Us" (directed by Mayim Bialik), "Platonic" (directed by Cameron Fay and written by Sono Patel), and "Nightfall" (written and directed by Addison McQuigg).
Ash Christian died on August 13, 2020, aged 35, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
A stage actor, Archie Mayo went to Hollywood in 1915 and worked until his retirement in 1946. He began directing slapstick two-reelers, later making features at Warner Bros. just about the time sound was being introduced into films. He did much work for Warners, but he also made films at Goldwyn and 20th Century-Fox. During the 1940s he became somewhat of a tyrant on the set and fought constantly with stars; the heavyset Mayo was referred to by one particular star as a "fat slob". He left the business for 12 years and returned as a producer in 1958.- Music Department
- Composer
- Sound Department
Of Hungarian ancestry, the son of film composer George Steiner followed in his father's footsteps. A child prodigy, he played the piano by the age of six and cello at thirteen. Growing up in Manhattan, Fred immersed himself in his father's vast collection of records, which included a great deal of orchestral and chamber music. Highly motivated to study composition and playing two instruments, he soon earned himself a scholarship. By the age of twenty, he graduated with a degree from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio, and, in later years, added a PhD from USC to his resume for writing a dissertation on the legendary film composer Alfred Newman. Straight out of college, Fred began writing and arranging scores for several New York-based radio broadcasts, including "Suspense" and "CBS Radio Workshop". He also scored wartime propaganda shorts, selling war bonds. Another popular show, for which he composed and conducted, was "This Is Your FBI", a semi-documentary production based on actual case files and often narrated by movie personalities, like Richard Widmark, Jack Lemmon and Jeff Chandler.
From 1947, Steiner (who was not related to the legendary Max) spent time in Hollywood, working as arranger, conductor and (often uncredited) composer. His first solo motion picture effort and personal favourite among his scores, Run for the Sun (1956), came about via a recommendation from his good friend Bernard Herrmann. Though he later shared an Academy Award nomination for adaptation/orchestration of The Color Purple (1985), Fred reserved his best work for the small screen. One of the most prolific of television composers, he contributed to numerous episodes of popular series, ranging across diverse genres, from Gunsmoke (1955) to Hogan's Heroes (1965); from The Twilight Zone (1959) to Hawaii Five-O (1968). He was singularly adept at suiting his music to a particular dramatic situation or conveying specific emotions to a certain scene, as, for example, in his use of violins and harp in the Rachmaninoff-inspired score for the "Twilight Zone" episode "The Passersby".
One of Steiner's most fondly remembered compositions is the jazzy "Park Avenue Beat", which served as the theme for the long-running courtroom drama series Perry Mason (1957), conceived to represent a combination of 'sophistication and toughness'. In stark contrast, he provided a more light-hearted musical approach to his score of the animated cult favorite The Bullwinkle Show (1959). His affinity for animation can be traced back to his father, who wrote music for many of the early classic cartoons, such as the "Betty Boop" series and Terrytoons productions, almost always working from home.
Fred Steiner also made a lasting impact on fans of Star Trek (1966), composing music for several episodes, of which "The Corbomite Maneuver" and "Balance of Terror" are often considered among the best of the original series. In an interview (recorded in Santa Fe on June 25, 2003), he recalled that Gene Roddenberry had made it clear to him from the beginning, that he didn't want "poops and peeps music", but "Captain Blood in space"!
Between 1958 and 1960, Steiner worked in Mexico, compiling and archiving Latin American music for government-sponsored television documentaries. He grew to admire the local traditional culture and was in later years drawn back to spend his twilight years there. He also continued his life-long interest in musicology, co-founding the Film Music Society, lecturing in composition at USC and regularly contributing to a number of musical publications (authoring analyses of classic film scores, such as King Kong (1933) and The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)).- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Hermosillo was one of the most successful Mexican directors. Born in Aguascalientes, a small city in central Mexico, Hermosillo's films dissected the hypocrisy of Mexican middle class and "torn the curtain" behind which many perversities are hidden. He became an important figure in Mexican contemporary cinema, and was known for treating themes of sexual diversity from a personal approach. One of the few openly gay Mexican directors, Hermosillo found great success with Doña Herlinda y su hijo (1985), a comedy about a mother of a gay doctor who manipulates her son, his male lover and his fiancée to fulfill her desire of becoming a grandmother. Homosexual themes in Hermosillo's films can be found in Matinee, El Cumpleaños del Perro, and Las apariencias engañan (1978). Hermosillo was also an explorer of film language. La Tarea is one of the most complex exercises in film style in recent years (the film consists of one long shot, from the POV of a camcorder). Hermosillo's films presented a fresh look at Mexican society. A strong advocate of digital cinema, he made ten feature films in this format.- Gregorio Casal was born on 13 July 1935 in San Miguel el Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. He was an actor and director, known for Chanoc en las garras de las fieras (1970), Chanoc contra el tigre y el vampiro (1972) and Mercenarios de la muerte (1983). He died on 25 April 2018 in Tepatitlán, Jalisco, Mexico.
- Billy Wayne was born on 12 February 1897 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for The Jackie Robinson Story (1950), Air Devils (1938) and The Luckiest Girl in the World (1936). He died on 12 June 1970 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
- María Eugenia Llamas was born on 19 February 1944 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Los niños miran al cielo (1950), Los tres huastecos (1948) and Cazador de asesinos (1983). She died on 31 August 2014 in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico.
- Lefty SM was an actor, known for Dharius x Lefty SM: Solita (2023) and SmokeCast (2022). He was married to Maria Isabel. He died on 2 September 2023 in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico.
- Actor
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Emilio Gálvez was born on 7 May 1922 in Teocuitatlán de Corona, Jalisco, Mexico. He was an actor and composer, known for Living Full Out (1956), El zarco (1959) and Mi caballo prieto rebelde (1967). He died on 4 June 1991 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.- Actress
- Writer
Bárbara Gil was born on 27 March 1928 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. She was an actress and writer, known for The Outsider (2001), La tigresa (1973) and Señoritas a disgusto (1989). She was married to Miguel Córcega. She died on 11 September 2015 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Milan Melvin was born on 16 September 1942 in Richmond, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Caveman (1981), Queensrÿche: Video Mindcrime (1989) and The Life and Times of the Red Dog Saloon (1996). He was married to Georgeanne Edgar, Bonnie Bales, Mimi Fariña, Sherrill Williams and Zella Earle. He died on 6 October 2001 in El Tuito, Jalisco, Mexico.- Pedro Galván was born on 17 January 1911 in Mexico D.F., Mexico. He was an actor, known for The Wild Bunch (1969), Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970) and The Big Cube (1968). He was married to Charlotta Kraus and Guadalupe Arce. He died on 6 April 1986 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
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- Composer
- Music Department
Ernesto Cortázar was born on 10 December 1897 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He was a writer and composer, known for En cada puerto un amor (1949), Noches de ronda (1943) and La muerte enamorada (1951). He died on 30 November 1953 in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, Mexico.- Joaquín Roche hijo was born on 5 October 1939 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Las abandonadas (1945), Marejada (1952) and La mujer que engañamos (1945). He was married to Rosalba Garcia. He died on 13 September 1984 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Jesús González Leal was born in 1934 in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. He was an actor and director, known for Man on Fire (2004), El pícaro norteño (1990) and El pájaro muerto (1988). He died on 20 August 2000 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Ernesto Hill Olvera was born on 22 December 1936 in Mezquital del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Teatro del crimen (1957), Música de siempre (1958) and Besos prohibidos (1956). He was married to María González. He died on 10 March 1967 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Susana Cora was born on 24 May 1919 in Mexico D.F., Mexico. She was an actress, known for Una aventura en la noche (1948), The Brainiac (1962) and Jesusita en Chihuahua (1942). She was married to Charles Eugene Hill Reed and Bernabé Jurado Ángel. She died on 17 August 1988 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.- Ernesto Finance was born on 15 January 1891 in Puebla, Puebla, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Neutrón, el enmascarado negro (1960), The Grey Automobile (1919) and Los autómatas de la muerte (1962). He was married to Aurora Hernández. He died on 16 February 1974 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Lyricist ("When I Fall in Love," "Body and Soul"), author and producer, educated at the University of Michigan. He wrote college musicals, then Broadway musicals, including "Here Goes the Bride," "Through the Years," "Murder at the Vanities," and "Pardon Our French," plus "Bluebird of Happiness" for Radio City Music Hall. Coming to Hollywood in 1938, he wrote songs for films until joining the US Air Force during World War II, where he wrote the musical "At Your Service." By 1954 and into 1961, he produced for The Players, a Mexico City English-speaking theater group. Joining ASCAP in 1931, his chief musical collaborators included Arthur Schwartz, Vincent Youmans, Victor Young, Morton Gould, Dana Suesse, Nacio Herb Brown, James Van Heusen, Johnny Green, Ray Henderson, Oscar Levant, Richard Myers, Sigmund Romberg, and Rudolf Friml. His other popular-song lyrics include "Blue Star," "Out of Nowhere," "I Cover the Waterfront," "Hello, My Lover, Goodbye," "Drums in My Heart," "Through the Years," "Kinda Like You," "You're Everywhere," "My Silent Love," "You're Mine, You," "I Wanna Be Loved," "Blame It on My Youth," "To Love You and To Lose You," "It's High Time I Got the Low-Down on You," "Carefree" (theme of the Chesterfield Hour), "Moonburn," "You Oughta Be in Pictures," "Bluebird of Happiness," "Easy Come, Easy Go," "Love and Learn," "Seal It With a Kiss," "Boo-Hoo," "They Say," "Have You Forgotten So Soon?," "The Sky Fell Down," "Love Letters," "Strange Love," "If I Could Steal a Kiss," "No More Shadows," "All Yours," and "The More I See of Lisa." When he was not writing a song lyric, he and his partner Lou LaFrance enjoyed renovating old houses and reselling them.- Lauro Benítez was born on 8 December 1881 in Villa Morelos, Puebla, Mexico. He was an actor, known for La monja alférez (1944), El capitán Malacara (1945) and Caminos de sangre (1945). He was married to María de Jesús Gutiérrez Rios and Angelina Conn. He died on 10 April 1965 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
- Actor
- Writer
Juan José Arreola was born on 21 September 1918 in Ciudad Guzman, Jalisco, Mexico. He was an actor and writer, known for Murmullos (1991), Nuestro idioma (1969) and Escena 28 (2003). He was married to Sara and Sara Sanchez. He died on 3 December 2001 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.- Camera and Electrical Department
- Actor
Pat Blymyer was born on 20 May 1938 in Beckley, West Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Virtuosity (1995) and Star Trek: Insurrection (1998). He was married to Sugar Blymyer. He died on 5 January 2009 in Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico.- Writer
- Actor
- Director
Luis Gómez Beck was born on 21 January 1944 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He was a writer and actor, known for Se vende esposa en buenisimo estado (1988), 4 hembras y un macho menos (1979) and ...Y hacemos de... tocho morocho (1981). He died on 11 September 1989 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.- Gloria Iturbe was born on 14 October 1903 in Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico. She was an actress, known for El anónimo (1933), Una vida por otra (1932) and Nosotros (1945). She was married to Manuel Zozaya and Luis Calderón Alvear. She died on 9 July 1976 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
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- Soundtrack
Mark Kamins was born on 13 April 1955 in New York City, New York, USA. He is known for Madonna: Everybody (1982), Dancin on Air (1981) and Driven (2001). He died on 14 February 2013 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Co-founder of the special effects mexican house Necropia (1985), along with Guillermo del Toro. Necropia is responsible for the special effects in several films, such as "Cabeza De Vaca", "Dollar Mambo", "Mentiras Piadosas", "Bandidos", and many more. As member of Necropia, Rigo Mora worked in all the "Hora Marcada" (TV Series) chapters. Necropia's last work was for the directorial debut in a feature film of Guillermo del Toro, "Cronos" (1993).
Rigo Mora has also collaborated as an advisor in many animation projects generated in his native Guadalajara and in Mexico City, like the awarded "El Octavo Dia, la creacion", "Sin Sosten" and "Hasta Los Huesos".
Mora has directed the animated short films "La gran obra", "Polifemo", "Sombras", "Devorador Onírico" and "Cómo Preparar Un Sandwich" (This one based upon an original idea by Guillermo del Toro), and the live action short "Encrucijada", starring Ignacio Guadalupe and Rodrigo Murray.
In 2010, The Guadalajara International Film Festival created the "Rigo Mora Award" for the best animated Mexican short film in competition.- Jorge Berry was born on 21 March 1951 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He died on 13 July 2023 in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico.
- Luis Barba was born on 7 January 1947 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Santo vs. the She-Wolves (1976), El asesino enmascarado (1970) and Tambo (1990). He died on 7 March 2017 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Héctor Kiev was born on 10 May 1951 in Teocaltiche, Jalisco, Mexico. He was an actor and writer, known for Arizona (1984), Con el odio en la piel (1988) and La contrabandista (1982). He died on 9 January 2015 in Teocaltiche, Jalisco, Mexico.- Rito Romero was born on 19 March 1927 in Tepozán, Jalisco, Mexico. He was an actor, known for La última lucha (1959), La bestia magnífica (1952) and The Witches Attack (1968). He died on 18 January 2001 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
- Soundtrack
Gail Collins was born on 2 February 1941 in the USA. She was married to Felix Pappalardi. She died on 6 December 2013 in Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico.- Francisco Rojas González was born on 10 March 1904 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He was a writer, known for Los amantes (1956), Roots (1954) and Lola Casanova (1949). He died on 11 December 1951 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
- Juan Manuel Guerrero was born on 24 December 1924 in East Chicago, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Una canción para recordar (1960), México lindo y querido (1961) and El puma (1959). He was married to Carmen Garibay. He died on 7 March 1979 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
- David Lapine was an editor, known for De tripas, corazón (1996), Noche santa (2002) and The Table Is Set (2004). He died on 8 June 2001 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
- Napo was an actor, known for Cronos (1992), Halcones de la muerte - Espias mortales (1993) and Llamando a un ángel (2008). He died on 11 June 2005 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Vicente Garrido was a composer, known for Teatro del crimen (1957), La mujer y la bestia (1959) and La justicia del gavilán vengador (1957). He died on 12 August 2003 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.- Music Department
- Composer
- Actor
Gabriel Ruiz was born on 18 March 1908 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He was a composer and actor, known for Lolita (1997), Valentine's Day (2010) and Quantum Leap (1989). He died in 1999 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.- Fermín Rivera was born on 20 March 1918 in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. He was an actor, known for El sol sale para todos (1950) and The Brave One (1956). He died on 28 June 1991 in Jalisco, Mexico.
- Writer
- Director
Aurelio Robles Castillo was born on 29 May 1901 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He was a writer and director, known for El ametralladora (1943), ¡Ay Jalisco... no te rajes! (1941) and ¡Ay, Jalisco no te rajes! (1965). He was married to Elsa Canto. He died on 5 February 1972 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.- Cashetta - The Queen of magic was born Scott Weston in Paterson, New Jersey. Growing up near Manhattan, and attending summer camp at Stage Door Manor in Loch Sheldrake, NY, he had no other desire but to be in show business.
His lifelong dream was to have his own show in Vegas. His dream came to fruition. He had always expected to be on Broadway, but after a few auditions and experiencing the reality of it, the idea became less desirable. While he continued to make the rounds and hone his skills,
He tried a string of hopeless professions from advertising to automobile sales but held fast to his dream of becoming a professional entertainer. In the mid-'90s, he got his big break landed a job working at Lips, a Manhattan restaurant that featured drag entertainment. He became a female impersonator, a stand-up comedian and a jazz singer.
Always interested in magic, Scott spent a summer in Las Vegas working as a makeup artist and attending magic shows and studying the magicians. When he returned to New York he began studying magic himself, and three months later landed a gig at the Fez jazz club in NYC as a drag magician.
H/She's been featured on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Today Show, Outlaugh Festival-Wisecrack on Logo with Margaret Cho and Law and Order among many others. He also starred in "Magic's a Drag" at the Harmon Theater in Las Vegas. - El Rayo de Jalisco was born on 22 November 1932 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was an actor, known for El robo de las momias de Guanajuato (1972), The Champions Five Supermen (1972) and Superzan El Invencible (1971). He died on 19 July 2018 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
- Enrique 'Kiki' Camarena was born on 26 July 1947 in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. He was married to Geneva Camarena. He died on 9 February 1985 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
- Chava Reyes was born on 20 September 1936 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Las chivas rayadas (1964), Los fenómenos del futbol (1964) and 1966 FIFA World Cup (1966). He died on 29 December 2012 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
- Tomas I. Jaime was born on 29 December 1903 in Tlaltenango, Zacatecas, Mexico. He was an actor, known for La madrecita (1974), La criada bien criada (1972) and Bianca Vidal (1982). He was married to Elena Contla. He died on 27 November 1984 in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico.
- Teresita Reyes was born on 13 May 1934 in Concepción de Buenos Aires, Jalisco, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Pistolas de oro (1959), Puerto de tentación (1951) and Flor de canela (1959). She was married to Carlos Amador. She died on 16 September 2020 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
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- Writer
Pedro A. Calderón was a producer and writer, known for Sensualidad (1951), Pecadora (1947) and Revancha (1948). He died in 1970 in Jalisco, Mexico.- Juan Sedillo was born on 14 February 1902 in Socorro, New Mexico, USA. He was an actor, known for The Girl from Havana (1929). He was married to Countess Eva Knuth. He died in November 1980 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
- Harrington Reynolds was born on 25 October 1886 in Cheshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Two Sinners (1935), Old English (1930) and Ride 'em, Cowgirl (1939). He died on 24 November 1961 in Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico.