Antonio Aguilar
Acting · Production
Born May 17, 1919, Villanueva, Zacatecas, Mexico
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).
Filmography
- 1993La sangre de un valiente
- 1992El chivo — Producer
- 1991Blue Memories — Jesús Barajas
- 1990El hijo de Lamberto Quintero — Lamberto Quintero
- 1988Domingo Corrales — Domingo Corrales, Producer
- 1987Lamberto Quintero — Lamberto Quintero, Producer
- 1987Zapata en Chinameca — Emiliano Zapata
- 1986Astucia — Juan Cabello
- 1986Contrabando y muerte — Story, Producer, Adaptation
- 1984El Rey De Oros — Gaudelio, Producer
- 1984El tonto que hacía milagros
- 1983Viva el chubasco — José Montemayor Treviño
- 1982El ánima de Sayula — Adaptation, Dialogue
- 1982Los gemelos alborotados
- 1982Viva México y sus corridos
- 1981Las noches del Blanquita — Producer
- 1981Long live Tepito! — Producer
- 1980Albur de amor — Writer, Producer
- 1980Persecución y muerte de Benjamín Argumedo
- 1980Taste of Blood — Mauricio Rosales
- 1979Benjamín Argumedo el rebelde — Additional Dialogue
- 1979Mi Caballo El Cantador — Don Refugio Ortega / cura Lorenzo, Producer, Screenplay
- 1978Soy el hijo del gallero
- 1978The Achievers — Screenplay
- 1977El moro de Cumpas — Pedro, Producer
- 1977La muerte de un gallero — Screenplay
- 1977Volver, volver, volver — Antonio Mmontalvo, Writer, Producer
- 1976El Rey — Producer, Screenplay
- 1975Don Herculano enamorado
- 1975Simon Blanco — Simón Blanco, Screenplay
- 1974La muerte de Pancho Villa — Pancho Villa, Screenplay
- 1974Peregrina
- 1973La yegua colorada — Arnulfo Contreras / Salvador Fuentes, Writer
- 1973Valente Quintero
- 1971The Revenge of Gabino Barrera
- 1971They Call Him Marcado — El Marcado, Producer, Writer
- 1970Emiliano Zapata — Emiliano Zapata, Producer, Writer
- 1970La Captura De Gabino Barrera — Gabino Barrera, hijo
- 1970Vuelve el ojo de vidrio — Story
- 1969El Caballo Bayo
- 1969El ojo de vidrio — Porfirio Alcalá y Buenavista, Story, Producer
- 1969Lauro Puñales
- 1969The Undefeated — General Rojas
- 1968Caballo prieto azabache — Jesús Aguilar
- 1968El as de oros
- 1968Lucio Vazquez
- 1968Valentín de la Sierra
- 1967Los Alegres Aguilares
- 1966Alazán y enamorado — Licio Arredondo
- 1966El alazán y el rosillo — Rosendo Anaya (as Tony Aguilar), Story, Producer
- 1966Juan Colorado — Juan Colorado
- 1966La vida de Pedro Infante — Antonio Aguilar
- 1966Los Cuatro Juanes — Juan Colorado
- 1966The Two Rivals — Nicanor Juereña
- 1965Alma llanera — Juan Pablo Ureña
- 1965El Hijo De Gabino Barrera
- 1965El padre diablo
- 1965El rifle implacable
- 1965Escuela para solteras — Antonio Contreras
- 1965Gabino Barrera — Gabino Barrera
- 1964El revólver sangriento — Ramón
- 1964La gitana y el charro — Antonio
- 1964Vuelve el Norteño
- 1963Aquí está tu enamorado
- 1963El norteño
- 1963Vuelven los Argumedo — Angel
- 1963Yo, el mujeriego — Rafael
- 1962Ahí vienen los Argumedo
- 1962Cazadores de asesinos — Rosendo Cruz, el lobo (as Tony Aguilar)
- 1962El justiciero vengador
- 1962La emboscada mortal
- 1962Si yo fuera millonario
- 1962Sol en llamas
- 1962The White Horse — Antonio Cueto
- 1961El jinete enmascarado
- 1961La Joven Mancornadora
- 1961My Son, the Hero — Reynaldo del Hierro
- 1961Que me maten en tus brazos
- 1961Rumbo a Brasilia
- 1961The Important Man — Tadeo
- 1961Vacaciones en Acapulco — Antonio Aguilar
- 1960Bala Perdida
- 1960Dos hijos desobedientes — Toño
- 1960El 7 de Copas — Valerio Guzmán
- 1960The Shadow of the Tyrant — Coronel Jáuregui
- 1960¡Qué bonito amor!
- 1959La Cucaracha — Capitán Ventura
- 1959Land of Men — Gilberto
- 1959Los santos reyes
- 1959Yo... el aventurero
- 1958El rayo de Sinaloa: La venganza de Heraclio Bernal
- 1958Fiesta en el corazón
- 1958Here is Heraclius Bernal
- 1958La cama de piedra
- 1958La guarida del buitre
- 1958La marca del cuervo
- 1958La rebelión de la sierra: El Fin de Heraclio Bernal
- 1958Las tres pelonas
- 1958Los muertos no hablan — Mauricio Rosales
- 1957Here are the eagles!
- 1957Hundred girls
- 1957La justicia del gavilán vengador
- 1957La pantera negra
- 1956La huella del chacal
- 1956La sierra del terror
- 1955El gavilan vengador
- 1955El rayo justiciero
- 1955Pueblo quieto
- 1955Una gallega en La Habana
- 1954El casto Susano
- 1954Reventa de esclavas
- 1953Crazy Love — Álvaro
- 1953Había una vez un marido — Tony Aguilar
- 1953I Am Very Macho
- 1953La segunda mujer
- 1953Mi adorada Clementina
- 1953Mi papá tuvo la culpa
- 1953Por el mismo camino — Cantante
- 1953The Naked Woman — Tony Aguilar
- 1952A Place Close to Heaven — Catrín
- 1952Far from Heaven — Tony Merino
- 1952Yo fui una callejera
Appearances as themselves (2)
- 1977Mi aventura en Puerto Rico — Himself
- 1964El bracero del año — Himself