Augusto Benedico
Acting · Writing
Born December 21, 1909, Alicante, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain
Augusto Benedico (December 20, 1909 – January 19, 1992), born Augusto Pérez Lías, was a Mexican actor (and occasional writer) of Spanish origin. He is best known for his television roles as Don Alberto Salvatierra in Los ricos también lloran and as Don Fernando in Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish. In film, he appeared in The Exterminating Angel (1962) as Carlos Conde and in Pedro Páramo (1967) as Father Rentería He was born in Alicante, Spain, and died in Mexico City, Mexico.
Filmography
- Carrusel — Don Fermín 1
- Los ricos también lloran — Don Alberto Salvatierra
- Marcha nupcial — Don Esteban Laresgoitia
- 1974Jalisco nunca pierde
- 1973The Cubs — Mr. Cuéllar
- 1973The Monastery of the Vultures — Pablo
- 1972Aunt Isabel's Garden
- 1972No One Will Love You Like I Do
- 1972The She Wolf's Orgy — Don Rubén
- 1971El cielo y tú — Monseñor
- 1971La hora desnuda
- 1971Secreto de confesión — Don Ignacio Roldan
- 1971Sin salida
- 1971Yesenia — Julio
- 1970El pueblo del terror
- 1970Remolino de pasiones — Alfonso Solórzano
- 1969El Ultimo Pistolero — William Gaynor
- 1969The Big Cube — Dr. Lorenz
- 1969The Door and the Butcher's Wife — Invitado (segment "La puerta")
- 1968Cuatro hombres marcados
- 1968Las amiguitas de los ricos
- 1967Pedro Paramo — Padre Rentería
- 1966Sólo para tí — Señor González
- 1966The Clutching Hand — Julio Arena
- 1964Love & Sex (Sappho 1963) — Carlos
- 1964Napoleoncito — Director del banco
- 1963Mi vida es una canción
- 1963Santo in the Hotel of Death — Mathias
- 1962Cascabelito
- 1962Estos años violentos — Dr. Sáenz
- 1962Las recién casadas
- 1962Los secretos del sexo débil
- 1962Santo vs. the King of Crime — Matias
- 1962Santo vs. the Vampire Women — Prof. Orlof
- 1962The Exterminating Angel — Dr. Carlos Conde
- 1961Dios sabrá juzgarnos
- 1960La cigüeña dijo sí
- 1960La hermana blanca — Monseñor
- 1959Born to Love
- 1959Fever Mounts at El Pao
- 1959Manicomio — Writer
- 1959Siete pecados — Writer
- 1959Yo pecador
- 1958Concurso de belleza
- 1958Love Your Neighbor — Empresario
- 1958Sabrás que te quiero
- 1958The New Invisible Man — Luis
- 1957Tinieblas — Lic. Gómez
- 1956Historia de un amor — Especialista médico (uncredited)
- 1956The Illegitimate — Don Alfonso
- 1956Unfaithful Wives
- 1955Después de la tormenta
- 1954El gran autor — Don Sergio
- 1952Prisionera del recuerdo
- 1951Doña Perfecta — Don Anselmo (uncredited)
- 1951They Say I'm a Communist — Don Federico (jefe de Benito) (uncredited)
- 1949La venenosa — El tigre