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Alfonso Mejía

Acting Born Nov 16, 1934 Mexico City, Mexico 24 credits

Biography

Alfonso Mejía Silva (16 November 1934 - 29 December 2021) was a Mexican actor.

He is remembered for having played the role of Pedro, the main character in the film Los Olvidados (1950), considered a memory of the world by UNESCO and for which he won the Best Child Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1951.

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Known for

Film

The Young and the Damned

as Pedro
Film

Por mis pistolas

as Pablo Sanchez

Full filmography

  • The Young and the Damned (1950) as Pedro
  • Por mis pistolas (1968) as Pablo Sanchez
  • Rubí (1970) as Dr. Cuevas
  • The Martyr of Calvary (1952) as Marcos
  • Padre nuestro (1953) as Eduardo Molina
  • Chicas casaderas (1961)
  • Quinceañera (1960) as Pancho
  • Los novios de mis hijas (1964)
  • Vacaciones en Acapulco (1961) as Lencho
  • Jóvenes y bellas (1962)
  • Tarahumara (Further and farther) (1965) as Roniali
  • La edad de la tentación (1959)
  • Juventud desenfrenada (1956)
  • Detectives o ladrones..? (1967)
  • Mañana serán hombres (1961)
  • The Young Animals (1970)
  • Rio Hondo (1965) as Miguel
  • Contra viento y marea (1962)
  • El túnel 6 (1955)
  • El hombre de la ametralladora (1961) as Paco
  • La bienamada (1951)
  • Los tres mosqueteros de Dios (1967) as Ray
  • Los falsos héroes (1962)
  • Serenata en noche de luna (1967)