
Antonio Aguilar
Known for Acting · 122 credits
- Born
- 1919-05-17
- Died
- 2007-06-19
- Place of birth
- Villanueva, Zacatecas, Mexico
- Also known as
- El charro de México · Tony Aguilar · El Charro de Mexico · José Pascual Antonio Aguilar Márquez Barraza · Antonio 'Tony' Aguilar · Toni Aguilar
Biography
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).
Known For
Movies (122)

The Undefeated
1969
as General Rojas

El moro de Cumpas
1977
as Pedro

Here are the eagles!
1957

The Important Man
1961
as Tadeo

La yegua colorada
1973
as Arnulfo Contreras / Salvador Fuentes

Albur de amor
1980

El alazán y el rosillo
1966
as Rosendo Anaya (as Tony Aguilar)

A Place Close to Heaven
1952
as Catrín

The Shadow of the Tyrant
1960
as Coronel Jáuregui

Dos hijos desobedientes
1960
as Toño

La Cucaracha
1959
as Capitán Ventura

Far from Heaven
1952
as Tony Merino

Juan Colorado
1966
as Juan Colorado

Emiliano Zapata
1970
as Emiliano Zapata

La muerte de un gallero
1977

Vuelven los Argumedo
1963
as Angel

El Rey De Oros
1984
as Gaudelio

My Son, the Hero
1961
as Reynaldo del Hierro

Simon Blanco
1975
as Simón Blanco

Mi papá tuvo la culpa
1953

Here is Heraclius Bernal
1958

Lamberto Quintero
1987
as Lamberto Quintero

El norteño
1963

El revólver sangriento
1964
as Ramón

El justiciero vengador
1962

The Naked Woman
1953
as Tony Aguilar

El ojo de vidrio
1969
as Porfirio Alcalá y Buenavista

El bracero del año
1964
as Himself

Volver, volver, volver
1977
as Antonio Mmontalvo

¡Qué bonito amor!
1960

El Rey
1976

El rifle implacable
1965

El hijo de Lamberto Quintero
1990
as Lamberto Quintero

El Caballo Bayo
1969

Sol en llamas
1962

Yo... el aventurero
1959

Zapata en Chinameca
1987
as Emiliano Zapata

Viva el chubasco
1983
as José Montemayor Treviño

Land of Men
1958
as Gilberto

La vida de Pedro Infante
1966
as Antonio Aguilar

Los Dos Rivales
1966
as Nicanor Juereña

Los Cuatro Juanes
1966
as Juan Colorado

Bala Perdida
1960

Hundred girls
1957

Contrabando y muerte
1986

La cama de piedra
1958

El rayo justiciero
1955

They Call Him Marcado
1971
as El Marcado

Fiesta en el corazón
1958

Escuela para solteras
1965
as Antonio Contreras

Lauro Puñales
1969

I Am Very Macho
1953

Astucia
1986
as Juan Cabello

Valentín de la Sierra
1968

Vacaciones en Acapulco
1961
as Antonio Aguilar

La gitana y el charro
1964
as Antonio

Peregrina
1974

Blue Memories
1991
as Jesús Barajas

El gavilan vengador
1955

The White Horse
1962
as Antonio Cueto

Cazadores de asesinos
1962
as Rosendo Cruz, el lobo (as Tony Aguilar)

Pueblo quieto
1955

Persecución y muerte de Benjamín Argumedo
1980

El Hijo De Gabino Barrera
1965

Alma llanera
1965
as Juan Pablo Ureña

La segunda mujer
1953

El ánima de Sayula
1982

La pantera negra
1957

The Achievers
1978

Soy el hijo del gallero
1978

Lucio Vazquez
1968

La sierra del terror
1956

La Captura De Gabino Barrera
1970
as Gabino Barrera, hijo

Benjamín Argumedo el rebelde
1979

Yo, el mujeriego
1963
as Rafael

El Siete de Copas
1960
as Valerio Guzmán

Yo fui una callejera
1952

El chivo
1992

Los muertos no hablan
1958
as Mauricio Rosales

El padre diablo
1965

Mi adorada Clementina
1953

La sangre de un valiente
1993

La guarida del buitre
1958

Alazán y enamorado
1966
as Licio Arredondo

Mi Caballo El Cantador
1979
as Don Refugio Ortega / cura Lorenzo

El tonto que hacía milagros
1984

Gabino Barrera
1965
as Gabino Barrera

Los Alegres Aguilares
1967

The Revenge of Gabino Barrera
1971

El rayo de Sinaloa: La venganza de Heraclio Bernal
1958

Caballo prieto azabache
1968
as Jesús Aguilar

Viva México y sus corridos
1982

Mi aventura en Puerto Rico
1977
as Himself

Domingo Corrales
1988
as Domingo Corrales

Una gallega en La Habana
1955

El as de oros
1968

Taste of Blood
1980
as Mauricio Rosales

El casto Susano
1954

La huella del chacal
1956

Vuelve el Norteño
1964

Había una vez un marido
1953
as Himself

Que me maten en tus brazos
1961

La rebelión de la sierra: El Fin de Heraclio Bernal
1958

La emboscada mortal
1962

Vuelve el ojo de vidrio
1970

Reventa de esclavas
1954

Los santos reyes
1959

Los gemelos alborotados
1982
La marca del cuervo
1958

Si yo fuera millonario
1962

La Joven Mancornadora
1961

La muerte de Pancho Villa
1974
as Pancho Villa

Don Herculano enamorado
1975

Ahí vienen los Argumedo
1962

Las tres pelonas
1958

Rumbo a Brasilia
1961

Crazy Love
1953
as Álvaro

Por el mismo camino
1953
as Cantante
Valente Quintero
1973
La justicia del gavilán vengador
1957
About Antonio Aguilar
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 Ne… With 122 credits spanning from 1952 to 1993, Antonio Aguilar has appeared in 122 films and 0 TV shows.
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- The Undefeated (1969) — as General Rojas
- El moro de Cumpas (1977) — as Pedro
- Here are the eagles! (1957)
- The Important Man (1961) — as Tadeo
- La yegua colorada (1973) — as Arnulfo Contreras / Salvador Fuentes
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