Antonio Badú (August 13, 1914 – June 29, 1993) was a Mexican

film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lite ...

and producer.de la Mora p.90 He appeared in more than sixty films during his career, which began during the

Golden Age of Mexican cinema The Golden Age of Mexican cinema ( es, Época de Oro del Cine Mexicano) is a period in the history of the Cinema of Mexico between 1930 and 1969 when the Mexican film industry reached high levels of production, quality and economic success of its ...

Selected filmography

* '' ¡Ay qué rechula es Puebla!'' (1946) * ''

Ramona ''Ramona'' is a 1884 American novel written by Helen Hunt Jackson. Set in Southern California after the Mexican–American War, it portrays the life of a mixed-race Scottish– Native American orphan girl, who suffers racial discrimination and ...

'' (1946) * ''

Cantaclaro ''Cantaclaro'' is a 1946 Mexican drama film directed by Julio Bracho and starring Esther Fernandez, Antonio Badú and Alberto Galán. The film is based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Rómulo Gallegos. The film's sets were designed by the ar ...

'' (1946) * ''

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'' (1949) *solo Veracruz es bello (1949) * ''

Love for Love ''Love for Love'' is a Restoration comedy written by British playwright William Congreve. It premiered on 30 April 1695 at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre. Staged by Thomas Betterton's company the original cast included Betterton as Valentine ...

'' (1950) * ''

A Gringo Girl in Mexico ''A Gringo Girl in Mexico'' (Spanish:''Una gringuita en México'') is a 1951 Mexican comedy film directed by Julián Soler and starring Antonio Badú, Martha Roth and Óscar Pulido.Wilt p.252 Cast * Antonio Badú as Pablo * Martha Roth as Bar ...

'' (1951) *Los Hijos De Maria Morales (1952) * *''

Paco the Elegant ''Paco the Elegant'' (Spanish:''Paco, el elegante'') is a 1952 Mexican crime film directed by Adolfo Fernández Bustamante and starring Antonio Badú, Emilia Guiú and Carlos Cores. It was produced by Fernando de Fuentes Fernando de Fuentes Carr ...

'' (1952) * ''

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'' (1953) *''

The Life of Agustín Lara ''The Life of Agustín Lara'' (Spanish: ''La vida de Agustín Lara'') is a 1959 Mexican musical film directed by Alejandro Galindo and starring Germán Robles, Lorena Velázquez and Ofelia Montesco.Mora p.261 It is a biographical film about the li ...

'' (1959) * ''

The White Renegade ''The White Renegade'' (Spanish: ''El renegado blanco'') is a 1960 Mexican adventure film directed by Fernando Méndez and starring Mauricio Garcés, Abel Salazar and Rafael Baledón.Riera p.42 Cast * Mauricio Garcés as Juan * Abel Salazar as ...

'' (1960)

References

Bibliography

* Sergio de la Mora. ''Cinemachismo: Masculinities and Sexuality in Mexican Film''. University of Texas Press, 2009.

External links

* 1914 births 1993 deaths Mexican male film actors Mexican people of Lebanese descent 20th-century Mexican male actors Mexican film producers {{Mexico-bio-stub