Jorge Martínez de Hoyos (September 25, 1920 – May 6, 1997) was a Mexican actor whose career spanned five decades from the 1940s till his death. He appeared in both American and Mexican films and television, with prominent roles in ''
The Magnificent Seven
''The Magnificent Seven'' is a 1960 American Western film directed by John Sturges. The screenplay by William Roberts is a remake – in an Old West–style – of Akira Kurosawa's 1954 Japanese film '' Seven Samurai'' (itself initially relea ...
'' and ''
Viento negro (Black Wind)''. He died from
lung cancer
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on May 6, 1997.
Selected filmography
* ''
Corner Stop
''Corner Stop'' (Spanish:''Esquina, bajan...!'') is a 1948 Mexican romantic comedy film directed by Alejandro Galindo and starring David Silva, Fernando Soto and Olga Jiménez. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gunther Gerszo. ...
'' (1948) – Rabanito
* ''
A Family Like Many Others'' (1949) – Anunciador en fiesta (uncredited)
* ''Hay lugar para dos'' (1949) – (uncredited)
* ''
Confessions of a Taxi Driver
''Confessions of a Taxi Driver'' (Spanish: ''Confidencias de un ruletero'') is a 1949 Mexican comedy film directed by Alejandro Galindo and starring Adalberto Martinez, Lilia Prado and Julio Villarreal.Agrasánchez p.32
Cast
* Adalberto Martí ...
'' (1949) – Luis
* ''
Cuatro contra el mundo'' (1950) – Don Nacho (uncredited)
* ''Pobre corazón'' (1950) – Invitado a fiesta (uncredited)
* ''Pata de palo'' (1950) – Ferrocarrilero (uncredited)
* ''Entre tu amor y el cielo'' (1950)
* ''El grito de la carne'' (1951) – Invitado a fiesta
* ''Vivillo desde chiquillo'' (1951) – Policía (uncredited)
* ''
They Say I'm a Communist
''They Say I'm a Communist'' (Spanish: ''Dicen que soy comunista'') is a 1951 Mexican comedy film directed by Alejandro Galindo and starring Adalberto Martínez, María Luisa Zea and Miguel Manzano.Agrasánchez p.26
Cast
* Adalberto Martínez as ...
'' (1951) – Miembro del comité (uncredited)
* ''
Mexican Bus Ride
''Mexican Bus Ride'' (original title in es, Subida al cielo, "Ascent to Heaven") is a 1952 Mexican comedy film directed by Luis Buñuel and starring Lilia Prado. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot
Much like the film The ...
'' (1952) – Guia de turistas (uncredited)
* ''
Montana Territory
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Original boundaries
T ...
'' (1952) – Road Agent (uncredited)
* ''
Now I Am Rich
''Now I Am Rich'' (Spanish: ''Ahora soy rico'') is a 1952 Mexican drama film directed by Rogelio A. González and starring Pedro Infante, Marga López and Antonio Aguilar.Amador, p. 107.
The film's art direction was by Jorge Fernández.
Main ...
'' (1952) – Vendedor (uncredited)
* ''La mujer que tu quieres'' (1952)
* ''
The Mystery of the Express Car
''The Mystery of the Express Car'' (Spanish: ''El misterio del carro express'') is a 1953 Mexican mystery film directed by Zacarías Gómez Urquiza
Zacarías Gómez Urquiza (1905-1982) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter.
Selected film ...
'' (1953)
* ''
Los dineros del diablo
''Los dineros del diablo'' (''The Devil's Money'') is a Mexican drama film directed by Alejandro Galindo. It was released in 1953 and starring Amalia Aguilar and Roberto Cañedo.
Plot
Manuel ( Roberto Cañedo), a worker in a textile factory, me ...
'' (1953) – Doctor (uncredited)
* ''Sueños de gloria'' (1953) – Jerónimo (uncredited)
* ''
Sombra verde
''Untouched'' ( es, Sombra verde) is a 1954 Mexican film written by Luis Alcoriza
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Alcoriza was born in Spain ...
'' (1954) – Pedro González
* ''
El Túnel 6
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Filmography Director
*1928: '' El Destino''
*1933: '' Profanación''
*193 ...
'' (1955) – José
* ''
The Treasure of Pancho Villa
''The Treasure of Pancho Villa'' is a 1955 American Technicolor Western film directed by George Sherman and starring Rory Calhoun, Shelley Winters, and Gilbert Roland. The film was shot on location in Mexico.
Plot
During the Mexican Civil War ...
'' (1955) – Revolutionary (uncredited)
* ''La doncella de piedra'' (1956) – Airapúa
* ''
Comanche
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'' (1956) – (uncredited)
* ''
Where the Circle Ends
''Where the Circle Ends'' (Spanish:''Donde el círculo termina'') is a 1956 Mexican crime film directed by Alfredo B. Crevenna and starring Sara Montiel, Raúl Ramírez and Nadia Haro Oliva.Agrasánchez p.6
The film's sets were designed by th ...
'' (1956) – Inspector Carlos Carrillo
* ''
The Hidden One
''The Hidden One'' ( es, La escondida) is a 1956 Mexican drama film directed by Roberto Gavaldón. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.
Cast
* María Félix - Gabriela
* Pedro Armendáriz - Felipe Rojano
* Andrés Soler - General ...
'' (1956) – Máximo Tepal
* ''
Death in the Garden
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'' (1956) – Captain Ferrero
* ''Los amantes'' (1956)
* ''Canasta de cuentos mexicanos'' (1956) – Hombre de las canastas (segment "Canasta")
* ''Dios no lo quiera'' (1957) – Chema
* ''La mafia del crimen'' (1958)
* ''Una golfa'' (1958) – Toño
* ''Ama a tu prójimo'' (1958) – Entrenador
* ''La sonrisa de la Virgen'' (1958) – Anselmo
* ''Café Colón'' (1959) – Coronel Simón Sánchez
* ''Sábado negro'' (1959)
* ''
Beyond All Limits
''Beyond All Limits'' ( es, Flor de mayo) is a 1959 Mexican drama film directed by Roberto Gavaldón. It was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival.
Cast
* María Félix - Magdalena Gombai
* Jack Palance - Jim Gatsby
* Pedro Ar ...
'' (1959) – Rafael Ortega
* ''La reina del cielo'' (1959) – Gran cacique
* ''
The Miracle Roses
''The Miracle Roses'' (Spanish: ''Las rosas del milagro'') is a 1960 Mexican historical drama film directed by Julián Soler and starring Armando Silvestre, Crox Alvarado, and Jaime Fernández.Riera p.11 It is set around the time of the Spanish c ...
'' (1960) – Juan Diego
* ''
The Magnificent Seven
''The Magnificent Seven'' is a 1960 American Western film directed by John Sturges. The screenplay by William Roberts is a remake – in an Old West–style – of Akira Kurosawa's 1954 Japanese film '' Seven Samurai'' (itself initially relea ...
'' (1960) – Hilario
* ''Mañana serán hombres'' (1961) – don Efrén Maldonado
* ''Hidden Paradise'' (1962) – Don Lorenzo
* ''Las recién casadas'' (1962) – Juan
* ''Un día de diciembre'' (1962)
* ''
Tlayucan
''Tlayucan'' is a 1962 Mexican comedy film directed by Luis Alcoriza and based on a novel by Jesús Murciélago Velázquez. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Cast
* Julio Aldama as Eufemio Zárate
* Norma An ...
'' (1962) – Padre Aurelio, señor cura
* ''...Qué hacer con mis hijos...'' (1962)
* ''Los Chacales'' (1963)
* ''
Cinco asesinos esperan'' (1964)
* ''100 Cries of Terror'' (1965) – Dr. Javier Medina (segment "Miedo supremo")
* ''Nido de águilas'' (1965) – El Tigre
* ''
Black Wind'' (1965) – Ulalio
* ''
Smoky'' (1966) – Pepe
* ''
Tiempo de morir
''Tiempo de Morir'' (Time to Die) is a 1966 Mexican Western (genre)#Film, Western film directed by Arturo Ripstein and starring Marga López and Jorge Martínez de Hoyos. Screenplay was written by Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Marquez and no ...
'' (1966) – Juan Sayago
* ''
The Professionals
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Professional or professionals may also refer to:
* Professional sports
Music
*The Professionals (band), a British punk rock band formed in 1979
* ''The Professionals'' (The Professionals ...
'' (1966) – Padillia
* ''El secreto del texano'' (1966)
* ''
Day of the Evil Gun
''Day of the Evil Gun'' is a 1968 American traditional Western (genre), Western starring Glenn Ford, Arthur Kennedy (actor), Arthur Kennedy, and Dean Jagger. It was directed by Jerry Thorpe.
Plot
Angie Warfield and her two children are kidnapp ...
'' (1968) – Guillermo – DeLeon's Second in Command (uncredited)
* ''
Guns for San Sebastian
''Guns for San Sebastian'' () is a 1968 action- adventure film based on the 1962 novel ''A Wall for San Sebastian'', written by Rev. Fr. William Barnaby "Barby" Faherty, S.J. The film is directed by Frenchman Henri Verneuil, it stars Anthony ...
'' (1968) – Felipe Cayetano
* ''Valentín de la Sierra'' (1968)
* ''Suave patria'' (1968)
* ''La manzana de la discordia'' (1968)
* ''La trinchera'' (1969)
* ''
The Adventurers'' (1970) – El Condor
* ''
The Bridge in the Jungle
''The Bridge in the Jungle'' is a 1971 American adventure film written and directed by Pancho Kohner. The film stars John Huston, Katy Jurado, Elizabeth Guadalupe Chauvet, José Ángel Espinosa 'Ferrusquilla', Enrique Lucero and Jorge Martínez ...
'' (1971) – Agustin
* ''Furias bajo el cielo'' (1971)
* ''
The Garden of Aunt Isabel
''The Garden of Aunt Isabel'' (Spanish: ''El jardín de la tía Isabel'') is a 1971 Mexican historical drama film directed by Felipe Cazals and starring Jorge Martínez de Hoyos, Claudio Brook and Ofelia Guilmáin.Mora, p. 120. During the early 16 ...
'' (1971) – Capitaine de Ballesteros
* ''Los días del amor'' (1972) – Vicente Icaza
* ''
The Revengers'' (1972) – Cholo
* ''
Those Years
''Those Years'' ( es, Aquellos años) is a 1973 Mexican drama film directed by Felipe Cazals. It was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Prize.
Cast
* Jorge Martínez de Hoyos as Benito Juárez
* Helen ...
'' (1973) – Benito Juárez
* ''
La venida del Rey Olmos
''La venida del Rey Olmos (The Coming of King Elms)'' is a 1975 Mexican film written by Eduardo Luján and directed by Julián Pastor.
After returning from the small Mexican town of Dublán, Chihuahua, a 20th-century Son of the Father creates a ...
'' (1975)
* ''El cumpleaños del perro'' (1975) – Jorge Maldonado
* ''La India'' (1976) – El Maestro
* ''Las Poquianchis'' (1976) – Don Rosario
* ''Lo mejor de Teresa'' (1976) – Tío Eleazar
* ''Los hermanos del viento'' (1977) – Federico
* ''
The Divine Caste'' (1977) – General Salvador Alvarado
* ''Los amantes frios'' (1978) – Librado (segment "Los Amantes frios")
* ''Crónica íntima'' (1979)
* ''Una leyenda de amor'' (1982) – Padre Diego
* ''
Aquel famoso Remington'' (1982)
* ''Pesadilla'' (1985) – Narrator
* ''La habitación que silva'' (1985) – Narrator
* ''La dama solitaria'' (1985) – Narrator
* ''Dulce espiritu'' (1985) – Narrator
* ''Damian'' (1985) – Narrator
* ''Astucia'' (1986)
* ''Murieron a la mitad del rio'' (1986) – Don Chebo
* ''Días difíciles'' (1988) – Senador Domínguez
* ''
Lonesome Dove
''Lonesome Dove'' is a 1985 Western novel by American writer Larry McMurtry. It is the first published book of the ''Lonesome Dove'' series, but the third installment in the series chronologically.
The story revolves around the relationships b ...
'' (1989, TV Mini-Series) – Po Campo
* ''
Cronos'' (1993) – Narrator (voice)
* ''A Trickle of Blood'' (1995) – Don Manuel
* ''Oedipo alcalde'' (1996) – Cura
Television appearances
* ''
El pecado de Oyuki'' (1988) – Sir Charles Pointer
* ''
El abuelo y yo
''El abuelo y yo'' (''English: Grandfather and I''), is a Mexican TV series produced by Pedro Damián for Televisa in 1992.
Frances Ondiviela, Marcelo Buquet, Ludwika Paleta, Gael García Bernal and Jorge Martinez de Hoyos star as the main ...
'' (1992) – Don Joaquín
* ''
Pueblo chico, infierno grande
''Pueblo chico, infierno grande'' (English: ''Small town, big hell'') is a Mexican historical telenovela set in the Pre-Mexican Revolution period, produced by José Alberto Castro for Televisa in 1997. From Monday, January 6, 1997 until Friday, Au ...
'' (1997) – Chucho Ríos
* ''
Alondra'' (1995) - Alfredito
See also
*
TVyNovelas Award for Best Lead Actor
Winners and nominees 1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Records
* Most awarded actors: Fernando Colunga, Eduardo Yáñez and Humberto Zurita with 4 times.
* Most nominated actor: Fernando Colunga with 9 nominations.
* Most nomi ...
External links
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1920 births
1997 deaths
20th-century Mexican male actors
Ariel Award winners
Best Actor Ariel Award winners
Deaths from lung cancer
Mexican male film actors
Mexican male telenovela actors
Mexican expatriates in the United States