Manuel Antonio Capetillo Villaseñor (15 April 1926 – 5 May 2009) was a Mexican film actor,

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, singer, and songwriter from

Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos is a town and municipalities of Jalisco, municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 184.25 km². It is located north of the Chapala municipality. In 2005, the municip ...

Jalisco Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...

. On 5 May 2009, Capetillo died of respiratory insufficiency, in Chacala, Nayarit. The wake was held in Guadalajara, Jalisco, and his body also laid to rest in the capital. Although the media said that the cause of his death was intoxication and a problem with ulcers, the actor's son confirmed that a respiratory insufficiency was the cause of his death.

Selected filmography

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El revólver sangriento ''El revólver sangriento'' ("The Bloody Revolver" in English) is a 1964 Mexican western-drama film directed by Miguel M. Delgado, and starring Luis Aguilar, Lola Beltrán, Flor Silvestre, Emilio Fernández, Manuel Capetillo, Antonio Aguilar, ...

'' (1964) *''

Alma llanera "Alma Llanera" ("Soul of the Plains") is a Venezuelan song, a joropo, created by Venezuelan musicians Pedro Elías Gutiérrez (composer) and Rafael Bolívar Coronado (lyricist). It was originally part of a zarzuela whose premiere was on September ...

'' (1965) *'' El ojo de vidrio'' (1969) *'' El as de oros'' (1968)

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* Mexican male film actors Mexican male television actors 1926 births 2009 deaths Male actors from Jalisco Mexican people of Spanish descent {{Mexico-musician-stub