Alfonso Mejía
Alfonso Amador Mejía Silva (born 16 December 1934 Mexico City, Mexico) is an actor best known for his lead role in "Los Olvidados" (known in the United States asThe Young and the Damned), for which he won the Best Child Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1951. Director Luis Buñuel chose Mejía for the part. After a successful career in the 50's and 60s in Mexico, Mejia retired from the acting industry.
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- Born:
- Nov 16, 1934 In Mexico City - Mexico
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 22
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Young and the Damned 1950-12-09
- Latest Project:
- Movie Rubí 1970-09-16
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Rubí | Dr. Cuevas | 1970-09-16 |
| Movie | Por mis pistolas | Pablo Sanchez | 1968-08-21 |
| Movie | Los tres mosqueteros de Dios | Ray | 1967-03-30 |
| Movie | Serenata en noche de luna | 1967-02-25 | |
| Movie | Detectives o ladrones..? | 1967-06-22 | |
| Movie | Tarahumara (Further and farther) | Roniali | 1965-06-08 |
| Movie | Rio Hondo | Miguel | 1965-08-12 |
| Movie | Los novios de mis hijas | 1964-09-17 | |
| Movie | Jóvenes y bellas | 1962-05-17 | |
| Movie | Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert) | 1962-01-03 | |
| Movie | Contra viento y marea | 1962-08-09 | |
| Movie | Chicas casaderas | 1961-02-02 | |
| Movie | Mañana serán hombres | 1961-08-03 | |
| Movie | El hombre de la ametralladora | Paco | 1961-11-03 |
| Movie | Quinceañera | Pancho | 1960-06-09 |
| Movie | El boxeador | 1958-07-17 | |
| Movie | Juventud desenfrenada | 1956-12-25 | |
| Movie | El túnel 6 | 1955-09-15 | |
| Movie | Padre nuestro | Eduardo Molina | 1953-10-28 |
| Movie | The Martyr of Calvary | Marcos | 1952-04-02 |
| Movie | La bienamada | 1951-09-13 | |
| Movie | The Young and the Damned | Pedro | 1950-12-09 |