Enrique Lucero
Enrique Lucero was a Mexican actor who appeared in over 120 film roles. He was nominated for the Ariel Award for Best Actor for his role in the film Canoa: A Shameful Memory.
Biography
Lucero was born in October 1920 in Chihuahua City, Chihuahua. He made his debut in the 1949 Argentinian film La historia del tango.
He is widely-known for his role as Death in the 1960 Macario, which was the first Mexican film to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and is widely regarded by critics and audiences as one of the greatest Mexican films ever made.
He appeared in dozens of both major and minor roles in over 100 films, working with many of the major figures in Mexican cinema, including Cantinflas, Luis Buñuel and René Cardona. He was nominated for the 1976 Ariel Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Fray Enrique Meza Pérez, the lead perpetrator of the San Miguel Canoa Massacre, in Canoa: A Shameful Memory.
Lucero also appeared in American productions, mostly Westerns and action films shot in Mexico, including The Magnificent Seven, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Two Mules for Sister Sara, Sidney Poitier's directorial debut Buck and the Preacher, The Long Goodbye, Eagle's Wing, and Under Fire. He was a favorite of director Sam Peckinpah, who cast him in Major Dundee, The Wild Bunch and Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia. He played Geronimo in the 1979 miniseries Mr. Horn.
Lucero was married to Margarita Escalante Gutiérrez. He died in Mexico City on May 9, 1988, at the age of 68.
Selected filmography
La historia del tango − Ángel Villalva Jr.La voz de mi ciudad The Road of Life − Lic. José GutiérrezSierra Baron − AnselmoVilla!! − TenorioPistolas de oro The Little Savage − Bit Role Beyond All Limits Sonatas − Militar prisioneroBendito entre las mujeres − La Fièvre Monte à El Pao − Vila Macario − La muerteSimitrio − Papá de Simitrio ¡Viva la soldadera! − The Magnificent Seven − Villager #1Rosa Blanca − Blas UrrutiaParaíso escondido La noche del jueves − JulioEl tejedor de milagros − ArnulfoThe Bloody Vampire − LazaroThe Extra − Actor, sacerdote aztecaTiburoneros − RubénLa invasión de los vampiros − LázaroCorazón de niño − Maestro RoblesEl beso de ultratumba − El vagabundoThe Curse of the Crying Woman − Dr. Daniel JaramilloCri Cri el grillito cantor − Don CosmeUna cara para escapar El revólver sangriento − PedroThe Golden Cockerel − El ChinacoLove Has Many Faces − Lt. Riccardo AndradeMajor Dundee − Doctor AguilarAlways Further On − Brujo OwiruanePistoleros del oeste Los sheriffs de la frontera Pacto de sangre Tarzan and the Valley of Gold − PerezLos mediocres − Arcadio Buendia El indomable Retablos de la Guadalupana Rocambole contra la secta del escorpión − Emir Hassan AliLa carcachita Traitors of San Angel − RodriguezThe Bandits − Guns for San Sebastian − RenaldoLe Rapace − El BoscoValentín de la Sierra El caballo Bayo The Wild Bunch − IgnacioButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid − Guard in the 1st Bolivian Bank Shark! − Inspector BarokEstafa de amor El despertar del lobo − Vidente orientalTwo Mules for Sister Sara − 3rd AmericanLa vida inútil de Pito Pérez Los amores de Chucho el Roto Emiliano Zapata − Jesús GuajardoThe Bridge in the Jungle − PerezEye for an Eye − LoboSomething Big − Indian spySanto contra los cazadores de cabezas − HuscaThe Wrath of God - NachoBuck and the Preacher − Indian ChiefThe Revengers − La Scoumoune − Le Mexicain / MigliThe Long Goodbye − JefeThose Years − Juan Nepomuceno AlmonteRenzo, el gitano I Escaped from Devil's Island − EstebanPresagio − HéctorLa muerte de Pancho Villa Peregrina − Hermengildo RodríguezBring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia − EstebanMary, Mary, Bloody Mary − Lieutenant PonsThe House in the South − RamónLas fuerzas vivas − MateoCanoa − El señor curaThe Return of a Man Called Horse − RavenLa virgen de Guadalupe − Tío BernardinoLas poquianchis − CapitánMaten al león − Vicepresidente CardonaEl viaje − Enrique JiménezLos de abajo The Children of Sanchez Ratero − GalloLa guerra santa − Rutilo SandovalGuyana: Crime of the Century − Commune memberEagle's Wing − The SharmanMr. Horn The Octagon − One Armed ManGreen Ice − Lucho the Coffee GrowerÁngel del barrio − Patada Un hombre llamado el diablo Under Fire − Prison PriestTodo un hombre − JuvencioThe Evil That Men Do − AristosLittle Treasure − PriestLa revancha El trailer asesino Murieron a la mitad del rio El tres de copas Al filo de la ley: Misión rescate − ComandanteGaby: A True Story − Minister of EducationThe Last Tunnel − Juan PenagosTreasure of the Moon Goddess − TupakLos confines − TaniloEl jinete de la divina providencia Mi pistola y tus esposas −