Antonio Aguilar
Birthday: 1919-05-17
Place of Birth: Villanueva, Zacatecas, Mexico
Biography: Antonio Aguilar Barraza (17 May 1919 – 19 June 2007) was a Mexican singer, songwriter, film actor, film producer, andscreenwriter. During his career, he recorded over 150 albums, which sold 25 million copies, and participated in more than 120 films. He was given the honorific nickname "El Charro de México" (The Horseman of Mexico) because he is credited with popularizing la charrería, considered to have originated in Mexico, to international audiences. To this day he has been the only Hispanic artist to sell out the Madison Square Garden of New York City for six consecutive nights in 1997. Aguilar was best known for singing traditional Mexican folk songs (rancheras) and ballads (corridos) as well for his roles in films concerning rural themes, such as the Mexican Revolution. He won the Latin ACE Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Emiliano Zapata in the 1970 epic film of the same name. He also portrayed Pancho Villa twice in film. In 1997, Aguilar was awarded the Special Golden Ariel for his "invaluable contribution and spreading of Mexican cinema". With his second wife, popular singer and actress Flor Silvestre, he had two sons, Antonio Aguilar Jr. and Pepe Aguilar, who also became singers and actors. His family is known collectively as "La Dinastía Aguilar" (The Aguilar Dynasty).
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Una gallega en La Habana
Cándida's boyfriend left her in Spain to go to work to Havana. After twenty years without news, she ...
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The Undefeated
After the Civil War, ex-Union Colonel John Henry Thomas and ex-Confederate Colonel James Langdon are...
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La Cucaracha
The Mexican Revolution serves as a backdrop to a torrid love triangle composed of three freedom figh...
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Juan Colorado
Silvia's father wants to marry her off to Rafael who, out of jealousy, wants to finish off Juan. Sil...
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El moro de Cumpas
In the city of Aguaprieta, two horses are part of the largest event in the region. The unbeatable ho...
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A Place Close to Heaven
On reaching the capital, Pedro Gonzalez gets a lowly job and marries Margaret. After losing that job...
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Mi Caballo El Cantador
A priest must shed his habits to avenge the death of the grandfather of two helpless children who, a...
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They Call Him Marcado
The Kid is a vicious psychopath given to laughing a lot, an actor manqué who leads a gang of looters...
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Simon Blanco
The peasant and revolutionary Zapatista Simon Blanco still in arms but Zapata is dead. Simon with hi...
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My Son, the Hero
Northern Mexico, early 20th century. Reynaldo del Hierro is murdered while riding with his sons Reyn...
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Viva el chubasco
The struggle between two rival families brings many complications into the life of a people. The pri...
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Vuelve el ojo de vidrio
Upon hearing the news of Madero's death, Porfirio Alcalá and his four cousins interrupt their peacef...
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Aquí está tu enamorado
Antonio is a handsome men who loves women but flees of marriage as the devil. The pastor of his peop...
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The White Horse
Claimed by his grandmother, who lives in a Mexican village, Joselito begins the journey from Spain. ...
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Valentín de la Sierra
Based on the corrido of Valentín de la Sierra, one of the revolutionary leaders who forged the armed...
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El gavilan vengador
Masked rider exposes the criminal misdeeds of a wealthy land-owner and his henchmen....
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El Rey
Mexican Revolution era: a guerilla faction kidnaps two members of a governing family to negotiate a ...
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Emiliano Zapata
This is the story of a man, Emiliano Zapata, and of a revolution, the Mexican Revolution....
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Taste of Blood
In "Sabor a Sangre" (literally, "Flavor of Blood"), Antonio Aguilar plays Mauricio Rosales, whom alo...
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El alazán y el rosillo
Two rival landowners: one is exploiting the local peasantry and dispossessing them of their land, an...
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El justiciero vengador
White-hat with two sidekicks masquerades as a priest to break the stranglehold a blackhat has on a s...
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El rayo justiciero
New sheriff cleans up the town. First (?) in "Mauricio Rosales" series....
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El bracero del año
The movie theme is the migration of Mexicans to the United States in search of the "American dream"....
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El tonto que hacía milagros
A movie projectionist discovers that he has magical powers....
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El casto Susano
Father and son are sober, responsible pillars of the community in their home-town... but they make f...
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Si yo fuera millonario
White-collar criminals conspire to prevent a shmuck from collecting an inheritance....
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El Siete de Copas
Professional gambler finds metaphysical meanings in the way he manages the workings of chance....
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Crazy Love
Slapstick/musical comedy parody of historical dramas, send-up of "Locura de amor," about Queen Juana...
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La sangre de un valiente
General Pershing invades Mexican territory in retaliation for Villa's attack on the town of Columbus...
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La huella del chacal
Federal agent Mauricio Rosales goes undercover as itinerant cowpoke to clean up corruption in a remo...
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La sierra del terror
Federal police agent goes undercover to bust rural crime ring. Series western....
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Los santos reyes
Three criminals break out of jail and head for a town where they've hidden their steals....
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Yo, el mujeriego
Playboy bachelor poses as a woman's husband to protect her daughter's reputation at a private school...
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La gitana y el charro
Caravan of gypsies sets up camp outside an old-style Mexican hacienda....
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La pantera negra
Fed agent goes undercover as roving cowboy to solve rural crimes. "Mauricio Rosales" Series....
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Here is Heraclius Bernal
Historical drama/biopic about 1880s Social Justice bandits in a mining community in Sinaloa. First o...
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Alma llanera
A Venezuelan rancher tries to preserve his traditional way of life in spite of modernizing influence...
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The Four Juanes
Juan Sin Fiedo (Javier Solis), Juan Colorado (Antonio Aguilar), Juan Pistolas (Luis Aguilar) and Jua...
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Escuela para solteras
All-star ranchera fest, rom-com style. Four charros, four eligible young ladies....
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Las tres pelonas
Pseudo-historical drama about a semi-civilian who decides to run guns across the border for Villa's ...
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El rayo de Sinaloa: La venganza de Heraclio Bernal
Disgruntled 19th century peasants get militant and start redistributing some wealth. Part two of a h...
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Dos hijos desobedientes
Meddling mom tries to set up her two cowboy sons to marry two sisters who are looking for domesticat...
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Los dos rivales
Ranchera comedy -- the hero thinks his girlfriend has another suitor... but the suitor is really she...
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La guarida del buitre
Cowboy-policeman-hero interferes with the bad guy's plans and prevents his engaging in monkeyshines....
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La yegua colorada
Landowner counts on his super-champeen race-horse to help him win back the hacienda he was swindled ...
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Don Herculano enamorado
Doddering old man makes a play for a married woman. Her husband gets practical joke-y in revenge....
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Benjamín Argumedo el rebelde
Biopic about a General in the Mexican Revolution. Sequel: Persecucion y muerte de Benjamin Argumedo....
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Land of Men
On his family's farm, Gilberto keeps weapons to support the revolutionaries. When his father find ou...
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Contrabando y muerte
A young man gets involved in the drug trade and is murdered. His father sets out to find the killers...
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Astucia
Historical melodrama on horseback, 1840s or so in central Mexico. Pulpy, Zorro-ish......
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La justicia del gavilán vengador
Federal agent on horseback comes to town to catch some crooks. Series western: Mauricio Rosales El J...
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El rifle implacable
Two young women need a hired gun to protect their ranch from marauders; the feistier of the two arra...
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Vuelve el Norteño
Two rival gangs of outlaws are terrorizing a small town; el Comandante and his sidekicks pit them ag...
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Lauro Puñales
One of Zapata's field marshals runs afoul of dictator Huerta's stooges in his home town....
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Los gemelos alborotados
Gumaro and his buddy Chon are among the First Citizens locally. One day, unexpectedly, twin brothers...
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Lucio Vázquez
Blending historical fact and adventure fiction, Emiliano Zapata's (fictional) right-hand man takes l...
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La rebelión de la sierra: El Fin de Heraclio Bernal
Third and last film in the trilogy about Heraclio Bernal. Heraclio continues his fight against the F...
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La joven mancornadora
Young woman disguised as a man sets out to kill two brothers that she believes cheated her father ou...
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¡Qué bonito amor!
Bride backs out of her wedding at the last possible minute; she and her fiance get caught up in a po...
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Peregrina
Biopic: the last year or so in the life of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Governor of Yucatan in the early ...
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The Revenge of Gabino Barrera
Alicia, the wife of the vengeful Gabino Barrera, is killed by an escaped convict. Stripped of the on...
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Reventa de esclavas
Mad-science/comedy scenario about reviving the corpse of an Egyptian mummy morphs into a love story ...
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Zapata en Chinameca
Urbino Martínez, on his deathbed, regrets his wrongdoing after betraying Emiliano Zapata....
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Viva México y sus corridos
Song/action clips from 8 or 12 movies that starred Antonio Aguilar as historical figures, with an on...
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Yo fui una callejera
Teenaged slum-girl falls into show-biz by accident and rises to the tuxedos-and-furs class. Gangster...
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El chivo
A priest recruits some secular friends of his to help him break the stranglehold a political boss ha...
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Here are the eagles!
Two itinerant cowhands hire on at a ranch owned by a woman, end up fighting two bad-hats who rustle ...
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La muerte de Pancho Villa
After the Revolution, Villa works on defining his legacy... and then he gets assassinated....
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Hundred girls
Don Manuel is a successful bathing suit designer that decides to retire tired of his business. While...
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Blue Memories
Drug-trade kingpin tries to coerce a woman into marriage, but her former boyfriend turns up and she ...
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Volver, volver, volver
Good son vs bad son melodrama complicates life on the hacienda....
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El Rey De Oros
After his young wife leaves him for another man, high-stakes gambler "Gaudelio" tries to move on wit...
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The Shadow of the Tyrant
In 1920s Mexico, the candidates being chosen to succeed the current president, El Caudillo, find the...
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Que me maten en tus brazos
Card-shark takes a job as bodyguard-bouncer-etcetera in an upscale casino. Meanhile, a love triangle...
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The Achievers
A group of friends go to the United States to hit it big as a musical group and follow the American ...
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Fiesta en el corazón
Spoiled rich kid from a cattle ranch is pretending to study at university so he can hang out in the ...
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Mi adorada Clementina
A woman in an unhappy marriage trades places with her grandmother's ghost; Grandma whupps the girl's...
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Far from Heaven
Pedro Gonzalez first gets into trouble as part of a criminal gang and then works honourably to becom...
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Sol en llamas
A powerful rancher loses his power and wealth during the Revolution, and his daughter falls in love ...
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Caballo prieto azabache
Standing before Pancho Villa's tomb, horse breeder Jesus harkens back to his youth, when he provided...
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Yo... el aventurero
A crew of happy ne'er do wells comes to town to gamble and party during the town fair... but then th...
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The Important Man
Animas Trujano is a colorful but irresponsible Indian in a small Mexican village. He hopes above all...
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El norteño
Lawman on horseback cracks a case involving stolen gold bullion, the title to a mine, an evil twin a...
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Persecución y muerte de Benjamín Argumedo
General Argumedo refuses to disband his troops at the end of the Mexican Revolution because he doesn...
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The Capture of Gabino Barrera
International playboys in NYC get mixed up with a bank robbery and have to evade the police long eno...
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Los muertos no hablan
Bandit crew with mysterious masked leader is doing lots of crimes. Mauricio Rosales and his sidekick...
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The Naked Woman
A circus dancer marries a famous singer, but is threatened when a figure from her past blackmails he...
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La segunda mujer
Couple with preteen children break up; Dad meets a new woman and they marry. The children grow up, a...
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La cama de piedra
Antonio is happy and is about to get married, but he has an enemy who wants to kill him. He steals h...
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Bala Perdida
Daniel is let out of jail for his mothers funeral. During his furlough he kidnaps his son and takes ...
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Mi papá tuvo la culpa
Two young sweethearts get married, and then are made to believe that she's his illegitimate half-sis...
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Pueblo quieto
Son of a first family returns to his home town, reconciles with his pops, pitches woo at the young l...
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La emboscada mortal
Third film of a trilogy -- all the secondary tasks have been completed and cowboy-justice-action-her...
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Vuelven los Argumedo
The Argumedo cousins have their clothes stolen while taking a shower, and they must find it at all c...
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Vacaciones en Acapulco
A busfull of tourists arrives in Acapulco; each passenger has his/her little chunk of drama or comed...
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El as de oros
A young charro's head is turned by a glamourpuss from the big city, and he has a hard time putting h...
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Rumbo a Brasilia
When his town is devastated by a flood, a young boy takes it upon himself to seek the help of the pr...
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El hijo de Lamberto Quintero
Lamberto Quintero is assassinated and his son intends to avenge him following in his footsteps. The ...
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Había una vez un marido
Due to confusion, Rafael is believed responsible for the death of Teresa. His wife Lilia and his bro...
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Gabino Barrera
Famed Mexican action and music star Antonio Aguilar brings blazing charisma to the title role of Gab...
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I Am Very Macho
To help her pilot brother, Maria disguises as a man to take his place, and must live in the jungle w...
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