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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:
23
First Appeared:
In the movie The Young and the Damned 1950-12-09
Latest Project:
Movie Rubí 1970-09-16
Known For
Poster of Serenata en noche de luna
Poster of Contra viento y marea
Poster of Jóvenes y bellas
Poster of El boxeador
Filmography
Movie Rubí Dr. Cuevas 1970-09-16
Movie Por mis pistolas Pablo Sanchez 1968-08-21
Movie Serenata en noche de luna 1967-02-25
Movie Detectives o ladrones..? 1967-06-22
Movie Los tres mosqueteros de Dios Ray 1967-03-30
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 Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert) 1962-01-03
Movie Jóvenes y bellas 1962-05-17
Movie Contra viento y marea 1962-08-09
Movie Chicas casaderas 1961-02-02
Movie El hombre de la ametralladora Paco 1961-11-03
Movie Mañana serán hombres 1961-08-03
Movie Quinceañera Pancho 1960-06-09
Movie La edad de la tentación 1959-01-08
Movie El boxeador 1958-07-17
Movie Juventud desenfrenada 1956-12-25
Movie El túnel 6 1955-09-15
Movie Padre nuestro Eduardo Molina 1953-08-03
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