Fernando Fernández

Acting

Fernando Fernández

Born 1916-11-08 · Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Fernando Fernández "El Crooner de México" (1916–1999) was a Mexican actor and singer. He was born on November 9, 1916, in Monterrey, Mexico, and died in Mexico City, Mexico on November 24, 1999. Fernando was the son of Eloisa Reyes. He was brother of the famous film director Emilio Fernandez and actor Jaime Fernandez. Fernando Fernández was known as "the Crooner of Mexico."

Acting credits

Mi campeón poster
5.5

Catita is a simple and poor woman who dreams of that her son stands out on something important to help her out of his humble. But she opposes to him being boxer, therefore constantly fighting with her husband.

Mi campeón

1952

Dancing, salón de baile poster
5.5

Some thieves confront the detectives who surprise them while robbing a factory, but manage to escape.

Dancing, salón de baile

1952

Ahí vienen los Mendoza poster
6.3

Two brothers "out on the ranch" fight over girls and stuff.

Ahí vienen los Mendoza

1948

Escuadrón 201 poster
6.0

Fictional story about the Escuadron 201 de Caza (201st Mexican Fighter Squadron), which participated in military campaigns in the Phillipines during WWII. It focuses primarily on two brothers, one who has a promising future as a doctor, who volunteer for this unit after Mexico declares war on Germany after the sinking of Mexican merchants by U-boats. The story also follows another young man, the son of a Spanish immigrant baker. He volunteers to pay what he feels is an unpaid debt to their new adopted country.

Escuadrón 201

1945

Ambitious poster
5.8

Young actress advances her career by choosing boyfriends judiciously.

Ambitious

1953

The Fugitive poster
6.0

Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state's last remaining priest.

The Fugitive

1947

Frontera norte poster
6.0

Two brothers: one's a cop, one's a gangster.

Frontera norte

1953

Arrabalera poster
5.4

Working-class girl marries rich playboy, gets implicated in his criminal activities.

Arrabalera

1951

Enamorada poster
7.8

In Mexican Revolution times, a guerrilla general and his troops take the conservative town of Cholula, near by Mexico City. As the revolutionaries mistreat the town's riches, General Reyes falls for beautiful and wild Beatriz Peñafiel, the daughter of one of the town's richest men.

Enamorada

1946

El malvado Carabel poster
6.7

Frustrated salaryman responds to career setbacks by embarking on a life of crime.

El malvado Carabel

1961

Love for Sale poster
6.3

Handicapped songwriter falls for bad girl. Again.

Love for Sale

1951

Doña Mariquita de mi corazón poster
6.3

Adolfo, the son of Dona Mariquita, is committed to Marisa to please his mother, but his real love is Paz.

Doña Mariquita de mi corazón

1953

Pachín poster
6.3

The adventures of a young orphan, who is determined to explore the world no matter what.

Pachín

1961

Las cinco noches de Adán poster
5.8

Globe-hopping playboy bachelor is getting on in years, so he invites his five international children to come live with him.

Las cinco noches de Adán

1942

One Day of Life poster
6.2

A story about two men caught in the Mexican revolution: close friends before, but now on the opposite sides. One of them is military officer, while the other one expects capital punishment. The prisoner's mother comes to visit his son, unaware that his former best friend is now his enemy.

One Day of Life

1950

Street Love poster
6.0

El Pichi, El Trompas and El Orejas are street children who pick up a bill that Fernando has dropped, who prevents them from being arrested and offers them a job at a cake stand. Fernando meets Queta, El Pichi's sister, and they both feel attracted. This will lead Fernando to know the hardness of life for people in the suburbs.

Street Love

1950

The Scarlet Fox poster
5.7

Luis Aguilar dons the mask of The Scarlet Fox, a daring masked hero who fights injustice across the rugged Mexican frontier in this thrilling introduction to the Scarlet Fox series.

The Scarlet Fox

1959

Cain y Abel poster
6.0

Bohemian husband and strait-laced wife get divorced; each takes custody of one son. Twenty years later...

Cain y Abel

1954

El crepúsculo de un dios poster
6.8

Sonia meets Roberto, a miserable actor with a few days left of life. Both fall in love, but soon after a policeman comes looking after Sonia, but is distracted by a countess during New Years Eve. Sonia and Roberto take this chance to escape.

El crepúsculo de un dios

1969

When Children Sin poster
6.0

Bad girl makes lives miserable.

When Children Sin

1952

Venus de fuego poster
6.0

Wholesome young man falls hard for a woman who's identified as a luxury commodity; gangster/pimp guy in her orbit convinces the nice boy to do crimes so he'll have enough money to move in her circle.

Venus de fuego

1949

Hidden River poster
6.2

Called by the Mexican President himself, a rural teacher goes to work in a village that is dominated by a malevolent chieftain.

Hidden River

1948

The Treasure of the Indian poster
5.8

No synopsis available yet.

The Treasure of the Indian

1961

Marina poster
5.6

Adaptation of a Spanish operetta about a love triangle between two fisherman and a human female.

Marina

1945

Behind the camera

Ahí vienen los Mendoza poster
6.3

Two brothers "out on the ranch" fight over girls and stuff.

Ahí vienen los Mendoza

1948

Fatal Trap poster
6.3

Part of a series of films based on portions of the Manuel Payno novel "El fisto del diablo." The others are El fistol del diablo, Juego diabólico and El ataúd infernal. All were directed by Fernando Fernández and star Roberto Cañedo.

Fatal Trap

1961

El señor Tormenta poster
5.8

Wrestling melodrama: crooked gamblers, boy/girl stuff and a priest who needs money to run his orphanage.

El señor Tormenta

1963

Storm in the Ring poster
5.5

Gangsters and crooked gamblers try to interfere with a wrestling championship.

Storm in the Ring

1963

No artwork available
5.8

An obscure old dark house horror melodrama from Mexico. Based on the novel "El fistol del diablo" by Manuel Payno.

The Infernal Coffin

1962

El fistol del diablo IV poster
NR

Part of a series of films based on portions of the Manuel Payno novel "El fistol del diablo". All were directed by Fernando Fernández and star Roberto Cañedo.

El fistol del diablo IV

1962

La sombra blanca poster
5.7

Mexican feature film

La sombra blanca

1963

El fistol del diablo poster
5.8

Luis, who has suffered several disappointments, invokes the Devil to help him, who gives him a fistol to improve his luck in love; however, the fistol will prove to be a double-edged sword that will also bring chaos. The film consists of 3 segments 'Duelo a muerte', 'Intriga en la noche' and 'Deuda pagada'.

El fistol del diablo

1961

El fistol del diablo II poster
NR

Drama, where José asks his stepfather for Amalia's hand and gives her a fistol given to him by a gypsy but Amalia loves Jorge, who is killed by the gypsy and they discover that people change their way of being when they have the fistol. The film consists of 3 segments 'La joya Maldita', 'Veneno juvenil' and 'Juego diabolico'.

El fistol del diablo II

1961

El fistol del diablo III poster
NR

Part of a series of films based on portions of the Manuel Payno novel "El fistol del diablo". All were directed by Fernando Fernández and star Roberto Cañedo.

El fistol del diablo III

1961

Diabolical Game poster
6.3

Entry in a four part series based on the novel "El fisto del diablo" by Manuel Payno.

Diabolical Game

1961