
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
5.5Catita 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
5.5Some thieves confront the detectives who surprise them while robbing a factory, but manage to escape.
Dancing, salón de baile
1952
6.3Two brothers "out on the ranch" fight over girls and stuff.
Ahí vienen los Mendoza
1948
6.0Fictional 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
5.8Young actress advances her career by choosing boyfriends judiciously.
Ambitious
1953
6.0Anti-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
6.0Two brothers: one's a cop, one's a gangster.
Frontera norte
1953
5.4Working-class girl marries rich playboy, gets implicated in his criminal activities.
Arrabalera
1951
7.8In 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
6.7Frustrated salaryman responds to career setbacks by embarking on a life of crime.
El malvado Carabel
1961
6.3Handicapped songwriter falls for bad girl. Again.
Love for Sale
1951
6.3Adolfo, 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
6.3The adventures of a young orphan, who is determined to explore the world no matter what.
Pachín
1961
5.8Globe-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
6.2A 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
6.0El 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
5.7Luis 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
6.0Bohemian husband and strait-laced wife get divorced; each takes custody of one son. Twenty years later...
Cain y Abel
1954
6.8Sonia 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
6.0Bad girl makes lives miserable.
When Children Sin
1952
6.0Wholesome 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
6.2Called by the Mexican President himself, a rural teacher goes to work in a village that is dominated by a malevolent chieftain.
Hidden River
1948
5.8No synopsis available yet.
The Treasure of the Indian
1961
5.6Adaptation of a Spanish operetta about a love triangle between two fisherman and a human female.
Marina
1945
Behind the camera
6.3Two brothers "out on the ranch" fight over girls and stuff.
Ahí vienen los Mendoza
1948
6.3Part 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
5.8Wrestling melodrama: crooked gamblers, boy/girl stuff and a priest who needs money to run his orphanage.
El señor Tormenta
1963
5.5Gangsters and crooked gamblers try to interfere with a wrestling championship.
Storm in the Ring
1963
An obscure old dark house horror melodrama from Mexico. Based on the novel "El fistol del diablo" by Manuel Payno.
The Infernal Coffin
1962
NRPart 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
5.7Mexican feature film
La sombra blanca
1963
5.8Luis, 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
NRDrama, 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
NRPart 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
6.3Entry in a four part series based on the novel "El fisto del diablo" by Manuel Payno.
Diabolical Game
1961