
Acting
Alfonso Mejía
Born — Died
1934-11-16 — 2021-12-29
Place of birth
Mexico City, Mexico
Known for
Acting
Credits
26 titles
Alfonso Mejía Silva (16 November 1934 - 29 December 2021) was a Mexican actor. He is remembered for having played the role of Pedro, the main character in the film Los Olvidados (1950), considered a memory of the world by UNESCO and for which he won the Best Child Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1951.
Known for
8.1A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent life in the infamous slums of Mexico City; among them Pedro, whose morality is gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.
The Young and the Damned
1950
7.8Fidencio Borer, an apothecary in a village on the northern border of Mexico, discovers some old title of a mine in Arizona and decides to claim them. Trying to cross the border is a border guard intercepted by exaggerating in the line of duty. On the way is captured by a tribe of Apaches and is about to be burned alive, but thanks to the Great Head Horse Lying having toothache and learns that the prisoner it can heal, ordered his release on the condition that the cure. Fidencio would take the wheel and gets the eternal friendship of the Chief apache.
Por mis pistolas
1968
6.6Mama has four daughters in their late teens. some of them might be more interested in careers than husbands, but she's hoping she'll find a highly suitable young man for each of them. If there are any out there that meet her standards.
Los novios de mis hijas
1964
Four young ladies, four fiances, nine crises. Then, the big day.
Chicas casaderas
1961
6.0A worker of the Mexican Indigenist Institute tries to help the Tarahumara Indians to protect and keep their lands, but he must face corrupt landowners and politicians.
Tarahumara (Further and farther)
1965
6.5Pops is dismissed from his banking job for embezzlement, and his family have to adjust to a more modest lifestyle.
Padre nuestro
1953
Film credits
1970s · 2 titles
1960s · 16 titles
7.8Fidencio Borer, an apothecary in a village on the northern border of Mexico, discovers some old title of a mine in Arizona and decides to claim them. Trying to cross the border is a border guard intercepted by exaggerating in the line of duty. On the way is captured by a tribe of Apaches and is about to be burned alive, but thanks to the Great Head Horse Lying having toothache and learns that the prisoner it can heal, ordered his release on the condition that the cure. Fidencio would take the wheel and gets the eternal friendship of the Chief apache.
Por mis pistolas
1968
6.6Mama has four daughters in their late teens. some of them might be more interested in careers than husbands, but she's hoping she'll find a highly suitable young man for each of them. If there are any out there that meet her standards.
Los novios de mis hijas
1964
Four young ladies, four fiances, nine crises. Then, the big day.
Chicas casaderas
1961
6.0A worker of the Mexican Indigenist Institute tries to help the Tarahumara Indians to protect and keep their lands, but he must face corrupt landowners and politicians.
Tarahumara (Further and farther)
1965
5.8A villain hires a hired assassin, "The Machine Gun Man" for the kidnapping of two rich girls.
El hombre de la ametralladora
1961
Three priests resort to desperate long-shots (like quiz-shows) to raise money for their parish.
Los tres mosqueteros de Dios
1967
6.2An American priest is hired as coach at a Mexican university; he trains his students in the ways of American football and moral rectitude. You ain't gonna sire no babies out of wedlock on Father Lambert's watch, no siree!
Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert)
1962
5.8No synopsis available yet.
Serenata en noche de luna
1967
5.9A gang of bandits attacks the population of Río Hondo, shooting left and right; a man decides to act.
Rio Hondo
1965
6.0Two spoiled rich kids learn to value their father's working-class heritage.
Contra viento y marea
1962
6.8Two bumbling bozos with detective licenses get hoodwinked by a pair of jewel-thieves.
Detectives o ladrones..?
1967
5.8A busfull of tourists arrives in Acapulco; each passenger has his/her little chunk of drama or comedy.
Vacaciones en Acapulco
1961
6.0Five city boys and five country boys compete for the attentions of five city girls.
Jóvenes y bellas
1962
5.8Film-director assigned to making a teenaged-hoodlums crime drama, agonizes over the positive social message he wants his film to convey. Meanwhile, his young actors all have their own melodramas running...
Mañana serán hombres
1961
6.0Three spoiled rich kids live profligately and set a bad example for an ambitious middle-class friend.
Los falsos héroes
1962
7.2María Antonia, Beatriz and Leonor are three classmates who are anxiously awaiting the celebration of their 15th birthday. However, each of them will have to cope with their complicated personal situation.
Quinceañera
1960
1950s · 8 titles
8.1A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent life in the infamous slums of Mexico City; among them Pedro, whose morality is gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.
The Young and the Damned
1950
6.5Pops is dismissed from his banking job for embezzlement, and his family have to adjust to a more modest lifestyle.
Padre nuestro
1953
8.1The life of Jesus from the beginning of his ministry, his miracles, the Sermon on the Mount and his death on the cross.
The Martyr of Calvary
1952
6.3Engineering crew excavating a tunnel through a mountain, are trapped by a landslide.
El túnel 6
1955
4.8By the negligence of parents who not assume their responsibility in sex education, many lives are ruined
La edad de la tentación
1959
6.2Civic-minded elementary-school teacher marries and sets up home with wife and her little brother. The-e-n...
La bienamada
1951
6.0Teenagers with neglectful parents run amok; some get killed, some get arrested, some get rehabilitated.
Juventud desenfrenada
1956
Undefeated boxing champion for 15 years faces retirement. One final bout...
El boxeador
1958


