Portrait of Ignacio López Tarso

Ignacio López Tarso

Acting

Biography

Ignacio López López (b. 15 January 1925 – 11 March 2023), better known as Ignacio López Tarso, was a Mexican actor of stage, film and television. He acted in about 50 films and appeared in documentaries and in one short feature. In 1973 he was given the Ariel Award for Best Actor for Rosa Blanca, and the Ariel de Oro lifetime achievement award in 2007. He was honored multiple times at the TVyNovelas Awards. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living actor and one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.

Born: January 15, 1925

Place of Birth: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Filmography

2020
Taken Identity

as Don Jesus

2015
Loves with Trap

as Porfirio

2013
The Waterwheel

as Old Man

2013
Wild at Heart

as Ramiro Olivares

2011
El Encanto del Águila

as Porfirio Díaz

2009
Curse by the Sea

as El Mojarras

2005
Peregrina

as Baltasar

2003
De Pocas Pocas Pulgas

as Don Julián Montes

2002
¡Vivan los niños!

as Ignacio Robles

2002
2001
2001
Atrévete a Olvidarme

as Gonzalo Rivas

2001
2000
La casa en la playa

as Don Ángel Villarreal Cueto

1998
Ángela

as Feliciano Villanueva

1998
Camila

as Don Genaro

1997
Reclusorio

as Viejo (segment "Quiero quedarme en la carcel")

1997
Saint Lucifer

as Father Leopoldo Santos Higareda

1996
Esmeralda

as Melesio

1994
Crystal Empire

as César Lombardo

1993
Banderas, the Tyrant

as Coronel de la Gándara

1986
Astucia

as Don Polo

1986
El otro

as Sr. Tabares

1984
Under the Volcano

as Dr. Vigil

1982
Antonieta

as Vargas

1977
La casta divina

as Don Wilfrido

1976
The Bricklayers

as Don Jesus

1976
Resigned for Reasons of Health

as Gustavo Sánchez Campero

1975
Rapine

as Porfirio

1974
Looking for a Wall

as José Clemente Orozco

1973
The Prophet Mimi

as Ángel Peñafiel, Mimi

1972
Cayó de la gloria el diablo

as Don Eme (Emeterio Sánchez)

1971
La Generala

as Rosauro Márquez

1969
The Door and The Butcher's Wife

as Melitón Torres (segment "La mujer del carnicero")

1968
The Devil's Visitations

as Felix Estrella

1967
Pedro Paramo

as Fulgor Sedano

1964
The Golden Cockerel

as Dionisio Pinzón

1963
Cri Cri el Grillito Cantor

as Francisco Gabilondo Soler 'Cri-Cri'

1963
Autumn Days

as Albino

1963
1963
Heart of a Child

as Prof. Ezequiel Almeyda

1963
La Bandida

as Anselmo

1961
My Son, the Hero

as Gunslinger

1961
Then God Named It Earth

as Efrén Domínguez

1961
The White Rose

as Jacinto Yáñes

1961
Juana Gallo

as Pioquinto

1960
The Shadow of the Tyrant

as General Hilario Jiménez

1960
Macario

as Macario

1960
La estrella vacía

as Luis Arvide

1960
1959
La Cucaracha

as Trinidad

1959
Sonatas

as Jefe de guerrilleros

1959
Nazarin

as Thief in church

1958
1957
Vanilla, Bronze and to Die

as Ricardo Castillo