Alfonso Mejía

Born: 1934-11-16

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.


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The Young and the Damned

as Pedro
Released: 1950-12-09

A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent life in the infamous slums of Mexico City; among...

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Por mis pistolas

as Pablo Sanchez
Released: 1968-08-21

Fidencio Borer, an apothecary in a village on the northern border of Mexico, discovers some old...

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The Martyr of Calvary

as Marcos
Released: 1952-04-02

The life of Jesus from the beginning of his ministry, his miracles, the Sermon on the Mount and...

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Rubí

as Dr. Cuevas
Released: 1970-09-16

Rubi steals the fiancé from her millionaire friend Maribel, leaves her city and gets married in...

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Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert)

as uncredited
Released: 1962-01-03

An American priest is hired as coach at a Mexican university; he trains his students in the ways...

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Rio Hondo

as Miguel
Released: 1965-08-12

A gang of bandits attacks the population of Río Hondo, shooting left and right; a man decides to...

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Tarahumara (Further and farther)

as Roniali
Released: 1965-06-08

An anthropologist goes to the mountains to study the problems of the indigenous people and finds...

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Jóvenes y bellas

as uncredited
Released: 1962-05-17

Five city boys and five country boys compete for the attentions of five city girls.

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Los novios de mis hijas

as uncredited
Released: 1964-09-17

Mama has four daughters in their late teens. some of them might be more interested in careers...

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Serenata en noche de luna

as uncredited
Released: 1967-02-25

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El hombre de la ametralladora

as Paco
Released: 1961-11-03

Police procedural: tracking a ruthless Chicago hitman who's found a gig in Mexico City.

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La bienamada

as uncredited
Released: 1951-09-13

Civic-minded elementary-school teacher marries and sets up home with wife and her little...

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The Young Animals

as uncredited
Released: 1970-04-16

A boarding house where four girls stay, each with their own personal problems.

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Detectives o ladrones..?

as uncredited
Released: 1967-06-22

Two bumbling bozos with detective licenses get hoodwinked by a pair of jewel-thieves.

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Vacaciones en Acapulco

as Lencho
Released: 1961-05-22

A busfull of tourists arrives in Acapulco; each passenger has his/her little chunk of drama or...

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Mañana serán hombres

as uncredited
Released: 1961-08-03

Film-director assigned to making a teenaged-hoodlums crime drama, agonizes over the positive...

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La edad de la tentación

as uncredited
Released: 1959-01-08

By the negligence of parents who not assume their responsibility in sex education, many lives...

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Padre nuestro

as Eduardo Molina
Released: 1953-08-03

Pops is dismissed from his banking job for embezzlement, and his family have to adjust to a more...

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Contra viento y marea

as uncredited
Released: 1962-08-09

Two spoiled rich kids learn to value their father's working-class heritage.

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El túnel 6

as uncredited
Released: 1955-09-15

Engineering crew excavating a tunnel through a mountain, are trapped by a landslide.

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Quinceañera

as Pancho
Released: 1960-06-09

María Antonia, Beatriz and Leonor are three classmates who are anxiously awaiting the...

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Los falsos héroes

as uncredited
Released: 1962-11-22

Three spoiled rich kids live profligately and set a bad example for an ambitious middle-class...

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