David Silva
David Silva was born on October 9, 1917 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico as David Silva Guglielmeti. Of Swiss-Italian and French descent on his mother's side, David Silva was born in Mexico City on October 8, 1917, to David Silva Ramírez, an outstanding singer and operatic singing teacher, and Aída Guglielmeti Travesí, of North American origin. Because his father worked alongside Enrico Caruso, part of David's childhood was spent in the United States, and it was not until his father's retirement that the family returned to Mexico, where he began his studies at the French-English School in Mexico City, and later studied at the National School of Jurisprudence of the UNAM, where he did not finish his studies because of his participation as an extra in the film Bajo el cielo de México, at the express invitation of his school friends. In his beginnings as an actor, he worked as an extra in several film productions, but he did not achieve the fame and recognition he longed for. Because working as an extra he could not achieve the fame he wanted, he formed a union in favor of the "extras", however, this instead of benefiting him affected him because he was banned for a little more than a year. His great opportunity in the golden age of Mexican cinema was when Emilio "El Indio" Fernández gave him the starring role in the film "La isla de la pasión" (Passion Island) alongside Pedro Armendáriz. In 1947 he won an Ariel for his role as "Kid Terranova" in the film Campeón Sin Corona, leaving Pedro Armendáriz as the loser. Due to his interpretations of popular characters, David was nominated two more times as best actor in the film Esquina Bajan in 1949 and Espaldas Mojadas in 1956. The glory years of this leading man of the golden age of Mexican cinema passed into tragedy. In 1971 he suffered an automobile accident, resulting in a serious injury to his left leg. During his treatment, doctors discovered that he had diabetes; David Silva's health became complicated and he had to undergo surgery to amputate his leg and save his life. In 1976 the disease continued to progress and his right leg had to be amputated as well. The condition became more complicated, leading the great actor to his death on September 21, 1976, in Mexico City.
The Holy Mountain
as Fon's Father (uncredited)The Alchemist assembles together a group of people from all walks of life to represent the...
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El Topo
as The ColonelEl Topo decides to confront warrior Masters on a trans-formative desert journey he begins with...
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Alucarda
as Father LázaroA young girl's arrival at a convent after the death of her parents marks the beginning of a...
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Castle of Purity
as InspectorA disciplined and sexually driven man forces his family to stay isolated in their home in order...
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The Bricklayers
as Ing. ZamoraWhen a worker is found murdered on the construction side, the investigation swiftly turns from...
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The Bat Woman
as José the Lottery SellerWhen a mad scientist begins kidnapping wrestlers and extracting their spinal fluid to create a...
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The First Texan
as General Antonio Lopez de Santa AnaAfter arriving in Texas to escape a scandal back east, lawyer Sam Houston just wants to hang out...
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The Brainiac
as Detective inspectorIn 1661 Mexico, the Baron Vitelius of Astara is sentenced to be burned alive by the Holy...
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A Family Like Many Others
as Roberto Del HierroThe dynamics of a typical middle-class family are shaken up after the introduction of an...
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The Paper Man
as Inspector de policíaA deaf and mute vagabond finds a large denomination bill in a Mexico City dump, and while he...
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Espaldas mojadas
as Rafael Améndola CampuzanoMexican worker Rafael Améndola runs from the police and cross the Mexican-American border,...
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Ventarrón
as VentarrónEx-con presides over an underworld court trial in an abandoned warehouse to determine the fates...
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Rage
as Bus DriverSmall-town doctor bitten by rabid dog, races the clock to get to the city and receive treatment.
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Señora Tentación
as uncreditedFamous singer hires a pianist/songwriter on the strength of his compositions, then seduces him...
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Pubertinaje
as uncreditedThree episodes: 1) "A Christmas dinner" where the family members fantasize about being somewhere...
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Those Years
as Gen. Leonardo MárquezPresident Juárez fights against the conservatives, who have ordered an emperor to be brought...
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The Mansion of Madness
as Cult PriestThe inmates of an insane asylum take over the institution, imprison the doctors and staff, and...
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Narcotics Division
as Jefe de policíaVice cop infiltrates a jazz club to bust a heroin ring.
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Los miserables
as uncreditedPolice officer makes life hell for an ex-convict. Based on that novel.
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Tacos al Carbón
as El chaquirasTacos al carbón is a mexican movie released on june 8th 1972 on Mexico City.
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Revancha
as RafaelA man steals to buy medicine for his sick mother but when she dies he gets into drug trafficking...
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La abuelita
as uncreditedGranny rules the roost, but little sister's a bit rebellious. She listens to Cuban music, she...
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Eterna agonía
as Trinidad ReyesConvicted on flimsy evidence of complicity in a jewel robbery, there's nothing he can do...
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Faith, Hope and Charity
as Melitón (segment "Fe")Three episodes. Faith: a woman is attacked. Hope: a fakir is crucified. Charity: a woman faces...
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La Lucha Invade el Cine Mexicano
as Huracán Ramírez without maskLucha libre is part of Mexican culture, but how did something that was shown in circuses and...
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Huracán Ramírez
as Fernando Torres / Huracán RamírezFamily comedy and family melodrama involving father and son wrestlers, little brothers, little...
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Get Off at the Next Corner!
as Gregorio del PradoDriver Gregorio del Prado and fare collector Regalito were suspended for deviating from their...
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El billetero
as uncreditedSlum child, abandoned almost since birth, is reunited with his father.
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La zandunga
as (uncredited)It is the story of a beautiful Tehuana woman who falls in love with a sailor who leaves with the...
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Café Concordia
as uncreditedDuring the early XX Century, a lovely woman dancer has an amazing success in a place called...
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The Champions of Justice
as Dr. Marius Zarkoff / Mano NegraBlue Demon and pals square off against the Black Hand's army of super powered midgets. Five...
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The Bloody Revolver
as El MansoFollows an "unlucky" gun across the paths of five owners.
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Los canallas
as uncreditedThe leader and villain of the movie is called Kadena, a buxom girl, who is the real deal of the...
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Los amantes
as Jorge RubioA burglar and a bar girl fall in love and decide to go straight, but complications.
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Regalo de reyes
as uncreditedClass conflicts between two families; one's upper-class but decaying, one's industrious...
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Las puertas del presidio
as Martin SantoyoUnscrupulous boss frames an employee for a robbery so he can make time with the guy's sister.
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My Son, the Hero
as PelónNorthern Mexico, early 20th century. Reynaldo del Hierro is murdered while riding with his sons...
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Passion Island
as Julio1909, a detachment of the Mexican army commanded by Captain Allende moves to Clipperton, also...
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El Misterio de Huracán Ramírez
as FernandoHurricane Ramirez is the new manager of the arena and champion of the ring. He must battle with...
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El desalmado
as Enrique VidalFictional biography of a career criminal.
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The Unknown Cowboy
as El PumaThe Sheriff of a small town, in his search of a robber bank, gets to another city, working...
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Fatal Trap
as Carlos FernándezPart of a series of films based on portions of the Manuel Payno novel "El fisto del diablo." The...
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Apartment house
as uncreditedPersonal dramas among the residents of an apartment house.
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De pecado en pecado
as uncreditedThis post-World War II drama, (released to a world-wide audience on July 9, 1949), is...
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The Rider of the Skulls
as Luis AlvatierraEpisodic film in which a masked hero combats a trio of classic monsters.
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El cachorro
as uncreditedEl Cachorro is falsely accused of two murders; right after he's arrested flor those crimes,...
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Flor de durazno
as FabiánCity slicker scams on young farmgirl while her fiance's in USA on a work permit.
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Cuando acaba la noche
as Gabriel MorenoNewspaper reporter interests himself in contesting a manslaughter verdict on behalf of the son...
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La gallina clueca
as José (Pepe)Divorced mother struggles to raise her large family.
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Soy puro mexicano
as uncreditedBand of outlaws stumble across an espionage ring of Axis agents embedded in an out-of-the-way...
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Los Fernández de Peralvillo
as Roberto MárquezA young man fails as a seller of household goods and his sister, tired of poverty, elopes with a...
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El hijo de Huracán Ramírez
as Fernando / Huracan RamirezA wrestler is arrested on suspicion of assault, but his son manages to capture the real culprits.
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La edad de la tentación
as Agente del ministerioBy the negligence of parents who not assume their responsibility in sex education, many lives...
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Angels and Cherubs
as Doctor IsmaelA tragic celestial-western that explores Adam and Eve's paradise from a surreal point of view.
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Champion Without Crown
as Roberto 'Kid' TerranovaA young ice cream vendor, Roberto Terranova, witnesses a child being beaten and comes to his aid...
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Tongolele Has Been Killed
as Carlos BlancoMurder mystery set in a night-club; who killed the star performer?
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Nosotras, las taquígrafas
as David MartínezYoung women in the steno-pool have to balance work, romance, and touchy-feely bosses.
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Para servir a usted
as GordoWorking-class dude gets a gig as a waiter doing banquet service, and loses his moral compass...
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Una horca para el Texano
as Señor JuezEscalating tensions within a frontier town besieged by outlaws.
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Viviré otra vez
as JoséCard-sharks blackmail a dissolute young man into participating in a big robbery; his brother...
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La carne manda
as uncreditedChildhood friends move up the economic ladder from slumrat to middle class comfort, but the...
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Engagement ring
as uncreditedNewlyweds struggle with career issues and poverty.
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Cargando con el muerto
as uncreditedMoving company bozos are left holding the bag when bad guys hire them to transport a corpse.
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Mañana serán hombres
as uncreditedFilm-director assigned to making a teenaged-hoodlums crime drama, agonizes over the positive...
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Una rosa sobre el ring
as uncreditedAfter killing an opponent in a freak wrestling accident, El Enmascarado Negro has a midlife...
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La casa del ogro
as Invitado a posada (uncredited)Lives of the tenants in a shabby-genteel apartment house. Miserly landlord learns valuable life...
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Then God Named It Earth
as Don Cosme AguilarDuring the Mexican Agrarian Reform, an engineer travels to a town to distribute the land of the...
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Póker de ases
as uncreditedFour brothers try to manage their careers and love-lives under the close supervision of a...
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Tres hermanos
as uncreditedThe three sons of a Mexican family emigrated to USA end up fighting in WWII.
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Los hijos de nadie
as José López MartínezA man is making a research about the importance of familiar environment in children's future....
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Ave sin nido
as uncreditedHusband, sterile wife, fertile mistress, daughter.
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No me quieras tanto
as uncreditedFeud between two rival gangsters over drug-sales turf.
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El mundo de las drogas
as uncreditedFederal agents bust a ring that grows and processes opium poppies.
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Those Who Came Back
as Carlos CervantesA small disparate group of people are aboard a multi-day, multi-stop flight from Mexico City to...
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El hombre de la ametralladora
as Juan Morales (El chicago)Police procedural: tracking a ruthless Chicago hitman who's found a gig in Mexico City.
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San Simón de los Magueyes
as uncreditedThe statue of a town's patron saint is broken just before the annual Saint's Day festival, so...
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Ángeles de arrabal
as Juan Martínez, el neneSmall-time crooks and bargirls, and also their mothers, get involved in a situation over some...
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La recta final
as Sr. GómezA jockey is pushed by his former trainer, in order to win one last race after his downfall into...
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Thursday night
as PanchoA group of friends plan to steal a companýs payroll, they succeed, but they have a fatal...
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El amor no es ciego
as uncreditedA boxer wins a championship but he is injured and forced to retire. After that he falls in love...
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El fistol del diablo II
as Carlos FernándezPart of a series of films based on portions of the Manuel Payno novel "El fistol del diablo."...
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The Bloody Inn
as uncreditedYoung couple are trapped in an isolated mansion while members of a criminal gang are killing...
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Caste of Oak
as uncreditedA young woman from the country has a son from a young man of a rich family. The rich grandfather...
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