Emilio "El Indio" Fernández (born Emilio Fernández Romo, March 26, 1904 – August 6, 1986) was a Mexican film director, actor and screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific film directors of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. He is best known for his work as director of the film Maria Candelaria, which won the Palme d'Or award at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. As an actor, he worked in numerous film productions of Mexico and also in Hollywood.

KNOWN FOR

Columbo
1976
The Magnificent Seven
1960
The Wild Bunch
1969
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
The War Wagon
1967
La traición
1984
Return of the Seven
1966
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
1974
Flying Down to Rio
1933
Under the Volcano
1984
The Fugitive
1947
The Night of the Iguana
1964

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
80
Directing
43
Writing
40
Producing
4
2013
Ottolenghi's Mediterranean Island Feast
as Founder of Restaurante Sa Foradada
1987
Arriba Michoacán
1986
El Secuestro De Lola - Lola La Trailera 2
as Commander Prieto
1986
Ahora mis pistolas hablan
1986
Lovers of the Lord of the Night
as Don Venustiano
1985
Treasure of the Amazon
as Tacho / Paco
1985
Un Retrato del Indio
as Self
1984
Observations Under the Volcano
as Self
1984
Notes from Under the Volcano
as Self
1984
Under the Volcano
as Diosdado
1984
La traición
as Gral. Arcadio Carvajal
1983
Mercenarios de la Muerte
1983
Lola the Truck Driver
as Comandante Prieto
1982
Una gallina muy ponedora
1982
Cinématon XIX
as N°187
1980
Las cabareteras
1979
Erótica
as Hernández
1976
Red Zone
1976
Columbo
as Miguel
1975
Breakout
as J.V.
1975
Political Asylum
as General Salino
1974
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
as El Jefe
1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Paco
1973
Kung Fu
as Carlos
1972
Nest of Virgins
as Anacleto Morones
1971
The Enemy Blood
as Juan
1970
The Phantom Gunslinger
as Sheriff
1969
The Wild Bunch
as Gen. Mapache
1969
Duelo en El Dorado
1969
La Chamuscada - Tierra Y Libertad
as Margarito Herrero
1969
El crepúsculo de un dios
as Emilio
1968
El caudillo
1968
The Smugglers
as Cesare Brunelli
1967
The War Wagon
as Calita
1967
A Covenant with Death
as Ignacio
1967
Hard Breed to Kill
as Ringo
1967
El Silencioso
as Emilio Segura
1967
Un dorado de Pancho Villa
as Aurelio Pérez
1966
The Appaloosa
as Lazaro
1966
Return of the Seven
as Francisco Lorca
1966
La recta final
as Don Lucio
1966
Duelo de pistoleros
1966
Los malvados
1965
The Reward
as Sergeant Lopez
1965
La conquista de El Dorado
1965
Un callejón sin salida
as Moran
1965
Los hermanos Muerte
1964
El revólver sangriento
as Félix Gómez
1964
The Night of the Iguana
as Barkeeper (uncredited)
1964
Yo El Valiente
1963
La Bandida
as Epigmenio Gomez
1963
Paloma herida
as Danilo Zata
1962
Little Town
as Coronel
1961
My Son, the Hero
as Pascual Velasco
1959
La Cucaracha
as Coronel Antonio Zeta
1943
Wild Flower
as Rogelio Torres
1943
El fanfarrón: ¡Aquí llegó el valentón!
as Aguilucho
1942
Passion Island
as Capitán barco
1941
El Zorro de Jalisco
as Ernesto
1941
Rancho Alegre
1940
El charro Negro
as Emilio Gómez
1940
The Underdogs
as Pancracio
1939
Con Los Dorados De Villa
1938
Juan sin miedo
1937
El impostor
1937
Adios Nicanor
1937
Almas rebeldes
1937
The Super Madman
as Idúa
1937
Las mujeres mandan
as Bailarín
1937
Las cuatro milpas
1936
Marihuana (El monstruo verde)
as El indio
1936
Celos
as Sebastián
1936
Allá en el Rancho Grande
as Bailarín
1935
Janitzio
as Zirahuén
1934
Cruz Diablo
as Toparca, bandolero
1934
La buenaventura
as Boris
1933
Flying Down to Rio
as Dancer (uncredited)
1932
The Western Code
as Indian Joe
1931
The Sunrise Trail
as Pancho
1930
The Land of Missing Men
as Lopez