Alfonso Mejía

Actor

Born: November 16, 1934 (87 years old)

Died: December 29, 2021

Place of birth: Mexico City, Mexico

Biography

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.

Filmography (11)

• The Young and the Damned (1950, ★ 8)
• Quinceañera (1960, ★ 7.2)
• The Martyr of Calvary (1952, ★ 8.1)
• Detectives o ladrones..? (1967, ★ 6.8)
• Rubí (1970, ★ 7.1)
• Por mis pistolas (1968, ★ 7.7)
• Rio Hondo (1965, ★ 5.7)
• Tarahumara (Further and farther) (1965, ★ 5.8)
• Jóvenes y bellas (1962, ★ 5.2)
• La edad de la tentación (1959, ★ 4.4)
• The Young Animals (1970, ★ 3.4)