Alfonso Mejía

Known for

Acting

Born

November 16, 1934

Birthplace

Mexico City, Mexico

Died

December 29, 2021 (aged 87)

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.

Best known work

The Young and the Damned

1950

Por mis pistolas

1968

The Martyr of Calvary

1952

Rubí

1970

Detectives o ladrones..?

1967

Tarahumara (Further and farther)

1965

La edad de la tentación

1959

Rio Hondo

1965

Quinceañera

1960

The Young Animals

1970

Filmography

1970
Rubí
as Dr. Cuevas
1970
The Young Animals
1968
Por mis pistolas
as Pablo Sanchez
1967
Detectives o ladrones..?
1967
Los tres mosqueteros de Dios
as Ray
1967
Serenata en noche de luna
1965
Rio Hondo
as Miguel
1965
Tarahumara (Further and farther)
as Roniali
1964
Los novios de mis hijas
1962
Los falsos héroes
1962
Contra viento y marea
1962
Jóvenes y bellas
1962
Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert)
1961
El hombre de la ametralladora
as Paco
1961
Mañana serán hombres
1961
Vacaciones en Acapulco
as Lencho
1961
Chicas casaderas
1960
Quinceañera
as Pancho
1959
La edad de la tentación
1958
El boxeador
1956
Juventud desenfrenada
1955
El túnel 6
1953
Padre nuestro
as Eduardo Molina
1952
The Martyr of Calvary
as Marcos
1951
La bienamada