Birthday: 17 May 1919, Villanueva, Zacatecas, Mexico
Birth Name: José Pascual Antonio Aguilar Márquez Barraza
Born in Villanueva, Zacatecas, to Jesús Aguilar y Aguilar and Ángela Márquez Barraza Valle, Antonio Aguilar is one of the most iconic actor-singers of Mexican cinema. He began his singing career in the 1940's and then debuted in national Mexican cinema in 1952, during its Golden era. Later in his acting career, Aguilar was noted for his bri...
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Born in Villanueva, Zacatecas, to Jesús Aguilar y Aguilar and Ángela Márquez Barraza Valle, Antonio Aguilar is one of the most iconic actor-singers of Mexican cinema. He began his singing career in the 1940's and then debuted in national Mexican cinema in 1952, during its Golden era. Later in his acting career, Aguilar was noted for his brilliant portrayals of revolutionary and folk-song heroes in historical films. He won the "Premio ACE" Award for Best Actor for his performance in Emiliano Zapata (1970). Aguilar married frequent co-star Flor Silvestre in 1959. Show less «
From the seminary, I went to live with an uncle. He decided we needed an airplane pilot in the famil...Show more »
From the seminary, I went to live with an uncle. He decided we needed an airplane pilot in the family business. I came to the United States to study aviation, and later went to Mount Union college. I got a scholarship to study singing under Deanna Durbin's former coach in Hollywood. My uncle wired that I was fired from the family business because it had no room for clowns. Show less «
[to the Hollywood studio that offered him a role in a movie] You have one formula. A hero. A dame. A...Show more »
[to the Hollywood studio that offered him a role in a movie] You have one formula. A hero. A dame. An Indian and a bad Mexican. The hero has to kill the Indian and the bad Mexican to win the girl. No wonder your pictures do not make money. You cannot hurt the feelings of 350,000,000 Latins. You came to me. I didn't come to you. I have my terms. Show less «
[1969] I have been in 103 Mexican movies. Hollywood came after me. I dictated my terms because I had...Show more »
[1969] I have been in 103 Mexican movies. Hollywood came after me. I dictated my terms because I had confidence. Show less «
[on his early days as an entertainer] There were many hungry days. God bless those hungry days. They...Show more »
[on his early days as an entertainer] There were many hungry days. God bless those hungry days. They teach you a lot. Show less «
