Armando Silvestre Biography

American and Mexican actor (born 1926)

Armando Silvestre Carrascosa (born January 28, 1926) is an American and Mexican actor.

Life and career

Silvestre was born on January 28, 1926 in San Diego, California, but he is originally from Tijuana, Mexico. He dropped out of college in order to pursue a career in bullfighting, but turned to acting after being badly gored by a bull.

In 1960, Silvestre starred in Las rosas del milagro, a historical drama set during the time of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire.

Silvestre was firstly married to Leonor Plaza, a Venezuelan woman, but later divorced. He later married artistic representative Blanca Estela Limon, and as of 2011, was living in California.

Selected filmography

Silvestre with Rossana Podestà in Rossana (1953)Silvestre in Night of the Bloody Apes (1969)Silvestre in The Scalphunters (1968)

Films

  • Lola Casanova (1948)
  • Here Comes Martin Corona (1952)
  • Hiawatha (1952)
  • Rossana (1953)
  • Take Me in Your Arms (1954)
  • The White Orchid (1954)
  • Invincible Guns (1960)
  • The Miracle Roses (1960)
  • Santo Contra los Zombis (1961)
  • Geronimo (1962)
  • Kings of the Sun (1963)
  • The Scalphunters (1968)
  • Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
  • Midnight Dolls (1979)

Television

References

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