Fernando Allende

Fernando Allende
Born	Fernando Allende November 10, 1952 (1952-11-10) Mexico
Years active	1954–present

Fernando Allende (born November 10, 1952) is a Mexican singer, actor, painter, film producer, and film director. Allende began singing in 1959, at the age of seven.

Biography

Private life

By the late 1960s, Allende had ventured into Spanish-language Soap Operas as well as Photo Soap Operas (magazine soap operas widely produced during the 1970s in many Latin American countries). His matinee idol looks helped Allende become a super star and teen idol across Latin America almost immediately.

Allende is Mexican by birth. His father is from Mexico, his mother is from Cuba, and his grandfather on his father's side was Puerto Rican. Both grandparents on his mother side are Spaniards. He was voted as one of the most desirable Latin bachelors.^{[citation needed]}

Allende started off in poor conditions. A soon to be friend, Carlos Castillo, offered help to Allende. Castillo, asked his own father for various favors for Allende, such as shoes and food. One thing that Castillo asked Allende to do was to remember the Castillo family if Allende ever became famous. A favor that Allende did mention in a television interview.

During the early 1980s, Allende moved to Hollywood, California and became a respectable success in the "movie capital of the world", with major parts in important productions, playing opposite big names. Allende made for himself a great marquee name. Allende fell in love and got married to a Puerto Rican. The new couple moved to Aspen, Colorado and lived there for 15 years. They have two sons, Elán and Adán.

Career

During the 1981–1982 television season, Allende had a recurring role on the NBC prime time soap opera Flamingo Road as "Julio Sanchez". Furthermore, Allende became the host of the Spanish version of the television singing contest: Star Search (Buscando Estrellas).

His wife had been a world traveller in her single years and Allende then became a regular vacationer at European spots. His two boys consider Venice, Italy and Mykonos, Greece as their favorite vacationing spot, but Allende and mostly his wife prefer London, where the latter lived for many years studying in graduate school the life and art of Vasilly Kandinsky, and she fell in love with the city.

Fernando and his wife forged a friendship with Prince Michael of Kent, seventh in line for the British throne. Queen Elizabeth II became interested in their friendship, and had the British secret service conduct a major investigation into the Allende family. Nothing wrong was found with the Allende family, and eventually the Queen approved of their friendship. They were guests of honor in the Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Victoria and Albert Museum which was held in London. They were also invited to travel with the Kents to the Gala Opening in the Houston Museum of Art where the collection of the V & A started its world tour.

Since 2001, Fernando and his wife moved to Puerto Rico, where Fernando has successfully returned to his career as an actor, singer, and initiated a new career in painting. Furthermore, he has directed and produced his own movies and mini series. He has also been one of the steady judges of the popular Puerto Rican talent/reality show, Objetivo Fama, and presently hosts his own television variety show called: Entre Amigos (Amongst Friends).He owns EL DORADO STUDIOS a TV and motion picture facility in Dorado,Puerto Rico.

In December 2007, he was the host for Miss World 2007 in Sanya, China alongside Angela Chow.He presently is working on a sitcom made in Puerto Rico called "Que familia mas normal" on TuTv.

Filmography

Telenovelas

• Esperanza del Corazon (2011) - Orlando Duarte
• Sortilegio (2009) - Antonio
• "Besos prohibidos" as Jose Luis (1999)
• "Maria Bonita" as Jose Santos/Damar Santoyo (1995)
• "Sangre de lobos" (1991)
• "Amor de nadie" as Guillermo (1990)
• "Grecia" as Fernando (1987)
• "Tiempo de amar" (1987)
• "Corazón salvaje" as Renato (1977)
• "El Milagro de vivir" (1975)
• "Ana del aire" as Gerardo (1973)

TV series

• "Superboy" as club owner (1989)
• "Miami Vice" as Tico Arriola (1986)
• "Hunter" as Moreno (1985)
• "The Hitchhiker" as Victor (1985)
• "Murder, She Wrote" as Miguel Santana (1985)
• "Master of the Game" as George Mellis (1984)
• "Hart to Hart" as Fernando (1981–1983)
• "Flamingo Road" as Julio Sanchez (1981–1982)
• "The Phoenix" as Diego DeVarga (1981)

Movies

• Maria (2010)
• El Cimarrón (2006)
• Slayer as Luis (2006)
• Siempre te amare as Lead (2004)
• Naked Lies as Damian Medina (1998)
• Angely smerti (1993)
• Stalingrad (1989)
• Beverly Hills Brats as Roberto (1989)
• Un Hombre y una mujer con suerte (1988)
• The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory as Alamonte (1987)
• Murder in Three Acts as Ricardo Montoya (1986)
• Heartbreaker as Beto (1983)
• Johnny Chicano (1981)
• El Lobo negro (1981)
• Duelo a muerte as Carlos Aceves/El Lobo Negro (1981)
• Con la muerte en ancas as Casey Kelly (1980)
• El Contrabando del paso (1980)
• El Hombre de los hongos as Sebastian (1980)
• Frontera as Fernando (1980)
• Verano salvaje (1980)
• La Venganza del lobo negro (1980)
• The Streets of L.A. as Ramon Gallo Zamora (1979)
• La Ilegal (1979)
• Te quiero (1979)
• La Guera Rodriguez (1978)
• La Coquito as Julio (1977)
• ¿Y ahora qué, señor fiscal? (1977)
• La Virgen de Guadalupe as Juan Diego (1976)
• El Pacto as Sergio (1976)
• Negro es un bello color as Mario (1974)
• El Desconocido (1974)
• El Primer amor (1974)
• El Amor tiene cara de mujer (1973)
• Mecánica nacional (1972)
• María as Efrain (1972)
• Para servir a usted (1971)

External links

• Fernando Allende at the Internet Movie Database