Gustavo Rojo

Gustavo Rojo
File:Gustavo rojo vieji.jpg
Born	Gustavo Rojo Pinto (1923-09-05)5 September 1923 Montevideo, Uruguay
Died	22 April 2017(2017-04-22) (aged 93) Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation(s)	Actor Film producer
Years active	1938–2017
Spouse(s)	Mercedes Castellanos Erika Remberg Carmela Stein
Children	Alejandra, Enrique, Juan Carlos Ana Patricia Rojo

Gustavo Rojo (5 September 1923 – 22 April 2017) was a Uruguayan film actor and producer. He appeared in more than 160 films and television shows between 1938 and 2016. He is the father of Ana Patricia Rojo.

Early life and career

Gustavo Rojo was born on 5 September 1923 on a German ship in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. His mother was the prominent Spanish author Mercedes Pinto, who emigrated to Uruguay for political reasons. His two older siblings, Pituka de Foronda and Ruben Rojo, also became actors. In the late 1920s, Mercedes wrote a play and Gustavo made his theater debut. Gustavo's screen debut came as a child actor in the 1938 Cuban film Ahora seremos felices, in which his older sister Pituka had a starring role. In the 1940s, the family moved to Mexico, where Rojo worked steadily throughout the 1940s.

In 1947, he made his Hollywood debut in the film Tarzan and the Mermaids, which starred Johnny Weissmuller and Brenda Joyce.

Personal life

Rojo was engaged to Austrian actress Erika Remberg in 1958. He died on 22 April 2017 at the age of 93.

Telenovelas

• No creo en los hombres (1969), as Roberto
• Natacha (1970-1971) (Perú), as Raúl Pereyra
• El amor tiene cara de mujer (1971), as Cristián
• ¿Quién? (1973)
• La tierra (1973)
• Muñeca (1974), as Padre Félix
• Mundo de juguete (1974-1977), as Carlos
• Marcha nupcial (1977), as Esteban
• Una mujer (1978), as Manuel
• La divina Sarah (1980), as Richepin
• Lágrimas de amor (1980), as Germán
• Secreto de confesión (1980), as Jorge
• Una limosna de amor (1981), as Rolando
• Mañana es primavera (1982), as Alfredo Serrano
• Si, mi amor (1984), as Sr. Edward Williams
• Pobre señorita Limantour (1987)
• Rosa salvaje (1987-1988), as Padre Manuel de la Huerta
• María Mercedes (1992-1993), as Dr. Pérez
• Si Dios me quita la vida (1995), as Don Jesús Sánchez Amaro
• Confidente de secundaria (1996), as Miramontes
• Mi querida Isabel (1996-1997), as Joaquín
• Esmeralda (1997), as Bernardo Pérez-Montalvo
• Sin ti (1997-1998), as Don Nicolás Rubio-Castillo
• Salud, dinero y amor (1997), as Federico Montiel
• Soñadoras (1998-1999), as Don Alfredo Guzmán
• Alma rebelde (1999), as Octavio Fuentes Cano
• Cuento de Navidad (1999), as Mariano
• Carita de ángel (2000-2001), as Padre Cosme
• Por un beso (2000), as Lic. Carlos Guillén
• La intrusa (2001), as Víctor Rivadeneyra
• Cómplices al rescate (2002), as Dr. Federico Rueda
• Apuesta por un amor (2004-2005), as Lic. Leonardo de la Rosa
• Destilando amor (2007), as Néstor Videgaray
• Al diablo con los guapos (2007-2008), as Ernesto Robledo
• Mañana es para siempre (2008-2009), as Obispo
• Corazón salvaje (2009-2010), as Alberto Villarreal
• Triunfo del amor (2010-2011), as Padre Jerónimo
• Abismo de pasión (2012), as Obispo
• Qué pobres tan ricos (2013-2014), as Aureliano Ruizpalacios
• Un camino hacia el destino (2016), as Don Fernando

Selected filmography

• Ahora seremos felices (1938)
• Las colegialas (1946)
• Todo un caballero (1947)
• Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948), as Tiko
• Courtesan (1948)
• Cuando baja la marea (1949)
• The Great Madcap (1949), as Eduardo de la Mata
• La reina del mambo (1950), as Luis
• Doña Clarines (1951)
• Stronghold (1951)
• Red Fury (1951), as Ramón Stevens
• The Evil Forest (1951), as Parsifal
• From Madrid to Heaven (1952), as Pablo Iriarte
• Younger Brother (1953)
• Under the Sky of Spain (1953)
• Angels of the Street (1953)
• Borrasca en las almas (1954)
• Tehuantepec (1954)
• The Island Princess (1954), as Bentejui
• Alexander the Great (1956), as Cleitus the Black
• Action of the Tiger (1957), as Henri
• Engaged to Death (1957)
• It Started with a Kiss (1959), as Antonio Soriano
• The Miracle (1959), as Cordoba
• Julius Caesar Against the Pirates (1962), as Julius Caesar
• The Secret of Dr. Mabuse (1964), as Mario Monta
• Old Shatterhand (1964), as Corporal Bush
• Der Schatz der Azteken (1965), as Teniente Potoca
• Genghis Khan (1965), as Altan
• Die Pyramide des Sonnengottes (1965), as Teniente Potoca
• Seven Vengeful Women (1966), as Gus Macintosh
• Come to the Blue Adriatic (1966), as Sr. Hernandez
• A Witch Without a Broom (1967), as Caius
• The Fickle Finger of Fate (1967), as Estrala
• The Christmas Kid (1967), as Carrillo
• Spy Today, Die Tomorrow (1967), as Peppino
• The Vengeance of Pancho Villa (1967), as General Urbina
• Ragan (1968), as Velludo
• Madigan's Millions (1968), as Lt. Arco
• Land Raiders (1969), as Juantez
• The Valley of Gwangi (1969), as Carlos
• A Bullet for Sandoval (1969), as Guadalupano
• El Condor (1970), as Colonel Anguinaldo

External links

• Gustavo Rojo at IMDb
• Gustavo Rojo at AllMovie