David Silva Guglielmeti (9 October 1917 – 21 September 1976) was a
Mexican actor and occasional producer of the
Golden Age of Mexican cinema. In his career, he appeared in more than 100 films and won an
Ariel Award
The Ariel Award () is an award that recognizes the best of Mexican cinema. Given annually, since 1946, by the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas, Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AMACC), the award reco ...
for his leading role in the film ''
Champion Without a Crown'' (1946).
Selected filmography
* ''
Bajo el cielo de México'' (1937)
* ''
La Zandunga'' (1938) - (uncredited)
* ''Hombres de mar'' (1938) - (uncredited)
* ''
La casa del ogro'' (1938) - Invitado a posada (uncredited)
* ''
Café Concordia'' (1939) - Julián
* ''Hombres del aire'' (1939)
* ''
I Will Live Again'' (1940) - José
* ''
La gallina clueca'' (1941) - José (Pepe)
* ''
Regalo de Reyes'' (1942) - Enrique
* ''
La abuelita'' (1942) - Fernando
* ''La Isla de la Pasión'' (1942) - Julio
* ''
Secreto eterno'' (The Eternal Secret) (1942) - Luis Navarro
* ''
I'm a Real Mexican'' (1942) - Juan Fernández
* ''Yolanda (Brindis de amor)'' (1942)
* ''Lo que sólo el hombre puede sufrir'' (1942) - Miguel
* ''La posada sangrienta'' (1943) - Antonio
* ''
Ave sin nido (Anita de Montemar)'' (1943) - Adolfo Muñóz
* ''
Les Misérables
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'' (1943) - Baron Mario de Pontmercy
* ''Tres hermanos'' (1943)
* ''Balajú'' (1943)
* ''
Porfirio Díaz
José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori (; ; 15 September 1830 – 2 July 1915) was a General (Mexico), Mexican general and politician who was the dictator of Mexico from 1876 until Mexican Revolution, his overthrow in 1911 seizing power in a Plan ...
'' (1944)
* ''El mexicano'' (1944)
* ''La culpable'' (1944)
* ''
Flor de Durazno'' (1945) - Fabián
* ''Rayando el sol'' (1946) - Carlos, adulto
* ''
Campeón sin corona'' (1946) - Roberto 'Kid' Terranova
* ''
Humo en los ojos'' (1946) - Carlos Gómez
* ''Me persigue una mujer'' (1947)
* ''El amor abrió los ojos'' (1947)
* ''
Los que volvieron'' (1948) - Carlos Cervantes
* ''
Madam Temptation (Señora tentación)'' (1948) - Andrés Valle
* ''
The Flesh Commands'' (1948)
* ''
The Shadow of the Bridge'' (1948)
* ''De pecado en pecado'' (1948)
* ''Lazos de fuego'' (1948)
* ''
Esquina, bajan!'' (1948) - Gregorio del Prado
* ''
Revenge
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'' (1948) - Rafael
* ''Han matado a Tongolele'' (1948) - Carlos Blanco
* ''
Una familia de tantas'' (''A Family Like Many Others'') (1949) - Roberto del Hierro
* ''
Eterna agonía'' (1949) - Trinidad Reyes
* ''
Don't Love Me So Much'' (1949) - Gustavo
* ''Hay lugar para... ¡dos!'' (1949) - Gregorio del Prado
* ''
Angels of the Arrabal'' (1949) - Juan Martínez, el nene
* ''Rayito de luna'' (1949) - Julián
* ''Las puertas del presidio'' (1949) - Martin Santoyo
* ''
Ventarrón'' (1949) - Ventarrón
* ''
When the Night Ends'' (1950) - Gabriel Moreno
* ''
Wife or Lover
''Wife or Lover'' (Spanish: ''Esposa o amante'') is a 1950 Mexican drama film directed by Adolfo Fernández Bustamante and starring Rosario Granados, David Silva and Fernando Soto. Aviña p.108 The film's sets were designed by the art director ...
'' (1950)
* ''El desalmado'' (1950) - Enrique Vidal
* ''El amor no es ciego'' (1950) - Pancho Kid
* ''
Nosotras las Taquígrafas'' (1950) - David Martínez
* ''
Tenement House
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'' (1951) - Ramón
* ''Manos de seda'' (1951) - Jorge, manos de seda
* ''
Los amantes'' (1951) - Jorge Rubio
* ''
Radio Patrol'' (1951) - Rodolfo Nava
* ''
Engagement Ring
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'' (1951) - Pablo Galván
* ''
The Lovers'' (1951) - Julio Castro
* ''
Nobody's Children'' (1952) - José López Martínez
* ''Traigo mi 45'' (1952) - Francisco Reynoso
* ''Póker de ases'' (1952) - David
* ''
El billetero'' (1953) - Pedro
* ''
Huracán Ramírez'' (1952) - Fernando Torres / Huracán Ramírez
* ''
The Player'' (1953) - Alberto Maciel
* ''
Reportaje'' (1953, dirigido por
Emilio Fernández
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)
* ''Casta de roble'' (1954)
* ''
Los Fernández de Peralvillo
''Los Fernández de Peralvillo'' is a 1954 Mexican film directed by Alejandro Galindo. The film is based in the play of Juan H. Durán and Casahonda. It stars Sara García, Victor Parra, and David Silva.
Synopsis
Mario is a fatherless and liv ...
'' (1954) - Roberto Márquez
* ''Espaldas mojadas'' (1955) - Rafael Améndola Campuzano
* ''
The First Texan'' (1956) - General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
* ''Esposa te doy'' (1957) - Alberto del Valle
* ''La edad de la tentación'' (1959) - Agente de ministerio público
* ''Ellas también son rebeldes'' (1961) - Comandante policía
* ''Tirando a matar'' (1961)
* ''El hombre de la ametralladora'' (1961) - Juan Morales (El Chicago)
* ''En busca de la muerte'' (1961)
* ''Mañana serán hombres'' (1961) - Reyes
* ''Locura de terror'' (1961) - Professor Jones
* ''El aviador fenómeno'' (1961) - Doctor Ingemar
* ''Trampa fatal'' (1961) - Carlos Fernández
* ''Los hermanos del hierro'' (1961) - Pelón
* ''Y dios la llamó tierra'' (1961) - Don Cosme Aguilar, presidente municipal
* ''Juventud rebelde (jóvenes rebeldes)'' (1961) - El charrascas
* ''El fusilamiento'' (1962)
* ''La noche del jueves'' (1962) - Pancho, padre de Anita
* ''
El misterio de Huracán Ramírez'' (1962) - Fernando
* ''
El barón del terror'' (1962) - Comandante / lead detective
* ''La risa de la ciudad'' (1963) - Rosco
* ''
El hombre de papel'' (1963) - Inspector de policía
* ''División narcóticos'' (1963) - Jefe de policía (Coronel)
* ''
El revolver sangriento'' (1964) - El Manso
* ''El mundo de las drogas'' (1964) - Coronel
* ''El charro de las calaveras'' (1965) - Luis Alvatierra
* ''Cargando con el muerto'' (1965)
* ''La recta final'' (1965) - Sr. Goméz
* ''Duelo de pistoleros'' (1966) - Romano
* ''El cachorro'' (1966)
* ''Los malditos'' (1966)
* ''
El hijo de Huracán Ramírez'' (1966) - Fernando / Huracan Ramirez
* ''El secreto del texano'' (1966)
* ''
Rage'' (1966) - Truck Driver
* ''El pistolero desconocido'' (1967) - El puma
* ''La mujer murciélago'' (1968) - No. 1 / José
* ''Los canallas'' (1968)
* ''
La venganza de Huracán Ramírez'' (1969) - Huracán Ramírez
* ''Una horca para el texano'' (1969) - Señor Juez
* ''¡Arriba las manos texano..!'' (1969)
* ''Enigma de muerte'' (1969) - Señor Robles
* ''
Simplemente vivir'' (1970) - Compadre
* ''
El topo
''El Topo'' (, "The Mole") is a 1970 Mexican acid Western film written, scored, directed by and starring Alejandro Jodorowsky. Characterized by its bizarre characters and occurrences, use of maimed and dwarf performers, and heavy doses of Jude ...
'' (1970) - Coronel
* ''Campeones justicieros'' (1971) - Dr. Marius Zarkoff / Mano Negra
* ''Para servir a usted'' (1971) - Gordo
* ''Ya somos hombres'' (1971) - Papá de Germán
* ''Los desalmados'' (1971)
* ''Pubertinaje'' (1971) - (segment "Una cena de navidad")
* ''Tacos al carbón'' (1972) - El chaquiras
* ''Ángeles y querubines'' (1972) - Doctor Ismael
* ''
The Holy Mountain'' (1973) - Fon's father (uncredited)
* ''El castillo de la pureza'' (1973) - Inspector
* ''
Aquellos años'' (1973) - Gen. Leonardo Márquez
* ''Una rosa sobre el ring'' (1973)
* ''
La mansión de la locura'' (1973) - Cult Priest
* ''San Simón de los Magueyes'' (1973) - Sr. Cura
* ''
Fe, esperanza y caridad'' (1974) - Melitón (segment "Fe")
* ''Cântico Final'' (1976) - Félix
* ''
Los albañiles'' (1976) - Ing. Zamora
* ''
Alucarda, la hija de las tinieblas'' (1977) - Father Lázaro (final film role)
References
External links
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1917 births
1976 deaths
20th-century Mexican male actors
Best Actor Ariel Award winners
Male actors from Mexico City
Mexican male film actors
Mexican film producers
Diabetes-related deaths
Mexican people of French descent
Mexican people of Italian descent
Mexican people of Swiss descent
Golden Age of Mexican cinema
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