Gustavo Rojo Pinto (5 September 1923 – 22 April 2017) was a Mexican actor.

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.

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

Selected filmography Film

Ahora seremos felices (1938) as Radio Station boy #1 (uncredited) Mis hijos (1944) as Luis Murallas de pasión (1944) Amok (1944) Una canción en la noche (1945) Corazones de México (1945) Mamá Inés (1946) Las colegialas (1946) as Gabriel Solórzano El último amor de Goya (1946) A Insaciável (1947) as Mario Todo un caballero (1947) as Carlos Alcalde Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948) as Tiko Courtesan (1948) Barrio de pasiones (1948) Una mujer con pasado (1949) as Federico de Medina Cuando los padres se quedan solos (1949) as Fernando Eterna agonía (1949) as Humberto Cuando baja la marea (1949) Café de chinos (1949) as Enrique The Great Madcap (1949) as Eduardo de la Mata La virgen desnuda (1950) Un grito en la noche (1950) El sol sale para todos (1950) Te besaré en la boca (1950) Yo quiero ser tonta (1950) as Juan La reina del mambo (1951) as Luis The Cry of the Flesh (1951) as Roberto Doña Clarines (1951) as Miguel Castañeda / Luis Red Fury (1951) as Ramón Stevens Stronghold (1951) Cerca del cielo (1951) The Evil Forest (1951) as Parsifal From Madrid to Heaven (1952) as Pablo Iriarte Younger Brother (1953) Los que no deben nacer (1953) Under the Sky of Spain (1953) Borrasca en las almas (1954) as Rogelio del Moral La sobrina del señor cura (1954) as Bernabé Tehuantepec (1954) The Island Princess (1954) as Bentejui Angels of the Street (1954) La lupa (1955) as Carlos Iriarte La mujer ajena (1955) Alexander the Great (1956) as Cleitus the Black Engaged to Death (1957) as Pietro Action of the Tiger (1957) as Henri Malvoisie La guerra empieza en Cuba (1957) as Capitán Javier Romero Desnúdate, Lucrecia (1958) as Nicolás de la Fuente Secretaria peligrosa (1958) Il romanzo di un giovane povero (1958) as Massimo La tirana (1958) as Vizconde de Acarí / Conde de San Esteban del Río Parque de Madrid (1959) It Started with a Kiss (1959) as Antonio Soriano María de la O (1959) as Don Luís Suárez S.O.S., abuelita (1959) The Miracle (1959) as Cordoba Juicio final (1960) Schön ist die Liebe am Königssee (1961) as Ronald Twiss La grande vallata (1961) El amor empieza en sábado (1961) as Mr. White (1961) as Ferdinand Sander Julius Caesar Against the Pirates (1962) as Julius Caesar (1962) as Furio Murder in Rio (1963) as Dumont The Secret of Dr. Mabuse (1964) as Mario Monta (1964) as Armand de Guedez Old Shatterhand (1964) as Corporal Bush The Treasure of the Aztecs (1965) as Teniente Potoca Genghis Khan (1965) as Altan The Pyramid of the Sun God (1965) as Teniente Potoca Wild Kurdistan (1965) as Ahmed El Corda El marqués (1965) as Director of the Casino Kingdom of the Silver Lion (1965) as Ahmed El Corda Come to the Blue Adriatic (1966) as Sr. Hernandez Europa canta (1966) as Chief Big Vulture Seven Vengeful Women (1966) as Gus Macintosh Django Does Not Forgive (1966) Kitosh: The Man Who Came From The North (1967) as José A Witch Without a Broom (1967) as Caius The Fickle Finger of Fate (1967) as Estrala The Christmas Kid (1967) as Mayor Louis Carillo 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 Battle of the Last Panzer (1969) The Valley of Gwangi (1969) as Carlos dos Orsos A Bullet for Sandoval (1969) as Guadalupano El niño y el potro (Más allá de río Miño) (1969) as Andrés Land Raiders (1970) as Juantez El Condor (1970) as Colonel Anguinaldo El último día de la guerra (1970) as Pvt. Hawk El hombre que vino del odio (1971) Natacha (1971) as Raúl Gracia y el forastero (1974) Hermanos de sangre (1974) Divorcio a la andaluza (1975) El compadre más padre (1976) El látigo (1978) Cuando tejen las arañas (1979) as Padre de Laura Reventon en Acapulco (1982) La golfa del barrio (1982) Corrupción (1984) as Dr. Antonio Arenas De puro relajo (1986) Solicito marido para engañar (1988) as Ángel Sabor a mí (1988) Venganza juvenil (1988) El cornudo soy yo (1989) Fuera de la ley (1998)

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) Muñeca (1974) as Padre Félix Mundo de juguete (1974-1977) as Carlos La tierra (1974-1975) 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 Sí, 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

Television series Straightaway, episode "The Racer and the Lady" as Salamanca (1961)

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