Tito Guízar

Tito Guízar

  • Birthday: 1908-04-08
  • Deathday: 1999-12-24
  • Place of birth: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
  • Also know as: Tita Guizar

Biography

From Wikipedia Federico Arturo Guízar Tolentino (April 8, 1908 – December 24, 1999) was a Mexican singer and actor. Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, he performed under the name of Tito Guízar. Together with Dolores del Río, José Mojica, Ramón Novarro and Lupe Vélez, Guízar was among the few Mexican people who made history in the early years of Hollywood. In a career that spanned over seven decades, Guízar trained early as an opera singer and traveled to New York in 1929 to record the songs of Agustín Lara. In addition, Guízar performed both operatic and Mexican popular songs at Carnegie Hall, but he succeeded with his arrangements of popular Mexican and Spanish melodies such as Cielito Lindo, La Cucaracha, Granada, and You Belong to My Heart (English version of Solamente una Vez). In 1936, his song Allá en el Rancho Grande launched the singing charro in Mexico after appearing in the film of the same name, succeeding as well in the United States. He also starred in dozens of films, including The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938), Tropic Holiday (1938), St. Louis Blues (1939), The Llano Kid (1939), Brazil (1944), and The Gay Ranchero (1948), playing with such stars as Evelyn Keyes, Dorothy Lamour, Ray Milland, Ann Miller, Martha Raye, Roy Rogers, Mae West and Keenan Wynn. In the 1990s, he continued playing series parts in Mexican television.

Filmography

Blondie Goes Latin

1941

As Manuel Rodrigueu

The Gay Ranchero

1948

As Nicci Lopez

Brazil

1944

As Miguel Soares

Tropic Holiday

1938

As Ramón

The Llano Kid

1939

As Enrique Ibarra aka The Llano Kid

On the Old Spanish Trail

1947

As The Gypsy

Allá en el Rancho Grande

1936

As José Francisco Ruelas

The Thrill of Brazil

1946

As Tito Guízar

Mis dos amores

1938

As Julio

Beautiful Michoacán

1943

As Ernesto

Los hijos de Rancho Grande

1956

As José Francisco

El plagiario

1955

As

Marina

1945

As Jorge

Mexicana

1945

As 'Pepe' Villarreal

St. Louis Blues

1939

As Rafael San Ramos

Reclusorio

1997

As Tito Iriarte (segment "Eutanasia o asesinato")

Production

Blondie Goes Latin

1941

As Original Music Composer

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