
Ignacio López Tarso
Acting • Born 1925-01-15 – Died 2023-03-11
Biography
Ignacio López López (b. 15 January 1925 – 11 March 2023), better known as Ignacio López Tarso, was a Mexican actor of stage, film and television. He acted in about 50 films and appeared in documentaries and in one short feature. In 1973 he was given the Ariel Award for Best Actor for Rosa Blanca, and the Ariel de Oro lifetime achievement award in 2007. He was honored multiple times at the TVyNovelas Awards. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living actor and one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.
Filmography
87 credits
Wolves Aren't Meant For The Circus
Movie • 2021
Don Cristóbal

Veneno
Movie • 2002

Nazarín
Movie • 1959
Thief in church

Under the Volcano
Movie • 1984
Dr. Vigil

Antonieta
Movie • 1982
Vargas

The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
Movie • 1970
Pito Pérez

Looking for a Wall
Movie • 1974
José Clemente Orozco

La Bandida
Movie • 1963
Anselmo

La Cucaracha
Movie • 1959
Trinidad

Macario
Movie • 1960
Macario

The Paper Man
Movie • 1963
Adán

Sonatas
Movie • 1959
Jefe de guerrilleros

Morenita: el escándalo
Movie • 2009
Santiago

Cri Cri el Grillito Cantor
Movie • 1963
Francisco Gabilondo Soler 'Cri-Cri'

The Golden Cockerel
Movie • 1964
Dionisio Pinzón

Corrupción oficial
Movie • 1980

Furia en el Edén
Movie • 1964
Ing. José Argos

Rapine
Movie • 1975
Porfirio

La trinchera
Movie • 1969

Notes from Under the Volcano
Movie • 1984
Self

The Waterwheel
Movie • 2013
Old Man

The Prophet Mimi
Movie • 1973
Ángel Peñafiel, Mimi

The Bricklayers
Movie • 1976
Don Jesus

The Shadow of the Tyrant
Movie • 1960
General Hilario Jiménez

La casta divina
Movie • 1977
Don Wilfrido

Happy Year, My Love
Movie • 1957

Autumn Days
Movie • 1963
Albino

Saint Lucifer
Movie • 1997
Father Leopoldo Santos Higareda

Reclusorio
Movie • 1997
Viejo (segment "Quiero quedarme en la carcel")

Our Daily Hunger
Movie • 1960
Pablo

Chilam Balam
Movie • 1955

Ellas también son rebeldes
Movie • 1961
Dr. Gabriel Renteria

Pedro Paramo
Movie • 1967
Fulgor Sedano

La estrella vacía
Movie • 1960
Luis Arvide

Cayó de la gloria el diablo
Movie • 1972
Don Eme (Emeterio Sánchez)

Astucia
Movie • 1986
Don Polo

Los amantes frios
Movie • 1978

La desconocida
Movie • 1954

Buenos días, Ignacio
Movie • 2021

The Devil's Visitations
Movie • 1968
Felix Estrella

Resigned for Reasons of Health
Movie • 1976
Gustavo Sánchez Campero

A Long Journey Toward Death
Movie • 1968
Dr. David

Un hombre en la trampa
Movie • 1965

Tras Nazarin: Following Nazarin
Movie • 2015
Self

Vanilla, Bronze and to Die
Movie • 1957
Ricardo Castillo

Viva México y sus corridos
Movie • 1982

¿Y ahora qué, señor fiscal?
Movie • 1977

The Door and the Butcher's Wife
Movie • 1969
Melitón Torres (segment "La mujer del carnicero")

Codicia mortal
Movie • 1991

Love Your Neighbor
Movie • 1958
(voice)

La Generala
Movie • 1971
Rosauro Márquez

Curandero
Movie • 2025
El Curandero

Heart of a Child
Movie • 1963
Prof. Ezequiel Almeyda

My Son, the Hero
Movie • 1961
Gunslinger

Tarahumara (Further and farther)
Movie • 1965
Raúl

El otro
Movie • 1986
Sr. Tabares

Rosa blanca
Movie • 1961
Jacinto Yáñes

Juana Gallo
Movie • 1961
Pioquinto

Más sabe el Diablo por Viejo
Movie • 2018
Joselito

Muelle rojo
Movie • 1987

Banderas, the Tyrant
Movie • 1993
Coronel de la Gándara

Taken Identity
Movie • 2020
Don Jesus

The Children of Sanchez
Movie • 1978
Ignacio

Toña Machetes
Movie • 1985

Then God Named It Earth
Movie • 1961
Efrén Domínguez

One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo
Movie • 2017
Self

The Butcher’s Wife
Movie • 1969
Melitón Torres

Crystal Empire
TV • 1994
César Lombardo

Conversando con Cristina Pacheco
TV • 1997
Self

Loves with Trap
TV • 2015
Porfirio

Peregrina
TV • 2005
Baltasar

Navidad sin Fin
TV • 2001
Rodito

Ángela
TV • 1998
Feliciano Villanueva

La casa en la playa
TV • 2000
Don Ángel Villarreal Cueto

El Encanto del Águila
TV • 2011
Porfirio Díaz

De Pocas Pocas Pulgas
TV • 2003
Don Julián Montes

Esmeralda
TV • 1996
Melesio

Wild at Heart
TV • 2013
Ramiro Olivares

Camila
TV • 1998
Don Genaro

¡Vivan los niños!
TV • 2002
Ignacio Robles

Curse by the Sea
TV • 2009
El Mojarras

Atrévete a Olvidarme
TV • 2001
Gonzalo Rivas

Las Lunas del Auditorio
TV • 2002
Self

el gato animado televisa
TV • 2001
papa noel

Senda de gloria
TV • 1987
General Eduardo Álvarez

El Derecho de Nacer
TV • 1981
Don Rafael del Junco

Amor prohibido
TV • 1979
Arturo Galvan