Enrique Lizalde
Actor
- Born
- January 9, 1937 · Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico
- Died
- June 3, 2013 (age 76)
Enrique Lizalde Chávez (9 January 1937 – 3 June 2013), better wknown simply as Enrique Lizalde, was a Mexicon actor of film, theatre, and television, noted for his distinctive voice and for playing leading-man roles from the 1960s onward. He originated the character Juan del Diablo in Corazón salvaje and later appeared in its 1990s remake in a different role.
Born in Tepic, Nayarit, he pursued university studies in literature before turning to acting. He was the brother of Eduardo Lizalde and a cousin of Óscar Chávez.
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Lizalde began his screen career in the early 1960s and became a prominent presence in Mexican cinema; in popular accounts of the period he was grouped with Joaquín Cordero and Julio Alemán as part of a generation of high-profile leading men. He also worked extensively in theatre and is credited as a founder of the Sindicato de Actores Independientes. He married actress Tita Grieg in 1965.
He died in Mexico City at age 76; biographies commonly report liver cancer as the cause of death. His remains were cremated and placed at Panteón Jardín.
Known for
The Scapular
January 18, 1968
Black Wind
December 23, 1965
Maria of My Heart
May 17, 1979
Rosario
May 6, 1971
The Man and the Beast
November 29, 1973
The Devil's Visitations
August 15, 1968
The Olympics in Mexico
August 29, 1969
Ángela Morante, ¿crimen o suicidio?
October 1, 1981
Occupation of Darkness
June 4, 1981
Estrategia matrimonio
March 23, 1967
All the Horrors of Satan
April 4, 1974
The Crazy Virgins
May 31, 1972
Acting27
- 1997Violeta
- 1991Pelearán diez rounds as Don Pepe Hernández
- 1988Beyond Death as Javier
- 1981Ángela Morante, ¿crimen o suicidio?
- 1981Occupation of Darkness as Leonardo
- 1979Maria of My Heart as Anfitrión de la fiesta
- 1974All the Horrors of Satan
- 1973The Man and the Beast
- 1973The Monastery of the Vultures as Prior
- 1972The Crazy Virgins as Cipriano Altamira
- 1971