Mauricio Garcés

This is an Arabic name; the family name is Feres.

Mauricio Féres Yázbek (Garcés) (December 16, 1926 in Tampico – February 27, 1989 in Tamaulipas, México) was a Mexican actor.

Personal Life and Career

Originally from the Mexican port of Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mauricio Féres Yázbek was born in a family of Lebanese origin from which several famous photographers arose. It was his uncle Tufic Yázbek, a popular portrait artist of cinema stars, that introduced the young Mauricio to the world of Mexican filmmaking.

With the support of another uncle, the producer Jose Yázbek, he was included in the production of La muerte enamorada (the enamored death) (1950) a comedy starring Miroslava and Fernando Fernandez. From that film, Mauricio adopted the artistic last name "Garcés" believing the letter "G" would bring good luck and turn him into a star at the level of his idols Clark Gable, Gary Cooper and Cary Grant.

His famous image as elegant, worldly, and gallant arose thanks to the vision from the producer Angelica Ortiz, mother of the actress Angélica María, who contracted Mauricio to star in Don Juan 67 (1966), the first of a series of films in which he played his alter-ego "Mauricio Galán". El matrimonio es como el demonio (Marriage is like the devil) (1967), Click, fotógrafo de modelos (Click, photographer of models) (1968), El criado malcriado (The bad servant) (1968), Departamento de soltero (Bachelor's Apartment) (1969), Fray Don Juan (1969) and Modisto de señoras (Ladies' Fashion Designer) (1969) are some of the most popular films of the extensive filmography of the "zorro plateado" (The Silver Fox).

Filmography

• 1950:
• La Muerte Enamorada (Death in Love)
• El Señor Gobernador (Mr. Governor)
• 1951:
• Por Querer a una Mujer (For Loving a Woman)
• Radio Patrulla (Radio Patrol)
• 1956:
• Comicos de la Legua (Comics of the Variety Stage)
• 1957:
• Préstame tu cuerpo (Loan Me Your Body)
• 1958:
• Cuando Viva Villa! Es La Muerte (When Viva Villa is Death)
• Mientras el Cuerpo Aguante (While the Body Can Stand It)
• El Joven del Carrito (The Young Man with the Cart)
• La Estrella Vacía (The Empty Star)
• 1959:
• Los Hermanos Diablo (The Diablo Brothers)
• El Renegado Blanco (The White Renegade)
• Venganza Apache (Apache Vengeance)
• Una Bala es Mi Testigo (A Bullet is My Witness)
• La Llorona (The Crying Woman)
• Los Resbalosos (The Slippery Ones)
• 1960:
• Los Fanfarrones (The Braggarts)
• Mujeres Engañadas (Deceived Women)
• Donde Estás, Corazón? (Where Are You, Heart)
• El Mundo de los Vampiros (The World of the Vampires)
• Amorcito Corazón
• El Bronco Reynosa (Reynosa the Untamed)
• El Jinete Negro (The Black Rider)
• 1961:
• Casi Casados (Almost Married)
• La Cabeza Viviente (The Living Head)
• Estoy Casado, Ja! Ja! (I'm Married, Ha, Ha!)
• Lástima de Ropa (Old Clothes)
• El Barón del Terror (The Baron of Terror)
• 1963:
• De Color Moreno (Of Dark Color) Mex-Spanish co-prod
• Mexico de mi Corazón (Mexico of my Heart)
• Napoleoncito (Little Napoleon)
• 1964:
• Perdóname Mi Vida (Forgive Me, My Life)
• 1965:
• Cuernavaca en Primavera (Cuernavaca in Springtime)
• 1966:
• Lanza Tus Penas al Viento (Toss Your Troubles to the Wind)
• Sólo Para Ti (Only for You)
• Despedida de Casada (Farewell to Marriage) Mex-Span co-prod
• Don Juan 67
• Bromas, S.A. (Jokes, Inc.) Mex-Peruvian co-prod
• 1967:
• El Amor y Esas Cosas (Love and Those Things)
• El Día de la Boda (The Day of the Wedding)
• El Matrimonio es Como el Demonio (Marriage is Like the Devil)
• Mujeres, Mujeres, Mujeres (Women, Women, Women)
• Un Nuevo Modo de Amar (A New Way of Love)
• 1968:
• La Cama (The Bed) Mex-Arg co-prod
• Click, Fotógrafo de Modelos (Click, Photographer of Models)
• El Criado Malcriado (The Ill-bred Servant)
• El Cuerpazo del Delito (The Big Body of the Crime)
• Las Fieras (The Beasts)
• 24 Horas de Placer (24 Hours of Pleasure) Mex-Ecuadorian co-prod
• El Aviso Inoportuno (The Unwanted Help Wanted Ad) cameo
• 1969:
• Departamento de Soltero (Bachelor Apartment)
• Espérame en Siberia, Vida Mia (Wait for Me in Siberia, My Life)
• Fray Don Juan (Friar Don Juan)
• Modisto de Señoras (Ladies' Designer)
• Tápame Contigo (Cover Up With Me)
• 1970:
• El Dinero Tiene Miedo (The Money is Afraid) Spanish film
• 1971:
• La Otra Mujer (The Other Woman)
• El Sinvergüenza (The Shameless One)
• Todos Los Pecados del Mundo (All the Sins of the World) Mex-Arg co-prod
• Las Tres Perfectas Casadas (The 3 Perfect Marriages) Mex-Span co-prod
• Vidita Negra
• Hay angeles sin alas (There Are Angels Without Wings) cameo
• 1972:
• Con amor de muerte (With Love of Death) cameo
• 1977:
• No Tiene la Culpa el Indio (The Indian is not to Blame)
• 1980:
• El Sátiro (The Satyr)
• 1985:
• Mi Fantasma y Yo (Mi fantasma y yo)

Books about Mauricio Garcés

• PÉREZ Medina, Edmundo (2000). Galanes y villanos del cine nacional. En Cine Confidencial. México: Mina Editores.
• PÉREZ Medina, Edmundo (1999). Estrellas inolvidables del cine mexicano. En Cine Confidencial. México: Mina Editores.
• VARIOS (1998). Mauricio Garcés, el eterno seductor. En SOMOS. México: Editorial Televisa, S. A. de C. V.

External links

• Youtube of Garces Master The Silver Fox The channel on YouTube where you can watch most of their movies on line
• Don Mauricio Garcés Blog 100% Fotos videos camisetas
• Mauricio Garcés at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview at Idealabs.tk
• Original source article.
• Mauricio Garcés Fotolog

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Name	Garces, Mauricio
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Date of birth	December 16, 1926
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Date of death	February 27, 1989
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