Enrique Lizalde

Biography

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. 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

Pelearán diez rounds

Narrator

Olimpiada en México

Los años verdes

Fernando Chavero

Corona de lágrimas

Ángela Morante, ¿crimen o suicidio?

Demetrio de Santelmo

La mentira

Pedro

El escapulario

Víctor Medina

El asesino se embarca

Gabriel

Rosario

Raúl

Estrategia matrimonio

Julio

La buscona

El hombre y la bestia

Luis Piñeyro

La maestra inolvidable

Lisardo

Las Visitaciones del Diablo

Julio Jr.

Nosotros los jóvenes

Satanás de todos los horrores

Jorge Iglesias

Viento negro

Javier

Más allá de la muerte

Mario Lozano

Almohada para tres

Cipriano Altamira

Las vírgenes locas

Leonardo

Oficio de tinieblas

Las Troyanas

Sexo y crimen

La noche violenta

Anfitrión de la fiesta

María de mi Corazón

Prior

El monasterio de los buitres

Violeta