Cast & creator
Ignacio López Tarso
Best known for Wild at Heart, Esmeralda, ¡Vivan los niños!
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.
Also known as: Игнасио Лопес Тарсо, Ignacio López López
69
film credits
20
television credits
89
1954–2025 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (89)
Showing 89 of 89 credits
Wild at Heart
Ramiro Olivares
2013
Esmeralda
Melesio
1996
¡Vivan los niños!
Ignacio Robles
2002
Curse by the Sea
El Mojarras
2009
Conversando con Cristina Pacheco
Self
1997
Ángela
Feliciano Villanueva
1998
El Derecho de Nacer
Don Rafael del Junco
1981
Loves with Trap
Porfirio
2015
Poucas, Poucas Pulgas
Don Julián Montes
2003
Peregrina
Baltasar
2005
La casa en la playa
Don Ángel Villarreal Cueto
2000
El Encanto del Águila
Porfirio Díaz
2011
Camila
Don Genaro
1998
Crystal Empire
César Lombardo
1994
Las Lunas del Auditorio
Self
2002
Senda de gloria
General Eduardo Álvarez
1987
Amor prohibido
Arturo Galvan
1979
Atrévete a Olvidarme
Gonzalo Rivas
2001
Under the Volcano
Dr. Vigil
1984
Cri-Cri the Singing little cricket
Francisco Gabilondo Soler 'Cri-Cri'
1963
Macario
Macario
1960
Navidad sin Fin
Rodito
2001
el gato animado televisa
papa noel
2001
Taken Identity
Don Jesus
2020
Toña Machetes
1985
Nazarín
Thief in church
1959
My Son, the Hero
Gunslinger
1961
One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo
Self
2017
The Shadow of the Tyrant
General Hilario Jiménez
1960
The Children of Sanchez
Ignacio
1978
Tarahumara (Further and farther)
Raúl
1965
The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
Pito Pérez
1970
¿Y ahora qué, señor fiscal?
1977
The Golden Cockerel
Dionisio Pinzón
1964
Los hijos de Sanchez
1978
The Paper Man
Adán
1963
Saint Lucifer
Father Leopoldo Santos Higareda
1997
La trinchera
1969
Pedro Paramo
Fulgor Sedano
1967
Curandero
El Curandero
2025Ellas también son rebeldes
Dr. Gabriel Renteria
1961
Love Your Neighbor
(voice)
1958
Cayó de la gloria el diablo
Don Eme (Emeterio Sánchez)
1972
The Door and the Butcher's Wife
Melitón Torres (segment "La mujer del carnicero")
1969
Then God Named It Earth
Efrén Domínguez
1961
Our Daily Hunger
Pablo
1960
Más sabe el Diablo por Viejo
Joselito
2018
Looking for a Wall
José Clemente Orozco
1974
Viva México y sus corridos
1982Corrupción oficial
1980El soplador de vidrio
Hilario
Tras Nazarin: Following Nazarin
Self
2015
Notes from Under the Volcano
Self
1984
The Prophet Mimi
Ángel Peñafiel, Mimi
1973
Vanilla, Bronze and to Die
Ricardo Castillo
1957
The Devil's Visitations
Felix Estrella
1968The Butcher’s Wife
Melitón Torres
1969
The White Rose
Jacinto Yáñes
1961
Happy Year, My Love
1957
Resigned for Reasons of Health
Gustavo Sánchez Campero
1976
Muelle rojo
1987
La estrella vacía
Luis Arvide
1960Furia en el Edén
Ing. José Argos
1964
La Cucaracha
Trinidad
1959
Banderas, the Tyrant
Coronel de la Gándara
1993
The Bricklayers
Don Jesus
1976
La casta divina
Don Wilfrido
1977
Antonieta
Vargas
1982
A Long Journey Toward Death
Dr. David
1968
Wolves Aren't Meant For The Circus
Don Cristóbal
2021
Los amantes frios
1978
Autumn Days
Albino
1963
The Waterwheel
Old Man
2013
El otro
Sr. Tabares
1986
Un hombre en la trampa
1965
Sonatas
Jefe de guerrilleros
1959
La Bandida
Anselmo
1963
Veneno
2002
Juana Gallo
Pioquinto
1961
Reclusorio
Viejo (segment "Quiero quedarme en la carcel")
1997
Astucia
Don Polo
1986
Heart of a Child
Prof. Ezequiel Almeyda
1963
La Generala
Rosauro Márquez
1971
Rapine
Porfirio
1975
La desconocida
1954
Morenita: el escándalo
Santiago
2009
Codicia mortal
1991
Chilam Balam
1955