Mauricio Garcés

Mauricio away in Yázbek (Garcés) (December 16, 1926 in Tampico – February 27, 1989 in Tamaulipas, México) was a Mexican actor. Garcés is also of Lebanese descent and was born in the Mexican port of Tampico, Tamaulipas. With the support of another uncle, the producer José Yázbek, he was included in the production of La muerte enamorada (the enamored death) (1950) comedy starring Miroslava and Fernando Fernandez. From that film, Mauricio adopted you the artistic last name "Garcés" believing the letter "G" would bring good luck and turn him into a star at the level of his idol 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 aka Angélica María, who hired 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 demon I don't know (Marriage is also like the devil) (1967), Click, fotógrafo de modelo a (Click, photographer of models) (1968), El criado malcriado (The bad servants) (1968), Departamento de soltero (Bachelor's Apartment) (1969), Fray Don Juan (1969) and modis santo de señoras (Ladies' Fashion Designer) (1969) are some of the most popular films of the extensive filmography of the "zorro platea seen" (The Silver Fox).