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Mauricio Féres Yázbek (Garcés) (December 16, 1926 in Tampico
Tampico
Tampico is the main city in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. It is the nation's chief economic powerhouse on the Gulf of Mexico. Economic development during the 1920s made the city a commercial leader in the aviation and soda industries...

 – February 27, 1989 in Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas is one of the 31 states of Mexico and is located in the central-northeastern part of the Mexican federation. It borders the the U.S. state of Texas to the north, the Gulf of Mexico to the east, Veracruz to the south, San Luis Potosí to the southwest, and Nuevo León to the west...

, México
Mexico
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), was a Mexican
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 actor
Actor
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Personal Life/Career


Originally from the Mexican port of Tampico
Tampico
Tampico is the main city in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. It is the nation's chief economic powerhouse on the Gulf of Mexico. Economic development during the 1920s made the city a commercial leader in the aviation and soda industries...

, Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas is one of the 31 states of Mexico and is located in the central-northeastern part of the Mexican federation. It borders the the U.S. state of Texas to the north, the Gulf of Mexico to the east, Veracruz to the south, San Luis Potosí to the southwest, and Nuevo León to the west...

, 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 Stern
Miroslava Stern
Miroslava Stern was a Mexican actress.Born Miroslava Šternová in Czechoslovakia , Stern moved to Mexico as a child with her adoptive parents in the late 1930s, seeking to escape war in their native country. After winning a national beauty contest, Miroslava began to study acting...

 and Fernando Fernandez
Fernando Fernandez
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. From that film, Mauricio adopted the artistic last name “Garcés” believing the letter “G” would bring good luck and turn him into a star of the calibre of his idols Clark Gable
Clark Gable
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, Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper
Frank James “Gary” Cooper was an American film actor. He was renowned for his quiet, understated acting style and his stoic, individualistic, emotionally restrained, but at times intense screen persona, which was particularly well suited to the many Westerns he made...

 and Cary Grant
Cary Grant
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.

His famous image as elegant, worldly, and gallant arose thanks to the vision from the producer Angelica Ortiz, mother of the actress Angelica Maria
Angélica María
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, 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

  • Mi fantasma y yo (1985) ....
  • El sátiro (1980) ....
  • Con amor de muerte (1972) .... aparición incidental
  • Las tres perfectas casadas (1971) .... Gustavo Ferrán (coproducción con España)
  • Todos los pecados del mundo (1971) .... Roberto/Juanjo Martínez/José/Marcelino/Raúl/los gemelos Martínez: Martín y el pornógrafo (coproducción con Argentina)
  • Vidita negra (1971) .... Enrique Naraud
  • Hay ángeles sin alas (1971) .... hombre aleccionado sobre cómo conquistar mujeres (actuación especial)
  • El sinvergüenza (1971) .... Roberto Laserna
  • La otra mujer (1971) .... Antonio
  • Cómo atrapar a un Don Juan (El dinero tiene miedo) (1970) .... Juan Quesada (coproducción con España)
  • Tápame contigo (1969) .... Mauricio Pérez Yásbek o Garcés
  • Espérame en Siberia vida mía (1969) .... Mario Esfarcies
  • Fray Don Juan (1969) .... cura Juan/Juan Garcés, el playboy
  • Departamento de soltero (1969) .... Mauricio Machinandiarena
  • Modisto de señoras (1969) .... Maurice
  • Las posadas (1968) .... (cortometraje)
  • 24 horas de placer (1968) .... Mauricio Saldívar (coproducción con Ecuador)
  • El aviso inoportuno (1968) .... él mismo (actuación especial)
  • El cuerpazo del delito (1968) .... Dandy (episodio "La rebelde")
  • El criado malcriado (1968) .... Pablo Namun
  • Click, fotógrafo de modelos (1968) .... Mauricio
  • La cama (1968) .... Charlie (coproducción con Argentina)
  • Las fieras (1968) .... Sebastian, alias Maurice Lafayette
  • El amor y esas cosas (1967) .... (episodio "Tú serás mío")
  • El matrimonio es como el demonio (1967) .... Raúl Álvarez
  • El día de la boda (1967) .... Raúl Álvarez
  • Un nuevo modo de amar (1967) .... Alberto Méndez de la Corcuera Díaz Morales de Calderón y Colina
  • Mujeres, mujeres, mujeres (1967) .... Javier (episodio "El imponente")
  • Don Juan 67 (1966) .... Mauricio Galán
  • Despedida de casada (1966) .... Felipe (coproducción con España)
  • Bromas, S. A. (1966) .... Alberto/Rogelio Naveda (coproducción con Perú)
  • Sólo para tí (1966) .... doctor Millán
  • Lanza tus penas al viento (1966) .... Marcelo Galán
  • Cuernavaca en primavera (1965) .... Mauricio (episodio "El bombón")
  • Perdóname mi vida (1964) .... Mauricio
  • Napoleoncito (1963) .... Raúl
  • México de mi corazón (Dos mexicanas en México) (1963) .... Mauricio Sandoval
  • De color moreno (1963) .... Carlos (coproducción con España)
  • Lástima de ropa (1961) .... Arturo Rendón
  • El hombre del milenio (1961) .... Joel Monteros
  • Estoy casado ja! ja! (1961) .... Marcelo Montiel
  • La cabeza viviente (El ojo de la muerte) (1961) .... Ácatl/Roberto
  • El barón del terror (1961) .... médico
  • Casi casados (1961) .... Martín Herrera
  • El Jinete Negro (1960) .... Elías "El Miscelánea"
  • El Bronco Reynosa (1960) .... Hermenegildo "El Bronco" Reynosa
  • Amorcito corazón (1960) .... Mauricio Rebollo
  • El mundo de los vampiros (1960) .... Rodolfo Sabre
  • ¿Dónde estás, corazón? (1960) .... Alberto
  • Mujeres engañadas (1960) .... Ricardo Beltrán
  • Los fanfarrones (1960) .... Mauricio
  • Gutierritos [TV] (1959) .... Jorge Contreras
  • Los resbalosos (1959) .... Pablo
  • La Llorona (1959) .... Felipe
  • Una bala es mi testigo (1959) .... Juan Valverde
  • Venganza Apache (1959) .... Juan
  • El renegado blanco (1959) .... Juan
  • Los hermanos Diablo (1959) .... Juan
  • La estrella vacía (1958) .... Manuel Jiménez
  • El joven del carrito (1958) .... Morales
  • Mientras el cuerpo aguante (1958) .... Carlos
  • Cuando ¡Viva Villa! es la muerte (1958) .... periodista
  • Préstame tu cuerpo (1957) .... Gabriel Jiménez, director de orquesta
  • Cómicos de la legua (1956) .... Juanito
  • Radio patrulla (1951) .... Sebastián
  • Por querer a una mujer (1951) .... Antonio Ramírez
  • El señor gobernador (1950) .... Gerardo
  • La muerte enamorada (1950) .... doctor

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.

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