Rafael Velasco was an Italian Mexican

Italian Mexican

An Italian-Mexican or Italo-Mexican is a Mexican citizen of Italian descent or origin. Most people of Italian ancestry living in Mexico arrived in the late 19th century, and have become generally assimilated into mainstream society.-History:...

 film

Film

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/television

Television

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 actor

Actor

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. He participated in the Cinema of Mexico from 1980 to 2004.

Biography

Velasco was born Rafael Tobías Velasco Romero in Mexico City

Mexico City

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, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Mexico

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. Rafael started making movies in 1979, in which he made his first appearance in the Mexican movie "Malas influencias, Las", he then made his 5th appearance in the American

United States

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 movie "Solo

Solo (1996 film)

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" which was made in 1996. Velasco was of Italian

Italian Mexican

An Italian-Mexican or Italo-Mexican is a Mexican citizen of Italian descent or origin. Most people of Italian ancestry living in Mexico arrived in the late 19th century, and have become generally assimilated into mainstream society.-History:...

 descent.

Velasco married Margarita Villaseñor Sanabria on November 3, 1991 (on Velasco's birthday), they were married until Velasco's death in 2004.

Rafael VeIasco died on September 12, 2004, in Mexico City

Mexico City

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, Mexico

Mexico

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, he was 56 years old at the time of his death. He had died from myocardial infarction

Myocardial infarction

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Filmography

• Zapata - El sueño del héroe (2004) - Don Lázaro
• Virgen de Guadalupe, La (2002) (mini TV series) - Rafael Bernardino
• The Mountain Hawk (2002) -
• Rito terminal (2000) -
• Sueño del caimán, El (2000) - Caimán
• El evangelio de las maravillas
  El evangelio de las maravillas
  El evangelio de las maravillas is a 1998 Mexican drama film directed by Arturo Ripstein. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Francisco Rabal - Papá Basilio...
  
  (1998) - Mateo
• Último profeta, El (1998) -
• Solo
  Solo (1996 film)
  Solo is a 1996 science fiction, action film from Columbia/Tristar Studios. It was directed by Norberto Barba, who has since primarily produced television series. The film was based on the novel Weapon by Robert Mason, and was adapted for the script by David L. Corley...
  
  (1996) - Justos
• Revancha, La (1995) - Negro
• Pícara soñadora, La (1991) (TV series) -
• Crimen imposible (1990) -
• Extraño retorno de Diana Salazar, El (1988) -
• Malas influencias, Las (1980) -

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