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Gustavo Rojo | |
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.jpg) Rojo in 1954 | |
| Born | Gustavo Rojo Pinto (1923-09-05)5 September 1923 |
| Died | 22 April 2017(2017-04-22) (aged 93) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Occupations | Actor Film producer |
| Years active | 1938–2017 |
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| Children | Alejandra, Enrique, Juan Carlos Ana Patricia Rojo[1] |
Gustavo Rojo Pinto (5 September 1923 – 22 April 2017) was a Mexican actor.
Gustavo Rojo was born on 5 September 1923 on a German ship in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.[2] His mother was the prominent Spanish authorMercedes Pinto, who emigrated to Uruguay for political reasons. His two older siblings,Pituka de Foronda andRuben Rojo, also became actors. In the late 1920s, Mercedes wrote a play and Gustavo made his theater debut. Gustavo's screen debut came as a child actor in the 1938Cuban filmAhora seremos felices, in which his older sister Pituka had a starring role. In the 1940s, the family moved to Mexico, where Rojo worked steadily throughout the 1940s.[3]
In 1947, he made hisHollywood debut in the filmTarzan and the Mermaids, which starredJohnny Weissmuller andBrenda Joyce.
Rojo was engaged to Austrian actressErika Remberg in 1958.[4] He died on 22 April 2017 at the age of 93.[5]
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