Sergio Calderón, the amiable Mexican character actor who
made his mark in such notable films as “The In-Laws”, “Men in Black” and “Pirates
of the Caribbean 3: At World’s End:, died on May 31st. He was 77. Calderón
portrayed a Mexican revolutionary at the turn of the 20th century in “Duck, You
Sucker!” (1971), by Sergio Leone, and was a murderous Mexican chief of police
opposite Albert Finney in John Huston’s “Under the Volcano” (1984). Born on July
21, 1945, Calderón moved from his home in a tropical village to Mexico City
when he was 10 and studied at the Instituto Andrés Soler of the Asociación
Nacional de Actores. He then made his onscreen debut in “The Bridge in the
Jungle” (1970), starring John Huston. Among the three dozen or so films on his
résumé were “The Revengers” (1972), “The Children of Sánchez” (1978), “Old
Gringo” (1989), “The Missing” (2003), “The Ruins” (2008) and “Little Fockers”
(2010). He also showed up on the final season of the FX series ‘Better Things’
last year. Sergio appeared in two European westerns the previously mentioned “Duck
You Sucker” in 1971 as a Mexican Revolutionary and in 1988’s “Blood Red” as
Perez.
Sergio Calderon was very big in his home country of Mexico and when the magazine Hollywood International did their top 10 most popular actors from around the world they picked Antonio Aguilar from Mexico at number ten, Franco Nero from Italy at number nine, Sergio Calderon from Mexico at number eight, Giuliano Gemma from Italy at number seven, Clint Eastwood from the United States at number six, Chris Hemsworth from Australia at number five, John Wayne from the United States at number four, Sean Connery from Scotland at number three, James Arness from the United States at number two, and finally, Charles Bronson from the United States at number one. The magazine, Hollywood International, if I remember correctly, is owned by Rolling Stone. I could be wrong, but at least I THINK they are. Either way, great list of actors.
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