Garcés, Mauricio

(1926-1989)

(Mauricio Férez Yazbek, sometimes spelled Pérez Yazbeck)

   debonair actor known as "El Lobo Plateado" (the Silver Fox). Born in Tamaulipas of Lebanese heritage, Garcés made his screen debut in 1950 in La muerte enamorada. After years of supporting roles and second leads - as well as TV and stage work - he shot to stardom in the 1960s as the star of a series of comedies in which he played an incorrigible ladies' man. Despite his on-screen image as a womanizer, Garcés never married. His film career declined precipitously in the early '70s (his last film appearance was a cameo in Mi fantasma y yo in 1985), but he stayed busy on TV and in live venues. An inveterate smoker, Garcés died of lung problems in February 1989.