Martínez, Adalberto Resortes

(Adalberto Martínez Chávez)

(1916?-2003)

   born in Mexico City, Resortes made his stage debut as an "eccentric" dancer and comedian in 1931. His first film appearance came in 1946, but his film career really got underway at the very end of the decade. During the 1950s he generally played comic leads, but also had a few supporting roles, as in Los Fernández de Peralvillo. He received an Ariel nomination as Best Actor for El rey de México. His film career faltered a bit in the 1960s, but he returned in the 1970s, again alternating character parts with leads. Resortes continued to work in films, regularly in the 1980s and sporadically since (cf Las delicias del poder, 1996, with "La India María"). He won the lifetime achievement Ariel de Oro in 1994.