BAVIERA, JOSÉ

(1906, '07, or '10? -1981)

   A trivia question: who played "Sherlock Holmes" in a Mexican film? José Baviera (in Arsenio Lupín, 1945). Leaving a stellar film career as a leading man in his native Spain, Baviera emigrated to Mexico after the Spanish Civil War. In his new home, he specialized in playing solid authority figures from the 1940s through the 1960s. Directed a few films outside of Mexico in the 1950s, since he couldn't get into the director's union; was also quite active on the stage, as actor, director, and producer. Won the Best Male Co-Star Ariel for La barraca ('44).