Manuel Capetillo

Manuel Antonio Capetillo Villaseñor (15 April 1926 – 5 May 2009) was a Mexican film actor, bullfighter, singer, and songwriter from Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos, Jalisco.

On 5 May 2009, Capetillo died of respiratory insufficiency, in Chacala, Nayarit.^[1] The wake was held in Guadalajara, Jalisco, and he was buried in the capital. The news media said that the cause of his death was intoxication and a problem with ulcers, but the actor's son said that it was respiratory insufficiency.^[2]

Selected filmography

• El revólver sangriento (1964)
• Alma llanera (1965)
• El ojo de vidrio (1969)
• El as de oros (1968)