- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJulio Crochet Martínez Villareal
- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- Julio Villarreal was born on November 4, 1885 in Madrid, Spain. He was an actor and director, known for The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956), The Rebel (1943) and El niño de las monjas (1944). He was married to Elisa Asperó. He died on August 4, 1958 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
- SpouseElisa Asperó(June 21, 1926 - August 4, 1958) (his death)
- Children
- ParentsJulio CrochetConcha Martínez
- He also directed two films in the early 1930s.
- He won the Ariel Award from the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences for The Garden of Christ by filmmaker Emilio Gómez Muriel .
- After the Spanish Civil War, Julio moved to the United States and in 1932 he finally settled in Mexico City.
- Villarreal traveled through many South American countries and lived in Peru , where he had a son.
- He acted in many Mexican movies of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema along with many stars such as María Félix, Cantinflas, Pedro Infante and Jorge Negrete who became his son in law by marrying Elisa Christy.
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