Mauricio Féres Yázbek December 16th 1926 February 27th 1989 better known as Mauricio Garcés was a Mexican actor Garcés of Lebanese descent was born in the Mexican port of Tampico Tamaulipas With the support of his uncle the producer Jose Yázbek he was included in the production of La muerte enamorada 1950 a comedy starring Miroslava and Fernando Fernandez From that film Mauricio adopted the artistic last name Garcés believing the letter G would bring good luck and turn him into a star at the level of his idols Clark Gable Gary Cooper and Cary Grant His famous image as elegant worldly and gallant arose thanks to the vision from the producer Angelica Ortiz mother of the actress Angélica María who hired Mauricio to star in Don Juan 67 1966 the first of a series of films in which he played his alterego Mauricio Galán El matrimonio es como el demonio Marriage is like the devil 1967 Click fotógrafo de modelos Click photographer of models 1968 El criado malcriado The bad servant 1968 Departamento de soltero Bachelors Apartment 1969 Fray Don Juan 1969 and Modisto de señoras Ladies Fashion Designer 1969 are some of the most popular films of the extensive filmography of the zorro plateado The Silver Fox