Mario Almada Otero January 7 1922 October 4 2016 was a Mexican actor with a career lasting over seven decades He has appeared in over 370 films He is most known for his roles in urban westerns and action pictures He was the brother of actor Fernando Almada Almada was born in Huatabampo Sonora Apart from acting he was also a director writer and film producer He began his artistic career in Mexico during the 1930s He has appeared in over 200 films with his first being Madre Querida in 1935 In this film he acted alongside his brother Fernando as children as an extra He would not appear in another film again until a few decades later Almada moved from his home city of Huatabampo to Ciudad Obregón and to Guadalajara Jalisco where he lived for many years until he settled down in Mexico City Almada was born to a family connected to the film industry and was exposed to film shootings from an early age and when he moved to Mexico City he began working at a nightclub called Cabaret Master that was owned by his father When his brother Fernando decided to take up acting Mario decided to become a film producer He wrote his first film script in 1963 The Almada brothers had their own familyrun production company that eventually dissolved due to financial troubles from lack of profit Almada died in his sleep at the age of 94 on October 4 2016 From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia