Jaime Garza (actor)

Jaime Francisco Garza Alardín (January 28, 1954 – May 14, 2021^[1]), known professionally as Jaime Garza, was a Mexican actor.

Jaime Garza
Born	Jaime Francisco Garza Alardín (1954-01-28)January 28, 1954 Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Died	May 14, 2021(2021-05-14) (aged 67) Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1970–2021
Known for	Pacto de amor (1977) Destilando Amor (2007)
Spouse	Natalia Toledo ​ (m. 1995)​
Partner	Viridiana Alatriste (1978–1982)
Children	2

Early life

Garza was the son of journalist Ramiro Garza^[2] and the poet Carmen Alardín,^[3] brother of actress Ana Silvia Garza,^[4] and uncle to the actress and singer Mariana Garza. He studied acting at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México). He made his acting debut in 1973 on the Mexican children's program Plaza Sésamo, and his first telenovela was Pacto de amor in 1977.

Personal life

In 1982 his girlfriend, Viridiana Alatriste Pinal died in an automobile accident after a party at Garza's house in Mexico City on October 25, 1982.^[5] In 2010 he suffered a stroke^[6] that required surgery, and in 2014, Garza lost his right leg due to complications from diabetes.^{[7][8][9][10]} Garza died in May 2021 in Mexico City.^[1]

Filmography

Telenovelas

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2017	El bienamado	Apolo
2012	Como dice el dicho	Dominico
2010	Niña de mi corazón	Dionisio Bravo		[11]
2009	Mañana es para siempre	Silvestre Tinoco
2007	Destilando Amor	Román Quijano
2005	Mujer, casos de la vida real
2003	Como Dios manda	Señor Fergus
2002	¡Vivan los niños!	Juan Sánchez
2001	Salomé	Hipólito
2000	Carita de ángel	Rutilio Pérez
1998	¿Qué nos pasa?
1998	Gotita de amor	Detective Romo
1998	La usurpadora	Comandante Merino
1998	JAG (Ep. 14.3)	Announcer	Episode 14.3
1996	Morir dos veces	Sergio Terán
1996	Canción de amor	Ernesto #2
1994	El vuelo del águila	Ricardo Flores Magón
1992	La sonrisa del diablo	Victor
1989	El cristal empañado	Jacinto
1989	Simplemente María	Victor Carreño		[12]
1988	Rosa salvaje	Ernesto Rojas
1985	Vivir un poco	Tintoretto Fernández
1984	Guadalupe	Francisco Javier/Raúl
1982	Bianca Vidal	Mauricio Fonseca		[13]
1981	Cachún cachún ra ra!	El Pelos/Greñas
1979	Añoranza
1981	Caminemos	Julio
1978	La hora del silencio	El Millones
1972	Plaza Sésamo	Jaime

Film

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2016	Charity	José Luís	[14][15]
1996	El amor de tu vida S.A.	Marcelo
1992	Delicuentes de lujo	Chanito
1992	Jefe de vigilancia
1991	Pánico
1991	La metralleta infernal
1989	The Bloody Monks	Ricardo (as James Garnett)
1988	Los camaroneros
1988	El solitario indomable	Hijo de Don Samuel
1988	Reto a la vida	Pepe Muñoz
1987	Dinastia sangrienta
1986	Contrabando y muerte		[16]
1985	Forbidden Beach	Andres
1985	The Falcon and the Snowman	Raul	[17]
1985	Tiempo de lobos
1984	Prohibido amar en Nueva York
1984	Noche de carnaval	Amigo de Pepe
1983	Los dos carnales	Francisco
1982	Missing	Young man/stadium
1981	Las piernas del millón
1981	Hacer un guion
1981	El gran perro muerto	Chente
1981	Johnny Chicano	Pepe Domínguez
1980	La madre
1980	Navajeros	El Butano
1979	Cualquier Cosa		[12][18]
1979	Naná	Coquito
1977	Pacto de amor
1976	Canoa: A Shameful Memory	Roberto

Awards and nominations

Year		Category	Title	Result	Ref.
1986	TVyNovelas Award for Best Young Lead Actor	Best Young Lead Actor	Vivir un poco	Nominated	[citation needed]
1985	TVyNovelas Award for Best Young Lead Actor	Best Young Lead Actor	Guadalupe	Nominated	[citation needed]