Background and career
Andrés García García (24 May 1941 – 4 April 2023) was a Dominican-born actor. He emerged as a leading man in action and adventure films during the late 1960s and early 1970s, later becoming a popular star of telenovelas. He was nominated for an Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the film El principio (1973), and won a Premios TVyNovelas for Best Actor for El Privilegio de Amar (1999).
García was born in Santo Domingo in 1941, the son of Spanish Republican exiles Andrés García La Calle and Francisca García Acevedo. His Basque father was a flying ace and squadron leader in the Republican Air Force during the Civil War. During the 1950s, García's parents became disillusioned with the authoritarian regime of Rafael Leónidas Trujllo and emigrated to Mexico. García spent his youth in Acapulco, where he worked as a boatman and scuba diving instructor.
Beginning in the late 1960s, García became a male sex symbol in Mexico and the rest of Latin America, participating in movies, telenovelas and photo-romance novels (magazine featuring photos of actors who create a story—a popular phenomenon across Latin America during the 1970s). In 1985 García starred in Mexican telenovela Tú o nadie, with Lucía Mendez and Salvador Pineda. Tú o nadie became a major hit and led to García receiving many international offers. He accepted an offer to go to Puerto Rico in 1986, where he acted in the soap operas Amame, with Johanna Rosaly, and Escándalo, with Iris Chacón and Charytín. Escándalo flopped, and the number of episodes recorded for that soap opera was cut in half by the television channel. In 2005, García participated in a reality show titled El Principe Azul (meaning Prince Charming, though it literally means The Blue Prince), a show geared toward finding his son, Leonardo a girlfriend. García began to flirt with the young women on the show, going as far as having an on-camera kiss with one of the contestants, making his son grow frustrated, and eventually leave the show. Two previously unknown men were then cast to participate in the show and try to conquer one of the ladies involved in it. In 2006, he starred in the soap opera El Cuerpo del Deseo, broadcast by Telemundo International. The script of this telenovela is about transmigration, the passing of a soul into another body after death, coinciding with García's beliefs on this subject.
Andres Garcia married Sonia Infante in 1980 and divorced in 1992. He also married Sandra Vale. García was also involved romantically, and remained friends, with Mexican model Carmen Campuzano and Puerto Rican singer Zeny, from the pop vocal duet Zeny & Zory.
García died on 4 April 2023 in Acapulco, Mexico from complications of cirrhosis at the age of 81.
2007: El Pantera .... Rubio Barrios (2007–2008) 2002: Hospital Central (2002–2007) 2005: El cuerpo del deseo .... Pedro Jose Donoso 2005: La última noche .... Fabián 2004: El Cristo de plata 2002: King of Texas .... Davis 2002: Detras del paraíso 1999-2000: Mujeres engañadas .... Javier Duarte (1999–2000) 1999: Puppet .... Gandolier 1998-1999: El Privilegio De Amar .... Andrés Duval (husband of Luciana and father of Victor Manuel) (1998–1999) 1997: Noi siamo angeli ... a.k.a. "We Are Angels" 1996: Los matones de mi pueblo 1996: Con toda el alma .... Daniel Linares 1995: Morir mil muertes 1995: El tigre Murrieta 1994: El justiciero 1994: El jinete de acero .... Pedro Grande 1992: Perros de presa ... a.k.a. Los fugitivos (Mexico) 1991: La mujer prohibida .... Hernán Gallardo 1990: Sueño y despertar de Aurelio Marítimo 1990: El magnate .... Gonzalo 1990: El día de los Albañiles IV 1990: Herencia maldita 1989: Programado para morir 1989: Entre compadres te veas 1989: Que viva el merengue y la lambada 1989: Deuda saldada 1989: Buscando la muerte 1988: Solicito marido para engañar .... Fabián Conde Mariscal 1988: Mi fantasma y yo 1988: Los plomeros y las ficheras 1988: Mi nombre es coraje .... Juan 1987: El niño y el Papa .... Carlos 1987: Asesino nocturno 1986: Los Amantes del Señor de la Noche .... Amante de Amparo 1986: El hijo de Pedro Navaja .... Pedro Navaja 1986: Río de oro .... Rodolfo 1986: El cafre 1986: Herencia maldita 1985: Sangre en el Caribe 1985: Toña machetes 1985: La risa alarga la vida y algo mas 1985: Tú o nadie .... Antonio Lombardo 1984: Pedro Navaja .... Pedro Navaja 1983: Dos de abajo 1983: Las modelos de desnudos 1983: Chile picante .... (segment "La Infidelidad") ... a.k.a. "Sexo a la Mexicana" 1983: El día del compadre .... Pepe 1983: Sexo vs. sexo 1983: La venganza de Maria 1983: Se me sale cuando me río 1983: El Cazador de demonios .... Melquiades Franco 1983: Inseminación artificial 1982: Una gallina muy ponedora ... a.k.a. Amor a navaja libre 1982: La leyenda del tambor ... a.k.a. El niño del tambor (Mexico) ... a.k.a. Timbaler del Bruc (Mexico) 1981: D.F./Distrito Federal 1981: Mi nombre es Sergio, soy alcoholico 1981: Las mujeres de Jeremías .... Pancho 1981: El sexo sentido 1981: El macho bionico 1980: Las cabareteras 1980: Mírame con ojos pornográficos .... Jose de Lugo ... a.k.a. "El sexologo" 1980: Las tentadoras 1980: Carnada ... a.k.a. "La pasión del fenix" 1980: El siete vidas 1980: Dos hermanos murieron 1980: Amigo 1980: Y ahora, que? 1980: El jinete de la muerte 1979: Muñecas de medianoche 1979: Nora la rebelde 1979: Day of the Assassin .... Beltron 1979: Encuentro en el abiso .... Scott 1979: El giro, el pinto, y el Colorado 1979: Carlos el terrorista .... Carlos 1978: Cyclone .... Andrés 1978: Bermude: la fossa maledetta .... Andres Montoya 1978: El cuatro dedos 1978: The Bermuda Triangle .... Alan 1978: Cuchillo .... Cuchillo 1978: Suave, cariño, muy suave 1978: Manaos .... Carmelo Sierra ... a.k.a. Rebelión en la selva (Mexico) 1977: La llamada del sexo ... a.k.a. Dulcemente morirás por amor (Mexico) 1977: ¡Tintorera! .... Miguel 1976: El trinquetero 1975: Aventuras de un caballo blanco y un niño 1975: Paloma .... Daniel 1974: La amargura de mi raza 1974: La corona de un campeon 1973: Morirás con el sol (Motociclistas suicidas) .... Carlos Rodríguez 1973: El principio 1973: Besos, besos... y mas besos 1973: Ana del aire .... Jorge 1973: Adios, New York, adios 1972: Nadie te querrá como yo .... Javier 1972: El negocio del odio 1972: El carruaje .... Teniente Azcárate 1972: Las gemelas .... Leonardo Lobo 1971: Velo de Novia 1971: Los destrampados 1970: Paraíso .... Lauro 1970: La rebelion de las hijas 1970: El cinico .... Rogelio 1970: Los juniors 1970: Juan el desalmado 1970: Las tres magnificas 1970: Tres amigos 1970: La sonrisa del diablo .... Carlos 1969: Super Colt 38 .... Roy 1969: Minifaldas con espuelas 1969: Pacto diabólico 1968: Los asesinos .... Joseph Nelson 1968: House of Evil .... Beasley 1968: Muchachas, muchachas, muchachas 1967: Chanoc .... Chanoc ... a.k.a. "Aventuras de mar y selva"
Sources
Net-worth figure: Celebrity Net Worth (October 2026), in USD. Biography and career facts: the person's Wikipedia article and linked reporting. Snapshot date for all StarWorth figures: 28 October 2026.
