Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta debuted in the ring in 1934, but his legend began to be woven on July 26, 1942 in the legendary Arena México. That night the robust fighter - who over the years made a career under the names Hombre Rojo, Enmascarado, Murciélago II and Demonio Negro, among others - debuted a brand new personality under a shiny silver mask. El Santo, the Silver Masked Man, was born.
The legend of El Santo was never the product of chance. His tenacity and versatility in the ring earned him the respect of his opponents and the admiration of the respectable public that night after night filled the coliseums where the Silver Masked Man gave an account of his fearsome rivals. He was rough and technical but, above all, he was an honest fighter who did not have to resort to tricks or scandals to increase his well-deserved fame.
From the ring to the screen, the route that El Santo followed to become an idol of Mexican cinema led him first to the world of comics. Thanks to the inventiveness of the cartoonist and editor José Guadalupe Cruz, Santo was the first fantastic character in popular Mexican literature and one of the most beloved, along with the legendary Kalimán.
The Silver Masked Man made his film debut in 1952. In that year, the popularity of wrestling in Mexico was increasing thanks to the broadcasts of this sport-spectacle on television. At the same time, the comics starring Santo, the Silver Masked Man - printed on that unforgettable sepia-colored paper - invaded magazine stands throughout the country and sold thousands of copies every week. A few years later, the circulation of Santo's adventures would reach more than a million weekly magazines.
| 2024 | La Lucha Invade el Cine Mexicano as Self (archive footage) |
| 2013 | El Hombre detrás de la Máscara as Self (archive footage) |
| 2012 | Tales of Masked Men as Self (archive footage) |
| 2004 | Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story as (archive footage) |
| 1983 | Chanoc y El Hijo del Santo contra los vampiros asesinos as Santo |
| 1982 | La furia de los karatecas as Santo El Enmascarado de Plata |
| 1982 | El puño de la muerte as Santo |
| 1982 | Santo contra el asesino de la T.V. as Santo |
| 1981 | Santo en la frontera del terror as Santo |
| 1979 | Misterio en las Bermudas as Santo (as Santo El Enmascarado de Plata) |
| 1977 | La noche de San Juan: Santo en Oro negro as Santo el enmascarado de plata |
| 1976 | Santo vs. las Lobas as Santo |
| 1976 | Santo en el misterio de la perla negra as Santo |
| 1975 | Santo en Anónimo Mortal as Santo |
| 1974 | Santo y Blue Demon contra el doctor Frankenstein as Santo |
| 1974 | Santo y Mantequilla Nápoles en la venganza de La Llorona as Santo |
| 1973 | Santo contra el doctor Muerte as Santo |
| 1973 | Santo contra los secuestradores as 'Santo' El Enmascarado de Plata |
| 1973 | Santo contra la magia negra as Santo |
| 1973 | Santo y Blue Demon vs Dracula y el Hombre Lobo as Santo |
| 1973 | Las bestias del terror as Santo el Enmascarado de Plata |
| 1973 | Misión suicida as Santo |
| 1973 | Santo y el águila real as Santo |
| 1973 | Santo contra los asesinos de otros mundos as Santo |
| 1972 | Santo vs. la hija de Frankenstein as Santo |
| 1972 | Las momias de Guanajuato as Santo |
| 1971 | Santo en la venganza de la momia as Santo |
| 1971 | Santo contra los cazadores de cabezas as El Santo |
| 1971 | Santo contra la mafia del vicio as Santo |
| 1970 | La Venganza de las Mujeres Vampiro as Santo |
| 1970 | Los leprosos y el sexo as Santo(as Santo 'El Enmascarado de Plata') |
| 1970 | Santo contra los jinetes del terror as Santo |
| 1970 | El Mundo de Los Muertos as Santo |
| 1970 | Santo contra Blue Demon en la Atlántida as Santo |
| 1970 | Santo el enmascarado de plata y Blue Demon contra los monstruos as Santo |
| 1970 | Santo Frente a la Muerte as Santo |
| 1969 | Santo contra Capulina as Santo |
| 1969 | El vampiro y el sexo as El Santo |
| 1969 | Santo en El tesoro de Drácula as Santo, el Enmascarado de Plata |
| 1968 | El tesoro de Moctezuma as Santo |
| 1968 | Atacan las brujas as Santo |
| 1968 | Santo el Enmascarado de Plata vs. los villanos del ring as as Santo el Enmascarado de Plata |
| 1967 | Operación 67 as Santo |
| 1967 | Santo el enmascarado de plata vs. la invasión de los marcianos as Santo |
| 1967 | El barón Brakola as Santo |
| 1966 | Blue Demon vs. el poder satánico as Himself |
| 1966 | Profanadores de tumbas as Santo |
| 1966 | Espectro del estrangulador as Santo |
| 1965 | Santo vs. el estrangulador as Santo, el Enmascarado de Plata |
| 1965 | El hacha diabólica as Santo |
| 1963 | Santo en el museo de cera as Santo, el Enmascarado de Plata |
| 1963 | Santo contra el cerebro diabólico as Santo, el Enmascarado de Plata |
| 1963 | Santo en el hotel de la muerte as Santo, el Enmascarado de Plata |
| 1962 | Santo contra el rey del crimen as Santo El Enmascarado de Plata |
| 1962 | Santo vs. las mujeres vampiro as Santo, el Enmascarado de Plata |
| 1962 | Santo contra los zombies as Santo, el Enmascarado de Plata |
| 1961 | Santo contra hombres infernales as Santo, el Enmascarado de Plata |
| 1961 | Santo contra cerebro del mal as Santo, el Enmascarado de Plata |
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