# Hugo Stiglitz

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{{short description|Mexican actor}}
{{For|the fictional character|Inglourious Basterds}}
{{family name hatnote|Stiglitz|López|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox person
| name          = Hugo Stiglitz
| image         = Hugo Stiglitz (cropped).jpg
| caption       =
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1940|8|28}}
| birth_place   = [Mexico City](/source/Mexico_City), Mexico
| height        = 
| birth_name    = Hugo Stiglitz López
| other_names   = 
| years_active  = 1969-Current
| website       = 
| alma_mater    = [National Autonomous University of Mexico](/source/National_Autonomous_University_of_Mexico)
| occupation    = [Actor](/source/Actor)
| notable_works = ''[Tintorera](/source/Tintorera)''<br>''[Night of a 1000 Cats](/source/Blood_Feast_(1972_film))''<br>''[Under the Volcano](/source/Under_the_Volcano_(1984_film))''<br>''[Cielo rojo](/source/Cielo_rojo)'' 
}}

'''Hugo Stiglitz López''' (born August 28, 1940) is a Mexican actor, best known for his [genre film](/source/B_movie) roles in the 1970s and 80's.<ref>{{cite web|language=Spanish|url=http://www.excelsior.com.mx/funcion/2016/08/30/1114067|website=Excelsior.com.mx|date=30 August 2016|title=Liberan al actor Hugo Stiglitz|author=Monroy, Filberto Cruz}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Stiglitz was born in [Mexico City](/source/Mexico_City), to Austrian businessman Sigmund Stiglitz and his Argentine-born wife María de los Ángeles López. An avid [footballer](/source/Association_football), Stiglitz originally tried out for the [Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara](/source/Universidad_Aut%C3%B3noma_de_Guadalajara)'s team, but failed to make the cut. He then studied civil engineering at the [National Autonomous University of Mexico](/source/National_Autonomous_University_of_Mexico).<ref>{{Cite web |title=coctelacapulco.com |url=https://coctelacapulco.com/portal/reconocimiento-a-hugo-stiglitz/ |access-date=2026-05-02 |website=coctelacapulco.com}}</ref>

== Career ==
Stiglitz entered acting thanks to friendships with actors [Pedro Armendáriz Jr.](/source/Pedro_Armend%C3%A1riz_Jr.) and [Angélica María](/source/Ang%C3%A9lica_Mar%C3%ADa). He was discovered by director [René Cardona Jr.](/source/Ren%C3%A9_Cardona_Jr.)

Stiglitz is perhaps most well known for his film roles in the 1970s and 1980s in Mexico in such horror films as ''[Tintorera](/source/Tintorera)'' and ''[Night of a Thousand Cats](/source/Blood_Feast_(1972_film))''. During the 70s, he was considered a [leading man](/source/Leading_actor) alongside the likes of [Jorge Rivero](/source/Jorge_Rivero) and [Andrés García](/source/Andr%C3%A9s_Garc%C3%ADa). He gained more international recognition for his roles in B-movies like [''Blood Feast''](/source/Blood_Feast_(1972_film)) (1972), ''[Tintorera](/source/Tintorera)'' (1977), [''The Bermuda Triangle''](/source/The_Bermuda_Triangle_(film)) (1978), [''Cyclone''](/source/Cyclone_(1978_film)) (also 1978), and the Italian-Spanish co-production ''[Nightmare City](/source/Nightmare_City)'' (1980). He also played a supporting role in American director [John Huston](/source/John_Huston)'s ''[Under the Volcano](/source/Under_the_Volcano_(1984_film))'' (1984).

In 2011, he made his [telenovela](/source/telenovela) debut on ''[Cielo rojo](/source/Cielo_rojo)''. He subsequently appeared on [''Secretos de familia''](/source/Secretos_de_familia_(Mexican_TV_series)).

== In popular culture ==
[Quentin Tarantino](/source/Quentin_Tarantino) paid a tribute to him by naming a character "Hugo Stiglitz" (played by actor [Til Schweiger](/source/Til_Schweiger)) in the film ''[Inglourious Basterds](/source/Inglourious_Basterds)''.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Pa4sDgAAQBAJ&dq=%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%BE+%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86+%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE&pg=PT334 Диалоги – моя фишка. Черные заповеди Тарантино]</ref>

== Selected filmography ==
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* ''[Las fieras](/source/Las_fieras_(film))'' (1969) as Tony
*   ((Robinson Crusoé - 1969 )))
* ''[Macho Callahan](/source/Macho_Callahan)'' (1970) as Man #1
* ''[Las figuras de arena](/source/Las_figuras_de_arena)'' (1970)
* ''[Robinson Crusoe](/source/Robinson_Crusoe_(1970_film))'' (1970) as [Robinson Crusoe](/source/Robinson_Crusoe)
* ''[Nido de fieras](/source/Nido_de_fieras)'' (1971)
* ''[Los desalmados](/source/Los_desalmados)'' (1971)
* ''[Bang bang... al hoyo](/source/Bang_bang..._al_hoyo)'' (1971)
* ''[Night of a 1000 Cats](/source/Blood_Feast_(1972_film))'' (1972) as Hugo
* ''[Vanessa](/source/Vanessa_(film))'' (1972) as Alex
* ''{{Interlanguage link|Un pirata de doce años|it|3=Le avventure di Miky Gioy il piccolo pirata|lt=Un pirata de doce años}}'' (1972) as Morgan
* ''[Pilotos de combate](/source/Pilotos_de_combate)'' (1973)
* ''[El juez de la soga](/source/El_juez_de_la_soga)'' (1973) as Kirk Morgan
* ''[Robinson y Viernes en la Isla Encantada](/source/Robinson_y_Viernes_en_la_Isla_Encantada)'' (1973) as [Robinson Crusoe](/source/Robinson_Crusoe)
* ''[Uno para la horca](/source/Uno_para_la_horca)'' (1973) as Anthony Trevor
* ''[El señor de Osanto](/source/El_se%C3%B1or_de_Osanto)'' (1974)
* ''[El llanto de la tortuga](/source/El_llanto_de_la_tortuga)'' (1975) as Héctor
* ''[El valle de los miserables](/source/El_valle_de_los_miserables)'' (1975) as Felipe Aguirre
* ''[Viaje fantástico en globo](/source/Viaje_fant%C3%A1stico_en_globo)'' (1975) as Professor Fergusson
* ''[Sobrevivientes de los Andes](/source/Sobrevivientes_de_los_Andes)'' (1976) as Francisco
* ''[Longitud de guerra](/source/Longitud_de_guerra)'' (1976) as San José
* ''[Tintorera](/source/Tintorera)'' (1977) as Steven
* ''[El rey de los gorilas](/source/El_rey_de_los_gorilas)'' (1977) as Ape
* ''[The Bermuda Triangle](/source/The_Bermuda_Triangle_(film))'' (1978) as Capt. Mark Briggs
* ''[Los pequeños privilegios](/source/Los_peque%C3%B1os_privilegios)'' (1978) as Hugo
* ''[Cyclone](/source/Cyclone_(1978_film))'' (1978) as Pilot
* ''[Oro rojo](/source/Oro_rojo)'' (1978) as Víctor
* ''[Mil millas al sur](/source/Mil_millas_al_sur)'' (1978) as Dany Montero
* ''[Lo blanco, lo rojo y lo negro](/source/Lo_blanco%2C_lo_rojo_y_lo_negro)'' (1979)
* ''[Bloody Marlene](/source/Bloody_Marlene)'' (1979) as Jim McCutchen
* ''[Guyana: Crime of the Century](/source/Guyana%3A_Crime_of_the_Century)'' (1979) as Cliff Robson
* ''Traficantes de pánico'' (1980) as Captain Sylvester
* ''[En mil pedazos](/source/En_mil_pedazos)'' (1980) as Jorge Sueiro
* ''[Nightmare City](/source/Nightmare_City)'' (1980) as Dean Miller
* ''[Fabricantes de pánico](/source/Fabricantes_de_p%C3%A1nico)'' (1980)
* ''[El fantasma del lago](/source/El_fantasma_del_lago)'' (1981) as don Gonzalo Ruiz
* ''[357 magnum](/source/357_magnum)'' (1981)
* ''{{Interlanguage link|Vultures on the City|fr|3=Buitres sobre la ciudad|lt=Buitres sobre la ciudad}}'' (1980) as Theo
* ''Black Jack'' (aka ''Asalto al casino'') (1981) as Police Commissioner Angel Carvenas
* ''{{Interlanguage link|Macchina per uccidere 2|it|3=Macchina per uccidere 2|lt=Goma-2}}'' (1984) as Koldo
* ''[Under the Volcano](/source/Under_the_Volcano_(1984_film))'' (1984) as Sinarquista
* ''[Treasure of the Amazon](/source/Treasure_of_the_Amazon)'' (1985) as Riverboat Captain
* ''[Cementerio del terror](/source/Cementerio_del_terror)'' (1985) as Dr. Cardan
* ''[Masacre en el río Tula](/source/Masacre_en_el_r%C3%ADo_Tula)'' (1985) as El Man
* ''[Rosa de la frontera](/source/Rosa_de_la_frontera)'' (1985)
* ''[El escuadrón de la muerte](/source/El_escuadr%C3%B3n_de_la_muerte)'' (1985) as Sergio Enriquez
* ''[El día de los Albañiles II](/source/El_d%C3%ADa_de_los_Alba%C3%B1iles_II)'' (1985)
* ''[Cuando corrio el alazan](/source/Cuando_corrio_el_alazan)'' (1985)
* ''[Matanza en Matamoros](/source/Matanza_en_Matamoros)'' (1986)
* ''[La muerte de un pistolero](/source/La_muerte_de_un_pistolero)'' (1986)
* ''[Policia judicial federal](/source/Policia_judicial_federal)'' (1987)
* ''Los verduleros II'' (1987) as The Killer
* ''[Mauro el mojado](/source/Mauro_el_mojado)'' (1987) as Johnny Ventura
* ''[Traficantes de cocaina](/source/Traficantes_de_cocaina)'' (1987)
* ''[Sueño de Tony](/source/Sue%C3%B1o_de_Tony)'' (1987)
* ''[Mente asesina](/source/Mente_asesina)'' (1987)
* ''[Con el odio en la piel](/source/Con_el_odio_en_la_piel)'' (1988)
* ''Counterforce'' (1988) as The Blond
* ''[Los gatos de las azoteas](/source/Los_gatos_de_las_azoteas)'' (1988) as El Adivino
* ''[El placer de la venganza](/source/El_placer_de_la_venganza)'' (1988)
* ''[La noche de la bestia](/source/La_noche_de_la_bestia)'' (1988) as Willi
* ''[La gallera](/source/La_gallera)'' (1988)
* ''[Durazo, la verdadera historia](/source/Durazo%2C_la_verdadera_historia)'' (1988)
* ''[AR-15: Comando implacable](/source/AR-15%3A_Comando_implacable)'' (1988)
* ''[3 lancheros muy picudos](/source/3_lancheros_muy_picudos)'' (1989) as Hugo
* ''[Open Fire](/source/Open_Fire_(1988_film))'' (1989) as Don Gaspar
* ''[Hasta que la muerte nos separe](/source/Hasta_que_la_muerte_nos_separe_(film))'' (1989) as Orlando
* ''[El loco Bronco](/source/El_loco_Bronco)'' (1989) as Virgilio Rojas
* ''[El pájaro con suelas](/source/El_p%C3%A1jaro_con_suelas)'' (1989) as César
* ''[El diario íntimo de una cabaretera](/source/El_diario_%C3%ADntimo_de_una_cabaretera)'' (1989) as Marcelo
* ''Traficante por ambición'' (1989) as Capitan Gordon
* ''[Seducción y muerte](/source/Seducci%C3%B3n_y_muerte)'' (1989)
* ''[La mafia tiembla II](/source/La_mafia_tiembla_II)'' (1989)
* ''[Bonampak](/source/Bonampak_(film))'' (1989)
* ''[Aventuras que matan](/source/Aventuras_que_matan)'' (1989)
* ''[Asalto en la frontera](/source/Asalto_en_la_frontera)'' (1989)
* ''[El inocente y las pecadoras](/source/El_inocente_y_las_pecadoras)'' (1990)
* ''[Keiko en peligro](/source/Keiko_en_peligro)'' (1990)
* ''[Noche de pánico](/source/Noche_de_p%C3%A1nico)'' (1990)
* ''Noche de fieras'' (1990) as Ernesto
* ''[El protector de la mafia](/source/El_protector_de_la_mafia)'' (1990)
* ''Comando de federales'' (1990) as Comandante Aguila
* ''[Cargas prohibidas](/source/Cargas_prohibidas)'' (1990)
* ''[Camarena vive](/source/Camarena_vive)'' (1990)
* ''[El 30-30](/source/El_30-30)'' (1991)
* ''[Mujer de cabaret](/source/Mujer_de_cabaret)'' (1991) as Don Lalo
* ''[Trágico carnaval](/source/Tr%C3%A1gico_carnaval)'' (1991)
* ''[Secuestro equivocado](/source/Secuestro_equivocado)'' (1991)
* ''[La ley de la mafia](/source/La_ley_de_la_mafia)'' (1991) as El comandante
* ''[Escuadrón suicida](/source/Escuadr%C3%B3n_suicida)'' (1991)
* ''[Armas, robo y muerte](/source/Armas%2C_robo_y_muerte)'' (1991)
* ''Alarido del terror'' (1991) as Roberto
* ''[Tequila](/source/Tequila_(film))'' (1992)
* ''[Corrupción encadenada](/source/Corrupci%C3%B3n_encadenada)'' (1992)
* ''[Más allá del deseo](/source/M%C3%A1s_all%C3%A1_del_deseo)'' (1992) as Juan
* ''[La dama y el judicial](/source/La_dama_y_el_judicial)'' (1992)
* ''[Imperio blanco](/source/Imperio_blanco)'' (1992) as Comandante Victor
* ''[Cobra silenciosa](/source/Cobra_silenciosa)'' (1992)
* ''[Camaleon: Atentado a Castro](/source/Camaleon%3A_Atentado_a_Castro)'' (1992)
* ''[Perseguido](/source/Perseguido)'' (1993) as Teniente Aquiles
* ''[Obligado a matar](/source/Obligado_a_matar)'' (1993) as Victor
* ''[La voz de los caracoles](/source/La_voz_de_los_caracoles)'' (1993) as comandante Drako
* ''[Entre el poder y el deseo](/source/Entre_el_poder_y_el_deseo)'' (1993) as Quintana
* ''[Frontera Sur](/source/Frontera_Sur_(1993_film))'' (1993) as Aguila
* ''[Chicas en peligro](/source/Chicas_en_peligro)'' (1993)
* ''[Bulldog](/source/Bulldog_(film))'' (1993) as Muriel
* ''[Las esmeraldas son sangre](/source/Las_esmeraldas_son_sangre)'' (1994)
* ''[Mujeres infieles](/source/Mujeres_infieles)'' (1995) as Eduardo
* ''[Leyendas de amor y muerte](/source/Leyendas_de_amor_y_muerte)'' (1995)
* ''[El arrecife de los Alacranes](/source/El_arrecife_de_los_Alacranes)'' (1995) as Capitán Elias
* ''[Pueblo de violencia](/source/Pueblo_de_violencia)'' (1995) as Jesús Morones
* ''[Magnicídio](/source/Magnic%C3%ADdio)'' (1995)
* ''[Las nieves de enero](/source/Las_nieves_de_enero)'' (1995)
* ''[La fuga de los Pérez](/source/La_fuga_de_los_P%C3%A9rez)'' (1995)
* ''[Crímenes de pasión](/source/Cr%C3%ADmenes_de_pasi%C3%B3n)'' (1995) as Roldán Carmona
* ''La mujer de los dos'' (1996) as Francisco
* ''[Víctimas de la ambición](/source/V%C3%ADctimas_de_la_ambici%C3%B3n)'' (1996) as Lic. Ordoñez
* ''[La juez Lobo](/source/La_juez_Lobo)'' (1996)
* ''[Una luz en la oscuridad](/source/Una_luz_en_la_oscuridad)'' (1997)
* ''[El último cazador](/source/El_%C3%BAltimo_cazador)'' (1997)
* ''El asesinato'' (1997) as Marcelo / Abogado
* ''[Naked Lies](/source/Naked_Lies)'' (1998) as Santiago
* ''[El culebrero](/source/El_culebrero)'' (1998) as El Griego
* ''[Unidos por el destino](/source/Unidos_por_el_destino)'' (1998) as Colombiano
* ''Perro de cadena'' (1998)
* ''[El bronco negro](/source/El_bronco_negro)'' (1998)
* ''[Cazador de soplones](/source/Cazador_de_soplones)'' (1998) as Hector del Valle
* ''[Cazador de cazadores](/source/Cazador_de_cazadores)'' (1998) as Ermitano
* ''[Bajadores de narcos](/source/Bajadores_de_narcos)'' (1998) as Mr. Mulata
* ''[Angeluz](/source/Angeluz)'' (1998) as Dr. Vera
* ''[2 monjitas en peligro](/source/2_monjitas_en_peligro)'' (1998)
* ''[Crisis](/source/Crisis_(1998_film))'' (1998)
* ''[Sonora y sus ojos negros](/source/Sonora_y_sus_ojos_negros)'' (1999)
* ''[Siete millones](/source/Siete_millones)'' (1999)
* ''[Pollitas de cuenta](/source/Pollitas_de_cuenta)'' (1999)
* ''[Polícia de narcóticos 2](/source/Pol%C3%ADcia_de_narc%C3%B3ticos_2)'' (1999)
* ''[Las dos toneladas](/source/Las_dos_toneladas)'' (1999)
* ''[Informe secreto de la D.E.A.](/source/Informe_secreto_de_la_D.E.A.)'' (1999)
* ''[El profeta](/source/El_profeta)'' (1999)
* ''[El mojado fracasado](/source/El_mojado_fracasado)'' (1999) as Ernesto Quintero
* ''[El heredero](/source/El_heredero)'' (1999)
* ''[El comerciante](/source/El_comerciante)'' (1999)
* ''[Polifemo](/source/Polifemo)'' (2000, Short) as The Cyclop Polifemo (voice)
* ''[Los 2 compas](/source/Los_2_compas)'' (2000)
* ''[La avioneta amarilla](/source/La_avioneta_amarilla)'' (2000)
* ''[El regreso de las cobras negras](/source/El_regreso_de_las_cobras_negras)'' (2000)
* ''The Pearl'' (2001) as Beggar One
* ''Perros de pelea'' (2001)
* ''[La fiera de la montaña](/source/La_fiera_de_la_monta%C3%B1a)'' (2001) as El abuelo
* ''[El vengador de cabrones](/source/El_vengador_de_cabrones)'' (2001)
* ''[El corrido del hijo de Simon Blanco](/source/El_corrido_del_hijo_de_Simon_Blanco)'' (2001)
* ''[Chinango](/source/Chinango)'' (2002)
* ''[Simón, el gran varón](/source/Sim%C3%B3n%2C_el_gran_var%C3%B3n)'' (2002) as Benito
* ''[La tragedia de Lamberto Quintero](/source/La_tragedia_de_Lamberto_Quintero)'' (2002)
* ''El tuerto de la sierra'' (2002)
* ''[El nuevo corrido de Arnulfo Gonzalez](/source/El_nuevo_corrido_de_Arnulfo_Gonzalez)'' (2002)
* ''[El corrido del comandante Macario Leyba](/source/El_corrido_del_comandante_Macario_Leyba)'' (2002)
* ''[Seis días en la oscuridad](/source/Seis_d%C3%ADas_en_la_oscuridad)'' (2003) as Prof. Hernandez
* ''Viva Villa Cabrones'' (2003)
* ''[El corrido de Valente Quintero](/source/El_corrido_de_Valente_Quintero)'' (2003)
* ''Dos gallos de Guanajuato'' (2003)
* ''[Para Matar a un Asesino/To Kill a Killer](/source/Para_Matar_a_un_Asesino%2FTo_Kill_a_Killer)'' (2003)
* ''[Naturaleza muerta](/source/Naturaleza_muerta_(2003_film))'' (2003)
* ''[Las pasiones de sor Juana](/source/Las_pasiones_de_sor_Juana)'' (2004) as Don Rodrigo
* ''[La diosa del mar](/source/La_diosa_del_mar)'' (2005) as Baltazar Ojeda
* ''Emiliano Cadena: El méxicano 2'' (2007)
* ''Chinango'' (2009) as Licenciado Mendez
* ''[Cielo rojo](/source/Cielo_rojo)'' (2011, TV Series) as Gonzalo Molina
* ''El Hombre de Negro II'' (2013) as Don Evaristo Juárez
* ''[Instructions Not Included](/source/Instructions_Not_Included)'' (2013) as Johnny Bravo
* ''El diario de una prostituta'' (2013) as Tom Wells
* ''Los Tres Hacendados'' (2015) as Alvaro
* ''Con mis propias manos'' (2015) as Don Esteban
* ''[Señora acero la coyote](/source/Se%C3%B1ora_acero_la_coyote)'' (2016, TV Series) as Carlos Delgado
* ''Mas Que Buitre'' (2016) as Comandante Roman Rios
* ''El ocaso del cazador'' (2017)
* ''El Ondeado: ¿Héroe o villano?'' (2017) as Hernan
* ''Secuestro Anonimo'' (2017) as Comandante
* ''American Curious'' (2018) as Abraham Silva
* ''[El Complot Mongol](/source/The_Mongolian_Conspiracy)'' (2018) as Hugo Stiglitz
* ''Un sentimiento honesto en el calabozo del olvido'' (2019) as Abir Benacerraf
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==Honours==
* '''Nosferatu Award''': In October 2025 Stiglitz was honoured with the Nosferatu Award at [58th Sitges Film Festival](/source/58th_Sitges_Film_Festival) in [Sitges](/source/Sitges).<ref name="spa:sitges">{{cite web|url=https://sitgesfilmfestival.com/en/noticies/list-confirmed-artists-sitges-2025|title=List of Confirmed Artists at Sitges 2025|website=[Sitges Film Festival](/source/Sitges_Film_Festival)|date=22 September 2025|access-date=23 September 2025}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
*{{IMDb name|830153|Hugo Stiglitz}}
*[http://www.cinefania.com/persona.php/Hugo+Stiglitz/# Profile] on Cinefania site.

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