Jorge Rivero (born Jorge Pous Rosas June 15, 1938) is a Mexican actor,
with a career spanning two continents (America and Europe), primarily
in Spanish language media. He has been also credited as George Rivers
and George Rivero.Rivero was raised in Mexico City and proved to be an
excellent athlete, excelling in track, jai alai and Water polo. At an
early age, he became a bodybuilder and has used weightlifting to
maintain his physique throughout his life. Graduating from Colegio
Universitario Mexicano in 1960 with a chemical engineering degree,
Rivero soon left that discipline behind to become an actor.For
Rivero's first film appearance, he was cast in René Cardona's movie
The Invisible Assassin (1965) where he wears a mask throughout the
film. His breakthrough role came in the Western El Mexicano (1966;
directed by René Cardona), making him a star overnight in his native
Mexico. Kicking off a string of westerns for the young actor, this
movie was followed with Pistoleros de la frontera (1967). He also
found time to appear in a few wrestling films, teaming with the famed
Santo in Operación 67 (1967) and in El Tesoro de Moctezuma (1968;
with Amadee Chabot).Rivero's most notorious role came in The Sin of
Adam and Eve (El pecado de Adán y Eva) (1969), in which Rivero and
American costar Candy Wilson appear nude throughout most of the film.
By 1970, Rivero had offers from Hollywood and acted in the big-budget
films Soldier Blue (1970; with Candice Bergen and Donald Pleasence),
Rio Lobo (1970; with John Wayne and Jennifer O'Neill) and The Last
Hard Men (1976; with Charlton Heston and James Coburn). Afterward,
Rivero continued to act in Mexican, Italian and U.S. productions,
including appearances in Lucio Fulci's 1983 fantasy film Conquest, and
the all-star action film Counterforce in 1988.
with a career spanning two continents (America and Europe), primarily
in Spanish language media. He has been also credited as George Rivers
and George Rivero.Rivero was raised in Mexico City and proved to be an
excellent athlete, excelling in track, jai alai and Water polo. At an
early age, he became a bodybuilder and has used weightlifting to
maintain his physique throughout his life. Graduating from Colegio
Universitario Mexicano in 1960 with a chemical engineering degree,
Rivero soon left that discipline behind to become an actor.For
Rivero's first film appearance, he was cast in René Cardona's movie
The Invisible Assassin (1965) where he wears a mask throughout the
film. His breakthrough role came in the Western El Mexicano (1966;
directed by René Cardona), making him a star overnight in his native
Mexico. Kicking off a string of westerns for the young actor, this
movie was followed with Pistoleros de la frontera (1967). He also
found time to appear in a few wrestling films, teaming with the famed
Santo in Operación 67 (1967) and in El Tesoro de Moctezuma (1968;
with Amadee Chabot).Rivero's most notorious role came in The Sin of
Adam and Eve (El pecado de Adán y Eva) (1969), in which Rivero and
American costar Candy Wilson appear nude throughout most of the film.
By 1970, Rivero had offers from Hollywood and acted in the big-budget
films Soldier Blue (1970; with Candice Bergen and Donald Pleasence),
Rio Lobo (1970; with John Wayne and Jennifer O'Neill) and The Last
Hard Men (1976; with Charlton Heston and James Coburn). Afterward,
Rivero continued to act in Mexican, Italian and U.S. productions,
including appearances in Lucio Fulci's 1983 fantasy film Conquest, and
the all-star action film Counterforce in 1988.
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