Manuel Capetillo was born on April 15, 1926 in Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos, Jalisco, Mexico as Manuel Capetillo Villaseñor. He was an actor, known for Vivo o muerto (1960), Cargando con el muerto (1965) and El as de oros (1968). He died on May 5, 2009 in Las Varas, Nayarit, Mexico.