Background
Guizar, Tito Frederico was born on April 8, 1908 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Came to the United States, 1929. Son of Jose Guizar and Adele Tolentino.
Guizar, Tito Frederico was born on April 8, 1908 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Came to the United States, 1929. Son of Jose Guizar and Adele Tolentino.
Student, University Guadalajara.
Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, he performed under the name of Tito Guízar. Together with Dolores del Río, José Mojica, Ramón Novarro and Lupe Vélez, Guízar was among the few Mexican people who made history in the early years of Hollywood. In a career that spanned over seven decades, Guízar trained early as an opera singer and traveled to New York in 1929 to record the songs of Agustín Lara.
In addition, Guízar performed both operatic and Mexican popular songs at Carnegie Hall, but he succeeded with his arrangements of popular Mexican and Spanish melodies such as Cielito Lindo, Louisiana Cucaracha, Granada, and You Belong to My Heart (English version of Solamente una Vez).
In 1936, his song Allá en el Rancho Grande launched the singing charro in Mexico after appearing in the film of the same name, succeeding as well in the United States. Guízar made numerous television appearances, toured in most of Latin American countries, recorded a significant number of songs, and had his own radio show in Los Angeles, Tito Guizar y su Guitarra.
Guízar died from natural causes in San Antonio, Texas at the age of 91.
Member Mexico Association Screen Actors (treasurer).
Married Nanette Noriega, August 5, 1931. Children: Nina, Lillya, Tito Junior.