Mexican film producer and telenovela creator
Brother of Alfonso Ramrez Calesero.
He started out as an actor, and became a star of Mexican films. He worked with Maria Felix, Jorge Negrete, and Spanish filmmaker Luis Bunuel.
He directed and produced dozens of Mexican soap operas, and was influential in developing the soap opera industry. Many telenovelas are shown around the world and have been dubbed into more than 50 languages, including Russian, Korean, and Roumanian.