# Jorge Lavat

Jorge Lavat Bayona (3 August 1933 − 14 September 2011) was a Mexican film and television actor.

## Life and work

Born in Mexico City, Mexico, he appeared in more than 25 serialized telenovelas over the decades between 1958 and 2001, including his participation in Senda prohibida, the first telenovela ever produced in Mexico. He was also known for his recordings combining music and the spoken word, particularly a single he released for the essay-poem Desiderata.
He was married four times: first with Ana María Torres, then with Silvia Burgos, his third marriage was once again with Ana María Torres and finally he was the husband of the actress Rebeca Manríquez. He had two sons and two daughters. One of them, Adriana Lavat, also became an actress. He is also related to the Mexican telenovela actress Queta Lavat, his sister, and his brother, José Lavat, was also an actor and voice actor

## Death

He died on September 14, 2011; after a back operation, he suffered a severe infection; he was kept in a coma and was never able to recover. He died from complications of a respiratory infection in a Mexico City hospital; his remains were cremated.

## Filmography
### Films

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1958 | A Thousand and One Nights | | |
| 1959 | El que con niños se acuesta | Empleado de Chon | Uncredited |
| 1959 | Dos corazones y un cielo | Representante de auditorio | Uncredited |
| 1961 | El proceso de las señoritas Vivanco | Empleado hotel | Uncredited |
| 1961 | Chicas casaderas | Policía | |
| 1961 | Azahares rojos | | |
| 1963 | Una joven de 16 años | | Uncredited |
| 1964 | Napoleoncito | Marcos | |
| 1964 | El gallo de oro | Jugador de cartas | |
| 1965 | Los chicos de la noche | Padre adoptivo de Gabriela | |
| 1965 | ¡Ay, Jalisco, no te rajes! | Juan | |
| 1965 | Especialista en chamacas | | |
| 1966 | La Valentina | Erasmo | |
| 1967 | Qué hombre tan sin embargo | Amigo de Raúl | Uncredited |
| 1967 | Domingo salvaje | | |
| 1968 | El escapulario | Capitán | |
| 1968 | Cuatro hombres marcados | | |
| 1969 | Flor marchita | Bernardo Molina | |
| 1969 | La marcha de Zacatecas | Capitán Agustín Tovar | |
| 1969 | Las impuras | Capitán | |
| 1969 | El aviso inoportuno | Cliente gasolineria | |
| 1969 | El criado malcriado | Alejandro | |
| 1970 | La hermanita Dinamita | Dr. Miranda | |
| 1970 | Las figuras de arena | | |
| 1971 | Rosario | Lorenzo | |
| 1971 | El ídolo | | |
| 1971 | Yesenia | Osvaldo | |
| 1971 | Secreto de confesión | Esteban | |
| 1971 | Dos mujeres y un hombre | Mario Christie | |
| 1972 | La criada bien criada | Ricardo Montes | |
| 1972 | Sucedió en Jalisco | Cornelio | |
| 1972 | Triángulo | Miguel Escontria | |
| 1972 | La gatita | Daniel | |
| 1973 | Besos, besos y más besos | | Segment: "Dos veces por semana" |
| 1973 | Santo y el águila real | Manuel Villafuerte | |
| 1973 | La tigresa | Manuel Villafuerte | |
| 1974 | Algo es algo dijo el diablo | | |
| 1975 | Eva, ¿qué hace ese hombre en tu cama? | César | |
| 1977 | Sor Tequila | Ignacio | |
| 1978 | Duro pero seguro | Armando Flores | |
| 1980 | El perdón de la hija de nadie | | |
| 1981 | La Jorobada | | |
| 1981 | La casa prohibida | | |
| 1982 | Vividores de mujeres | | |
| 1983 | Las modelos de desnudos | | |
| 1983 | El amor es un juego extraño | | |
| 1984 | El billetero | | |
| 1985 | La caravana de la muerte | Elmo | |
| 1985 | Los malvivientes | | |
| 1985 | Los guaruras | | |
| 1991 | Infamia | | |
| 1992 | Inventando un crimen | Christián González | |
| 2009 | El estudiante | Chano | |
| 2010 | Marcelino, pan y vino | Fray Malo | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1958 | Senda prohibida | | Television debut |
| 1964 | Corona de lágrimas | | |
| 1965 | Un grito en la obscuridad | | |
| 1966 | La sombra del pecado | | |
| 1967 | El usurpador | | |
| 1967 | Obsesión | | |
| 1967 | Deborah | | |
| 1967 | Anita de Montemar | | |
| 1968 | Cynthia | | |
| 1968 | Cruz de amor | Marcos Belmar | |
| 1969 | Una plegaria en el camino | Roberto | |
| 1969 | La familia | | |
| 1969 | De turno con la angustia | | |
| 1970 | Yesenia | Oswaldo Leroux | |
| 1970 | La constitución | Jaime López | |
| 1971 | Cristo negro | | |
| 1972 | Hermanos Coraje | Jeronimo Coraje | Lead role |
| 1973 | El honorable Señor Valdez | Héctor | |
| 1976 | Mi hermana la nena | Jorge | |
| 1978 | Julia | | |
| 1979 | Añoranza | | |
| 1981 | El periquillo sangriento | | |
| 1982 | Lo que el cielo no perdona | | |
| 1983 | El amor ajeno | Charlie | |
| 1986 | Monte calvario | Armando | |
| 1987 | Yesenia | | |
| 1987 | Quinceañera | Roberto Villanueva | |
| 1991 | Muchachitas | Guillermo Sánchez-Zúñiga | |
| 1998 | Perla | César | |
| 1999 | La vida en el espejo | Don Omar | |
| 2001 | Cara o cruz | Melchor Hidalgo | |
| 2002 | La Virgen de Guadalupe | Agustin Xolotl | TV mini-series |
| 2008 | La historia detrás del mito | Himself | TV series documentary |
| 2010 | Vidas al límite | Himself | Episode: "El jugoso negocio del refrito" |
| 2010 | Grandes finales de telenovelas | Roberto Villanueva | Archive footage |
| 2010 | Eva Luna | Julio Arisméndi | |