Actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the sly Domingo Ortega in "The Hired Gun" (1957). After working in stock companies in his native Mexico, he immigrated to the United States in 1936 and settled in California where he studied acting at the Pasadena Playhouse. After working as a technician for several major studios, he was discovered by director William Keighley during a board meeting of advisors at RKO Radio Pictures. Impressed by his dark good looks, charm, humbleness, and wit, he arranged for him to begin a career in the film industry beginning with him being under his supervision in the film "Honeymoon" (1947). From there he would go on to enjoy a fruitful career as a character actor appearing in over 70 features; often typecast as thugs, blue-collared guys, immigrants, chauffeurs, servants, soldiers, bartenders, waiters, doctors, druggists, generals, painters, policemen, sergeants, con-artists, barbers, doormen, captains, farmers, husbands, fathers, bandits, guards, clergymen, retail clerks, eccentrics, and businessmen. He appeared in such motion pictures as "Mexican Hayride" (1948), "The Big Steal" (1949), "Branded" (1950), "Callaway Went Thataway" (1951), "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" (1952), "Viva Zapata!" (1952), "The Iron Mistress" (1952), "Jeopardy" (1953), "Titanic" (1953), "Border River" (1954), "The Americano" (1955), "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" (1955), "Wetbacks" (1956), "Hell Ship Mutiny" (1957), "Holiday for Lovers" (1958), "The Miracle" (1959), "Fun in Acapulco" (1963), and "Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?" (1963). During the advent of television, he became a familiar face appearing in numerous guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "The Lone Ranger," "The Unexpected," "Rebound," "Your Favorite Story," "The Cisco Kid," "Hopalong Cassidy," "Cavalcade of America," "Crossroads," "Screen Directors Playhouse," "Telephone Time," "Passport to Danger," "The Californians," "General Electric Theatre," "The Third Man," "Death Valley Days," "The Millionaire," "Wanted: Dead or Alive," "Zorro," "One Step Beyond," "Johnny Midnight," "Coronado 9," "Sea Hunt," "Whispering Smith," "Adventures in Paradise," and "Bonanza." During his career, he attained United States citizenship in 1938, served in the United States Army during World War II, was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, was a regular parishioner of the Catholic church, was an active member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee, served as a councilmen for his local charters of the American Red Cross and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, was a founding member of the Canyon Theatre Guild, and he was an accomplished sculptor whose work was featured in several art galleries. In 1966, Baguez, who never married nor fathered any children, retired from acting and spent the final years of his life living comfortably in the suburbs thanks to wise investments he made in both real estate and oil while going on to be a generous benefactor for several schools, state parks, and humanitarian organizations, until his death from complications of undisclosed causes.