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Vámonos para la feria (1961)
Character: N/A
Father insists that one of his sons get married... because with no woman in the house, they can't get a good meal. The rest of the movie is devoted to pairing off everybody in sight.
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Mi niño Tizoc (1972)
Character: Herbs seller
Tizoc wishes to eat a chicken by himself and have his own piñata. At Christmas his father Carmelo grants his wish.
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Burlada (1951)
Character: Cliente borracho
Fancy gentleman uses his charms to exploit a bunch of women.
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El pueblo sin Dios (1955)
Character: Bracero
Unscrupulous rich guy owns all the businesses in border towns, is challenged by town's new priest.
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La mujer X (1955)
Character: Vendedor de droga (uncredited)
A woman accused of murder refuses to defend herself in any way, in order to avoid tarnishing the family name and the reputation of her long-lost son.
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La hija del penal (1949)
Character: Preso
A young woman who was born and grew up on an island prison-colony decides to move to the island and try life in the real world. Romance, bad luck and astonishing coincidences wait in her path.
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El mar y tu (1952)
Character: Pueblerino
A man long thought dead returns to his fishing village home to find the love he left married to the village’s top power broker, a man who control’s the fish production with an iron fist.
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Lágrimas robadas (1954)
Character: Portero (uncredited)
Melodrama involving a young woman returning to Mexico from abroad after a failed romance and dealing with an unwanted pregnancy and a meddling Aunt.
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Un viaje a Santiago (1960)
Character: N/A
The film narrates the problems faced by a small group from the small imaginary town of Tunco that arrives in Santiago to ask their representative in parliament for the construction of a road to improve communication alternatives for the inhabitants of the southern hamlet.
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Novia a la medida (1949)
Character: Agente funerario (uncredited)
Door-to-door salesman falls for a young woman, implements hare-brained schemes to separate her from her fiance.
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El jinete negro (1961)
Character: El tuerto
A rancher disguises himself as a generous bandit and murders a tax collector, but is discovered.
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El hambre nuestra de cada día (1960)
Character: Don Chema, acaparador
Trophy wife of a crooked industrialist meets a philanthropic doctor and develops a social conscience. Mexican remake of Born Yesterday.
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Los amantes (1951)
Character: Gerente hotel
A burglar and a bar girl fall in love and decide to go straight, but complications.
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¡Viva la juventud! (1956)
Character: N/A
Movie based on the classic student football competition between UNAM pumas and the Polytechnic donkeys that were popular at that time. A mechanic is mistaken for the best player in the Polytechnic, while in the Unam a student discovers a formula for superpowers to play football. Both compete for the love of a rookie and to win the students classic.
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Los tales por cuales (1965)
Character: Don Marcial (uncredited)
Western comedy. Stranger-in-town falls into an ambivalent love/hate relationship with the sheriff.
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Música, mujeres y amor (1952)
Character: Tripulación crucero (uncredited)
Two women are installed in the cabin of a ship that was already occupied by two gentlemen.
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La marca del muerto (1961)
Character: Remigio (uncredited)
Mad scientist brings his dead mad scientist grandfather back to life and makes a Frankenstein-type monster out of him.
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Sonatas (1959)
Character: Jugador (uncredited)
In the fall of 1824 Javier Montenegro, Bradomin Marquis is spared death hanging by Captain Casares, and in return, the Marquis agrees to help him escape to America. Adaptation of "Sonata de Otoño" and "Sonata de Estío" of Ramón María del Valle-Inclan, which included elements Bardem later works of the author.
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Coqueta (1949)
Character: Cantinero (uncredited)
Blind nightclub pianist takes in a young singer/entertainer when she hits bottom... but once she gets stable and starts thinking about maybe a boyfriend, his unspoken intentions start to surface.
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Romance de fieras (1954)
Character: Juan el Capataz
Newly-graduated lawyer gets caught up in the personal drama surrounding a rich industrialist and his sociopathic son.
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Una aventura en la noche (1948)
Character: Portero (uncredited)
After a party, two friends pick up two beautiful girls with whom they spend a wonderful night. The next day, the two friends return to look for them and a neighbor surprises them when she tells them that the girls died some time before. Intrigued by the events of the previous night, one of them decides to investigate the mystery of the two dead girls.
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Pepito y el monstruo (1957)
Character: Guru asesinado
The boy Pepito, is looking for work to help his grandmother, who is not receiving her pension. He wants to be a magician's assistant, and thus begin his problems because a crime happens and a monster appears.
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El misterio del carro express (1953)
Character: Esbirro criminal (uncredited)
Police detective and his plucky girl-reporter fiancée go after the gang that committed a train robbery.
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Confidencias de un ruletero (1949)
Character: Cobrador de letra (uncredited)
Taxi driver takes the wrong passenger at the wrong time and gets caught up in a murder investigation.
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Cita con la muerte (1949)
Character: Hombre entra a cantina
A physician launches his own investigation into a gang of opium traffickers, while a mother who lost her son to the drug vows revenge against those who led him into that world.
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Fe, esperanza y caridad (1974)
Character: (segment "Caridad")
Three episodes. Faith: a woman is attacked. Hope: a fakir is crucified. Charity: a woman faces bureaucracy.
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Santo vs. el estrangulador (1965)
Character: Portero
A mysterious killer has been strangling women in a variety theater, and the police decide to bring Santo into the investigation. Santo suspects the killer is hiding undercover as one of the theater employees and must discover his true identity before more women are murdered.
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La Noche de los Lápices (1986)
Character: Católico
The Night of the Pencils was a series of kidnappings and forced disappearances, followed by the torture, rape, and murder of a number of young students during the last Argentine dictatorship (known as the National Reorganization Process). The kidnappings took place over the course of several days beginning on September 16, 1976.
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¡¡¡Mátenme porque me muero!!! (1951)
Character: (uncredited)
Tin Tan just won the lottery and wants to donate it to an orphanage. Sataela and Riverita want to keep the money for themselves. In an attenpt to do so, they convince him of having a terminal disease and suggest that committing suicide is his best option.
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Museo del Horror (1964)
Character: Velador (uncredited)
A mysterious killer abducts girls off the street and covers them in wax. Graverobbers and poison darts also feature as our heroine discovers which of the men in her life is the psycho.
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Tizoc (1957)
Character: Brujo
An Indian arouses envy for his expertise in hunting animals without ruining their skins, for his wisdom and his kindness.
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La ilusión viaja en tranvía (1954)
Character: Braulio
Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk and decide to "take 'er for one last spin," as it were. Unfortunately, the "one last spin" ends up being an all-night and all-day scramble to stay out of trouble, as they are confronted with situation after sometimes bizarre situation that prevents them from returning the "borrowed" Streetcar!
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Run for the Sun (1956)
Character: Gran-Hotel Waiter
Mike, a Hemingway-esque adventure novelist, is spending his days in a self-imposed exile somewhere in Central America. A reporter for Sight Magazine, Katie, has tracked him down in the hope of getting the biggest scoop of her career. Mike falls for Katie. On a flight to Mexico City, their plane crashes near a remote hideaway of Nazi war criminals in hiding. The Nazis want to stay hidden and plan to dispose of their new guests
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El Médico Módico (1971)
Character: Melquiádes (as Guillermo Bravo)
Underqualified doofus tries to run a medical clinic.
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Ahora soy rico (1952)
Character: El angosto (uncredited)
Pedro Gonzalez first gets into trouble as part of a criminal gang and then works honourably to become rich. Money is his undoing allowing him to become a womanizer and drinker, almost losing his wife. Finally he rejoins her, they have a son and he pays for his mistakes.
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El señor doctor (1965)
Character: Paciente malnutrido (uncredited)
It's about a country doctor that comes to the city while a clinic is built in his home town... he rubs off his care and compassion on others at the hospital with his humor and wit.
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Perdida (1950)
Character: Padrastro
Her stepfather rapes her and she runs away to home. After that, she's exploited by a series of men, and...
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Las Aventuras de Pito Perez (1957)
Character: Paciente de Gayosso
After a long absence, a man returns to his village and recounts all his adventures with a touch of nostalgia.
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El hombre de papel (1963)
Character: Huesos, mesero (uncredited)
A deaf and mute vagabond finds a large denomination bill in a Mexico City dump, and while he tries to buy something with it, others try to con him into giving it away.
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La oveja negra (1949)
Character: Jacinto
The Trevino family tries to overcome the irresponsible behavior of Don Cruz, an erratic father with numerous defects that contrast with his son Silvano, a young kid man that is incapable of passing judgment on his own father.
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La Mujer Que Yo Perdí (1949)
Character: Fidel
A political revolutionary fights against injustice, his adoring wife by his side. But only in her death does he realize the depth of her love for him and their country. A dramatic romance from the 23 film library of the most iconic classic Mexican film and recording star, Pedro Infante.
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El bruto (1953)
Character: El Cojo - Tío de María
A tough young man, who helps to kick poor people out of their houses, falls in love with a girl. She lives with her father in the building about to be demolished.
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Calzonzín inspector (1974)
Character: N/A
A rumor reaches a small town, San Garabato, that a government infiltrator will arrive to check the conditions of the community. Quickly, the municipal president, Don Perpetuo del Rosal, orders the imprisonment of those who might give a bad image. An indigenous man named Calzonzin arrives in town, pursued by two men. He is quickly taken as the infiltrated inspector, and protected by all the local authorities.
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Conserje en condominio (1974)
Character: Hermano espiritista (uncredited)
After reading in the newspaper, Úrsulo runs to seek employment. It is the position of caretaker of a luxury apartment building habited by people more heterogeneous: the professional model, the spiritualist, hippies and all turn to him to solve their problems. But someone in the building, kidnapped an important person and Úrsulo becomes a private investigator.
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