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Una mujer decente (1950)
Character: Maestro
Rosa, a working-class young woman, falls in love with the physician Armando de la Vega. After they spend a night together, she discovers that she is pregnant. Armando, however, marries another woman, and the couple leaves for Paris, where he remains for several years. Upon his return, disillusioned with his marriage, he meets the famous cabaret star Alma Rosa, not realizing that she is Rosa, now performing under a stage name.
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La cobarde (1953)
Character: Comisario
A stranded ship. A man and two boys go to its rescue - uncle Arturo and his two nephews. The ship is empty, except for a little girl - the only survivor.
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Orgullo de mujer (1956)
Character: Gerardo
Everything is very quiet and peaceful in the city of Taxco, until there arrives a man called Ramón Durán who exploits abandoned mines. His presence in the community will initiate a lot of changes. Ada Montalvo is a beautiful young woman with a great heart, whose strong personality wakes up the admiration of a good looking millionaire Ramón. She is the woman he has always dreamed of. However, for Ada he is nothing more than an intruder who has arrived to ruin the calm life of Taxco with his money, and she does not hide the contempt she feels towards him, even though the circumstances force her to marry him...
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La entrega (1954)
Character: Miembro club (uncredited)
Through hard work, the Spaniard Alejandro has become wealthy and powerful. In contrast, the banker Don Victorino—who once refused a loan to the then-poor Alejandro—has fallen on difficult times. Victorino is married to Ana, who spends her life playing the piano, and they are the parents of the proud Julia, who is engaged to Enrique Régules. Julia is forced to marry Alejandro in order to save her family’s financial situation. Despite her husband’s blunt and often harsh honesty, Julia gradually finds herself falling in love with him, and vainly tries to make him jealous with Licenciado Héctor, who courts her. Julia becomes nervously ill, troubled by the fact that Alejandro does not love her in the romantic, storybook way she longs for.
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Cuando me vaya (1954)
Character: Subastador (uncredited)
Fictionalized version of the life of songwriter Maria Grever.
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Médico de guardia (1950)
Character: El influyente
The director of a hospital deceives a poor couple in order to steal their newborn child and sell the baby to a wealthy couple.
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El cuarto cerrado (1952)
Character: Invitado fiesta
A man gives his testimony to a doctor, believing he hears the voice of his deceased wife, Diana.
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Lágrimas robadas (1954)
Character: Doctor (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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La culta dama (1957)
Character: Francisco (mayordomo) (uncredited)
A pregnant and very poor woman has no place to give birth, and turns to a society lady for help.
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Arrabalera (1951)
Character: Invitado a boda (uncredited)
Working-class girl marries rich playboy, gets implicated in his criminal activities.
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Por qué peca la mujer (1952)
Character: Editor música (uncredited)
Working-class girl-next--door type is seduced into a high-glam lifestyle when an oily promoter helps launch her as a nightclub singer; she throws over her decent-simple-guy boyfriend and loses her moral compass.
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La hermana impura (1948)
Character: Empleado de Samuel (sin créditos)
Outsider comes to visit a remote village as a representative of an oil company. Once there, he discovers that the man who owns the land he's interested in has a daughter who's identical to a bad, troubled woman from his bad, troubled past.
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Para siempre amor mío (1955)
Character: Don Matías
A man, annoyed by his wife's interference in the family business, travels to Spain, where he becomes involved with another woman.
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Dos pesos dejada (1949)
Character: Dueño carro accidentado (uncredited)
Fermín is a young taxi driver but also a playboy. He sets out to woo the daughter of a merchant who has amassed a small fortune. His plans go off track, and the consequences are imminent.
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Opio (1949)
Character: N/A
A doctor becomes entangled in the world of opium, leading to a series of tragic events that affect his personal and professional life.
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Plazos traicioneros (1958)
Character: N/A
A down in his luck film director falls in love with an attractive waitress and decides to launch her as a big singing star. Once the goal is reached, the girl runs away and becomes involved with a gangster who leads her into prostitution.
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Yo quiero ser mala (1950)
Character: Espectador carpa (uncredited)
In this Romantic-Comedy from Director Rene Cardona, Actress Maria Elena Marques plays a hard-living woman named Leticia, who suffers from a recently broken heart after being deceived by her ex-boyfriend. Soured on anything to do with love and while drinking away her sorrows, she sets out to marry the very first man she sees. This man just happens to be a nice guy named Roberto, (Abel Salazar). Although the pair's mutual attraction to each other is obvious, Roberto has no idea what he is in for, and he soon proposes. Not long after the marriage, Leticia starts to take advantage of both Roberto and her new Father-in-Law (played by Oscar Pulido), who shows kindness towards the girl. Predictably, marital bliss soon turns into discord, and the couple agree to divorce after a year passes. Their love-hate relationship and pending break-up provides a perfect backdrop for several comedic situations before the two realize that they are actually in love.
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Noche de perdición (1951)
Character: Doctor (uncredited)
A dancer is accused of killing a businessman. When her husband finds out, he decides to take her kid away from her.
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Historia de un amor (1956)
Character: Mayordomo (uncredited)
Elena (Libertad Lamarque), already a star, falls madly in love with Roberto. They make it to the altar. Elena and Roberto adopt a baby. The years go by and everything is happiness in the couple’s life—until one day the girl’s grandfather appears.
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Ella y yo (1951)
Character: Chofer (uncredited)
Pedro Muñoz is a womanizer that does not escape one until Irene Garza arrives and makes him to see his luck, while the aunt of her tries to separate them.
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Asesinos de la noche (1957)
Character: Doctor (uncredited)
A man orders an enemy to be killed, but the order is not carried out. Filled with rage, he murders the thug and pursues his rival.
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La venenosa (1949)
Character: Doctor
A snake-charmer falls in love with a circus trapeze artist who trains her and has her debut in this discipline.
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Una aventura en la noche (1948)
Character: Miembro del consejo (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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La reina de la opereta (1946)
Character: Espectador teatro (uncredited)
Mario marries Blanca, the queen of operetta, but after their daughter is born, they separate and she leaves on a world tour to continue her artistic career. Meanwhile, he stays behind and waits with the baby until they reunite again.
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El que murió de amor (1945)
Character: Padrino duelo (uncredited)
Magicians transfers two peoples' souls (or whatever you want to call them) into each other's bodies.
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Confidencias de un ruletero (1949)
Character: Mayordomo de Legazpi (uncredited)
Taxi driver takes the wrong passenger at the wrong time and gets caught up in a murder investigation.
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Cuatro noches contigo (1952)
Character: Conductor tren (uncredited)
Traveling salesman meets a young woman who's running away from home, and helps her evade detectives who are tracking her.
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Cita con la muerte (1949)
Character: Invitado fiesta (uncredited)
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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Había una vez un marido (1953)
Character: Mesero
Due to confusion, Rafael is believed responsible for the death of Teresa. His wife Lilia and his brother looking for the real culprits.
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A la sombra del puente (1948)
Character: Miembro jurado (uncredited)
In this Mexican version of Winterset (inspired by the 20s Sacco Vanzetti case) an idealistic youth searches for the culprit behind a crime that his father was wrongly accused of several years before.
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¡Maldita Ciudad! Una comedia dramática (1954)
Character: Chicho's Father
A humble provincial writer who wants to publish his first book offers it to a film producer who is looking for locations for a film at that time. The novelist's family then moves to the big city, where they will have to face many adversities that will make them wish they had never left their village.
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Caballero a la medida (1954)
Character: José, mayordomo (uncredited)
Cantinflas works as a model of tuxedos in a prestigious store, your job is to use the smoking in the street along with an advertising sign on his back. The use of smoking gives you access to exclusive places and meet important people. During this time, Cantinflas was the manager of an amateur boxer, it is an attractive nurse assistant and occasionally attending a priest in the church and the orphanage. However, a Cantinflas day while wearing tuxedo, is a rich man, who mistakenly believe that Cantinflas is a millionaire too.
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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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El gato sin botas (1957)
Character: Empleado del estudio (uncredited)
Target of ridicule from fellow military academy, the cowardly Augustin did not want to return to their village for fear of confronting his grandfather, a revolutionary colonel. In love with the movie star Laura, Agustin flee to the capital but encounters the dangerous Humberto, another in love with the actress. Thanks to his "nine lives", he attains overcome perilous adventures and, incidentally, overcome their fears.
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Doña Perfecta (1951)
Character: Don Abraham (uncredited)
Liberal farmer Pepe has arrived in Santa Fe to visit his aunt, Dona Perfecta. While he's there, Pepe is eager to teach the traditional-minded townspeople a new way of living. Unfortunately for Pepe the people of Santa Fe aren't eager to embrace change, and when the citizens begin to voice resentment Pepe is forced to seek refuge with his sympathetic aunt. Dona Perfecta is just as traditional as any of the other townspeople though, and only suffers Pepe due to the fact that he is family. When Pepe and his cousin Rosario fall deeply in love, the situation quickly comes to a head.
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¡No me defiendas, compadre! (1949)
Character: Cliente francés restaurante (uncredited)
A bungling wannabe-lawyer keeps interfering in his friend's lives; his desire to help always makes things worse.
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A.T.M. ¡A toda máquina! (1951)
Character: Mayordomo (uncredited)
A drifter lands a job as an officer in México City's elite motorcycle police unit and gets home with a mate of this unit. The mate is in love with a girl, but he and she are always making jealous to each other. The drifter and the mate get involved themselves in a fight to become the winner of conquering ladies and performing unit acrobatic tricks, interfering with their friendship and profession.
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El ladrón (1947)
Character: Banquero (uncredited)
Bank employee is tempted to make use of banknotes scheduled for destruction.
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Secreto entre mujeres (1949)
Character: Invitado baile (uncredited)
Marta, a maid at the boarding house run by her aunt Doña Laura, prevents the lodger Elena from committing suicide over the writer Arturo, who has proposed that they live together instead of getting married. Arturo then tries to seduce another lodger, the piano student Claudia, unaware that she is Elena’s younger sister. Claudia is not deceived by him, so he sets his sights on yet another lodger, the model Sara, during a party hosted by the elderly Requena, one of her suitors.
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Dicen que soy mujeriego (1949)
Character: Novio en boda (uncredited)
Pedro has had many lovers but he only loves one of them, but this romance stop going on for his flirts with other women.
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El Supersabio (1948)
Character: Miembro directivo petroleo (uncredited)
Cantinflas is the apprentice of a renowned scientist, Prof. Arquimides Monteagudo (Carlos Martinez Baena). But Cantinflas has the soul of a poet rather than a serious researcher, and he wants to find the formula that achieves the immortality of the roses. Nevertheless, after the death of Prof. Monteagudo, Cantinflas will be chased by a ferocious corporative group, who wants to steal the secret formula of a cheaper fuel named "carburex", because they think that our friend is the only person who knows the composition
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Dicen que soy comunista (1951)
Character: Don Pablo (uncredited)
A worker overwhelmed by the economic crisis and the cost of living is accidentally propaganda of a political party, apparently from left, who convinces him to join their ranks and defending the working class. After entering through a ritual as mysterious as typical, you will realize demagoguery and arrangements existing between union leaders to maintain the status quo unchanged and profit from mafia practices.
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Ustedes los ricos (1948)
Character: Chistoso en velorio (uncredited)
Pepe el Toro is married to Celia la Chorreada and they have two children.
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El señor fotógrafo (1953)
Character: Pablo, mayordomo
Cantinflas, a traveling photographer, is captured by some gangsters while trying to get some flowers for his girlfriend. The gangsters have confused him with the assistant of Dr. Penongo, a scientist who has discovered the formula of a new atomic bomb. Meanwhile, Penongo has suffered a car accident and has lost his memory ...
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La oveja negra (1949)
Character: Jefe de policia (uncredited)
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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Ladrón de cadáveres (1957)
Character: Doctor
A detective and his cowboy friend team up to stop a mad scientist who is stealing the bodies of murdered wrestlers, and bringing them back to life while electronically replacing their minds with those of animals to make them stronger and live longer. Posing as a successful masked wrestler, the cowboy quickly attracts the attention of the scientist and his henchmen as their next experimental subject...
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Salón México (1949)
Character: Mesero (uncredited)
Mercedes works as a cabaret performer to pay for her sister's studies. Problems begin when Mercedes and Paco, her exploiter, win a dance contest, but he refuses to share the prize with her.
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