Andrés García

Andrés García

Born: May 24, 1941
Died: April 4, 2023
in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Andrés García was born on May 24, 1941, in the Dominican Republic before his family emigrated to Mexico and settled in Acapulco.

While working on a boat in Acapulco, the actor was discovered by film producers, who invited him to participate in the film "Chanoc" when he was 25 years old. His gallantry made an impact in the show business of the 1960s.

The actor had three children, Leonardo García and Andrés García, the result of his marriage to the American Sandra Vale; and Andrea García, whom he had with the actress María Fernanda Ampudia.

He also was married to the actress Sonia Infante, from whom he divorced a few years after their marriage.

His last marriage was to Margarita Portillo.

In cinema, the actor stood out in more than 50 films, including "Pedro Navajas," "La Última Noche," "Toña Machetes," "Tintorera," "Hermelinda Linda," "El día de los Asesinos," "Carlos el Terrorista” and “Nora la Rebelde,” among many others.

On television, García worked on telenovelas such as "El Privilegio de Amar," "Mujeres Engañadas," "Con Toda el Alma" and "El Cuerpo del Deseo."

Movies for Andrés García...

Title: Second chance
Character: Pedro José Donoso
Released: June 7, 2005
Type: TV
El cuerpo del Deseo also known as Second Chance is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by Telemundo and Film in Florida. This limited-run series is about a man who comes back from the dead and discovers dark secrets about his beautiful widow. The first version of El cuerpo del Deseo was En Cuerpo Ajeno produced by RTI Colombia in 1992.This telenovela was aired in 25 countries around the world.
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La última noche
Title: La última noche
Character: Fabián
Released: February 25, 2005
Type: Movie
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El Cristo de plata
Title: El Cristo de plata
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
Mexican feature film
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Los tres a caballo
Title: Los tres a caballo
Released: December 31, 2003
Type: Movie
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King of Texas
Title: King of Texas
Character: Davis
Released: June 2, 2002
Type: Movie
In this re-imagining of Shakespear's King Lear, Patrick Stewart stars as John Lear, a Texas cattle baron, who, after dividing his wealth among his three daughters, is rejected by them.
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El día de los albañiles 4
Title: El día de los albañiles 4
Released: January 2, 2000
Type: Movie
Just arriving from his town to the capital, Roberto asks for accommodation to his ambitious relatives. As he does not bring money, he is forced to work as a bricklayer in a construction in which he lives an endless number of dangerous adventures.
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Puppet
Title: Puppet
Released: December 31, 1999
Type: Movie
Lori Myers has no idea of the terrifying danger she attracts after accepting a gift from her husband Rick to celebrate their marriage. For the beautifully hand-crafted Russian puppet he buys in suburban New York contains a fortune in smuggled jewels from the fabled collection of the last Czar. Unknown to Rick, the Brighton Beach antique store is really a front for the deadly activities of the Russian Mafia. And Uilanov, their sadistic mob leader, wants the priceless treasure back in his possession at all costs. As sinister henchmen track down all recent newlyweds in the area and embark on a bloody killing spree, the couple enter their own private hell when dark secrets erupt from the forgotten mists of Lori's childhood. But fighting her personal demons is just one of the many menacing hazards Lori faces on a perilous journey packed with seat-edged suspense and shocking surprise.
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Title: Mujeres engañadas
Character: Javier Duarte Cortés
Released: October 25, 1999
Type: TV
Mujeres engañadas is a Mexican telenovela that was produced by Televisa and broadcast on El Canal de las Estrellas from October 25, 1999, to April 7, 2000. Produced by Emilio Larrosa, the novela stars Laura León and Andrés García as well as an ensemble cast and tells the story of four couples who live in the same apartment building.
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Title: El Privilegio de Amar X
Character: Andrés Duval
Released: July 27, 1998
Type: TV
El Privilegio de Amar is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced by Televisa and broadcast on El Canal de las Estrellas from 27 July 1998 through 26 February 1999. Starring Adela Noriega, René Strickler, Helena Rojo and Andrés García with the participation of leading actor Enrique Rocha and Cynthia Klitbo as the evil Tamara, who is the main villain. The telenovela tells the story of a fashion designer, Luciana, who begins searching for the daughter she abandoned years earlier, unaware the girl is none other than Cristina, a model in Luciana's fashion house who has fallen in love with Luciana's stepson. El Privilegio de Amar is a remake of the 1985 Venezuelan novela, Cristal. The program aired weeknights at 9pm for 31 weeks, for a total of 155 episodes. El Privilegio de Amar is the highest-rated television program in Mexico to date, it registered an average of 34.8 percent of TV audience. The telenovela received TVyNovelas Award for Best Telenovela, in 1999.
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El justiciero
Title: El justiciero
Character: Franco
Released: December 31, 1994
Type: Movie
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Title: La mujer prohibida
Character: Hernán Gallardo
Released: June 18, 1991
Type: TV
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Title: El magnate
Character: Gonzálo Santillán
Released: March 7, 1990
Type: TV
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Programado para morir
Title: Programado para morir
Released: November 30, 1989
Type: Movie
Mafia members go after a father and a son who know too much.
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Entre compadres te veas
Title: Entre compadres te veas
Released: September 23, 1989
Type: Movie
After a year spent mourning his wife's death, a father and two sons cut loose for some wild living. Loose remake of Los Tres Alegres Compadres.
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Buscando la muerte
Title: Buscando la muerte
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
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Solicito marido para engañar
Title: Solicito marido para engañar
Character: Fabián Conde Mariscal
Released: December 22, 1988
Type: Movie
Heir to an enormous fortune deals with relatives who feel they were cheated out of their share and tries to work through a sexual kink with his analyst and in his relationships.
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Mi fantasma y yo
Title: Mi fantasma y yo
Released: October 27, 1988
Type: Movie
A family of three moves to a haunted house. The couple's 10-year-old son runs into the ghost of the house but isn't scared. He tells the ghost that since his father is a writer of horror novels he lost fear of horror stories. The ghost then confides in the boy that he is a lonely ghost on account of the modern world focused on so many material priorities. Child and ghost become best friends, playing together, telling stories and helping the ghost pay his rent by scaring people every month.
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Los plomeros y las ficheras
Title: Los plomeros y las ficheras
Released: June 2, 1988
Type: Movie
A cop goes undercover as a mobster and gets a plumber involved in his mess. Meanwhile, a producer falls in love with a drag queen that isn't what she seems to be...
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The Child and the Pope
Title: The Child and the Pope
Character: Carlos
Released: January 28, 1987
Type: Movie
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Night Killer
Title: Night Killer
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
A serial killer goes on a gory killing spree in this low-budget Mexican slasher.
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Lovers of the Lord of the Night
Title: Lovers of the Lord of the Night
Character: Amparo's Lover
Released: October 29, 1986
Type: Movie
Venusita falls in love with the son of a wealthy family whose mother sends her son off to the United States in order to keep the two apart. Not to be rejected so easily, Venusita visits Saurina the sorceress who comes up with a spell that kills off the merchant and zaps the son back home, but Venusita's problems are far from over.
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El cafre
Title: El cafre
Character: Camionero
Released: March 20, 1986
Type: Movie
Trucker accepts an assignment to haul an extremely dangerous load of explosives from Tijuana to Mexico City.
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Río de oro
Title: Río de oro
Character: Rodolfo
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Mexican feature film
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Sangre en el Caribe
Title: Sangre en el Caribe
Character: Raúl
Released: May 16, 1985
Type: Movie
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Title: Tú o Nadie
Character: Antonio Lombardo
Released: February 11, 1985
Type: TV
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Toña Machetes
Title: Toña Machetes
Character: José María
Released: January 31, 1985
Type: Movie
A woman adopts a child and discovers that she can love again despite facing a wicked man.
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La risa alarga la vida y algo mas
Title: La risa alarga la vida y algo mas
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
Mexican feature film
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Hermelinda Linda
Title: Hermelinda Linda
Character: as self (cameo)
Released: July 21, 1984
Type: Movie
Live action feature based on the Mexican comic about the exploits of a witch living in the outskirts of 'Bondojia', when a ruthless small time politician tries to steal their land in order to build a luxurious condo.
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Peter Knife
Title: Peter Knife
Character: Pedro Navaja
Released: May 31, 1984
Type: Movie
Based on the international hit song, Pedro Navaja (Peter the Knife) is the story of the coolest, street smart hustler ever to walk the streets of Mexico City. The police are after him, his rivals are after him, and all the while the most beautiful women of Mexico are in the cup of his hand. - Written by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
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Inseminación artificial
Title: Inseminación artificial
Released: February 20, 1984
Type: Movie
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Sexo contra sexo
Title: Sexo contra sexo
Character: The Late Husband
Released: November 24, 1983
Type: Movie
The engineer José Luis, husband of the fichera and dancer Estrella Raleigh, dies in a plane crash. During the burial, Estrella discovers that her husband was having an affair. It's quickly revealed that things are a bit more complicated than they initially appear.
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Dos de abajo
Title: Dos de abajo
Character: Maestro Lupe
Released: November 3, 1983
Type: Movie
Two bozo construction workers discover a cache of 19th century gold coins while demolishing a building.
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Las Modelos de Desnudos
Title: Las Modelos de Desnudos
Character: Betito
Released: September 15, 1983
Type: Movie
Three interlocking anecdotes about boy/girl stuff. Two gigolos make a bet to see which can boff an heiress first, a young artist tries to persuade his upper-class parents that his artist's-model fiance is a good choice for marriage, and a guy on the run from the mafia hides from them by cross-dressing.
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Chile Picante
Title: Chile Picante
Character: Raul the Art Painter (segment "La infidelidad")
Released: May 5, 1983
Type: Movie
A woman uses her husband's money to open a beauty parlor/spa... so she'll have a place to meet with her lover.
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El día del compadre
Title: El día del compadre
Character: Pepe
Released: March 10, 1983
Type: Movie
The inhabitants of a condominium prepare to party and have a baile where various things happen caused by alcohol.
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Se me sale cuando me río
Title: Se me sale cuando me río
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Mexican feature film
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Demon Hunter
Title: Demon Hunter
Character: Melquiades Franco
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
At the highest place in Tarahumaran mountain, a Shaman was brutally murdered. The investigation leads detective Aguilar to ask for help to a veterinarian and a priest, to find out that the crime is just the beginning of a series of brutal murders by a nahual (Wolfman)
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Una Gallina Muy Ponedora
Title: Una Gallina Muy Ponedora
Released: June 3, 1982
Type: Movie
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D.F./Distrito Federal
Title: D.F./Distrito Federal
Released: October 29, 1981
Type: Movie
Anthology film, six little anecdotes about life in the big city.
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La leyenda del tambor
Title: La leyenda del tambor
Character: Juan Clussá
Released: September 17, 1981
Type: Movie
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Mi nombre es Sergio, soy alcohólico
Title: Mi nombre es Sergio, soy alcohólico
Character: Sergio
Released: June 18, 1981
Type: Movie
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Bordello
Title: Bordello
Character: Pancho
Released: February 5, 1981
Type: Movie
Minister with four virgin daughters inherits a bordello. The land contains a silver mine and the corrupt sheriff tries to force them to leave.
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El Macho Biónico
Title: El Macho Biónico
Character: Esteban Osuna
Released: January 21, 1981
Type: Movie
A well-known playboy (Andrés García), and his gay assistant (Roberto 'Flaco' Guzmán), are victims of a plane accident when their private jet crashes. In the accident, the millionaire suffers the mutilation of his penis, forcing him to travel to the United States and invest his fortune in a technological reconstruction of his male organ, thus becoming the first Bionic Male of Mexico.
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El sexo sentido
Title: El sexo sentido
Character: Miguel Ángel Cuevas
Released: January 8, 1981
Type: Movie
About a nymphomaniac and an artist that constantly spies on her.
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Las cabareteras
Title: Las cabareteras
Released: December 4, 1980
Type: Movie
Power-struggles between gangsters over ownership/control of a strip club.
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Memorias de un Visitador Médico
Title: Memorias de un Visitador Médico
Character: Jose de Lugo
Released: November 13, 1980
Type: Movie
A pharmaceutical salesman travels around the country and has sexual adventures in every place, but no woman really interests him. When returning from one of his travels, he is hit by a car and falls in love with the driver, but none of his tactics of conquest get results. Written by Anonymous
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El giro, el pinto, y el colorado
Title: El giro, el pinto, y el colorado
Released: August 14, 1980
Type: Movie
Two young men visiting their hometown for a family celebration get caught up in another family's drama, including an honor killing and a lynching.
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Las Tentadoras
Title: Las Tentadoras
Character: Mago Victor
Released: June 12, 1980
Type: Movie
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Carnada
Title: Carnada
Released: May 29, 1980
Type: Movie
A diver is hired to find a box of stolen diamonds that were lost during an air accident, having to deal with criminals and a killer shark in the process.
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El siete vidas
Title: El siete vidas
Released: May 14, 1980
Type: Movie
Roving gambler teams up with a small-town priest to break the bank at a local casino that's sucking the townspeople dry.
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Dos hermanos murieron
Title: Dos hermanos murieron
Released: May 2, 1980
Type: Movie
Brothers on a farm fight over a woman, so one emigrates to Texas, to a town where the KKK is terrorizing la raza.
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Carlos el terrorista
Title: Carlos el terrorista
Character: Carlos
Released: April 30, 1980
Type: Movie
After assassinating his boss -- who just so happens to be an important underworld crime figure -- Carlos (Andres Garcia) turns to the one place he can think of to keep him safe: the CIA. But the top secret government organization inexplicably responds to the desperate man's plea for protection by kidnapping Carlos's family, holding them captive until he carries out their questionable demands. Alicia Encinas and Pablo Ferrel co-star.
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Amigo
Title: Amigo
Character: Rudy
Released: January 31, 1980
Type: Movie
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The Death Rider
Title: The Death Rider
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Horror with a western setting.
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Muñecas de medianoche
Title: Muñecas de medianoche
Character: Self
Released: December 27, 1979
Type: Movie
Two young men go into hiding to escape from a contract killer; they put on women's clothing and hang around in bars.
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Nora la rebelde
Title: Nora la rebelde
Released: December 20, 1979
Type: Movie
Mexican feature film
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Day of the Assassin
Title: Day of the Assassin
Character: Jerry Beltron
Released: December 15, 1979
Type: Movie
Treasure hunters from around the world race to Mexico after a Middle Eastern luxury yacht explodes, sending a Shah's fortune and mysterious document to the bottom of the ocean.
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Manaos
Title: Manaos
Character: Carmelo Sierra
Released: October 21, 1979
Type: Movie
At the beginning of this century some owners of rubber plantations in the Amazonas jungle convert a village into one big prison. But the inhabitants have other plans...
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Encounters in the Deep
Title: Encounters in the Deep
Character: Scott
Released: April 4, 1979
Type: Movie
An oceanographer diving in the Bermuda Triangle discovers an undersea world.
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Cyclone
Title: Cyclone
Character: Andrés
Released: July 21, 1978
Type: Movie
An airplane goes down in the ocean during a storm and a few survivors find refuge on a small tour boat. Swept out to sea, these people slowly starve to death in the hot sun with barely any food or clean water. With no place to turn, the boat survivors resort to cannibalism to stay alive...that is ..until the rescue planes come to pick them up and the man eating sharks decide its time to eat as well.
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Cave of the Sharks
Title: Cave of the Sharks
Character: Andres Montoya
Released: June 28, 1978
Type: Movie
When Andres and his partner are hired to recover some valuables from an airplane that went down in the Bermuda Triangle, they face not only human treachery but also the mysterious powers of an underwater civilization.
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Cuchillo
Title: Cuchillo
Released: March 2, 1978
Type: Movie
After the 14th Ammendment to the US Constitution, everyone has rights - except the Native Americans. Cavalry Army General Boyd applies that by breaking past treaties with the Apaches, and suppressing them in the territory under his command. A young Apache - named Cuchillo/Knife, after the massacre of his tribe - is taught that he is the gods' send to protect his people. Brought up to be a great warrior, he will attempt to reason with Boyd, and then fight an uneven battle against the Blue Demons.
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The Bermuda Triangle
Title: The Bermuda Triangle
Character: Alan
Released: February 10, 1978
Type: Movie
The passengers and crew of a boat on a summer cruise in the Caribbean stray into the famed Bermuda Triangle and mysterious things start happening.
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Suave cariño, muy suave
Title: Suave cariño, muy suave
Character: Luis
Released: February 1, 1978
Type: Movie
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The Call of Sex
Title: The Call of Sex
Character: Víctor
Released: June 25, 1977
Type: Movie
A man finds a woman that reminds him of his long lost love: his step-sister with whom he initiated his sex life. But he is married and his wife wants proof of the cheating to get a divorce.
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Tintorera: Killer Shark
Title: Tintorera: Killer Shark
Character: Miguel
Released: April 7, 1977
Type: Movie
Two shark hunters flirt with an attractive British lady while hunting down a large tiger shark terrorizing the Mexican East coast.
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El trinquetero
Title: El trinquetero
Released: March 11, 1976
Type: Movie
Card-shark risks getting caught cheating. Safe in his home town, he may turn over a new leaf... but his previous victims are still looking for him.
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Aventuras de un caballo blanco y un niño
Title: Aventuras de un caballo blanco y un niño
Released: July 9, 1975
Type: Movie
Frontier boy orphaned after a military actiion,, escapes with his horse into Mexico and has adventures.
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Title: Paloma
Character: Daniel Márquez Robles
Released: April 29, 1975
Type: TV
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La amargura de mi raza
Title: La amargura de mi raza
Character: Mario
Released: April 11, 1974
Type: Movie
An Afro–Latin man falls in love with a white woman and that brings social problems and opposition from her wealthy family.
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La corona de un campeon
Title: La corona de un campeon
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
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El principio
Title: El principio
Character: Luciano
Released: December 3, 1973
Type: Movie
Mexico is in the midst of Revolution when the protagonist returns after studying in Paris to find his native town in Chihuahua occupied by Francisco Villa’s revolutionary forces. He visits his deserted home and remembers people and events from his adolescence that provide glimpses of pre-Revolutionary society under dictatorship: his uncle, the chief of police; his sister’s involvement with a liberal political association; bathing with the girls from a local brothel; a labor strike that ended in a massacre. Returning to the present he discovers that his father has been assassinated and, in the company of his father’s former servant, joins the revolutionary movement.
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Besos, Besos... y Más Besos
Title: Besos, Besos... y Más Besos
Character: Manuel Amézcua (segmento "Amor y Motocicleta)
Released: January 31, 1973
Type: Movie
Rom-com anthology movie with three anecdotes.
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Adiós New York, adiós
Title: Adiós New York, adiós
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
The lives of various Latin residents of New York City are depicted. A Puerto Rican family, two Mexicans, and their friends seek fortune without forgetting their roots and traditions.
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You Will Die With The Sun (Suicide Motorcyclists)
Title: You Will Die With The Sun (Suicide Motorcyclists)
Character: Carlos Rodríguez
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Costa Rican feature film
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No One Will Love You Like I Do
Title: No One Will Love You Like I Do
Released: September 21, 1972
Type: Movie
A student-movement leftist becomes a nun and absorbs lots of deep, deep TV-movie spiritual lessons about God's glorious plan.
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Title: Las gemelas
Character: Leonardo
Released: February 7, 1972
Type: TV
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The Business of Hate
Title: The Business of Hate
Character: Raymundo
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
An ambitious businessman searches for the perfect candidate to train and turn into a great boxing champion.
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Siempre hay una primera vez
Title: Siempre hay una primera vez
Character: Invitado a fiesta (segment "Isabel")
Released: February 25, 1971
Type: Movie
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Los destrampados
Title: Los destrampados
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
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Paradise
Title: Paradise
Character: Lauro
Released: October 8, 1970
Type: Movie
Problems arise between the divers Román and Lauro when the former falls in love with a prostitute on the beaches of Acapulco.
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La rebelion de las hijas
Title: La rebelion de las hijas
Released: September 24, 1970
Type: Movie
Three young women are ready to marry, but their father inserts himself into the decision-making process.
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El cinico
Title: El cinico
Character: Rogelio
Released: September 3, 1970
Type: Movie
Traveling salesman's amoral/sometimes criminal behavior catches up with him after he settles in at his brother's vinyard.
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Los juniors
Title: Los juniors
Released: July 2, 1970
Type: Movie
Young rich kids, disinherited by their parents, turn to blackmail as a source of income.
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Juan el desalmado
Title: Juan el desalmado
Released: March 12, 1970
Type: Movie
Cowboy on a revenge trip gets caught up in the sadistic games of some black-hats and goes through a whole narrative cycle with them before discovering the identity of the people he was originally looking for.
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Las tres magnificas
Title: Las tres magnificas
Character: Modesto Mendoza
Released: March 4, 1970
Type: Movie
Small-town priest invites his three rambunctious nieces to visit him.
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Tres amigos
Title: Tres amigos
Released: February 12, 1970
Type: Movie
Man accused of murder, and the dead man's daughter, try to find proof of the real murderer's identity.
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Super Colt 38
Title: Super Colt 38
Character: Roy
Released: September 5, 1969
Type: Movie
Billy Hayes, the marshal, discovers that the bandit whom he has been pursuing so long, and who has for months been torching his county, is none other than an old friend from childhood. Upon being confronted with the truth, the friend draws his gun, and Billy is forced to kill him in justifiable defense. Overwhelmed by guilt, he renounces his office and swears to never use arms again. He rides off toward the town where he and his old friend grew up together. Upon arriving there, he soon becomes involved in a dangerous situation, where Billy must decide whether he will fulfill his promise to keep away from arms, or intervene to save the honor of a woman and the life of an innocent man.
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Minifaldas con espuelas
Title: Minifaldas con espuelas
Released: March 20, 1969
Type: Movie
A 1969 film.
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Pact with the Devil
Title: Pact with the Devil
Released: February 14, 1969
Type: Movie
A crazed doctor performs gruesome experiments in his search for a youth serum.
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Muchachas, muchachas, muchachas
Title: Muchachas, muchachas, muchachas
Released: October 10, 1968
Type: Movie
A group of college girls are traveling through Guanajuato, Mexico when their car suddenly breaks down. In an attempt to get a male passer-by to help them, the girls (led by the voluptuous Rosa Maria Vazquez) strip down to their bras and panties. At first, they are snubbed by a gay couple, but eventually the young women receive help from a local 'farm worker' (Dominican actor Andres Garcia). From here, the coeds are taken to a local town, where they are mistaken for a group of strippers. To tantalize would-be beaus, the young lovelies parade around their apartment complex in bikinis. The coeds' leader begins to fall in love with the 'farm worker,' but it is later revealed that he is not what he appears to be.
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Los Asesinos
Title: Los Asesinos
Character: Joseph Nelson
Released: September 16, 1968
Type: Movie
Starring Nick Adams in his final role, a lone cowboy rides into a small Western town that is besieged by a gang of hoodlums in search of treasure. The search leads to an all out war between the town bosses, a family of crooked ranchers and other unsavory characters. But when Shannon (Nick Adams) enters the picture, they may have met their match...
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The Night of the Falcon
Title: The Night of the Falcon
Character: Anibal
Released: May 16, 1968
Type: Movie
A man and his godson fall in love with the same woman.
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Macabre Serenade
Title: Macabre Serenade
Character: Charles Beasley
Released: May 1, 1968
Type: Movie
Relatives of a recently deceased man meet at his eerie castle for a reading of the will. They encounter a sinister piano player who turns out to be a toy maker, and his toys are imbued with murderous intentions.
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Chanoc
Title: Chanoc
Character: Chanoc
Released: April 7, 1967
Type: Movie
Chanoc, along with his godfather, Tsekub Baloyán, investigate a series of mysterious deaths linked to a gang that extracts uranium.