Alfredo Varela

Alfredo Varela

Born: November 30, 1912
Died: May 1, 1986
in Mexico City, Mexico
Alfredo Varela was born on November 30, 1912 in Mexico City, Mexico as Alfredo Varela Catalá. He was an actor and writer, known for El infierno verde (1952), Duro pero seguro(1978) and El extra (1962). He was married to Yuyú. He died on May 1, 1986 in Mexico City.

His parents were the actors Alfredo Varela Sr. and Adela Catalá.

Movies for Alfredo Varela...

El mexicano feo
Title: El mexicano feo
Released: June 28, 1984
Type: Movie
Semi-employed street musician butts heads with his wife and grown(ish) children because of his irresponsible lifestyle. Then he lucks into a cushy government job.
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El diablo en persona
Title: El diablo en persona
Character: Don Gaspar
Released: March 7, 1982
Type: Movie
Young rural-gentry dude sows wild oats, settles down to raise a family, and fights in the Revolution, all at the same time.
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Duro pero seguro
Title: Duro pero seguro
Character: Director Alejandro Ramírez
Released: March 2, 1978
Type: Movie
Nicolasa sells tacos near a movie studio and her popularity threatens the restaurant's own studies. She drops the food when seeing actor Armando performing and the director expels her out.
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Faith, Hope and Charity
Title: Faith, Hope and Charity
Character: Zubieta (segment "Esperanza")
Released: February 14, 1974
Type: Movie
Three episodes. Faith: a woman is attacked. Hope: a fakir is crucified. Charity: a woman faces bureaucracy.
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Besos, Besos... y Más Besos
Title: Besos, Besos... y Más Besos
Character: (segmento "Amor y Motocicleta)
Released: January 31, 1973
Type: Movie
Rom-com anthology movie with three anecdotes.
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Mi niño Tizoc
Title: Mi niño Tizoc
Character: Bureaucrat
Released: July 13, 1972
Type: Movie
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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El manantial del amor
Title: El manantial del amor
Released: April 9, 1970
Type: Movie
Boy/girl stuff at a health spa that's famous for aphrodisiac waters.
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Vuelve el ojo de vidrio
Title: Vuelve el ojo de vidrio
Released: January 8, 1970
Type: Movie
Upon hearing the news of Madero's death, Porfirio Alcalá and his four cousins interrupt their peaceful lives as farmers to again join the Mexican Revolution.
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La casa de las muchachas
Title: La casa de las muchachas
Character: Ramirito
Released: October 30, 1969
Type: Movie
A whore house is transformed into a decent household by a respectable man.
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El ojo de vidrio
Title: El ojo de vidrio
Character: Señor Frégoli 'Fregolini'
Released: October 23, 1969
Type: Movie
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Esta noche si
Title: Esta noche si
Released: May 28, 1968
Type: Movie
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Un Latin lover en Acapulco
Title: Un Latin lover en Acapulco
Released: January 2, 1967
Type: Movie
Roberto is tired of his life as an office worker in Mexico City, so he moves to Acapulco to try his luck as a "Latin lover".
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Shark Hunters
Title: Shark Hunters
Character: Chilo
Released: May 23, 1963
Type: Movie
Aurelio is a shark fisherman who works very hard to send money to his family in the city and keep Manela, his young lover on the coast. One day, he decides to move to the big city.
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Estoy casado, ja, ja
Title: Estoy casado, ja, ja
Released: April 5, 1962
Type: Movie
Honeymooner has trouble adapting to the idea of consummating her marriage.
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Paloma brava
Title: Paloma brava
Released: November 28, 1961
Type: Movie
Paloma is bound and determined to kill the heck out of the guy that dishonored her sister, but mistaken identities and stuff.
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Amorcito corazón
Title: Amorcito corazón
Released: March 30, 1961
Type: Movie
Comical crises in the household of a newlywed couple.
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El jinete negro
Title: El jinete negro
Character: José Bermúdez
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
A rancher disguises himself as a generous bandit and murders a tax collector, but is discovered.
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Mi niño, mi caballo y yo
Title: Mi niño, mi caballo y yo
Released: June 4, 1959
Type: Movie
Nun tries to heal the relationship between a six-year-old boy and his estranged father.
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El superflaco
Title: El superflaco
Released: February 19, 1959
Type: Movie
Mad scientist gives Atomic Powers to a 98 pound weakling.
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30-30 Carbine
Title: 30-30 Carbine
Released: December 25, 1958
Type: Movie
Rom-com set during Mexican Revolution.
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Tú y la mentira
Title: Tú y la mentira
Released: May 14, 1958
Type: Movie
Struggling musician finally reaches the big time, then a scheming gold-digger gets her hooks into him.
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Préstame tu cuerpo
Title: Préstame tu cuerpo
Released: April 1, 1958
Type: Movie
Heaven Can Wait scenario; a young woman dies forty years ahead of schedule because her guardian angel made a mistake... so the divine powers that be put her back on earth in a new body.
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Pretty sky!
Title: Pretty sky!
Released: November 25, 1957
Type: Movie
Revolutionist and Army General compete for a woman
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Backstage
Title: Backstage
Released: May 2, 1957
Type: Movie
The story of a famous singer who reaches the highest position in the world of varieties, but is forced to cede her throne to the young star of the moment, repeating the same situation that she starred in in her youth.
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Pancho López
Title: Pancho López
Released: February 8, 1957
Type: Movie
A couple of people cover up their own mishandling of other people's money by claiming to have been robbed by a masked bandit. When the law comes looking into the situation, it becomes necessary to find someone to impersonate that bandit. Remake of El Tigre De Jalisco (1947).
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Pueblo quieto
Title: Pueblo quieto
Released: September 30, 1955
Type: Movie
Son of a first family returns to his home town, reconciles with his pops, pitches woo at the young lady from another First Family and gets rampy with his rival for her affections.
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To Hell with Women
Title: To Hell with Women
Released: February 17, 1955
Type: Movie
Small-town elects a female mayor. She suppresses all the time-honored masculine pastimes, and the men rebel.
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The River and Death
Title: The River and Death
Character: Chinelas
Released: August 22, 1954
Type: Movie
A useless and bloody vendetta has been going on for ages between two families in this Mexican village. Men, sons, have killed each other for generations, for a so-called conception of honor in a revenge that never ends since it is also triggered by people of the village. Now, today, there are only two sons left, one in each family. One has become a doctor in the big city and his culture is modern. The other last one - of the other family - hasn't left the village and is waiting for the doctor to come "home" as he plans to kill him, to settle this war on this matter of honor once and for all. And the people of the village want blood.
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Singing love is born
Title: Singing love is born
Released: April 14, 1954
Type: Movie
Comical misadventures of a film crew trying to get their damn musical filmed.
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Las cariñosas
Title: Las cariñosas
Character: Covarrubias
Released: November 18, 1953
Type: Movie
When three beautiful young nurses from Jalisco, afflicted with a rare disease called "sexappealitis", create commotion among the patients in a hospital, they are forced to resign. They travel to Mexico City following the suggestion of a crazy scientist, who tells them they will be cured when they get married. But they are attracted to three men who are indifferent to their sexy looks, being themselves sick with "lovetitis".
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My Three Merry Widows
Title: My Three Merry Widows
Released: September 16, 1953
Type: Movie
Dead man's will reveals he had three wives.
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Mi papá tuvo la culpa
Title: Mi papá tuvo la culpa
Released: June 17, 1953
Type: Movie
Two young sweethearts get married, and then are made to believe that she's his illegitimate half-sister.
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El fronterizo
Title: El fronterizo
Released: September 12, 1952
Type: Movie
Rom-com in charro hats.
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Música, mujeres y amor
Title: Música, mujeres y amor
Character: Alfredo
Released: July 3, 1952
Type: Movie
Two women are installed in the cabin of a ship that was already occupied by two gentlemen.
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El dinero no es la vida
Title: El dinero no es la vida
Released: March 21, 1952
Type: Movie
A humble bartender falls into a world of gambling and vices, losing everything.
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El beisbolista fenómeno
Title: El beisbolista fenómeno
Character: Nicanor Buenavista
Released: February 29, 1952
Type: Movie
The soul of a dead baseball player finds a human host to occupy so it can achieve some career goals it hadn't accomplished during its lifetime. Riotous hijinks ensue.
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Nosotras las sirvientas
Title: Nosotras las sirvientas
Released: November 2, 1951
Type: Movie
Romantic comedy: housemaid and her employer's oldest son.
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Mi mujer no es mía
Title: Mi mujer no es mía
Released: October 18, 1951
Type: Movie
Bachelor pretends that he got married, thinking that will stop his aunt from trying to play matchmaker.
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Love for Life
Title: Love for Life
Character: González
Released: June 20, 1951
Type: Movie
An exhausted stranger arrives at a farm and starts to help the owner with the legal status of her land.
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In the Flesh
Title: In the Flesh
Character: Chipo
Released: February 24, 1951
Type: Movie
A beautiful cabaret dancer falls in love with a sailor who promises to return and marry her. Trouble ensues.
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Yo quiero ser tonta
Title: Yo quiero ser tonta
Character: Pascasio
Released: November 30, 1950
Type: Movie
Dreamer father wants son to become a bullfighter, and daughter to become a singer, so they become instant millionares, although their talent is not apparently there.
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They also sing of pain
Title: They also sing of pain
Character: Novio de Luisa
Released: August 31, 1950
Type: Movie
The movie starts with Braulio Peláez (Pedro Infante), a schoolteacher, having just fallen off his horse, representing the situation he and his family are in. The next scenes introduce the viewer to his family and their poor financial and social situation. As Braulio stumbles around looking for his glasses, he causes a famous film star, Alfonso de Madrazo (Rafael Alcaide) to crash his car. Braulio offers him to eat at his house as an apology. Braulio's sister and mother, big film fans, immediately recognise Alfonso and attempt to get him to bring the girl, Luisa Peláez (Irma Dolores) to Mexico City to become a film star. Alfonso agrees and tells them to come to the capital.
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La vida en broma
Title: La vida en broma
Character: Nicomedes
Released: May 24, 1950
Type: Movie
Many many mistaken identities and impostures overlapping among a group of husbands, wives and others.
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Love Pays for Love
Title: Love Pays for Love
Released: January 11, 1950
Type: Movie
Pre-Revolutionary setting; class conflicts and a romance across class-boundaries.
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El charro y la dama
Title: El charro y la dama
Released: October 28, 1949
Type: Movie
Bratty rich girl plays practical jokes on the man that she'll obviously end up marrying.
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The Grand Champion
Title: The Grand Champion
Character: Salivas
Released: June 3, 1949
Type: Movie
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Las mañanitas
Title: Las mañanitas
Released: October 7, 1948
Type: Movie
Rom-com scheming; wealthy landowner wants to seduce one of his tenants, but she wants the other guy...
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El Supersabio
Title: El Supersabio
Character: Pepe Montes
Released: September 4, 1948
Type: Movie
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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Charro a la fuerza
Title: Charro a la fuerza
Released: June 10, 1948
Type: Movie
Mistaken identity farce; heiress has to marry to receive an inheritance.
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Nocturno de amor
Title: Nocturno de amor
Released: January 11, 1948
Type: Movie
Venice Film Festival 1948
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Albur de amor
Title: Albur de amor
Released: August 29, 1947
Type: Movie
Dark romantic melodrama, played out with high-stakes card games and cockfights.
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La insaciable
Title: La insaciable
Character: Enrique
Released: June 25, 1947
Type: Movie
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¡Qué verde era mi padre!
Title: ¡Qué verde era mi padre!
Character: Bernabé
Released: January 25, 1947
Type: Movie
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Yo fui una usurpadora
Title: Yo fui una usurpadora
Released: October 23, 1946
Type: Movie
Brilliant young doctor discovers his wife doesn't want to bear children, so he finds someone else to exxperience fatherhood with.
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Los nietos de Don Venancio
Title: Los nietos de Don Venancio
Released: June 13, 1946
Type: Movie
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Canaima
Title: Canaima
Character: Arteaguita
Released: October 4, 1945
Type: Movie
College-educated emigre has to get macho when he returns home to the Venezuelan outback.
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Una mujer que no miente
Title: Una mujer que no miente
Released: June 7, 1945
Type: Movie
Headmistress of a girl's school and one of her pupils get into romantic-comedy trouble trying to keep their lies straight.
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La pícara Susana
Title: La pícara Susana
Released: May 31, 1945
Type: Movie
Socialist librarian gets mixed up in the family life of a spoiled rich girl and her screwball family.
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El Gran Makakikus
Title: El Gran Makakikus
Released: December 21, 1944
Type: Movie
Uncultured nouveau- riche wants to be received in high society. Loose adaptation of Moliere.
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Los Hijos De Don Venancio
Title: Los Hijos De Don Venancio
Released: October 12, 1944
Type: Movie
Spanish immigrant wants his sons to join him in running his business, but they all have other ambitions.
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The Pharaoh's Court
Title: The Pharaoh's Court
Character: José the Chaste
Released: June 8, 1944
Type: Movie
The wise men of the kingdom interpret a dream of Pharaoh and decide that Putifar, a victorious general, should marry Lota, a virginal slave.
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La Guerra de los Pasteles
Title: La Guerra de los Pasteles
Released: January 3, 1944
Type: Movie
Musical comedy about a pastry chef and his daughter in the 1830s
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Viva Mi Desgracia
Title: Viva Mi Desgracia
Character: Pipo Ramírez
Released: January 1, 1944
Type: Movie
After drinking a special concoction made of various types of alcohol, the once-timid Ramon (Pedro Infante) suddenly turns into a brawler and extroverted ladies' man. With his newfound confidence, Ramon attempts to win the heart of the woman (María Antonieta Pons) he loves. Full of enjoyable songs and funny scenes, this entertaining Mexican musical centers on a wealthy man who finally realizes that money can't buy him love.
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Adios Juventud
Title: Adios Juventud
Released: November 1, 1943
Type: Movie
Nostalgic comedy about medical students circa 1905.
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El ametralladora
Title: El ametralladora
Character: Pascualito
Released: September 28, 1943
Type: Movie
Peasant farmer and landowner are rivals for a woman. Sequel to Ay Jalisco No Te Rajes.
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María Eugenia
Title: María Eugenia
Character: Martín (as Alfredo Varela Jr.)
Released: April 1, 1943
Type: Movie
Before marrying María Eugenia, landowner Carlos are away to visit her godmother to break the promise to marry his daughter. The godmother is dying, Carlos quiets and everything takes an unexpected course.
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The Bloody Inn
Title: The Bloody Inn
Released: March 26, 1943
Type: Movie
Young couple are trapped in an isolated mansion while members of a criminal gang are killing each other off on the premises.
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Soy puro mexicano
Title: Soy puro mexicano
Released: November 13, 1942
Type: Movie
Band of outlaws stumble across an espionage ring of Axis agents embedded in an out-of-the-way hacienda.
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Las 5 noches de Adán
Title: Las 5 noches de Adán
Released: April 18, 1942
Type: Movie
Globe-hopping playboy bachelor is getting on in years, so he invites his five international children to come live with him.
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Cuando viajan las estrellas
Title: Cuando viajan las estrellas
Released: April 1, 1942
Type: Movie
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Mil estudiantes y una muchacha
Title: Mil estudiantes y una muchacha
Released: March 10, 1942
Type: Movie
Every single student at Uni flips over the young woman that lives in the building across the street from the Commons. She's a professor's daughter... Hijinks ensue.
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La gallina clueca
Title: La gallina clueca
Character: Cacho, adulto
Released: December 4, 1941
Type: Movie
Divorced mother struggles to raise her large family.
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The Unknown Policeman
Title: The Unknown Policeman
Character: Bermúdez
Released: October 22, 1941
Type: Movie
A gang of thieves has jeopardized the city and even the police, whose chief urges their forces to captured the band within 48 hours. Meanwhile, band members meet in a cafe run by a widow and her daughter and her suitor, Cantinflas, who maintains a scuffle with the robbers running all at the station. Since then, Cantinflas become a member of the police force for special missions.
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When the Children are Gone
Title: When the Children are Gone
Character: Tomás Rosales (as Alfredo Varela Jr.)
Released: July 30, 1941
Type: Movie
Unjustly accused of theft, the noble Raimundo is forced to leave his paternal home. A new incident, caused by the ambition of his brother José, causes Raimundo to be disowned by his girlfriend María and by his father, the just and strict Don Pepe. The only one who believes in Raimundo is his mother, Dona Lupita, a woman who suffers deeply because of the wrong decisions of her children.
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You’re Missing the Point
Title: You’re Missing the Point
Character: Escribiente
Released: September 11, 1940
Type: Movie
Cantinflas, the boyfriend of the servant of a rich industrial man, gets into the house in order to kill a mad dog. Suddenly this man appears so the servant tells him that Cantinflas is his wife's brother (Leonardo), who had been lost for years. The rich man then remembers that his father in law's testament could only be paid when all brothers get together, so treats Cantinflas, a real bum, as a king.
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To the Sound of the Marimba
Title: To the Sound of the Marimba
Released: April 11, 1940
Type: Movie
Shabby-genteel big city family tries to marry their daughter off to a wealthy landowner from the southern provinces.