Arturo Castro 'Bigotón'

Arturo Castro 'Bigotón'

Born: March 21, 1918
Died: March 6, 1975
in Mexico City, Mexico

Movies for Arturo Castro 'Bigotón'...

...Y la mujer hizo al hombre
Title: ...Y la mujer hizo al hombre
Released: January 1, 1975
Type: Movie
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El primer paso... de la mujer
Title: El primer paso... de la mujer
Released: May 2, 1974
Type: Movie
Three girls from different social classes are forced to take that first step into adulthood that leads them to live fun adventures and also unfortunate events.
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La criada bien criada
Title: La criada bien criada
Released: February 2, 1972
Type: Movie
Saucy-but-naive country girl moves to the big city to look for work.
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Los Beverly de Peralvillo
Title: Los Beverly de Peralvillo
Character: El Bigos
Released: December 9, 1971
Type: Movie
El Borras marries La Pecas, unaware of her mother's (Doña Chole) scheme against Borras. That of Borras to provide for all her family members who are a lazy bunch composed of her father and brothers.
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Una mujer para los sábados
Title: Una mujer para los sábados
Released: May 14, 1970
Type: Movie
A young woman who lives with a married man falls in love with another, and maintains a friendly correspondence with him.
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Title: Los Beverly de Peralvillo
Character: El Bigotón
Released: October 28, 1969
Type: TV
Los Beverly de Peralvillo is a Mexican family television sitcom that originally aired from 1968 to 1973 on the Canal de las Estrellas network. The series stars Guillermo Rivas, Leonorilda Ochoa, Arturo Castro, and Amparo Arozamena. As Mexico's answer to The Beverly Hillbillies, the sitcom was probably the most popular family television series in Mexico before El Chavo. The cast members, who usually had minor insignificant roles before, were offered principal roles in the series. The series spawned two theatrical releases, Los Beverly de Peralvillo and Que familia tan cotorra!. Both films featured the same series' cast.
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El ojo de vidrio
Title: El ojo de vidrio
Character: Don Ramiro (as Arturo Castro)
Released: October 23, 1969
Type: Movie
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Stranger in the House
Title: Stranger in the House
Character: Editor Castro
Released: October 10, 1968
Type: Movie
An American serial killer, known for his handiwork with a straight razor, manages to escape while being transported in Mexico and hides out inside a publisher's home, where he claims many more victims.
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Por mis pistolas
Title: Por mis pistolas
Character: (uncredited)
Released: August 21, 1968
Type: Movie
Fidencio Borer, an apothecary in a village on the northern border of Mexico, discovers some old title of a mine in Arizona and decides to claim them. Trying to cross the border is a border guard intercepted by exaggerating in the line of duty. On the way is captured by a tribe of Apaches and is about to be burned alive, but thanks to the Great Head Horse Lying having toothache and learns that the prisoner it can heal, ordered his release on the condition that the cure. Fidencio would take the wheel and gets the eternal friendship of the Chief apache.
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El misterio de los hongos alucinantes
Title: El misterio de los hongos alucinantes
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
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Cómo pescar marido
Title: Cómo pescar marido
Released: November 30, 1967
Type: Movie
Bride-to-be on the prowl for a suitable mate.
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La soldadera
Title: La soldadera
Character: Primitivo
Released: August 10, 1967
Type: Movie
While waiting for a train which will take them on their honeymoon, two newlyweds, Juan and Lázara, are separated by a federal army commander who is going around enlisting men to fight against the revolutionaries. Traveling with the troops, Lázara follows Juan until he dies in a battle against the Villistas. From that moment on, the young woman's fate will be in the hands of whoever happens to win the latest contest, an uncertain fate for someone whose only wish is for a home of her own.
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Retablos de la Guadalupana
Title: Retablos de la Guadalupana
Character: Bustamente
Released: March 23, 1967
Type: Movie
From the hill of Tepeyac arise the most extraordinary miracles.
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La batalla de los pasteles
Title: La batalla de los pasteles
Released: October 26, 1966
Type: Movie
Bakery employees chase all over the city trying too find the bomb planted in one of their wedding cakes.
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Alazán y enamorado
Title: Alazán y enamorado
Character: Veterinario (as Arturo 'Bigotón' Castro)
Released: September 29, 1966
Type: Movie
Rom-com about two horses. And some humans.
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The Grave Robbers
Title: The Grave Robbers
Character: Inspector Mendoza
Released: April 13, 1966
Type: Movie
Santo investigates a series of grave robberies.
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La cigüeña distraída
Title: La cigüeña distraída
Character: Licenciado Arturo Castro
Released: March 13, 1966
Type: Movie
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El fugitivo
Title: El fugitivo
Released: February 3, 1966
Type: Movie
Drifter returns to his home town for revenge, but he get caught up in the town's interpersonal dramas.
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El señor doctor
Title: El señor doctor
Character: Comisario del pueblo
Released: October 7, 1965
Type: Movie
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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Tintansón Cruzoe
Title: Tintansón Cruzoe
Released: September 30, 1965
Type: Movie
Tin Tan is marooned on an island full of colorful natives.
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Rateros último modelo
Title: Rateros último modelo
Released: March 18, 1965
Type: Movie
Singing duo waiting for their big break, committing petty crimes to get by. Adopting a baby and meeting a priest's niece are civilizing influences.
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El halcón solitario
Title: El halcón solitario
Released: November 12, 1964
Type: Movie
Chief of police fakes his death and returns as a masked avenger. On horseback. And stuff.
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El padrecito
Title: El padrecito
Character: Nepomuceno
Released: September 3, 1964
Type: Movie
Young priest Father Sebastián is assigned to a parish in San Jeronimo el Alto, where he is not welcomed by the community, particularly the resident priest Father Damián. The newcomer gradually earns the trust of the people through humor, but firmly captures their hearts by saving the town fiesta by fighting a bull when the hired torero failed to show. Father Sebastián counsels the townspeople, lecturing them on their duties in a modern society. He used the collection plate to redistribute the town's wealth more evenly.
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Héroe a la fuerza
Title: Héroe a la fuerza
Released: July 30, 1964
Type: Movie
Child suffers a brain injury and falls into a coma. When he regains consciousness, twenty years later, he has to deal with having become a grown-up 'overnight'.
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De color moreno
Title: De color moreno
Released: December 27, 1963
Type: Movie
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The Paper Man
Title: The Paper Man
Character: Sr. Fernández (uncredited)
Released: October 5, 1963
Type: Movie
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. The film was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 36th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
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Los apuros de dos gallos
Title: Los apuros de dos gallos
Released: February 23, 1963
Type: Movie
Two con-artists run roughshod over the local economy of a small town they visit... but then they fall in love with two young women related to the rich landowners who are the target of their primary swindle.
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Pilotos de la muerte
Title: Pilotos de la muerte
Character: Dueño de Tienda
Released: May 2, 1962
Type: Movie
A couple of provincial gas station employees travel to the capital seeking fortune of vehicle mechanics accidental career passing drivers.
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Qué perra vida
Title: Qué perra vida
Released: March 3, 1962
Type: Movie
Rich man's dog makes friends with two ragged buskers; when his owner dies, there are zany complications.
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Dios sabrá juzgarnos
Title: Dios sabrá juzgarnos
Released: September 27, 1961
Type: Movie
Rejected suitor goes all-out in his efforts to break up an engaged couple.
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Besito a papá
Title: Besito a papá
Released: September 14, 1961
Type: Movie
A young man hires somebody to impersonate his father when it comes times to meet his girlfriend's parents.
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De hombre a hombre
Title: De hombre a hombre
Released: August 24, 1961
Type: Movie
Priests in a monastery take in a foundling baby. Twenty years later...
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Pegando con tubo
Title: Pegando con tubo
Character: Don José Manzano
Released: July 19, 1961
Type: Movie
Developmentally-challenged guy and is caretaker get drafted into he police force and take part in the manhunt for a bank robber.
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The Kid
Title: The Kid
Released: July 13, 1961
Type: Movie
Two young homeless people meet and fall in love, but bad luck separates them again every time they find each other.
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El globero
Title: El globero
Released: May 18, 1961
Type: Movie
Loose remake of Chaplin's The Kid.
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Mis abuelitas... no más!
Title: Mis abuelitas... no más!
Released: March 30, 1961
Type: Movie
Bush-league actor allows two adorable grannies to believe he's their long-lost grandson. Then: complications!
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Limosneros con garrote
Title: Limosneros con garrote
Released: February 9, 1961
Type: Movie
Low-rent vaudeville entertainers lose their venue and try to find mainstream jobs to support the foundling child they're raising.
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El jinete negro
Title: El jinete negro
Character: Don Arnulfo
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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¡Yo sabia demasiado!
Title: ¡Yo sabia demasiado!
Character: Procurador
Released: October 27, 1960
Type: Movie
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Cómicos y canciones
Title: Cómicos y canciones
Character: El Jefe
Released: October 20, 1960
Type: Movie
Reporter/photographer team have risen to their level of incompetence at their newspaper.
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Ladrón que roba a ladrón
Title: Ladrón que roba a ladrón
Released: August 10, 1960
Type: Movie
Two bandits hide from the law by posing as doctor's in a small town without medical care.
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Dos Criados Malcriados
Title: Dos Criados Malcriados
Released: July 21, 1960
Type: Movie
Don Antonio quiere casar a una de sus dos hijas Tere o Lorena con un conde. Para eso alquila una mansión y contrata a los criados Viruta y Capulina, para atender al conde y a sus invitados. Pero los criados descubren que el conde y sus invitados son unos rateros.
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Yo no me caso compadre
Title: Yo no me caso compadre
Released: May 26, 1960
Type: Movie
Neither party pf an arranged marriage wants to comply with their parents' expectations, and he & she both come up with plans to sabotage the proceedings.
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El joven del carrito
Title: El joven del carrito
Released: September 29, 1959
Type: Movie
Ice-cream vendor gets caught up in wacky misadventures.
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Isla para dos
Title: Isla para dos
Released: September 12, 1959
Type: Movie
Middle-aged painter and young musician fall hard for each other while on vacation. Then she discovers he's married.
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Little Trapeze Angels
Title: Little Trapeze Angels
Released: September 3, 1959
Type: Movie
Comics Viruta and Capulina as circus performers.
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Del suelo no paso
Title: Del suelo no paso
Character: Don Floripondio
Released: August 20, 1959
Type: Movie
Poetic-type dude gets mixed up with gangsters, a millionaire's dog and some stolen jewels.
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El que con niños se acuesta...
Title: El que con niños se acuesta...
Character: Don Felipe
Released: June 21, 1959
Type: Movie
Chón is rejected by his girlfriend Rosario's parents, so they both escape to the capital in search of his friend Manny, a millionaire philanthropist, who helps him but makes him adopt four children from his orphanage.
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El sordo
Title: El sordo
Released: June 18, 1959
Type: Movie
Craftsman who sculpts religious figures goes deaf. Lotsa pathos.
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Nazarin
Title: Nazarin
Character: Coronel (uncredited)
Released: June 4, 1959
Type: Movie
After hiding a murderer, a Catholic priest is forced into self-exile and decides to embark on a pilgrimage through the Mexican countryside.
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Angel from Hell
Title: Angel from Hell
Released: May 1, 1959
Type: Movie
Young woman moves to a remote border town to take charge of properties she inherited from her father.
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México nunca duerme
Title: México nunca duerme
Released: March 26, 1959
Type: Movie
Fretful granny is upset when her granddaughter isn't home by 9 PM on Saturday night, so she teams up with a gangster to tour Mexico City nightclubs looking for her.
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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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Una golfa
Title: Una golfa
Released: September 25, 1958
Type: Movie
Trumpet-player in a club band falls for a streety young woman; she dumps him to become a kept woman... and his roommate the pianist is dealing weed... and...
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Manos arriba
Title: Manos arriba
Released: June 11, 1958
Type: Movie
A tailor is mistaken for the leader of an agricultural union and gets tangled up in a price-fixing conspiracy.
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Pepito y los robachicos
Title: Pepito y los robachicos
Released: May 21, 1958
Type: Movie
Good-hearted simpleton opens his home to a street urchin escaping from an Oliver Twist-style kid-gang of pickpockets beggars and paperboys.
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School for Buglars
Title: School for Buglars
Character: Hombre arrestado (uncredited)
Released: May 9, 1958
Type: Movie
The police plan to capture a killer by using a double that looks exactly as one of his victims.
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Échenme al gato
Title: Échenme al gato
Released: March 26, 1958
Type: Movie
Comical mix-up in the operating room: by mistake, a notorious gangster's arm is grafted onto an accident-victim's stump.
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¡Viva el amor!
Title: ¡Viva el amor!
Released: February 22, 1958
Type: Movie
Man wants to dump wife for a new girlfriend; all three end up weekending in Acapulco together along with a gentleman the wife meets enroute, and all four explore the possibility of forming new relationships.
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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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Pepito and the Monster
Title: Pepito and the Monster
Character: Commander Ponchito Bojorquez
Released: September 30, 1957
Type: Movie
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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Asesinos, S.A.
Title: Asesinos, S.A.
Released: September 16, 1957
Type: Movie
Incompetent clown is drafted into a Murder Incorporated style squad of hitmen.
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Esposa te doy
Title: Esposa te doy
Character: Juez
Released: September 13, 1957
Type: Movie
Chofi marry Alberto and very much in love, but her mother continues to intervene in the couple's relationship, which will lead to divorce.
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Rogaciano el huapanguero
Title: Rogaciano el huapanguero
Released: August 8, 1957
Type: Movie
Itinerant folk-singer returns to his home town, gets caught in two intersecting love triangles. It ends badly.
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Comedians of the League
Title: Comedians of the League
Character: Inspector (as Arturo Castro)
Released: July 26, 1957
Type: Movie
The guy that runs the concession stand at a vaudeville theatre gets tangled up with a gang of thieves.
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Dying of Laughter
Title: Dying of Laughter
Character: Police Chief Melquíades
Released: July 18, 1957
Type: Movie
Carnival worker is recruited by police to impersonate an old lady whose relatives want to kill her.
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Hora y media de balazos
Title: Hora y media de balazos
Released: March 26, 1957
Type: Movie
Unassuming, milquetoast-y shepherd-boy is pressured into posing as a dangerous gunslinger.
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Soul of Steel
Title: Soul of Steel
Character: Jefe de policía
Released: January 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Inspired by Alexander Dumas's novel The Corsican Brothers, Alma de Acero presents a delightful spin on the classic story of twin brothers (both played by Luis Aguilar) and their contrasting lives. As a singer in a nightclub, one brother has chosen a life of peaceful simplicity; the other, however, has chosen a troublesome lifestyle that leads to numerous run-ins with the law, forcing the vocalist to risk his own life to save his sibling.
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The Flying Saucers
Title: The Flying Saucers
Character: Juan Balcazar, Presidente municipal
Released: December 8, 1956
Type: Movie
A guy and his girlfriend pretend to come from Mars.
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Policías y ladrones
Title: Policías y ladrones
Released: September 28, 1956
Type: Movie
When an inexperienced police officer discovers a corpse while inspecting a crime scene, he flees with no explanation. However, that action will help his unit to recover some stolen jewels during a robbery.
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The King of México
Title: The King of México
Character: Chofer de automóvil
Released: April 20, 1956
Type: Movie
A humble tramp is turned, for a couple of days, into the richest and most famous man in México.
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Ladies Club
Title: Ladies Club
Character: Police Detective
Released: April 12, 1956
Type: Movie
Lonelyhearts advisor on a tv show becomes feminist icon and movement-leader.
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Pride
Title: Pride
Released: December 9, 1955
Type: Movie
A tale of two families, the Mendozas and Alzagas, faced for generations by the water of a river separating their adjoining properties. Old grudges reappear when the two heirs fall in love.
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El último round
Title: El último round
Released: September 23, 1953
Type: Movie
Shady promoter hires a new boy for his boxing stable, but the young champ won't go along with his boss'es scams and machinations.
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From the Village to TV
Title: From the Village to TV
Character: Municipal president
Released: January 22, 1953
Type: Movie
A young man goes to the capital to prove himself as an opera singer, after being rejected he must find other means to achieve fame
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They Say I'm a Communist
Title: They Say I'm a Communist
Character: Nabor Méndez
Released: July 12, 1951
Type: Movie
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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Pito Pérez se va de bracero
Title: Pito Pérez se va de bracero
Released: January 16, 1948
Type: Movie
Alcoholic hobo drifts across the border and has a series of random adventures.
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Pecadora
Title: Pecadora
Released: November 20, 1947
Type: Movie
Prostitution and drug-smuggling in Mexico City and Cd. Juarez.
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El superhombre
Title: El superhombre
Released: January 1, 1946
Type: Movie
1946 Mexican film directed by Chano Urueta.