Rodolfo Landa

Rodolfo Landa

Born: January 1, 1926
Died: February 14, 2004
in Mexico City, Mexico
Rodolfo Landa was born as Rodolfo Echeverría Álvarez. He was an actor and producer.

Movies for Rodolfo Landa...

El bastardo
Title: El bastardo
Character: Comandante David
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
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You Only Come at Night
Title: You Only Come at Night
Character: Marcial
Released: August 25, 1966
Type: Movie
Tourist gets involved with mother and daughter without realizing they're related, runs afoul of husband/father. It ends badly.
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Black Wind
Title: Black Wind
Character: Ingeniero Fernández
Released: December 23, 1965
Type: Movie
The building of a railroad under tough conditions from searing heat to freezing cold in the Sonora desert provokes clashes of passion and struggles between the engineers and the workers at the campsite. The workers also contend with sudden dust storms that are called the 'black wind'. Based on true events.
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Neutron vs. the Maniac
Title: Neutron vs. the Maniac
Character: Inspector Rivas
Released: August 13, 1965
Type: Movie
Neutron, a wrestler/superhero, investigates a series of murders at a sanitarium.
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Neutron Battles the Karate Assassins
Title: Neutron Battles the Karate Assassins
Character: Inspector Alberto Rivas
Released: August 6, 1965
Type: Movie
Superhero wrestler Neutron battles a gang of robotic assassins who use their hands and feet as deadly weapons.
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Neutron vs. Dr. Caronte
Title: Neutron vs. Dr. Caronte
Character: Inspector Lozano
Released: February 15, 1963
Type: Movie
Neutron, a superhero/wrestler, goes up against a mad scientist and his army of monsters.
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Los bárbaros del norte
Title: Los bárbaros del norte
Released: November 4, 1962
Type: Movie
Townsfolk expect that when the dead sheriff's son comes home, people will quit doing crimes... but he turns out to be an inept comedian type bozo guy.
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La entrega de Chucho el Roto
Title: La entrega de Chucho el Roto
Released: August 17, 1962
Type: Movie
Gentleman swindler runs cleverly-orchestrated scams. Four of four in a series.
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Neutron the Atomic Superman vs. the Death Robots
Title: Neutron the Atomic Superman vs. the Death Robots
Character: Inspector Lozano
Released: August 10, 1962
Type: Movie
The evil scientist Dr. Caronte plots to revive the brains of three dead scientists and use them to obtain the formula for the super-powerful neutron bomb. The resulting creation needs blood lots of blood, sending Caronte's midget assistant Nick and his legion of mutant monsters out to get fresh victims. However, the masked atom-superman Neutron vows to put a stop to Caronte's deeds.
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Los secretos del sexo débil
Title: Los secretos del sexo débil
Released: May 31, 1962
Type: Movie
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Las recién casadas
Title: Las recién casadas
Released: April 25, 1962
Type: Movie
Three newlywed couples and the priest who married them face problems imposed on them by unquestioning adherence to patriarchal values.
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La captura de Chucho el Roto
Title: La captura de Chucho el Roto
Released: December 15, 1961
Type: Movie
"Gentleman bandit" and his gang execute a series of elaborate heists. #3 of 4 in a series.
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Aventuras de Chucho el Roto
Title: Aventuras de Chucho el Roto
Released: August 31, 1961
Type: Movie
Number 2 of 4 in a series about the exploits of a crew of Robin Hood-esque con artists.
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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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Suerte te dé Dios
Title: Suerte te dé Dios
Released: May 11, 1961
Type: Movie
Two construction workers discover a stash of gold coins hidden in the walls of a building they're demolishing.
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Mi guitarra y mi caballo
Title: Mi guitarra y mi caballo
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
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El torneo de la muerte
Title: El torneo de la muerte
Released: December 8, 1960
Type: Movie
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Chucho el Roto
Title: Chucho el Roto
Released: August 4, 1960
Type: Movie
First of four in series about Robin Hood-type social-justice criminal. Elaborate heist scenarios.
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La hermana blanca
Title: La hermana blanca
Released: July 19, 1960
Type: Movie
A young woman believes her fiance has died, and she enters a convent.
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Three Black Angels
Title: Three Black Angels
Character: Alonso
Released: June 9, 1960
Type: Movie
Three Black Angels (Spanish: Tres angelitos negros) is a 1960 Mexican comedy film directed by Fernando Cortés and starring Miguel Aceves Mejía, Yolanda Varela and Pedro Vargas.
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Calibre 44
Title: Calibre 44
Character: Antonio
Released: May 20, 1960
Type: Movie
The film tells the story of two twins separated in childhood who reunite when they are older. One of them has grown between outlaws and has become one of them, a murderous bandit who frightens the region. The other has grown, without knowing it, in exactly the ranch of the man who murdered his father and has become the loving foreman of the farmer's daughter, now deceased.
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Los tigres del ring
Title: Los tigres del ring
Released: March 30, 1960
Type: Movie
Crooked promoter has a secret weapon who goes around beating fighters to death after their matches if they aren't in line with his rigging schedule. Part one of two.
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A tiro limpio
Title: A tiro limpio
Released: January 28, 1960
Type: Movie
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La ley del más rápido
Title: La ley del más rápido
Released: December 3, 1959
Type: Movie
Young gunslinger gets his hero on. #2 in a series ("El Puma.")
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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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Las coronelas
Title: Las coronelas
Released: July 29, 1959
Type: Movie
Two young women 'forced' to masquerade as soldiers in military troop.
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Ferias de México
Title: Ferias de México
Released: May 27, 1959
Type: Movie
Itinerant card-shark with pre-teen daughter adopts an orphan boy; the children grow up and fall in love. Once they decide to get married, complications arise.
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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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A sablazo limpio
Title: A sablazo limpio
Character: El Capitán Mendoza
Released: November 20, 1958
Type: Movie
Two clownish incompetents get mixed up in power struggles between state officials.
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Bolero Inmortal
Title: Bolero Inmortal
Released: November 20, 1958
Type: Movie
Young singer becomes famous, has an affair with a married man.
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Los tigres del desierto
Title: Los tigres del desierto
Character: Teniente Gaston
Released: October 4, 1958
Type: Movie
Viruta and Capulina are responsible for rescuing the Sultan's baby, after it's kidnapped by a evil dude.
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Ash Wednesday
Title: Ash Wednesday
Character: El Violador
Released: October 1, 1958
Type: Movie
1913: A young woman is raped by a priest and turns away from the Church as a result of the experience. 1924: She now is the owner of an expensive brothel, and she plays a small role on both sides of the Cristero Uprising, when foreign-born clergy were deported from Mexico.
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La marca del cuervo
Title: La marca del cuervo
Released: August 28, 1958
Type: Movie
Masked avenger on horseback, one of a series.
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El rayo de Sinaloa: La venganza de Heraclio Bernal
Title: El rayo de Sinaloa: La venganza de Heraclio Bernal
Released: July 9, 1958
Type: Movie
Disgruntled 19th century peasants get militant and start redistributing some wealth. Part two of a historical-drama trilogy.
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Las tres pelonas
Title: Las tres pelonas
Released: July 2, 1958
Type: Movie
Pseudo-historical drama about a semi-civilian who decides to run guns across the border for Villa's troops.
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Here is Heraclius Bernal
Title: Here is Heraclius Bernal
Released: April 9, 1958
Type: Movie
Historical drama/biopic about 1880s Social Justice bandits in a mining community in Sinaloa. First of three in series.
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El potro salvaje
Title: El potro salvaje
Released: March 31, 1958
Type: Movie
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Tragic Cabaret
Title: Tragic Cabaret
Character: Ing. Marcos Arriola
Released: November 27, 1957
Type: Movie
Young woman is sorta trapped into working as a bar-girl because of her unwitting complicity in a murder. Meanwhile, the tough broad who owns the bar faces problems of her own, mostly centered around a philandering boyfriend and an over-ambitious adopted daughter.
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Furias desatadas
Title: Furias desatadas
Released: June 26, 1957
Type: Movie
College student enters the pro wrestling circuit, hoping to find out who killed his father. Third of four in a series.
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El tesoro de Pancho Villa
Title: El tesoro de Pancho Villa
Released: April 10, 1957
Type: Movie
Villa's troops contend with some rival factions trying to gain control of a misplaced treasure trove.
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El Secreto De Pancho Villa
Title: El Secreto De Pancho Villa
Released: April 4, 1957
Type: Movie
Sequel to El Tesoro De Pancho Villa; masked wrestler battles gangsters trying to take control of five clues to the location of a hidden treasure.
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Diabolical Kidnapping
Title: Diabolical Kidnapping
Released: January 1, 1957
Type: Movie
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The Third Word
Title: The Third Word
Character: Julio
Released: July 3, 1956
Type: Movie
The English-language title of this Mexican musical was The Third Word. Singer Pedro Infante stars as a pampered young man who is sheltered by his doting aunts. Deciding that their darling boy needs an education, the ladies hire pretty schoolteacher Marga Lopez. Upon discovering that her pupil is 28 years old, Marga is momentarily nonplused, but then settles into her duties. Inevitably, romance blossoms between Pedro and Marga, much to the aunts' dismay.
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La sombra vengadora
Title: La sombra vengadora
Character: Dr. Henry Williams
Released: January 1, 1956
Type: Movie
An evil mastermind, known as La mano negra, attempts to steal a formula that creates synthetic drugs but a masked avenger known as La sombra will do anything to stop him.
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La mujer ajena
Title: La mujer ajena
Released: October 26, 1955
Type: Movie
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La sombra vengadora contra la mano negra
Title: La sombra vengadora contra la mano negra
Released: October 15, 1955
Type: Movie
Masked wrestler vs. gothic criminal gang. Third or fourth in a series.
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The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
Title: The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
Character: Alejandro Rivas
Released: May 19, 1955
Type: Movie
A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan...
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La mujer X
Title: La mujer X
Character: Armando de la Torre
Released: April 6, 1955
Type: Movie
A woman accused of murder refuses to defend herself in any way, in order to avoid tarnishing the family name and the reputation of her long-lost son.
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The Monster of the Shadow
Title: The Monster of the Shadow
Released: March 10, 1955
Type: Movie
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The Intruder
Title: The Intruder
Released: July 21, 1954
Type: Movie
Upon her arrival to the village San Ignacio, Gabriela meets Raúl, owner of a residence that her grandfather administrates. He doesn't reveal his real identity and they fall madly in love. Tania, Raúl's sister-in-law, secretly loves him and she decides to separate them by simulating a car accident from which Gabriela temporarily becomes paralized. Aware that they will marry, Tania makes the girl believe that Raúl is marrying her out of compassion, causing Gabriela to disappear from the residence...
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The Abduction
Title: The Abduction
Character: Prudencio
Released: April 23, 1954
Type: Movie
In a small Mexican village the news shock neighbors, Ricardo Alfaro, a wealthy local rancher has disappeared without a trace. Taking advantage of the circumstance, Aurora Campos, a strong woman with overwhelming beauty, convinces the authorities to sell her the property in exchange for twelve thousand dollars. Soon after, when Ricardo suddenly reappears, a real battle is about to begin.
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Magdalena
Title: Magdalena
Released: April 15, 1954
Type: Movie
Family melodrama; one sister runs away with the other one's fiance. Twenty-odd years later, her daughter tries to make peace with the rest of the family. Plus accidental deaths and unwed motherhood and miraculous cures for blindness and near death experiences.
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Reportaje
Title: Reportaje
Character: Rodolfo, reporter
Released: November 13, 1953
Type: Movie
Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.
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Burlada
Title: Burlada
Character: Novio de Dora
Released: April 4, 1951
Type: Movie
Fancy gentleman uses his charms to exploit a bunch of women.
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Pecado
Title: Pecado
Character: Lic. Roberto Miranda
Released: March 1, 1951
Type: Movie
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Orange Blossoms for your Wedding
Title: Orange Blossoms for your Wedding
Character: Luis
Released: July 19, 1950
Type: Movie
During the time of the Mexican Revolution, the eldest daughter of a conservative family must respect the decision of her parents, and follow the traditions of using the wedding flowers her mother used.
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Red Rain
Title: Red Rain
Character: Gerardo
Released: January 26, 1950
Type: Movie
Military leader is appointed to local government, becomes overly despotic in his leadership.
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Late Afternoon
Title: Late Afternoon
Character: Gabriel
Released: August 5, 1949
Type: Movie
A former farmhand now with money, wants to buy his former boss's farm and marry his daughter, but they refuse.
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Cita con la muerte
Title: Cita con la muerte
Released: June 22, 1949
Type: Movie
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Dicen que soy mujeriego
Title: Dicen que soy mujeriego
Character: Pablo
Released: April 14, 1949
Type: Movie
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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Canta Y No Llores
Title: Canta Y No Llores
Released: March 6, 1949
Type: Movie
Young woman has to choose between three potential husbands, so she leaves town for awhile to sing for a living and sort out her feelings.
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Hermoso ideal
Title: Hermoso ideal
Released: September 30, 1948
Type: Movie
Two Spanish children, boy and girl, make friends with a Mexican boy while on vacation. In adulthood, their friendship turns into a romantic triangle. Then bullfighting and the Foreign legion and stuff.
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The Night of the Mayans
Title: The Night of the Mayans
Character: Taz
Released: September 16, 1939
Type: Movie
A white man seduces a local girl in an isolated Mayan village, which makes gods unhappy.
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María
Title: María
Released: January 1, 1938
Type: Movie
The story narrates the idyllic and tragic love between María and her cousin Efraín, both natives of Valle del Cauca. In the middle of a romantic and bucolic landscape, the young characters fall in love with each other but circumstances prevent the full realization of their love.