Fernando Soto

Fernando Soto

Born: April 15, 1911
Died: May 11, 1980
in Puebla, Mexico
Fernando Soto was a Mexican film actor. He was born on April 15, 1911 in Puebla, Mexico as Fernando Soto Astol. He was an actor, known for Campeón sin corona (1946), Extraña cita (1947) and La presidenta municipal (1975). He died on May 11, 1980 in Mexico City, Mexico.

Movies for Fernando Soto...

Como gallos de pelea
Title: Como gallos de pelea
Released: March 16, 1977
Type: Movie
Young man returns from college to his family estate; when he learns that a rival family is trying to take over all available acreage, he gradually warms up to the idea of defending his turf.
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Juan Armenta, el repatriado
Title: Juan Armenta, el repatriado
Character: Eusebio Mendoza (Maguey)
Released: September 9, 1976
Type: Movie
Juan returns home to Mexico after working in the USA for awhile, and gets caught up in cowboy problems among his townsfolk.
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La presidenta municipal
Title: La presidenta municipal
Character: Don Chepito Domínguez
Released: September 11, 1975
Type: Movie
La India Maria becomes the municipal president due to a ballot typo.
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Jalisco nunca pierde
Title: Jalisco nunca pierde
Released: September 26, 1974
Type: Movie
Class distinctions are an obstacle for a guy trying to woo his gal of choice.
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Faith, Hope and Charity
Title: Faith, Hope and Charity
Character: Blind (segment "Fe")
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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Tu camino y el mio
Title: Tu camino y el mio
Released: May 24, 1973
Type: Movie
She rejects him, but he's there for her, even after she gets married and then is abandoned by her babydaddy. Remake of Bajo El Cielo De Mexico (1958) (and also 1937?).
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Tacos al Carbón
Title: Tacos al Carbón
Character: El ciclamatos
Released: June 8, 1972
Type: Movie
Tacos al carbón is a mexican movie released on june 8th 1972 on Mexico City.
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Campeones del ring
Title: Campeones del ring
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
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El Quelite
Title: El Quelite
Character: Eustaquio
Released: December 10, 1970
Type: Movie
Agapito, leader of the revolutionary movement of his state, comes to a town, kills all the federales, and gets a girl who was promised to him for his heroic deeds.
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El as de oros
Title: El as de oros
Released: November 28, 1968
Type: Movie
A young charro's head is turned by a glamourpuss from the big city, and he has a hard time putting his life back together after she kicks him to the curb.
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El corrido del hijo desobediente
Title: El corrido del hijo desobediente
Released: June 19, 1968
Type: Movie
Father and son butt heads over a mutual girlfriend, mostly.
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Seguiré tus pasos
Title: Seguiré tus pasos
Released: June 30, 1967
Type: Movie
José María is an orphan child who lives in desperation until brother José finds him. The priest helps the boy channel his anger and transform his sadness into energy and love.
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El hombre de la furia
Title: El hombre de la furia
Released: November 11, 1966
Type: Movie
Adventure story,. set in the Venezuelan jungles.
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Alazán y enamorado
Title: Alazán y enamorado
Character: Cleopatro (as Fernando Soto 'Mantequilla')
Released: September 29, 1966
Type: Movie
Rom-com about two horses. And some humans.
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La vida de Pedro Infante
Title: La vida de Pedro Infante
Character: Luis Quintanar
Released: April 20, 1966
Type: Movie
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The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris
Title: The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris
Released: January 13, 1966
Type: Movie
Unmarried opera singer has a baby, and her friends convince her to pass it off as the grandchild of a wealthy old lady.
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Guitarras lloren guitarras
Title: Guitarras lloren guitarras
Released: August 5, 1965
Type: Movie
Juan from Altamira, Tamaulipas, arrives at the train station in the capital and is assaulted by Gus. As he finds only ten dollars in his wallet, he believes that Juan brings more money and offers him accommodation in his room to pay the rent. Juan is dedicated to singing and Gus makes his representative. Juan is successful singing together with Susana on stage and radio Azteca, but she does not correspond to his love. As she wants to succeed alone, she goes to Guadalajara but without success. Juan helps her and when she gets a heart illness, she agrees to marry him.
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Guadalajara en verano
Title: Guadalajara en verano
Character: Jacinto
Released: January 28, 1965
Type: Movie
Tourists and exchange students find romance.
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Así amaron nuestros padres
Title: Así amaron nuestros padres
Released: July 16, 1964
Type: Movie
Elderly roue interferes in the love life of a young woman because she's secretly his daughter. Remake of En Tiempos De Don Porfirio.
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Vuelve el Norteño
Title: Vuelve el Norteño
Released: January 3, 1964
Type: Movie
Two rival gangs of outlaws are terrorizing a small town; el Comandante and his sidekicks pit them against each other and pick up the pieces.
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Juan guerrero
Title: Juan guerrero
Released: December 4, 1963
Type: Movie
Government official in charge of land grants for tenant farmers gets into a ruckus with the feisty daughter of a landower whose estate is up for redistribution.
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El mariachi canta
Title: El mariachi canta
Character: Toño
Released: November 14, 1963
Type: Movie
Rivalry and romance between the leaders of a male mariachi band and a female one.
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El norteño
Title: El norteño
Released: November 7, 1963
Type: Movie
Lawman on horseback cracks a case involving stolen gold bullion, the title to a mine, an evil twin and a plucky pre-adolescent boy. First in a series.
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The Jade Mask
Title: The Jade Mask
Character: Casquillo
Released: October 25, 1963
Type: Movie
Jungle adventure about the search for a lost treasure.
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Los derechos de los hijos
Title: Los derechos de los hijos
Released: October 17, 1963
Type: Movie
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Asi Es Mi Mexico
Title: Asi Es Mi Mexico
Released: September 13, 1963
Type: Movie
Stage-struck small town girl is invited to join a vaudeville troupe.
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El charro Negro contra la banda del cuervo
Title: El charro Negro contra la banda del cuervo
Released: September 6, 1963
Type: Movie
Masked hero on horseback,. number 1 of short-lived series.
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Yo, el mujeriego
Title: Yo, el mujeriego
Character: Sixto
Released: July 18, 1963
Type: Movie
Playboy bachelor poses as a woman's husband to protect her daughter's reputation at a private school. Remake of El Mil Amores (1955).
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The Invasion of the Vampires
Title: The Invasion of the Vampires
Character: Crescencio
Released: June 20, 1963
Type: Movie
A doctor and his assistant hunt down a vampire named Count Frankenhausen, who is terrorizing the populace.
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Bring Me the Vampire
Title: Bring Me the Vampire
Character: Aldo
Released: June 14, 1963
Type: Movie
A group of would-be beneficiaries gather for the reading of a will, and discover that they must spend the night in a spooky castle to gain their inheritance. A spooky housekeeper and a man who seems to be a vampire are just two of the obstacles that might deter them.
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Los parranderos
Title: Los parranderos
Released: May 31, 1963
Type: Movie
Romantic complications and silliness when two farmhands are sent to the next town to track down their employer's daughter and baby-mama from thirty years earlier.
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Vuelven los Argumedo
Title: Vuelven los Argumedo
Released: April 19, 1963
Type: Movie
The Argumedo cousins have their clothes stolen while taking a shower, and they must find it at all costs, because there's a winning lottery ticket in their pockets.
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House of the Frights
Title: House of the Frights
Character: Aldo
Released: March 22, 1963
Type: Movie
Half-dozen comic actors in a spooky house.
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Los amigos Maravilla en el mundo de la aventura
Title: Los amigos Maravilla en el mundo de la aventura
Released: February 22, 1963
Type: Movie
Little cowboy-fella, believed to be an orphan, helps his sheriff buddy to stamp out crime. Second of two in series.
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Dos gallos y dos gallinas
Title: Dos gallos y dos gallinas
Released: January 3, 1963
Type: Movie
Two brothers are trying to raise emergency cash by doing cockfights and horse-races. They meet two sisters.
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La emboscada mortal
Title: La emboscada mortal
Released: November 30, 1962
Type: Movie
Third film of a trilogy -- all the secondary tasks have been completed and cowboy-justice-action-hero El Norteno settles the score with those cheating cheaters who deprived the young heiress of her inheritance.
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Lástima de ropa
Title: Lástima de ropa
Released: November 1, 1962
Type: Movie
Millionaire goes slumming, meets a girl...
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El Zorro vengador
Title: El Zorro vengador
Released: August 31, 1962
Type: Movie
Hero on horseback.
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El justiciero vengador
Title: El justiciero vengador
Released: June 8, 1962
Type: Movie
White-hat with two sidekicks masquerades as a priest to break the stranglehold a blackhat has on a small town.
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La máscara roja
Title: La máscara roja
Released: May 10, 1962
Type: Movie
Young heiress discovers irregularities in the handling of her late father's mine and goes into action-hero mode to correct them.
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El malvado Carabel
Title: El malvado Carabel
Released: April 26, 1962
Type: Movie
Frustrated salaryman responds to career setbacks by embarking on a life of crime.
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El rayo de Jalisco
Title: El rayo de Jalisco
Character: Mantequilla
Released: January 26, 1962
Type: Movie
The new Sheriff is framed for a series of stagecoach robberies, but he succeeds in finding the real thieves.
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Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert)
Title: Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert)
Released: January 3, 1962
Type: Movie
An American priest is hired as coach at a Mexican university; he trains his students in the ways of American football and moral rectitude. You ain't gonna sire no babies out of wedlock on Father Lambert's watch, no siree!
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El jinete enmascarado
Title: El jinete enmascarado
Released: November 3, 1961
Type: Movie
Horseman. With a mask on. First in a series, "El Norteño."
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El analfabeto
Title: El analfabeto
Character: 'El Sapo'
Released: September 7, 1961
Type: Movie
Inocencio Prieto y Calvo receives a letter telling him he is the heir to his uncle's fortune of two million pesos. Not being able to read he has no idea of who sent the letter or its content. So he goes to the drugstore because the pharmacist can read the letter to him. But while waiting to be helped he sees that a young girl can read. He figures he has to be able to discover the letter's content by himself and decides he will save the letter and go to school, and wait to read the letter on his own.
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La comezón del amor
Title: La comezón del amor
Released: April 14, 1961
Type: Movie
Romantic comedy about two school-teachers with show-biz aspirations.
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Los resbalosos
Title: Los resbalosos
Released: October 27, 1960
Type: Movie
Border town is overrun with wastrels and scofflaws, so the City Council decides to hire a notorious gunslinger to help them clean up their streets.
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Bala de Plata en el pueblo maldito
Title: Bala de Plata en el pueblo maldito
Released: August 17, 1960
Type: Movie
Cowboy hero tries to track down the deed to Pappy's mine.
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Dos Maridos baratos
Title: Dos Maridos baratos
Released: July 7, 1960
Type: Movie
Two showgirls need to find husbands in order to collect an inheritance.
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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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Me importa poco
Title: Me importa poco
Released: March 31, 1960
Type: Movie
Anthropologist goes to small town to do field work supporting her theories about the primitive/subhuman origins of machismo.
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Blame Me
Title: Blame Me
Released: June 15, 1959
Type: Movie
A Mexican steer rancher goes to Spain to get some bulls he bought but that were never delivered. He meets a flamenco dancer during his stay in Madrid and falls for her.
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Acapulcan
Title: Acapulcan
Released: May 14, 1959
Type: Movie
Gloria sells dolls in benefit of UNICEF and is interested in putting on an international show. In a hotel in Acapulco the ranchero Javier, the Muslims Mustafa and Ali, the Brazilian Mr. Carioca and the charro José Lorenzo meet to carry out the project. Among the men there will be a series of entanglements to dispute the love of the young woman.
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Vístete Cristina
Title: Vístete Cristina
Released: April 23, 1959
Type: Movie
Aspiring big-band singer who doubles as an art forger takes in a teenaged runaway who wants to be a showgirl.
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La venenosa
Title: La venenosa
Released: October 30, 1958
Type: Movie
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Amor se dice cantando
Title: Amor se dice cantando
Released: June 26, 1958
Type: Movie
Mexican singer touring Argentina wins a country estate in a poker game.
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Beauty contest
Title: Beauty contest
Released: June 4, 1958
Type: Movie
Mom and Dad convince studious college girl to enroll in a beauty pageant, hoping to win big cash prize at the end of the rainbow.
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La feria de San Marcos
Title: La feria de San Marcos
Released: June 2, 1958
Type: Movie
Two men and two women meet and pair off (m/w x 2) during the town Festival in San Marcos. Later, weddings.
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Fiesta en el corazón
Title: Fiesta en el corazón
Released: April 29, 1958
Type: Movie
Spoiled rich kid from a cattle ranch is pretending to study at university so he can hang out in the city and live large... until his family forces him to straighten up his act; he moves back to the ranch, accompanied with some urban-fauna hangers-on,, a-a-a-and...
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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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To the Beat of Rock and Roll
Title: To the Beat of Rock and Roll
Released: May 23, 1957
Type: Movie
When a romantic orchestra won't change their boring style into something more modern to get gigs, their girlfriends split and form a rock and roll orchestra that quickly becomes talk of the town. The guys are furious since they are relegated to their opening act as a comical number, but when the League of Virtue protests against the new satanic music, the old-fashioned music seems to win the day.
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Let the Swallows Touch Me
Title: Let the Swallows Touch Me
Released: April 25, 1957
Type: Movie
A Mexican singer travels the world and finds love in Argentina.
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Pies de gato
Title: Pies de gato
Released: April 10, 1957
Type: Movie
Sequel to "Los bandidos de Rio Frio," reopening all the subplots from the first movie to make each of the narrative arcs swing unmistakably to justice.
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Soul of Steel
Title: Soul of Steel
Character: Pancho
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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La fiera
Title: La fiera
Released: June 6, 1956
Type: Movie
Young rancher who's trying to avenge his father's murder is framed by an enemy for an unrelated crime.
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Tú y las nubes
Title: Tú y las nubes
Released: December 1, 1955
Type: Movie
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Cupido pierde a Paquita
Title: Cupido pierde a Paquita
Released: October 19, 1955
Type: Movie
Rich family's maid thinks that maybe if she plays her cards right, she can land a moneybags husband. There's also a really cute auto mechanic, though, and...
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El aguila negra en 'El vengador solitario'
Title: El aguila negra en 'El vengador solitario'
Released: July 8, 1954
Type: Movie
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El tesoro de la muerte
Title: El tesoro de la muerte
Released: June 22, 1954
Type: Movie
Series western, Masked Avenger on horseback.
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Illusion Travels by Streetcar
Title: Illusion Travels by Streetcar
Character: Tobías Hernández 'Tarrajas'
Released: March 10, 1954
Type: Movie
Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk and decide to "take 'er for one last spin," as it were. Unfortunately, the "one last spin" ends up being an all-night and all-day scramble to stay out of trouble, as they are confronted with situation after sometimes bizarre situation that prevents them from returning the "borrowed" Streetcar!
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Oh Pain, Little Pain, Pain!
Title: Oh Pain, Little Pain, Pain!
Released: September 24, 1953
Type: Movie
Carmela is a Gypsy singer who sells lottery tickets. She meets two penniless Mexican brothers and they buy a ticket between the three: if it is awarded, could share the prize and go to Mexico, they to return to their homeland and her for bullfighter boyfriend whom has no news. The fate accompanies them, but, on reaching Mexico, her boyfriend rejects her. This way, she ends up acting in a cafe where reaps many successes.
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La segunda mujer
Title: La segunda mujer
Released: September 2, 1953
Type: Movie
Couple with preteen children break up; Dad meets a new woman and they marry. The children grow up, and they're spoiled-y rich kids flirting with criminal lawlessness. Cue the violins.
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Pepe El Toro
Title: Pepe El Toro
Character: Antonio Feliciano de la Rosa
Released: August 21, 1953
Type: Movie
The simple life and the values ​​of loyalty and solidarity of the poor people in the environment of professional boxing, is the plot of this film, where Pepe el Toro shows the effort and tragedies that are experienced in this profession.
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La isla de las mujeres
Title: La isla de las mujeres
Released: April 15, 1953
Type: Movie
Spoofy south-sea adventure, mostly about the hot babes.
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Here Come The Freeloaders
Title: Here Come The Freeloaders
Released: April 2, 1953
Type: Movie
Authorities close down a restaurant after a violent crime is committed on the premises; the employees look for new jobs and try to track down the murderer.
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Me traes de un ala
Title: Me traes de un ala
Character: Narciso
Released: February 5, 1953
Type: Movie
To conquer the beautiful vedette Rosita, journalist Tin Tan is subject to her whims. Fired along with his friend Narciso from the newspaper they worked, Tin Tan trying to sell a movie plot. A woman looking to buy it and Tin Tan will visit her in a gloomy mansion where a mess is unleashed.
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La sexta carrera
Title: La sexta carrera
Released: January 1, 1953
Type: Movie
Mexican feature film
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Letters to Ufemia
Title: Letters to Ufemia
Released: August 7, 1952
Type: Movie
Small-town rom-com from a female POV.
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Tercio de quites
Title: Tercio de quites
Released: July 4, 1952
Type: Movie
Spanish bullfighter and a Mexican one have a friendly rivalry spanning decades.
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La estatua de carne
Title: La estatua de carne
Released: November 20, 1951
Type: Movie
Sculptor becomes infatuated with model. Everyone suffers.
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Los enredos de una gallega
Title: Los enredos de una gallega
Released: October 11, 1951
Type: Movie
Cándida is a Galician who lives in Mexico and has been selling lottery tickets. Her dream is to buy an inn, but doesn't have enough money. In her quest for trying to get it, she runs into a scammer. In a stroke of luck, she wins first prize in the lottery, but the misfortune is merciless with her ​​because she can't find the ticket.
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Daughter of Deceit
Title: Daughter of Deceit
Character: Angelito
Released: August 28, 1951
Type: Movie
In the drama, a father, firmly believing that the baby daughter in his arms is not his own, abandons her upon the doorstep of the town drunk. Many years pass, and the man finds himself continually wracked with guilt about deserting her.
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La tienda de la esquina
Title: La tienda de la esquina
Released: March 23, 1951
Type: Movie
Shady characters try to buy the corner shop and destroy a decent family's livelihood.
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Si usted no puede, yo sí
Title: Si usted no puede, yo sí
Released: February 15, 1951
Type: Movie
Out-of-work actor and his burglar pal get jobs at an agency that pledges to do things the client doesn't want to deal with. Meanwhile, their boss is being stalked by seven Italian brothers who want revenge for something that happened to their great great grandfather.
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Adventures of a New Rich Man
Title: Adventures of a New Rich Man
Released: November 6, 1950
Type: Movie
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El amor no es ciego
Title: El amor no es ciego
Released: July 26, 1950
Type: Movie
A boxer wins a championship but he is injured and forced to retire. After that he falls in love with a blind girl.
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Orange Blossoms for your Wedding
Title: Orange Blossoms for your Wedding
Character: Rosendo (as Fernando Soto 'Mantequilla')
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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Esposa o amante
Title: Esposa o amante
Released: June 21, 1950
Type: Movie
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Matrimonio y mortaja
Title: Matrimonio y mortaja
Released: March 8, 1950
Type: Movie
A series of misadventures leaves a city slicker trapped into a shotgun marriage with a country gal. Back home in Mexico City, he tries to scam his way out of his marriage and set things right with his previous fiance...
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Cuando los hijos odian
Title: Cuando los hijos odian
Released: February 9, 1950
Type: Movie
Woman and her daughter try to get on with their lives and run their family bakery while dealing with abusive alcoholic husband/father and other family problems.
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Dos gallos de pelea
Title: Dos gallos de pelea
Released: January 27, 1950
Type: Movie
Two small-town hell-raisers get so out of hand the authorities have to step in to rein them in.
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The Seminarian
Title: The Seminarian
Character: Toño
Released: November 2, 1949
Type: Movie
Returning to his home town, seminarist Miguel is forced to trade the robes for a charro costume in order to solve several problems that appear in his way, including the female kind.
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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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El diablo no es tan diablo
Title: El diablo no es tan diablo
Released: October 26, 1949
Type: Movie
Gender-reversal comedy about husband and wife trading places.
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Rondalla
Title: Rondalla
Released: October 6, 1949
Type: Movie
Romantic triangle on the hacienda.
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Hay lugar para... dos
Title: Hay lugar para... dos
Released: October 5, 1949
Type: Movie
Union-organizing and labor/management conflicts among Mexico City bus-drivers. Sequel to "Esquina, Bajan!"
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La venenosa
Title: La venenosa
Character: El misterioso
Released: October 4, 1949
Type: Movie
A snake-charmer falls in love with a circus trapeze artist who trains her and has her debut in this discipline.
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Dicen que soy mujeriego
Title: Dicen que soy mujeriego
Character: Bartolo
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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You the Rich
Title: You the Rich
Character: Antonio Feliciano de la Rosa
Released: December 31, 1948
Type: Movie
Pepe el Toro is married to Celia la Chorreada and they have two children.
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La bandida
Title: La bandida
Released: October 14, 1948
Type: Movie
Roving cowboy good-guys defend a farm family from the outlaw gang that's trying to take over their homestead.
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En la Hacienda de la Flor
Title: En la Hacienda de la Flor
Released: August 26, 1948
Type: Movie
Sequel to "Juan Charrasqueado." Juan Jr. discovers that the woman he's engaged to is the daughter of the man who killed his father.
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The Three Huastecos
Title: The Three Huastecos
Character: Cuco
Released: August 5, 1948
Type: Movie
This is the story of three brothers (a priest, a soldier and an outlaw) that are raised separately by their godfathers once their mother dies. They cross their paths again when the soldier and the priest move into two towns near the town the outlaw lives in. The drama will unfold once the three brothers meet each other.
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Espuelas de oro
Title: Espuelas de oro
Released: May 15, 1948
Type: Movie
Adventures on horseback. Plus romances.
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Juan Charrasqueado
Title: Juan Charrasqueado
Released: February 5, 1948
Type: Movie
Hard-living horse-trainer has a thing with an aristocratic woman... but her brothers aren't happy to see her involved with someone beneath her station.
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Get Off at the Next Corner!
Title: Get Off at the Next Corner!
Character: Constantino Reyes Almanza "Regalito"
Released: January 2, 1948
Type: Movie
Driver Gregorio del Prado and fare collector Regalito were suspended for deviating from their route to impress a young woman named Cholita.
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Soy charro de Rancho Grande
Title: Soy charro de Rancho Grande
Character: Olote
Released: November 6, 1947
Type: Movie
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Carita de cielo
Title: Carita de cielo
Character: Chilaquiles
Released: September 17, 1947
Type: Movie
A young woman is brought before a prosecutor after stealing food. She is defended by Julio, a university professor who decides to exhibit her as an example in his class on the theory of theft. Then he hires her as a housemaid. Her face and charms won’t only save her family from serious quandaries; they will also inspire the professor’s love.
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The Three Garcia
Title: The Three Garcia
Character: Tranquilino
Released: August 15, 1947
Type: Movie
Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them.
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Vuelven los García
Title: Vuelven los García
Character: Tranquilino
Released: August 15, 1947
Type: Movie
Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them.
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La barca de oro
Title: La barca de oro
Released: August 13, 1947
Type: Movie
Ranch-heiress chooses a husband.
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Smoke in the Eyes
Title: Smoke in the Eyes
Character: Chon
Released: November 13, 1946
Type: Movie
Heated rivalry over a bar-girl in a dive-y waterfront saloon.
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La reina del trópico
Title: La reina del trópico
Character: Pizarrín
Released: October 25, 1946
Type: Movie
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El barchante Neguib
Title: El barchante Neguib
Character: Piloncillo
Released: September 13, 1946
Type: Movie
Small-town Arabic family moves to Mexico City to live with the oldest son who made his career there. Follow-up (not a direct sequel) to El baisano Jalil (1942).
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Champion Without Crown
Title: Champion Without Crown
Character: El chupa (as Fernando Soto 'Mantequilla')
Released: September 5, 1946
Type: Movie
A young ice cream vendor, Roberto Terranova, witnesses a child being beaten and comes to his aid by physically overpowering the aggressor. His strength and natural ability catches the eye of a well-known boxing trainer. Considering him a diamond in the rough, he aims to put Roberto in the professional ring. But Roberto finds that his personal challenges must be overcome before he can achieve professional greatness.
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Los misterios del hampa
Title: Los misterios del hampa
Released: October 26, 1945
Type: Movie
Man on death row narrates the story of his life from childhood up through the criminal activities he's being executed for.
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Como México no hay dos
Title: Como México no hay dos
Released: July 6, 1945
Type: Movie
Two farmworkers emigrate to USA to work on a Texas ranch, then go home and put their lives back in order.
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El rebelde (Romance de Antaño)
Title: El rebelde (Romance de Antaño)
Character: Bandido
Released: March 9, 1945
Type: Movie
A landowner indirect kills another because of false rumors. Time passes. The son of the dead want the offender to pay their share. It becomes generous bandit, but then he meets the daughter of his enemy and falls in love.
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La hija del regimiento
Title: La hija del regimiento
Released: October 6, 1944
Type: Movie
In Fuente Clara over ten years since any man born. The population, mostly female, are desperate and resorts to the reigning prince.
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Gran Hotel
Title: Gran Hotel
Character: Compadre
Released: August 14, 1944
Type: Movie
Cantinflas is a vagrant being evicted for not paying rent, after wandering gets a job at the 'Grand Hotel' through a friend, that's confused by Count Zapatini, who is undercover in the hotel, stealing a gem making this funny movie more complicated.
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México de mis recuerdos
Title: México de mis recuerdos
Character: Don Susanito Peñafiel y Somellera
Released: April 6, 1944
Type: Movie
After listening to the waltz "Carmelita", dedicated to his wife, President Diaz instructs Don Susanito seeking the composer Chucho Flores to give her a piano. Don Susanito located Chucho, a bohemian who lives drunk and surrounded by poets and artists. Don Susanito was named patron protector of artists and aspiring young stars of the stage, which leads to a series of adventures in the middle of songs, dances and loves.
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Ni sangre ni arena
Title: Ni sangre ni arena
Character: Charifas
Released: May 22, 1941
Type: Movie
Cantinflas enjoys the bullfight show, and wants to crash in every of these spectacles. Also, there's a professional bullfighter, Manolete, who is identical to Cantinflas. Manolete has to give a bullfight show in a village, but Cantinflas arrives first as a stowaway in a train, and he'll be mistake by the real bullfighter. Cantinflas will give us a demonstration of courage.
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México lindo
Title: México lindo
Character: Taxi driver
Released: September 28, 1938
Type: Movie
The film of the thousand dancers, of the enchanting songs, of the sets that are splurge of luxury and beauty.