Rafael Icardo

Rafael Icardo

Born: January 1, 1894
Died: January 1, 1954
in Alicante, Spain
Rafael Icardo was born in 1894 in Alicante, Spain. He was an actor, known for Demonio y carne (1951), María Candelaria (Xochimilco) (1944) and Doña Perfecta (1951). He died in 1954 in Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico.

Movies for Rafael Icardo...

Si yo fuera diputado
Title: Si yo fuera diputado
Character: Don Melquiades
Released: January 30, 1952
Type: Movie
Cantinflas is a unique barber, who trades with an elderly neighbor, a lawyer by profession, laws lessons in exchange for haircuts and shaved. It proposes advice to defend in court the disadvantaged neighborhood. His success deputy seeks the votes as the other candidate, Don Próculo, it is not accepted by anyone but his own bodyguards. Don Próculo will use know how much ruse to win the election by the Council, and also for the love of 'Sarita'
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Doña Perfecta
Title: Doña Perfecta
Character: Don Cayetano
Released: October 10, 1951
Type: Movie
Liberal farmer Pepe has arrived in Santa Fe to visit his aunt, Dona Perfecta. While he's there, Pepe is eager to teach the traditional-minded townspeople a new way of living. Unfortunately for Pepe the people of Santa Fe aren't eager to embrace change, and when the citizens begin to voice resentment Pepe is forced to seek refuge with his sympathetic aunt. Dona Perfecta is just as traditional as any of the other townspeople though, and only suffers Pepe due to the fact that he is family. When Pepe and his cousin Rosario fall deeply in love, the situation quickly comes to a head.
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Susana
Title: Susana
Character: Don Severiano, veterinary
Released: April 11, 1951
Type: Movie
The story of a girl of questionable mental stability who escapes from incarceration and ends up at a plantation where she disrupts a working family's daily routines and chemistry.
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El Siete Machos
Title: El Siete Machos
Character: Don Ceferino
Released: February 5, 1951
Type: Movie
Rosario, the niece of the rancher, returns to the ranch after ten years of absence. She takes in Margarito, a worker at the ranch, who is immediately smitten by her. Rosario is rescued from a runaway horse by the Seven Men, an outlaw a la Robin Hood that steals from the rich and gives to the poor. He also happens to be the twin brother of Margarito, unbeknownst to him. The confusion between Margarito and the Seven Men generates great comical situations in the film.
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Cabaret Shanghai
Title: Cabaret Shanghai
Character: Doctor
Released: August 31, 1950
Type: Movie
Nightclub-owner/gangster discovers that his dame and his second-in-command are cheating on him.
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El Portero
Title: El Portero
Character: Secretario (uncredited)
Released: May 3, 1950
Type: Movie
Cantinflas works as a porter, who writes letters and speeches in his old writing machine to earn an extra money, despite the fact that he still goes to school. The sentimental issues come when Cantinflas falls in love of his pretty neighborhood (Silvia Pinal), who is handicapped and unable to walk. The thing wont be easy, because a young military man also has feelings for the girl. But the porter wants to see her happy, and he will become a sort of Cyrano De Bergerac, writing love letters to her signed by the young soldier. His plan is simple: to win money in the horse races in order to pay the operation which will make her walk again.
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El Mago
Title: El Mago
Character: Ministro de Arichi
Released: May 4, 1949
Type: Movie
A slapstick fantasy of the amorous adventures of a magician a la Cantinflas.
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La norteña de mis amores
Title: La norteña de mis amores
Released: December 25, 1948
Type: Movie
Child whose father was murdered grows up and seeks revenge, also falling in love with a new victim of the same bad guy.
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El Supersabio
Title: El Supersabio
Character: Agustín 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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A la sombra del puente
Title: A la sombra del puente
Released: July 8, 1948
Type: Movie
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Músico, poeta y loco
Title: Músico, poeta y loco
Released: May 8, 1948
Type: Movie
An underaged heiress is sent to a reformatory by her unscrupulous guardians to prevent her from fulfilling the conditions of her father's will. Meanwhile, a street-vendor gets mistaken for an eminent psychologist and is hired to teach at that reformatory.
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¡A volar, joven!
Title: ¡A volar, joven!
Character: Juez (uncredited)
Released: December 23, 1947
Type: Movie
Cantinflas is a private in the military, who doesn't know anything about discipline or following rules. He only wants to think about his girlfriend, the maid in an opulent hacienda. The owner of the hacienda has an ugly and shy daughter, who is in love with Cantinflas. The problems arrive when the family arranges a wedding between the ugly girl and Cantinflas, who in order to avoid the commitment gets himself arrested. During his punishment, Cantinflas learns to fly with a silly and poorly trained flight instructor.
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The Other One
Title: The Other One
Character: Detective de policía
Released: November 20, 1946
Type: Movie
A mousy, poor manicurist seeks to switch places with her more glamorous, wealthy twin sister.
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Soy un prófugo
Title: Soy un prófugo
Character: Romualdo, velador
Released: March 11, 1946
Type: Movie
A janitor in a large bank is accused of pulling of a major heist. He is forced to become a fugitive while hunting for the real culprits.
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El superhombre
Title: El superhombre
Released: January 1, 1946
Type: Movie
1946 Mexican film directed by Chano Urueta.
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One Day with the Devil
Title: One Day with the Devil
Released: November 30, 1945
Type: Movie
Cantinflas, on a drunken night, becomes Army soldier. Soon, he meets the Devil who tries to make it an evil being.
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The Naughty Son
Title: The Naughty Son
Character: Don Modesto Rojas
Released: November 15, 1945
Type: Movie
A poor young man is mistaken for a millionaire when he travels to the city to fulfill his dream of being a singer.
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El museo del crimen
Title: El museo del crimen
Character: Belcebu
Released: August 8, 1945
Type: Movie
Stage magician/amateur detective helps police to solve a murder.
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The Barracks
Title: The Barracks
Character: Pascual Guillot, el tio Barret
Released: May 27, 1945
Type: Movie
The film chronicles the adventures of a peasant family of the late nineteenth century to push through his work with the opposition and hatred of the rest of the villagers.
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Woman Without a Soul
Title: Woman Without a Soul
Character: Don Héctor
Released: October 10, 1944
Type: Movie
Ambitious young woman climbs the social ladder. A bit too fast.
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El corsario negro
Title: El corsario negro
Released: August 24, 1944
Type: Movie
This Mexican drama features murder, revenge, ruling power and romance in Eighteenth century Maracaibo.
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Gran Hotel
Title: Gran Hotel
Character: Señor Polilla
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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Mis hijos!
Title: Mis hijos!
Character: Doctor
Released: March 11, 1944
Type: Movie
An endless series of disasters separates a mother from her children. It takes her over twenty years to find her way back to the bosom of her family.
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Maria Candelaria
Title: Maria Candelaria
Character: Priest
Released: January 20, 1944
Type: Movie
A young journalist asks an old artist about the portrait of a naked Indian woman that he has in his study. The artist tells the story of Maria Candelaria, a young Indian woman who was rejected by her own people for being the daughter of a prostitute. She is protected by a young Indian man, Lorenzo Rafael, who has fallen in love with her.
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Mi lupe y mi caballo
Title: Mi lupe y mi caballo
Released: January 1, 1944
Type: Movie
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Porfirio Díaz
Title: Porfirio Díaz
Released: January 1, 1944
Type: Movie
Mexican movie
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A Letter of Love
Title: A Letter of Love
Character: Capitán Bermúdez
Released: November 20, 1943
Type: Movie
Moments before he will be executed by the French Intervention Army, the liberal leader reads a love letter by his girlfriend. His memories provide the poetic pictures of this romantic historical drama.
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Romeo y Julieta
Title: Romeo y Julieta
Character: (uncredited)
Released: September 2, 1943
Type: Movie
Verona's peace is disturbed by the rivalry between noble families: the Montesco and the Capuleto, irreconcilable enemies. The two families have continued fighting to make life unbearable in the Italian town. The Prince of Verona informs the chiefs that the two families respond with their lives if there are new struggles. At a ball in honor of Juliet, the daughter of Capuleto, incidentally meets Romeo, son of Montesco. Both fall in love immediately, not knowing that their love is impossible.
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El hombre de la máscara de hierro
Title: El hombre de la máscara de hierro
Character: Jacques (carcelero)
Released: January 1, 1943
Type: Movie
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The Three Musketeers
Title: The Three Musketeers
Character: Comisario / Sr. de Treville
Released: August 27, 1942
Type: Movie
Cantinflas and three friends return a stolen necklace to an actress who invites them to be extras at Clasa studios. While on the set, he falls asleep and dreams that he is d'Artagnan, fighting on behalf of Queen Anne.
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Dark Angel
Title: Dark Angel
Character: Doctor Bustamante
Released: August 12, 1942
Type: Movie
Despite the strange death of Jorge's previous wives, Elisa decides to marry him.
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Hombre o demonio
Title: Hombre o demonio
Released: October 17, 1940
Type: Movie
A 1940 film.
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You’re Missing the Point
Title: You’re Missing the Point
Character: Comisario tonto
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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Mala yerba
Title: Mala yerba
Character: Alcalde
Released: September 11, 1940
Type: Movie
Plantation owner is way too much into his peasant girls. It causes problems.
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El hipnotizador
Title: El hipnotizador
Released: August 31, 1940
Type: Movie
A 1940 film directed by Antonio Helú.
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Harvest of Hate
Title: Harvest of Hate
Released: February 29, 1940
Type: Movie
A 1940 film directed by William Rowland.
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The Sign of Death
Title: The Sign of Death
Character: El sablista (uncredited)
Released: December 23, 1939
Type: Movie
Two journalists, Carlos and Lola, investigate the murder of a young woman whose body appeared with her heart torn out, in what seems to be a human sacrifice. The investigation leads the reporters to a museum, whose director is the famous Doctor Gallardo.
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Canto a mi tierra
Title: Canto a mi tierra
Character: Simón
Released: November 11, 1938
Type: Movie
Theatrical producers discover a new musical-theatre star in a small farming town.
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Los millones de Chaflán
Title: Los millones de Chaflán
Character: Ingeniero Emilio Carrasco
Released: August 29, 1938
Type: Movie
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La zandunga
Title: La zandunga
Character: Don Atanasio
Released: March 18, 1938
Type: Movie
It is the story of a beautiful Tehuana woman who falls in love with a sailor who leaves with the promise of returning, but due to her delay she decides to accept a former suitor as her husband. Finally, when the marriage is about to materialize, the sailor returns creating an emotional conflict in her that is resolved thanks to her fiancé who, by intuiting her true feelings, leaves her free to stay with the sailor
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Don Juan Tenorio
Title: Don Juan Tenorio
Character: Captain Centellas
Released: March 12, 1937
Type: Movie
Classic legend of a playboy meeting supernatural comeuppance.