Ramón Gay

Ramón Gay

Born: November 17, 1917
Died: May 28, 1960
in Mexico City, Mexico
Ramón Gay (1917–1960) was a Mexican film actor. He was one of the stars of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, known for his roles in The Aztec Mummy series of films in the late 1950s. He was killed in 1960, when he was shot dead during a dispute with another man over the actress Evangelina Elizondo.

Movies for Ramón Gay...

Face of the Screaming Werewolf
Title: Face of the Screaming Werewolf
Character: Dr. Edmund Redding
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
Experimenting in hypnotic regression to past lives, Dr. Edmund Redding of the Cowan Institute in Pasadena has discovered that Ann Taylor is a reincarnated Aztec woman. Via her recovered memories, she is able to lead Redding and his associates to a hidden chamber in the Great Pyramid of Yucatan, where they hope to find the lost treasure of the Aztecs. Instead, they find two mummified bodies - one of a modern man, quite dead, and the other of an ancient Aztec, quite alive. They are able to return safely to Pasadena with both finds, but a rival professor, Janney, kills Redding and steals the body of the modern man-mummy. This he subjects to a resurrection experiment, which works - only the mummy proves to be a werewolf. Two supernatural menaces roam the city that night. This film is composed of footage from two unrelated Mexican horror movies, LA CASA DEL TERROR and LA MOMIA AZTECA, plus new footage shot in the U.S. by Jerry Warren.
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Attack of the Mayan Mummy
Title: Attack of the Mayan Mummy
Character: Dr. Edmund Redding
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
A scientist hypnotically regresses a woman to a previous life, a Mayan princess, who leads him to a secret tomb where the princess was buried - and the mummy of an ancient warrior, cursed to live after death and guard the treasure buried with her. Edited by Jerry Warren from the Mexican horror film LA MOMIA AZTECA, and following its general plot but with 36 minutes of new, American-made footage added and English narration in lieu of dubbed dialogue for the Mexican footage.
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The Curse of the Doll People
Title: The Curse of the Doll People
Character: Dr. Armando Valdés
Released: April 13, 1961
Type: Movie
Four men are cursed by a voodoo priest for stealing a sacred idol from his temple. Soon a band of murderous "doll men" are after the men and their families.
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La estrella vacía
Title: La estrella vacía
Character: Raúl Tovar
Released: May 5, 1960
Type: Movie
Mourners share their memories of a dead film-star at her wake, a la Citizen Kane. Only melodrama.
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El vestido de novia
Title: El vestido de novia
Character: Luciano Montes
Released: June 18, 1959
Type: Movie
A young professional hires a sex-worker to pass as his wife in a situation that requires him to seem married. Later they think about getting married for reals... but mostly they just recite monologues to each other.
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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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La venenosa
Title: La venenosa
Released: October 30, 1958
Type: Movie
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Socios para la aventura
Title: Socios para la aventura
Released: August 21, 1958
Type: Movie
Young nightclub performer, down on her luck, falls in with a portrait-cartoonist who works the streets and a terminally-ill singer-songwriter and goes to live on their houseboat. They consider doing a crime.
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The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy
Title: The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy
Character: Dr. Eduardo Almada
Released: July 17, 1958
Type: Movie
A mad doctor builds a robot in order to steal a valuable Aztec treasure from a tomb guarded by a centuries old living mummy.
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Cry of the Bewitched
Title: Cry of the Bewitched
Character: Jorge
Released: December 25, 1957
Type: Movie
A freed slave, who is descended from a murdered witch, plots revenge with her grandmother on a sugar plantation's inhabitants. Complications ensue due to her love for the master of the estate.
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The Curse of the Aztec Mummy
Title: The Curse of the Aztec Mummy
Character: Dr. Eduardo Almada
Released: December 11, 1957
Type: Movie
The evil Dr. Krupp, once again trying to get possession of the Aztec princess Xochitl's jewels, hypnotizes her current reincarnation, Flor, to get her to reveal the jewels' location - Xochitl's tomb. Confusion reigns as Krupp and his thugs are opposed by Flor's lover, Dr. Almada, his assistant, and wrestling superhero, El Angel. Krupp finally meets his match, however, when he comes up against Popoca, the warrior mummy who guards Xochitl's tomb.
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La esquina de mi barrio
Title: La esquina de mi barrio
Released: November 28, 1957
Type: Movie
Two young sweethearts get tangled up with a bad guy and a stolen necklace.
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The Aztec Mummy
Title: The Aztec Mummy
Character: Dr. Eduardo Almada
Released: November 13, 1957
Type: Movie
A scientist discovers through hypnosis a mummy who watches over the jewels of an Aztec god for all eternity.
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Sublime melodía
Title: Sublime melodía
Released: November 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Young widow with kindergarten-age daughter butts heads with her mother-in-law.
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Love and Sin
Title: Love and Sin
Character: Miguel
Released: October 3, 1956
Type: Movie
A dramatic encounter between passionate love and fraternal love. Two brothers fall in love with the same woman, played by the beautiful dancer Ninón Sevilla, an orphan they rescued during their childhood. Though she loves only one of them, she decides to give up her happiness rather than destroying the reason of the other she doesn't love.
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Ladies Club
Title: Ladies Club
Character: Roberto Villarreal
Released: April 12, 1956
Type: Movie
Lonelyhearts advisor on a tv show becomes feminist icon and movement-leader.
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El seductor
Title: El seductor
Character: Juan Alberto
Released: September 29, 1955
Type: Movie
A young artist's affair with a married woman destroys her family. Twenty-odd years later, her two daughters fall into his orbit.
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Love in Four Parts
Title: Love in Four Parts
Character: Agente de policía
Released: August 19, 1955
Type: Movie
Anthology film, four episodes.
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Estafa de amor
Title: Estafa de amor
Released: June 29, 1955
Type: Movie
Bad woman plays three men off each other while enjoying the attentions of all three; a great many lives are disrupted as a result of her wickedness.
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Pecado Mortal
Title: Pecado Mortal
Character: Carlos
Released: March 10, 1955
Type: Movie
Juan Manuel intends his wife Clara, who is blind, sign the will in his favor, but she refuses. With them lives Soledad, goddaughter Clara. A day comes Carlos, nephew of Juan Manuel, who is interested in Soledad. Carlos is going to study medicine in the United States and maintains correspondence with Soledad. Juan Manuel shows interest in Soledad but prevents Clara meet her. She is the daughter of Clara, who hid that Juan Manuel had killed the father of Soledad and also caused her blindness.
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Después de la tormenta
Title: Después de la tormenta
Released: January 21, 1955
Type: Movie
This Mexican melodrama may have been released above the border as After the Storm. The principal characters are a pair of twin lighthouse keepers. They try their best to live together with their wives under the same roof, but the delicate balance is shattered when one of the brothers falls in love with his sister-in-law. When one twin is lost during a storm, the other assumes his identity, with the expected romantic complications. If Despues de la Termenta sounds familiar, it is because the screenplay was inspired by the 1946 Bette Davis vehicle A Stolen Life.
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Morir para vivir
Title: Morir para vivir
Released: December 23, 1954
Type: Movie
A voodoo warlock turns a girl into a zombie, by the orders of her stepmother, so she can continue her affair with the girl's boyfriend.
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Dios nos manda vivir
Title: Dios nos manda vivir
Released: November 4, 1954
Type: Movie
Everything-but-the-kitchen-sink melodrama: young widow suffers everything life can throw at her.
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Ley fuga
Title: Ley fuga
Released: August 19, 1954
Type: Movie
As he rises through the ranks of the police department, a young officer gets more deeply involved in manipulating gang activity for personal gain.
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Las tres Elenas
Title: Las tres Elenas
Released: April 15, 1954
Type: Movie
A woman married to a renowned doctor confesses to her mother that she has fallen in love with her daughter's young boyfriend.
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Venganza en el circo
Title: Venganza en el circo
Character: Karma
Released: February 17, 1954
Type: Movie
Criss-crossing love affairs and jealousies result in a murder attempt.
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Camelia
Title: Camelia
Character: Enrique
Released: February 16, 1954
Type: Movie
A sort of meta riff on Alexandre Dumas fils' novel The Lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux Camélias or Camille) here in Mexican melodrama form involving the doomed love of a bullfighter and a beautiful but ailing actress/courtesan.
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La infame
Title: La infame
Character: Abogado Esteban Arizmendi
Released: January 21, 1954
Type: Movie
For love, the rules of society and justice are broken, leading to abduction, exposing life and freedom, facing everything to make a sick child a normal child.
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The Witch
Title: The Witch
Character: Fedor
Released: January 17, 1954
Type: Movie
Thieves break into a scientist's laboratory to steal a secret formula, and in the process they kill his daughter. Enraged, he develops a formula that will turn an extremely ugly woman into a spectacular beauty, and then uses the woman to take his revenge on those responsible for his daughter's murder.
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Lágrimas robadas
Title: Lágrimas robadas
Released: January 1, 1954
Type: Movie
Mexican feature film
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Hijas casaderas
Title: Hijas casaderas
Released: January 1, 1954
Type: Movie
Mexican feature film
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Eugenia Grandet
Title: Eugenia Grandet
Character: Carlos Grandet
Released: September 23, 1953
Type: Movie
A miserly father quashes his daughter's marriage plans because he thinks her fiance is a fortune-hunter.
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Nadie muere dos veces
Title: Nadie muere dos veces
Character: Arturo Robles
Released: September 15, 1953
Type: Movie
Big-league criminal escapes from jail, tracks down his ex-wife at a seaside resort. She kills him in self-defense, and then a guy who looks exactly like him comes along. Massive complications!
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Cinnamon Skin
Title: Cinnamon Skin
Released: August 5, 1953
Type: Movie
Marucha (Sarita Montiel) has had a shattered face since childhood, but she has a beautiful figure and covers half of her face with her hair. She is a singer and performs in neighborhood theaters. Marucha and Ramon are professionals in crime.
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The Ghost falls in Love
Title: The Ghost falls in Love
Released: June 26, 1953
Type: Movie
A romance between a woman and a ghost.
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Forgotten Faces
Title: Forgotten Faces
Character: Manuel Lazcano
Released: October 18, 1952
Type: Movie
A woman looses her baby girl in a train accident but, years later, the girl's father reveals that the baby survived and was raised by him with two other daughters.
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Angélica
Title: Angélica
Released: June 12, 1952
Type: Movie
Gangster-y club-owner vs. chorus girl. Blackmail, murder...
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The Absentee
Title: The Absentee
Character: Jaime
Released: May 7, 1952
Type: Movie
After arguing with her husband, a woman runs out of the house in the car and dies in a mysterious accident
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My Wife and the Other
Title: My Wife and the Other
Released: April 10, 1952
Type: Movie
A classic story of a husband who meets a younger woman, and begins a love affair.
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La noche es nuestra
Title: La noche es nuestra
Character: Antonio
Released: March 27, 1952
Type: Movie
Journalist meets an unforgettable woman, tracks her down and discovers all her tragic past.
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Paco, el elegante
Title: Paco, el elegante
Character: Ramon Colmenares, Novelas
Released: January 3, 1952
Type: Movie
Paco's ordered by a higher-up in his gang to beat up a journalist who wants to write exposes about Mexico City drug traffic, and that ends up opening a whole can of worms.
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Lodo y armiño
Title: Lodo y armiño
Released: November 30, 1951
Type: Movie
Wealthy libertine tries to seduce another man's mistress by threatening to send him to jail if she doesn't put out. Blowback from his sleazy behavior affects five other people; everybody suffers. Enormously.
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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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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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Loving Was His Sin
Title: Loving Was His Sin
Released: October 10, 1951
Type: Movie
Two sisters fall in love with the same man. Plus fatal illness.
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Stolen Heaven
Title: Stolen Heaven
Character: Julio Solorzano
Released: October 4, 1951
Type: Movie
A young woman loses her mind when she finds out that her uncle and his boyfriend met in a train accident.
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Mujeres sin mañana
Title: Mujeres sin mañana
Character: Eduardo
Released: September 5, 1951
Type: Movie
Loosely-plotted melodrama about five "hostesses" and the owners of a waterfront nightclub.
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Recién casados... no molestar
Title: Recién casados... no molestar
Released: August 9, 1951
Type: Movie
Newly-married woman discovers that her husband's a virgin and not the notorious Don Juan that she'd heard rumors about, and their marriage almost collapses because he's faithful and monogamous and good.
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Hell Road
Title: Hell Road
Character: León
Released: June 29, 1951
Type: Movie
When a robbery goes wrong, the thief takes a singer as hostage, they fall in love and try to rebuild their lives, but tragedy surges in the most unexpected way.
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In the Palm of Your Hand
Title: In the Palm of Your Hand
Character: Leon Romano
Released: June 21, 1951
Type: Movie
A con artist seduces the widow of a millionaire, only to learn she'd plotted with her lover to murder the late husband. A tense game of cat-and-mouse ensues—but who's the cat?
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Weddings of fire
Title: Weddings of fire
Released: April 24, 1951
Type: Movie
Gothic-y love story a la Wuthering Heights.
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Entre abogados te veas
Title: Entre abogados te veas
Released: March 2, 1951
Type: Movie
Crooked lawyer runs amok, making a mockery of the legal system.
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Heart of beast
Title: Heart of beast
Released: February 21, 1951
Type: Movie
Wanted criminal has plastic surgery, starts new life in a distant town. Old habits die hard.
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By the False Door
Title: By the False Door
Character: Ramón
Released: November 16, 1950
Type: Movie
Bernardo is in love with Adela and although she does not belong, he has always helped her family although they only care about money and not the virtues of man.
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Vino el remolino y nos alevantó
Title: Vino el remolino y nos alevantó
Character: Capitán Márquez
Released: March 1, 1950
Type: Movie
Three generations of a stable, middle-class family in the capitol are scattered to the four winds by blowback from the Mexican Revolution.
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The Devil Is a Woman
Title: The Devil Is a Woman
Character: Invitado a fiesta (uncredited)
Released: January 28, 1950
Type: Movie
A woman, after committing a murder, flees into a church, confessing her life story to a priest.
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La negra Angustias
Title: La negra Angustias
Character: Manuel de la Reguera
Released: January 19, 1950
Type: Movie
When her father dies, a young Afro-Mexican woman joins the Revolution, the way he was planning to do, and becomes the leader of a Zapatista battalion.
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Un corazón en el ruedo
Title: Un corazón en el ruedo
Released: January 5, 1950
Type: Movie
Famous bullfighter rises from humble beginnings, finds himself enmeshed in an emotionally-draining romantic triangle.
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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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Hipócrita..!
Title: Hipócrita..!
Character: El ronco
Released: October 11, 1949
Type: Movie
A disfigured woman is helped by a talented composer to recover her face with plastic surgery. Then he discovers that she's a beautiful woman and a talented singer.
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La venenosa
Title: La venenosa
Character: El terror
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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Tierra muerta
Title: Tierra muerta
Released: September 15, 1949
Type: Movie
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El embajador
Title: El embajador
Released: August 12, 1949
Type: Movie
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Felipe de Jesús
Title: Felipe de Jesús
Character: Soldado
Released: August 5, 1949
Type: Movie
Biography of the first Catholic Saint to be born in Mexico.
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Lola Casanova
Title: Lola Casanova
Released: May 25, 1949
Type: Movie
Sonora Mexico, 1880s: Seri Indian tribe splits into two factions after a white woman comes to live in their settlement.
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What a Beautiful Legs!
Title: What a Beautiful Legs!
Character: Announcer (uncredited)
Released: February 24, 1949
Type: Movie
A man hired to impersonate a bankrupt business mogul who is currently on the run from creditors sets out organize a musical starring beauties from Brazil, Mexico, and Spain in this Spanish-language comedy starring popular funnyman Tin Tan. Now, as the hapless imposter attempts to finance a musical without any money, he also discovers just how difficult it can be to juggle three beautiful starlets who all have eyes for their presumably wealthy producer.
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Crimen en la alcoba
Title: Crimen en la alcoba
Character: Policía (uncredited)
Released: October 16, 1946
Type: Movie
A man's on trial for murder; a friend who could prove his innocence chooses not to come forward. An interested detective starts working to discover the how-come of all of that.
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La noche y tú
Title: La noche y tú
Released: June 26, 1946
Type: Movie
Tango singer exploits his popularity in high society to commit crimes.