Carlos Ancira

Carlos Ancira

Born: August 20, 1929
Died: August 10, 1987
in Mexico City, Mexico
He began his professional studies at the Escuela de Arte Teatral del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (INBA), in 1946, under the teachings of Clementina Otero, Enrique Ruelas, Earl Senett and Seki Sano. He excelled as an actor in numerous plays: Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett; Poor People, by Dostoyevsky; The Diary of a Madman, by Gogol; with which he achieved a memorable dramatization and more than two thousand performances for nearly twenty-five years. He received awards and distinctions, among them, that of actor emeritus of the Moscow Academy of Theater and Performing Arts for his performance in The Diary of a Madman.

Carlos Ancira Negrete, actor and playwright, was one of the initiators of the "Theater of the Absurd" in the 1960s. His interest focuses on the values of a dehumanized society and the loneliness of the individual, thus reflecting the moral and psychological conflicts of a central character to whom the author gave all the dramatic force through the monologue, one of his most successful resources, which in turn led to a theatrical representation in which the essence of the work itself and the performer could be seen with greater effect, above the theatrical or scenographic space. He left unfinished a book he was preparing on his theatrical technique, and other plays unpublished.

Interested in all expressions of dramatic art, he participated in some two thousand television programs, in 50 cinematographic films, in innumerable radio broadcasts and in dubbing and photonovelas.

For 30 years he taught at the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, the Academia de Actores and other teaching centers. In the theater he was an author, adaptor, director and fundamentally an actor. His plays include: Nezahualcóyotl (1951), Después... nada (1954), Imágenes (1973), Pasto rojo, El mundo vacío and Cangrejos (not yet premiered).

With Gonzalo Martínez, he composed a 120-episode telenovela based on the life and work of Dostoevsky. He adapted for the stage a novel by Dostoevsky, another by Andreiev and several short stories by Chekhov and directed plays by these authors and by Armando Moock, Ugo Betti, Eugene O'Neill and Jesús R. Guerrero. His repertoire as an actor included some 300 plays. Married to actress Karina Duprez, he died in 1987 of a chronic illness.

Movies for Carlos Ancira...

The Female Scorpion
Title: The Female Scorpion
Character: Don Eliseo Mendieta
Released: October 29, 1986
Type: Movie
Those involved in the making of an amateur porn video end up getting slashed to death with a cane sword. It's up to the brave policewoman Eugenia aka The Scorpion (Maribel Guardia) to stop him.
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Title: El camino secreto
Character: Santiago Guzmán/Fausto Guillén/Mario Genovés
Released: September 1, 1986
Type: TV
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Queen Doll
Title: Queen Doll
Released: November 8, 1972
Type: Movie
A man becomes more and more infatuated with his childhood sweetheart leading to a haunting encounter with horror.
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Tú, yo, nosotros
Title: Tú, yo, nosotros
Character: Carlos
Released: June 19, 1972
Type: Movie
Three interwoven stories where the characters experience deception, passion, love and rejection.
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Panic
Title: Panic
Character: (segment "Angustia")
Released: June 15, 1972
Type: Movie
Three tales of horror, isolation and insanity set in Mexico.
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Jesús, María y José
Title: Jesús, María y José
Character: Caifás
Released: March 23, 1972
Type: Movie
The founder of Christianity and his sacred family.
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Santo in the Vengeance of the Mummy
Title: Santo in the Vengeance of the Mummy
Character: Prof. Jiménez
Released: December 9, 1971
Type: Movie
When Santo accompanies a troupe of archaeologists in the search for Aztec artifacts, they find the Mummy of an Aztec who leaves a warning to those who tamper with his resting place. The adventurers ignore the warning, and before long, the Mummy starts bumping them off one-by-one with his bow & arrow.
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The Enemy Blood
Title: The Enemy Blood
Character: Dimas, the Blind Musician
Released: September 9, 1971
Type: Movie
A group of people suffering from mental retardation, blindness and physical malformations work in a traveling circus.
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Jesús, nuestro Señor
Title: Jesús, nuestro Señor
Character: Caifás
Released: April 8, 1971
Type: Movie
Third movie in "Life of Christ" trilogy.
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Santo and Blue Demon Against the Monsters
Title: Santo and Blue Demon Against the Monsters
Character: Bruno Halder
Released: May 14, 1970
Type: Movie
Bruno Halder a sinister scientist seeking revenge against his brother and niece is resurrected by Waldo his faithful sidekick. Besides his minions of zombies Halder enlists the help of Wolfman, Franquestain, a Vampire, a Mummy and a Cyclops. Once again the survival of mankind is put in the hands of Santo
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Fando and Lis
Title: Fando and Lis
Character: Narrator
Released: February 2, 1970
Type: Movie
Fando and his partially paralyzed lover Lis search for the mythical city of Tar. Based on Jodorowsky's memories of a play by surrealist Fernando Arrabal.
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Madame Death
Title: Madame Death
Character: Laor
Released: December 28, 1969
Type: Movie
A mad scientist teams with an evil, disfigured woman to kidnap and operate on young women to make her look beautiful again.
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Everything In Vain
Title: Everything In Vain
Character: Almacenista
Released: May 29, 1969
Type: Movie
Gunfighters kill all family members of farmer brothers Mario and Fernando Almada, after the tragic event, they seek revenge.
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Alerta, alta tension
Title: Alerta, alta tension
Character: Cero
Released: February 13, 1969
Type: Movie
After a criminal gang kidnaps a scientist with valuable information about nuclear weapons, an undercover agent named Jorge Rubio tries to infiltrate this gang in order to deal with the situation. The gang, however, quickly unmasks Rubio and uses both brainwashing and torture techniques on him. They also create a clone of Rubio, thus setting up a show-down battle between the two look-alikes.
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Cinco en la cárcel
Title: Cinco en la cárcel
Released: December 5, 1968
Type: Movie
Five criminals are arrested after a bank-robbery. One escapes, and the police officer in charge of transporting them arrests a new person at random to cover up for his negligence.
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Ensayo de una noche de bodas
Title: Ensayo de una noche de bodas
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
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Los mediocres
Title: Los mediocres
Character: Señor Martínez (segment "El Guajolote")
Released: November 3, 1966
Type: Movie
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The Paper Man
Title: The Paper Man
Character: Comisario
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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La Bandida
Title: La Bandida
Character: Cliente burdel
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
During a lull in the Mexican Revolution when Francisco Madero became president and attempted to implement land reforms, two former revolutionaries are pitted against each other for the love of the same woman.
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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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La furia del ring
Title: La furia del ring
Released: November 6, 1961
Type: Movie
Wrestling melodrama.
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The Blood of Nostradamus
Title: The Blood of Nostradamus
Character: Police Chief
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Vampire hunters track down a vampire and attempt to steal the ashes from his coffin in order to stop him from reviving nightly.
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Orlak, the Hell of Frankenstein
Title: Orlak, the Hell of Frankenstein
Character: Eric
Released: December 8, 1960
Type: Movie
A mad scientist creates a remote-controlled monster and sends it to terrorize the city.
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Our Daily Hunger
Title: Our Daily Hunger
Character: Quique
Released: April 25, 1960
Type: Movie
Trophy wife of a crooked industrialist meets a philanthropic doctor and develops a social conscience. Mexican remake of Born Yesterday.
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The Living Coffin
Title: The Living Coffin
Character: Felipe
Released: December 3, 1959
Type: Movie
A cowboy and his sidekick meet a ranching family that is haunted by spirits and vampires.
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Del suelo no paso
Title: Del suelo no paso
Character: Bandido
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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Los diablos del terror
Title: Los diablos del terror
Released: June 10, 1959
Type: Movie
An adventure thriller directed by Fernando Méndez.
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Black Pit of Dr. M
Title: Black Pit of Dr. M
Character: Elmer, the orderly
Released: May 13, 1959
Type: Movie
Two doctors make a pact in which they swear that the first to die will return - if possible - to tell the other how to get a glimpse of the afterlife while still alive.
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El pandillero
Title: El pandillero
Released: January 3, 1959
Type: Movie
Gangsters kidnap the writer of a crime-drama radio program to plot their heists for them.
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Mysteries of Black Magic
Title: Mysteries of Black Magic
Character: Kerobal
Released: November 26, 1958
Type: Movie
Six hundred year old witch butts heads with a scholar over the possession of a rare ancient grimoire and then discovers that his daughter's fiance is the reincarnation of her first boyfriend.
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Los salvajes
Title: Los salvajes
Character: Pepeto
Released: March 4, 1958
Type: Movie
Pedro, a wealthy Mexican landowner, is convinced he can get everything he wants with money and arrogance.
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Kid Tabaco
Title: Kid Tabaco
Released: February 17, 1955
Type: Movie
Tony Ray is not enough to impress Diana thus decides to become a boxer. At last he can have it all: money and feel worthy enough to propose.