Cantinflas

Born: 1911-08-12

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes (August 12, 1911 – April 20, 1993) was a Mexican comedian and stage and film actor, known professionally as Cantinflas. He often portrayed impoverished campesinos or a peasant of pelado origin. The character came to be associated with the national identity of Mexico, and allowed Cantinflas to establish a long, successful film career that included a foray into Hollywood. Charlie Chaplin once commented that he was the best comedian alive. and Moreno has been referred to as the "Charlie Chaplin of Mexico". To audiences in the United States, he is best remembered as costarring with David Niven in Around the World in 80 Days (1956). As a pioneer of the cinema of Mexico, Moreno helped usher in its golden era. In addition to being a business leader, he also became involved in Mexico's tangled and often dangerous labor politics. Although he was himself politically conservative, his reputation as a spokesperson for the downtrodden gave his actions authenticity and became important in the early struggle against charrismo, the one-party government's practice of co-opting and controlling unions. Moreover, his character Cantinflas, whose identity became enmeshed with his own, was examined by media critics, philosophers, and linguists, who saw him variably as a danger to Mexican society, a bourgeois puppet, a kind philanthropist, a venture capitalist, a transgressor of gender roles, a pious Catholic, a verbal innovator, and a picaresque underdog. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cantinflas,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Around the World in Eighty Days

as Passepartout
Released: 1956-10-17

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the...

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El padrecito

as Padre Sebastián
Released: 1964-09-03

Young priest Father Sebastián is assigned to a parish in San Jeronimo el Alto, where he is not...

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El patrullero 777

as Diógenes Bravo
Released: 1978-04-27

Follows Diogenes as he goes about his day as a police officer. He's prone to do things the right...

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El analfabeto

as Inocencio Prieto y Calvo
Released: 1961-09-07

Inocencio Prieto y Calvo receives a letter telling him he is the heir to his uncle's fortune of...

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¡A volar, joven!

as Cantinflas
Released: 1947-12-23

Cantinflas is a private in the military, who doesn't know anything about discipline or following...

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Cantinflas Ruletero

as uncredited
Released: 1940-01-01

Cantinflas Ruletero is one of his most famous short films, where the great comedian acts as a...

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Por mis pistolas

as Fidencio Barrenillo
Released: 1968-08-21

Fidencio Borer, an apothecary in a village on the northern border of Mexico, discovers some old...

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El bolero de Raquel

as Bolero
Released: 1957-10-09

The film tells an episode of the life of a kindly hearted bootblack who becomes accidentally the...

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You’re Missing the Point

as Cantinflas
Released: 1940-09-11

Cantinflas, the boyfriend of the servant of a rich industrial man, gets into the house in order...

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El Siete Machos

as Margarito / El Siete Machos
Released: 1951-02-05

Rosario, the niece of the rancher, returns to the ranch after ten years of absence. She takes in...

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Sube y baja

as Cantinflas
Released: 1959-01-01

It is the story of a sportsman who is a little bit dumber than most people but nevertheless he...

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El bombero atómico

as Agente 777
Released: 1952-09-10

Cantinflas is a clumsy fireman, who one day receives the visit of his little goddaughter, whose...

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Si yo fuera diputado

as Cantinflas
Released: 1952-01-30

Cantinflas is a unique barber, who trades with an elderly neighbor, a lawyer by profession, laws...

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El señor fotógrafo

as Cantinflas
Released: 1953-09-02

Cantinflas, a traveling photographer, is captured by some gangsters while trying to get some...

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El profe

as Sócrates García
Released: 1971-04-07

Mario Moreno portrays a professor in this movie. A small town in the middle of no where requests...

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El señor doctor

as Salvador Medina / Chava
Released: 1965-10-07

It's about a country doctor that comes to the city while a clinic is built in his home town......

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El barrendero

as Napoleon
Released: 1982-05-05

A cheerful sweeper collects garbage dancing, and the maids of the neighborhood get jealous...

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Soy un prófugo

as Cantinflas
Released: 1946-03-11

A janitor in a large bank is accused of pulling of a major heist. He is forced to become a...

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The Unknown Policeman

as Agente 777
Released: 1941-10-22

A gang of thieves has jeopardized the city and even the police, whose chief urges their forces...

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Pepe

as Pepe
Released: 1960-12-21

Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood...

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One Day with the Devil

as Juan Pérez
Released: 1945-11-30

Cantinflas, on a drunken night, becomes Army soldier. Soon, he meets the Devil who tries to make...

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El ministro y yo

as Mateo Melgarejo 'Mateíto'
Released: 1976-07-01

Mateo Melgarejo is a notary public and scribe for the illiterate people of Santo Domingo, a...

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Romeo y Julieta

as Romeo
Released: 1943-09-02

Verona's peace is disturbed by the rivalry between noble families: the Montesco and the...

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El Mago

as Cantinflas
Released: 1949-05-04

A slapstick fantasy of the amorous adventures of a magician a la Cantinflas.

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Un Quijote sin mancha

as Justo Leal
Released: 1969-09-17

A lawyer trying to fix everyone's problems, instead causes problems, which always end up in...

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El circo

as El Zapatero
Released: 1943-03-12

A cobbler gets a job in a Circus as a janitor, recommended by the beautiful girl rider of the...

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Entrega Inmediata

as Feliciano
Released: 1963-12-25

Immediate delivery recounts the misadventures of Feliciano Callosum (Cantinflas), a postman who...

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Cantinflas jengibre contra dinamita

as uncredited
Released: 1939-10-03

He shows us a poor Cantinflas like a rat that walks with a sad hatter and ends up in a bar where...

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Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo

as Sancho Panza
Released: 1973-03-09

A new vision of the Knight of the sad figure, which lives obsessed by the chivalry and its codes...

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Conserje en Condominio

as Ursulo
Released: 1974-04-11

After reading in the newspaper, Úrsulo runs to seek employment. It is the position of caretaker...

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El Extra

as Rogaciano
Released: 1962-10-04

Cantinflas is a man who hangs around the studios and helps anyone who needs his advice while at...

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The Sign of Death

as Cantinflas
Released: 1939-12-23

Two journalists, Carlos and Lola, investigate the murder of a young woman whose body appeared...

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Tailored gentleman

as Cantinflas
Released: 1954-09-01

Cantinflas works as a model of tuxedos in a prestigious store, your job is to use the smoking in...

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The Three Musketeers

as Cantinflas / D'Artagnan (as Mario Moreno 'Cantinflas')
Released: 1942-08-27

Cantinflas and three friends return a stolen necklace to an actress who invites them to be...

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Ni sangre ni arena

as Cantinflas
Released: 1941-05-22

Cantinflas enjoys the bullfight show, and wants to crash in every of these spectacles. Also,...

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Gran Hotel

as Cantinflas
Released: 1944-08-14

Cantinflas is a vagrant being evicted for not paying rent, after wandering gets a job at the...

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El Portero

as Cantinflas
Released: 1950-05-03

Cantinflas works as a porter, who writes letters and speeches in his old writing machine to earn...

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Your Excellency

as Lopez 'Lopitos' / His Excellency the Ambassador of Los Cocos
Released: 1967-05-03

Lopitos, who is horribly inefficient but quick-witted, is invited (because of the current...

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El Supersabio

as Cantinflas
Released: 1948-09-04

Cantinflas is the apprentice of a renowned scientist, Prof. Arquimides Monteagudo (Carlos...

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Cantinflas boxeador

as uncredited
Released: 1940-07-11

We see a young Mario Moreno making us laugh while he trying to fight against an opponent on a ring.

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Así es mi tierra

as Tejón
Released: 1937-09-15

With revolutionary Mexico as a backdrop, a successful local rancher returns triumphant from the...

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Cantinflas y su prima

as uncredited
Released: 1940-07-14

Cantinflas appears flirting with a lady until her lover arrives. Angry, Cantinflas call the...

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Águila o sol

as Polito Sol
Released: 1938-05-04

At birth, three children are abandoned in a convent. They are Polito Sol and his siblings,...

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Drop the Curtain

as Cantinflas
Released: 1955-08-31

Cantinflas, who owns a cleaning business, cleans the windows of the house of a famous French...

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No te engañes corazón

as Canti
Released: 1937-05-19

No te engañes corazón (released in English as Don't Fool Yourself Dear) is the first...

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Love Your Neighbor

as Luis
Released: 1958-10-23

This film tells several short stories that end up lapsing in the emergency room of a hospital,...

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Carnaval en el trópico

as cantinflas
Released: 1942-06-07

Three Mexican friends decide to go to Vercacruz Carnaval to celebrate. There they watch...

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Festival de la comedia

as uncredited
Released: 1939-07-22

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The Beautiful Savage

as uncredited
Released: 1953-04-27

A young Cuban man and his uncle find a beautiful white woman in the heart of Africa and take her...

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Siempre listo en las tinieblas

as uncredited
Released: 1939-10-03

Cantinflas will face a thief who enters his house while he sleeps.

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What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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Cantinflas Show

as Cantinflas
First aired: 1972-08-01

Cantinflas, the main character, is present in popular stories like Samson and Delilah, and meets...

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Cantinflas y sus amigos

as cantinflas
First aired: 1982-05-19

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