Chano Urueta

Born: 1904-02-24

Santiago Eduardo Urueta Sierra Rodríguez (Mineral de Cusihuiriachi, Chihuahua, Mexico, February 24, 1895-Mexico City, March 23, 1979), better known as Chano Urueta, was a film director, actor and writer who stood out since the first half of the 1930s as one of the most gifted adapters of great works of universal literature.


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The Wild Bunch

as Don Jose
Released: 1969-06-19

An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is...

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Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

as Manchot
Released: 1974-08-01

An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican...

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Kalimán, the Incredible Man

as uncredited
Released: 1972-04-15

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Chanoc

as Tsekub Baloyán
Released: 1967-04-07

Chanoc, along with his godfather, Tsekub Baloyán, investigate a series of mysterious deaths...

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Everything In Vain

as Nicolás
Released: 1969-05-29

Gunfighters kill all family members of farmer brothers Mario and Fernando Almada, after the...

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Emiliano Zapata

as uncredited
Released: 1970-11-20

This is the story of a man, Emiliano Zapata, and of a revolution, the Mexican Revolution.

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The Wrath of God

as Antonio
Released: 1972-07-14

Set in the 1920s, several foreigners held by a South American military group are offered...

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Once Upon a Scoundrel

as uncredited
Released: 1973-01-01

After falling for Alicia, greedy and powerful Mexican landowner Carlos has her fiancé thrown in...

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El hermano Capulina

as uncredited
Released: 1970-10-29

Shoplifter evades police by joining a monastery.

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La Choca

as Don Pomposo
Released: 1974-09-05

A smuggler lives far from civilization, in a hut in the jungle with his wife, La Choca, his son...

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The Door and The Butcher's Wife

as Cura (segment "La mujer del carnicero")
Released: 1969-09-25

A movie divided in two segments, the first "La puerta" (The Door) is about a high society...

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Guns and Guts

as Fray José
Released: 1974-05-23

An outlaw and a scorned husband both team up to track down and kill the man that wronged them....

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Furias bajo el cielo

as uncredited
Released: 1971-03-05

Five inmates escape Death Row and hole up with their women in the ruins of an abandoned hacienda.

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El capitán Mantarraya

as uncredited
Released: 1970-10-03

Elderly sea captain charms and delights an audience of children, telling them stories about the...

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Super Colt 38

as uncredited
Released: 1969-09-05

Billy Hayes, the marshal, discovers that the bandit whom he has been pursuing so long, and who...

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The Fearmaker

as uncredited
Released: 1971-11-25

A world-famous stage performer returns home following her father's death, only to find greed and...

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El pueblo del terror

as uncredited
Released: 1970-10-29

Federal-agent/cowboy battles crime

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