Joaquín Cordero

Born: 1923-08-16

Joaquín Cordero (August 16, 1923 – February 19, 2013) was a Mexican actor of the cinema, theatre and telenovelas. Shortly after his birth, Cordero’s family moved to Mexico City, and in the following years he studied in a seminary and even considered becoming a priest, but eventually he decided to pursue a law career. After three years of law classes, against his family’s wishes he decided to become an actor. He initially appeared in small roles but by his early fifties he was getting much larger roles. Eventually he became one of the most popular actors in Mexican cinema. Cordero also shown appeared in theatre and on television and in the latter medium in numerous telenovelas and winning numerous awards. His most recent telenovelas included La Madrastra and Destilando Amor. February 19, 2013, Lamb died in a clinic in the city of Mexico, victim of heart problems that ended his life at the age of 89 years. According to his family, the Mexican actor died of love, facing a deep depression over the death of his beloved wife, Alma Guzman, which occurred on July 18, 2012.


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¡A volar, joven!

as Soldado mensajero (uncredited)
Released: 1947-12-23

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

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The Book of Stone

as Eugenio Ruvalcaba
Released: 1969-07-18

Julia, a governess, comes to work for a bourgeois family that lives in a forested property they...

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Reclusorio

as Juez (segment "La Prostituta violada")
Released: 1997-09-19

The human and divine justice are exposed through five real life stories related to the legal...

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Pepe El Toro

as Lalo Gallardo
Released: 1953-08-21

The simple life and the values ​​of loyalty and solidarity of the poor people in the environment...

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Conexión Criminal

as uncredited
Released: 1987-03-05

Two secret police officers fight against drug dealers and a sadistic criminal who executes the...

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Dr. Satan

as Dr. Plutarco Arozamena (Doctor Satan)
Released: 1966-12-29

Dr. Satan, a mad scientist and sorceror, plans to take over the world. In order to do so, he...

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The Misfits

as Don Luis
Released: 2011-03-28

A lonely boy did not want to live until he meets a girl who pretends to be a star performer. An...

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Wild Dogs

as Marcos 'El Gitano'
Released: 1984-01-01

A professional assassin (and widowed deadbeat dad set to soon remarry) decides to call it quits...

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La Pura

as Padre Bernardo
Released: 1994-04-15

A bra-less girl with large breasts and a shapely caboose walks around town in a miniskirt...

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The She-Wolf

as Dr. Alejandro Bernstein
Released: 1965-07-01

A wealthy, young Mexican woman is under a werewolf's curse.

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The River and Death

as Gerardo Anguiano
Released: 1954-08-22

A useless and bloody vendetta has been going on for ages between two families in this Mexican...

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El pecador

as uncredited
Released: 1965-04-01

College professor has mid-life crisis, gets mixed up with prostitutes and gangsters.

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Vacation of Terror II: Diabolical Birthday

as Don Roberto
Released: 1991-04-18

Julio is back, quietly running an antique shop, when a chance encounter with singer Mayra and...

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Asesinos de la lucha libre

as Joaquin
Released: 1962-02-15

Cowboy sheriff investigates the murder of a crooked lucha-libre promoter.

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A Woman Without Love

as Carlos
Released: 1952-07-30

After indulging in an affair with a man (a friend of the family) she truly loves, a woman...

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The Monster of the Volcano

as Jorge Méndez
Released: 1963-01-04

A yeti-like monster is stalking the mountains of rural Mexico, sometimes displaying the powers...

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What a Man

as uncredited
Released: 1955-01-05

Father and adult sons give help to an orphaned teenage girl.

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Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)

as uncredited
Released: 1964-05-14

Young woman and her godfather make up a story about her past in order to trick a suitor into...

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La gaviota

as uncredited
Released: 1955-02-24

Local gal in a fishing/seaport resort has to decide between a local fisherman and a doctor who...

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The Bats

as uncredited
Released: 1964-12-03

Cowboy-justice guy breaks up a criminal gang who are terrorizing a small town with the...

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Herencia maldita

as uncredited
Released: 1963-09-20

Itinerant cowboy impersonates the missing-presumed-dead owner of a hacienda to set matters...

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Satanic Sect: Messenger of the Lord

as Father Esteban
Released: 1990-01-01

A satanic preacher comes to a small town where he unleashed the terror of the inhabitants.

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Land of Men

as Fernando
Released: 1958-01-07

On his family's farm, Gilberto keeps weapons to support the revolutionaries. When his father...

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Seis días para morir

as Carlos Garibay
Released: 1967-11-09

Public health thriller: rabies in Mexico City.

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Las tapatías nunca pierden

as Manuel
Released: 1965-09-22

An heiress and some friends pose as gypsies to fight back against some bad-hats who are...

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Orlak, the Hell of Frankenstein

as Jaime Rojas / Orlak
Released: 1960-12-08

A mad scientist creates a remote-controlled monster and sends it to terrorize the city.

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La faraona

as Alberto Prim
Released: 1956-12-10

Pastora Heredia is a beautiful gypsy with great character who always tries to help the needy....

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Un novio para dos hermanas

as uncredited
Released: 1967-07-06

Pili and uncle Angel travel to Mexico to see Mili dancing at her debut in a theater in the...

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Cuchillo

as uncredited
Released: 1978-03-02

After the 14th Ammendment to the US Constitution, everyone has rights - except the Native...

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Jóvenes perversos

as Licenciado
Released: 1991-01-01

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Se la llevó el Remington

as Rodrigo
Released: 1948-11-04

While tracking down the three men that killed his father, a notorious bad-ass commits other...

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Wrestling Women vs. the Killer Robot

as Arturo
Released: 1969-01-09

A lady wrestler and her boyfriend, a policeman, battle a mad scientist who has developed a...

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Prefiero a tu papá

as uncredited
Released: 1952-10-17

Theatre director macks on his sons' girlfriends.

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Ay Chabela...!

as uncredited
Released: 1961-06-22

Two guys fight over two girls, ranchera style.

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Trampas de amor

as uncredited
Released: 1969-06-22

Love, infidelity and desire are the protagonists of three stories full of entanglements and romance.

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Campeón del barrio

as Arturo
Released: 1964-09-24

A young man eagerly prepares for triumph as a boxer in a neighborhood gym with the firm...

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To the Beat of Rock and Roll

as Tony
Released: 1957-05-23

When a romantic orchestra won't change their boring style into something more modern to get...

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The Marked Woman

as Germán Álvarez
Released: 1957-09-18

Beautiful woman with disfiguring facial scars learns to cope.

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El centauro Pancho Villa

as Santos Patricio
Released: 1967-12-28

M/F couple joins the Revolution, but she ends up in bed with Villa.

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Una señora estupenda

as Fernando
Released: 1970-03-12

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The Corrupted

as uncredited
Released: 1971-02-10

Hotel with a dozen stories unfolding simultaneously: man with brain tumor, child with leukemia,...

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Eva and Dario

as Papá de Dario
Released: 1973-01-25

Two young people are in love, but at the same time very confused about sex, love and the world.

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La dulce enemiga

as Nicolás
Released: 1957-05-02

The story of a femme fatale whose adventures are narrated in flashbacks by the ghosts of her...

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Quinto patio

as uncredited
Released: 1950-07-14

Model son/employee/student is frustrated by poverty and surrenders to the temptations of a...

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Music of Always

as uncredited
Released: 1958-07-17

Producer, director and projectionist watch an assortment of musical numbers and brainstorm about...

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Museum Of Horror

as Luis
Released: 1964-05-21

A mysterious killer abducts girls off the street and covers them in wax.

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¡Qué bonito amor!

as uncredited
Released: 1960-08-16

Bride backs out of her wedding at the last possible minute; she and her fiance get caught up in...

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100 Cries of Terror

as Julio (segmento 'Pánico')
Released: 1965-05-14

A husband and his lover hatch a plan to murder his wife, and a woman is buried alive in a mausoleum.

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El gran mentiroso

as uncredited
Released: 1953-08-22

A respectable, married gent has made up a passel of stories to cover for his fifteen years of...

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City Rats

as uncredited
Released: 1986-01-01

A father on the search for his missing child discovers a revealing and shocking drama. The true...

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Patsy My Love

as Patsy's Dad
Released: 1969-10-09

Written by future Nobel-prize winner Gabriel García Márquez, this is the story of Patsy, a...

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La niña de los hoyitos

as Alberto
Released: 1984-07-26

Teenage Ferco falls in love with Rosalba who's already in love with Rafael. To impress Rosalba,...

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Santo vs. Infernal Men

as uncredited
Released: 1961-12-18

Agent Joaquin recalls his latest mission while lying wounded in an ambulance: Joaquin has...

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Perverse Doll

as Ricardo
Released: 1969-12-26

A troubled woman commits a series of murders that exposes some dark family secrets.

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El cafre

as Pedro Rojas
Released: 1986-03-20

Trucker accepts an assignment to haul an extremely dangerous load of explosives from Tijuana to...

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Los problemas de mamá

as uncredited
Released: 1970-02-12

Mama's four girls are all newlyweds or engaged to be married. Four hubby/fiances plus inlaws =...

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Panic

as First man on boat (segment "Soledad")
Released: 1972-06-15

Three tales of horror, isolation and insanity set in Mexico.

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Dr. Satan vs. Black Magic

as Dr. Satan
Released: 1968-03-29

Plutarco Satan returns, this time he's pitted against a rival evil organization intent on owning...

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Así amaron nuestros padres

as uncredited
Released: 1964-07-16

Elderly roue interferes in the love life of a young woman because she's secretly his daughter....

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Sangre en Rio Bravo

as uncredited
Released: 1966-09-29

Foreign mining concern resorts to illegal tactics to buy up land; two brothers are orphaned and...

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El río de las ánimas

as uncredited
Released: 1964-02-13

Traveling lawman comes to town and schools the residents in collective farming practices....

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México de mis recuerdos

as Pablo Flores
Released: 1944-04-06

After listening to the waltz "Carmelita", dedicated to his wife, President Diaz instructs Don...

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Bajo el ardiente sol

as uncredited
Released: 1971-08-05

Romantic melodrama set on a Colombian coffee plantation.

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Atrás de las nubes

as Bandido violador
Released: 1962-11-04

All it says in my notes is "Like 'Juan Sin Miedo', only with soldiers." So... Army officer seeks...

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Cómo pescar marido

as uncredited
Released: 1967-11-30

Bride-to-be on the prowl for a suitable mate.

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Santo vs. Evil Brain

as Dr. Campos
Released: 1961-07-07

The silver-masked hero must foil the plot of a mad scientist to create a zombie army.

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En carne propia

as Gabriel Lozano
Released: 1961-02-23

Rookie reporter and his publisher's daughter get caught up in a bizarre crime/traffic accident...

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Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert)

as uncredited
Released: 1962-01-03

An American priest is hired as coach at a Mexican university; he trains his students in the ways...

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Los cinco halcones

as uncredited
Released: 1962-03-01

Five cowboy avengers avenging. Cowboyishly.

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Prisionera del pasado

as uncredited
Released: 1954-10-28

Romance between a flamenco singer performing in Mexico and a gov't soldier during the Mexican...

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¡Yo soy gallo dondequiera!

as uncredited
Released: 1953-09-25

Young man returns to his home town from USA to reclaim his inherited properties.

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Arrabalera

as Luis
Released: 1951-04-04

Working-class girl marries rich playboy, gets implicated in his criminal activities.

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Todos son mis hijos!...

as uncredited
Released: 1951-03-23

Good son takes the blame for father's peculations and goes off to work in the rain forest to pay...

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¡Que padre tan padre!

as uncredited
Released: 1961-07-05

Two feuding families are affecting the quality of life in a small town. The Church wants to...

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Comisario en turno

as uncredited
Released: 1949-02-11

Night shift at police headquarters; criminals and victims of all sorts pass through to get their...

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Monte de piedad

as El nene
Released: 1951-08-01

Anthology-movie, series of anecdotes about the personal tragedies that lead people to take their...

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Los hombres de Lupe Alvírez

as uncredited
Released: 1967-07-06

Three bad dudes are each hot for Lupe. They kill a guy while committing some crimes together,...

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Yo maté a Juan Charrasqueado

as uncredited
Released: 1949-07-07

Everybody at the ranch adjacent to Juan C.'s has a reason to hate him, because he's a bad bad man.

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La Madrastra: Años después

as Padre Belisario
Released: 2005-07-30

Set ten years after the finale's quintuple wedding, the special portrays the happily reunited...

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24 horas de placer

as Ruben
Released: 1969-08-07

Man develops a reputation as a great bedroom athlete after publishing a 'spicy' novel.

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The Terrible Giant of the Snow

as Jorge Méndez
Released: 1963-04-12

A man and his wife discover they are in danger when they hear reports of a Yeti that lives on a...

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Venganza en el circo

as Fernando
Released: 1954-02-17

Criss-crossing love affairs and jealousies result in a murder attempt.

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El tesoro de Chucho el Roto

as uncredited
Released: 1960-05-12

A notorious bandit dies and adventurers try to track down his hidden loot.

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La santa del barrio

as uncredited
Released: 1948-12-25

Wicked old lady arranges to sell the virginity of a young neighbor. Her boyfriend gets upset...

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Las recién casadas

as uncredited
Released: 1962-04-25

Three newlywed couples and the priest who married them face problems imposed on them by...

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Esta noche no

as Carlos Martínez
Released: 1966-08-04

Mexican feature film

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En la vieja California

as uncredited
Released: 1963-07-17

Bastard son kidnaps legitimate heir in attempt to suborn their father's estate... but a...

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Los aventureros

as uncredited
Released: 1954-12-08

Two brothers and their pops end up helping out an orphaned young woman who wants revenge against...

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Romance de fieras

as uncredited
Released: 1954-06-24

Newly-graduated lawyer gets caught up in the personal drama surrounding a rich industrialist and...

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Yo también soy de Jalisco

as uncredited
Released: 1950-08-23

A dizzy rich woman buys their horse, and three rubes get involved in the problems and intrigues...

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With all my heart

as uncredited
Released: 1952-01-01

Priest founds an orphanage, faces conflicts with townsfolk.

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El hijo del diablo

as uncredited
Released: 1966-09-09

Masked Avenger (Lone Ranger style) versus smugglers in a small fishing town.

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Te quiero

as uncredited
Released: 1979-02-07

Claudia is a young executive who works with her father in a successful company. When Claudia’s...

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Mamá nos quita los novios

as uncredited
Released: 1952-01-07

Amanda, a widow, is a beautiful woman that finds comfort seducing every man in her path,...

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Una calle entre tú y yo

as uncredited
Released: 1952-12-04

When the national league coach selects Luis, a football star, to participate in a match against...

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No juzgarás a tus padres

as uncredited
Released: 1969-05-08

Self-hating mixed-race woman denies her African heritage.

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Los tres calaveras

as Miguel Bermejo
Released: 1965-06-23

A Mexican music trío go through friendships and hardships in order to be famous and travel to Spain.

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Suerte te dé Dios

as uncredited
Released: 1961-05-11

Two construction workers discover a stash of gold coins hidden in the walls of a building...

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La venganza de los Villalobos

as Miguelón Villalobos
Released: 1955-11-04

Cowboy-hero series, number two of two: Townsfolk pledge all their jewels and valuables as...

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Para matar al presidente

as uncredited
Released: 1999-01-01

Mexican feature film

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Cool Dad

as uncredited
Released: 1971-11-11

Fiftyish head of household tries to hang onto his fun-loving youth while imposing his most rigid...

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Sandunga para tres

as uncredited
Released: 1953-07-28

Three boys and three girls. First all the boys are fighting over one of the girls, then all the...

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A gozar, a gozar, que el mundo se va acabar

as uncredited
Released: 1990-03-08

The casual, fun-loving naughtiness of a small town is interrupted when the local priest has an...

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Bonitas las Tapatias

as uncredited
Released: 1961-08-14

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¡Qué bravas son las costeñas!

as uncredited
Released: 1955-06-02

Mexican-American playboy anchors his yacht offshore of a Veracruz fishing village and chases...

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Remember to Live

as Jorge - adulto
Released: 1953-02-05

In Guanajuato, a piano teacher delays her marriage to an engineer not to let her younger sisters...

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Tercio de quites

as uncredited
Released: 1952-07-04

Spanish bullfighter and a Mexican one have a friendly rivalry spanning decades.

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La sombra de los hijos

as uncredited
Released: 1964-05-04

Dying woman refuses to surrender to her unnamed movie disease until she can help her children...

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Lío de faldas

as uncredited
Released: 1969-09-18

Five artsy young women in a group house have landlord troubles.

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Fieras contra fieras

as uncredited
Released: 1982-11-03

In a small town governed by two rival families, the children break a decades-long feud by...

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The Grand Champion

as Jorge
Released: 1949-06-03

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La justicia tiene doce años

as uncredited
Released: 1973-04-04

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Venus de fuego

as uncredited
Released: 1949-10-29

Wholesome young man falls hard for a woman who's identified as a luxury commodity; gangster/pimp...

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Flor de canela

as uncredited
Released: 1959-02-25

Nightclub entertainer discovers the truth about her birth mother while making the right choice...

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No me quieras tanto

as uncredited
Released: 1949-07-15

Feud between two rival gangsters over drug-sales turf.

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Mi caballo prieto rebelde

as uncredited
Released: 1967-01-06

Two cowboys fight over ownership of a horse and a woman.

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Una gitana en México

as uncredited
Released: 1945-01-11

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El sexenio de la muerte

as uncredited
Released: 1997-01-01

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El gran autor

as uncredited
Released: 1954-05-05

A story of passion and deceit, where love overcomes the misfortunes and finally triumphs.

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Five lives and one destiny

as Marcos Navarro
Released: 1957-03-28

Jailbreak! Five death-row inmates run for the border.

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Fugitivos: Pueblo de proscritos

as uncredited
Released: 1955-04-12

After breaking out of jail, a group of convicts finds a ghost town they can take possession of....

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Las dos huerfanitas

as uncredited
Released: 1950-10-18

Two young girls escape from an orphanage to go look for their mommies.

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La fuerza de los humildes

as uncredited
Released: 1955-09-22

Unethical industrialist gets taken down by a combination of forces including labor activists and...

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Las Lunas del Auditorio

as Himself
First aired: 2002-09-04

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Little Angel Face

as Don Adolfo Valle
First aired: 2000-06-19

Carita de Angel is a remake of the telenovela Papa Corazon, which also was adapted for Mundo de...

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Burning for Revenge

as Don Agustín Acevedo
First aired: 2008-01-21

Fuego en la sangre is a telenovela that began transmissions on January 21, 2008, through...

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Mi Destino Eres Tú

as Ignacio Rivadeneira Orendáin
First aired: 2000-07-10

Mi destino eres tú is a 2000 Mexican telenovela. It is a production of Carla Estrada and the...

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¡Vivan los niños!

as Joaquín Castillo
First aired: 2002-07-15

¡Vivan los niños! is a Mexican telenovela for children that premiered in 2002. It ran for 155...

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Por Tu Amor

as Lázaro Robledo
First aired: 1999-05-31

Por tu amor is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa in 1999, starring Gabriela Spanic, Saúl...

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Los Parientes Pobres

as Evaristo Olmos
First aired: 1993-05-03

Los Parientes Pobres is a telenovela made by Mexican TV network Televisa. It is a telenovela set...

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Un rostro en mi pasado

as Armando Zertuche
First aired: 1989-10-16

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Embrace Me Tightly

as Don Severiano Álvarez
First aired: 2000-07-31

Abrázame muy fuerte is a Mexican telenovela that aired in 2000–2001, under the production of...

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No Limite da Paixão

as Don Fernando Villarreal
First aired: 2002-02-11

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La Madrastra

as Padre Belisario
First aired: 2005-02-07

La Madrastra is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced by Televisa and broadcast on Canal de las...

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Baila Conmigo

as Germán de la Reguera
First aired: 1992-03-30

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