Miguel Manzano

Acting

Miguel Manzano

Born September 16, 1907 · Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Died January 21, 1992 · aged 84

Miguel Manzano was a Mexican actor during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, winning an Ariel Award in 1985, for best supporting actor for the film Las glorias del gran Púas.

Known For

Las engañadasLas engañadas · 1955
Las engañadas
5.61955
MovieDrama
Irresponsible playboy seduces a decent young lady with a fake wedding; he continues being a creep for the next 12 or 15 years.
ViolaciónViolación · 1989
Violación
5.51989
MovieThrillerDrama
In Mexico City, a woman is raped every 9 minutes. This film details some of the legal and social problems in the country and how it's often difficult for women to find justice. Awarded Best Film by Mexican Cinema Journalists and nominated for three Ariel Awards.
Impaciencia del corazónImpaciencia del corazón · 1960
Impaciencia del corazón
5.81960
Movie
Young army officer gets involved with two sisters; one of them's a chronic invalid and her family has protected and sheltered her from all possible harm with such smothering care that she's a spoiled, petulant bag of temper tantrums. She forms a big ol' crush on the dashing lieutenant, and everyone involved goes completely nuts and makes an infinite number of bad decisions in the wake of her pouting and her crying jags and her passive-aggressive crap.
Your ExcellencyYour Excellency · 1967
Your Excellency
8.01967
MovieComedyDrama
Lopitos, who is horribly inefficient but quick-witted, is invited (because of the current ambassador's superstition about 13 sitting down to a meal) to a banquet attended by the ambassadors of both superpowers. After the news of a series of coups d'état in Los Cocos arrives throughout the meal, Lopitos becomes the official ambassador. At a summit of world leaders, the representatives of the two world superpowers court the allegiances of third-world diplomats to tilt the balance of global power in their favor. The last diplomat to remain unaligned, Lopitos instead harangues the superpowers for infringing on the rights of developing countries to self determination, talking to them with his point of view as a citizen not as ambassador because he arranged his demise as ambassador one day before his speech.
This was Pedro InfanteThis was Pedro Infante · 1963
This was Pedro Infante
6.81963
MovieDocumentaryMusic
The life of Pedro Infante, with scenes from his best films and the chaos that his tragic death caused in the public.
The Glories of the Great PúasThe Glories of the Great Púas · 1984
The Glories of the Great Púas
6.01984
Movie
Journalist becomes a member of a boxing champion's entourage to write a book about the boxer's career.
Get Off at the Next Corner!Get Off at the Next Corner! · 1948
Get Off at the Next Corner!
6.41948
MovieComedyDrama
Driver Gregorio del Prado and fare collector Regalito were suspended for deviating from their route to impress a young woman named Cholita.
Simon BlancoSimon Blanco · 1975
Simon Blanco
6.31975
Movie
The peasant and revolutionary Zapatista Simon Blanco still in arms but Zapata is dead. Simon with his lieutenant Andres visits his mother and his girlfriend in his hometown. The cacique Onesimo and his brother, the commissioner Martial put ambushes but he eludes them.

Filmography

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Your ExcellencyYour Excellency · 1967
Your Excellency
8.01967
MovieComedyDrama
Lopitos, who is horribly inefficient but quick-witted, is invited (because of the current ambassador's superstition about 13 sitting down to a meal) to a banquet attended by the ambassadors of both superpowers. After the news of a series of coups d'état in Los Cocos arrives throughout the meal, Lopitos becomes the official ambassador. At a summit of world leaders, the representatives of the two world superpowers court the allegiances of third-world diplomats to tilt the balance of global power in their favor. The last diplomat to remain unaligned, Lopitos instead harangues the superpowers for infringing on the rights of developing countries to self determination, talking to them with his point of view as a citizen not as ambassador because he arranged his demise as ambassador one day before his speech.

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