Acting

Alfredo Varela

Born January 1, 1884 · Mexico

Died March 31, 1962 · aged 78

No biography available.

Known For

In the Shadow of the BridgeIn the Shadow of the Bridge · 1948
In the Shadow of the Bridge
6.01948
MovieCrimeDrama
In this Mexican version of Winterset (inspired by the 20s Sacco Vanzetti case) an idealistic youth searches for the culprit behind a crime that his father was wrongly accused of several years before.
Noche de perdiciónNoche de perdición · 1951
Noche de perdición
5.81951
MovieDramaCrime
A dancer is accused of killing a businessman. When her husband finds out, he decides to take her kid away from her.
AbismosAbismos · 1931
Abismos
6.31931
MovieDrama
Si yo fuera diputadoSi yo fuera diputado · 1952
Si yo fuera diputado
7.51952
MovieComedy
Cantinflas is a unique barber, who trades with an elderly neighbor, a lawyer by profession, laws lessons in exchange for haircuts and shaved. It proposes advice to defend in court the disadvantaged neighborhood. His success deputy seeks the votes as the other candidate, Don Próculo, it is not accepted by anyone but his own bodyguards. Don Próculo will use know how much ruse to win the election by the Council, and also for the love of 'Sarita'
Lost LoveLost Love · 1951
Lost Love
5.01951
MovieDramaMusic
Ernesto, a composer, is madly in love with Amalia. He decides to help her pay the rent and wants her to start singing at the cabaret where he works, but she ends up falling in love with another man.
¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer? · 1951
¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?
8.21951
MovieComedy
This musical comedy tells the story of two men whose friendship (whose beginning is told in "A toda máquina") is affected by assumptions love triangles and misunderstandings between the two, however, the value of that friendship overcomes all difficulties.
Love Your NeighborLove Your Neighbor · 1958
Love Your Neighbor
6.71958
MovieComedy
This film tells several short stories that end up lapsing in the emergency room of a hospital, because it is dedicated to nurses. Cantinflas appears at the end of the film playing the role of Luis, a man who has five daughters and looks forward to a boy, but fate plays a trick and the child dies at birth, but history gives a nice twist and a message of hope.
La pícara SusanaLa pícara Susana · 1945
La pícara Susana
5.71945
MovieComedyDrama
Socialist librarian gets mixed up in the family life of a spoiled rich girl and her screwball family.

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Yo quiero ser malaYo quiero ser mala · 1950
Yo quiero ser mala
6.41950
MovieRomanceComedy
In this Romantic-Comedy from Director Rene Cardona, Actress Maria Elena Marques plays a hard-living woman named Leticia, who suffers from a recently broken heart after being deceived by her ex-boyfriend. Soured on anything to do with love and while drinking away her sorrows, she sets out to marry the very first man she sees. This man just happens to be a nice guy named Roberto, (Abel Salazar). Although the pair's mutual attraction to each other is obvious, Roberto has no idea what he is in for, and he soon proposes. Not long after the marriage, Leticia starts to take advantage of both Roberto and her new Father-in-Law (played by Oscar Pulido), who shows kindness towards the girl. Predictably, marital bliss soon turns into discord, and the couple agree to divorce after a year passes. Their love-hate relationship and pending break-up provides a perfect backdrop for several comedic situations before the two realize that they are actually in love.

Mesero (uncredited)