Carlos Villatoro

Acting

Carlos Villatoro

Born January 14, 1903 · Comitán de Domínguez, Chiapas, México

Died March 14, 1963 · aged 60

No biography available.

Known For

El analfabetoEl analfabeto · 1961
El analfabeto
★ 7.81961
MovieComedy
Inocencio Prieto y Calvo receives a letter telling him he is the heir to his uncle's fortune of two million pesos. Not being able to read he has no idea of who sent the letter or its content. So he goes to the drugstore because the pharmacist can read the letter to him. But while waiting to be helped he sees that a young girl can read. He figures he has to be able to discover the letter's content by himself and decides he will save the letter and go to school, and wait to read the letter on his own.
The Phantom of the MonasteryThe Phantom of the Monastery · 1934
The Phantom of the Monastery
★ 6.41934
MovieHorrorMystery
Alfonso, Eduardo and Cristina get lost when visiting a forest. A strange monk finds them and takes them to an ancient convent. There, the three amigos suffer personality changes, specially Cristina who tries to seduce Alfonso in a strange coincidence to a story told by an old monk. After some efforts to escape, Alfonso is trapped inside a jail and more strange and macabre situations happen.
Monja, casada, virgen y mártirMonja, casada, virgen y mártir · 1935
Monja, casada, virgen y mártir
★ 5.71935
MovieDramaRomance
No te engañes corazónNo te engañes corazón · 1937
No te engañes corazón
★ 6.51937
MovieComedy
No te engañes corazón (released in English as Don't Fool Yourself Dear) is the first full-feature film of Cantinflas after becoming a star of the carpa circuit (folk theater). It was also one of the earliest films of Sara García and Carlos Orellana and the first where they share the screen. Don Boni (Orellana) is diagnosed with a deadly disease and decides to spend his last days doing good deeds. He leaves his wife and decides to help people. He then gets drunk and wakes up with a winning lottery ticket and realizes that the doctor who diagnosed him has been sent to prison for fraud.
Los hijos de nadieLos hijos de nadie · 1952
Los hijos de nadie
★ 5.41952
Movie
A man is making a research about the importance of familiar environment in children's future. First, he interviews a prostitute, Rosa, who's in jail because of the murderer of her pimp. She was a poor child, living only with her father. He wants to send his daughter to school, but they don't find place and the father has to leave the child with the neighbour, while he's working. But the man is hit by a car and dies. Years later, Rosa finds herself alone after her adoptive mother dies. A young man from his same vicinity, wants to help her, after hearing her singing. But the truth is that he wants to turn Rosa into a prostitute and live from her money. The other story is about a boy, who goes with his father to sign up in the school.
Love of a Cabaret SingerLove of a Cabaret Singer · 1958
Love of a Cabaret Singer
★ 6.01958
MovieDrama
Trumpet-player in a club band falls for a streety young woman; she dumps him to become a kept woman... and his roommate the pianist is dealing weed... and...
Oh, Love… How Have You Put Me!Oh, Love… How Have You Put Me! · 1951
Oh, Love… How Have You Put Me!
★ 6.31951
MovieComedyDrama
A low-class baker accidentally gets to know an attractive but bitter fiancée. By getting her snobby, dead-pan family to spend some time with his scumbag friends, he changes their lives, while at the time stealing the girl's heart.
El plagiarioEl plagiario · 1955
El plagiario
★ 5.71955
Movie
Gangster's daughter learns about her dad's illegalist lifestyle.

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Los hijos de nadieLos hijos de nadie · 1952
Los hijos de nadie
★ 5.41952
Movie
A man is making a research about the importance of familiar environment in children's future. First, he interviews a prostitute, Rosa, who's in jail because of the murderer of her pimp. She was a poor child, living only with her father. He wants to send his daughter to school, but they don't find place and the father has to leave the child with the neighbour, while he's working. But the man is hit by a car and dies. Years later, Rosa finds herself alone after her adoptive mother dies. A young man from his same vicinity, wants to help her, after hearing her singing. But the truth is that he wants to turn Rosa into a prostitute and live from her money. The other story is about a boy, who goes with his father to sign up in the school.

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