Cantinflas

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1911-08-12 (82 years old)

Deathday

1993-04-20

Place of Birth

Santa María La Redonda, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Cantinflas

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes (August 12, 1911 – April 20, 1993) was a Mexican comedian and stage and film actor, known professionally as Cantinflas. He often portrayed impoverished campesinos or a peasant of pelado origin. The character came to be associated with the national identity of Mexico, and allowed Cantinflas to establish a long, successful film career that included a foray into Hollywood. Charlie Chaplin once commented that he was the best comedian alive. and Moreno has been referred to as the "Charlie Chaplin of Mexico". To audiences in the United States, he is best remembered as costarr...

Acting

1951

El Siete Machos

as Margarito / El Siete Machos

1957

1938

Águila o sol

as Polito Sol

1952

El bombero atómico

as Agente 777

1962

El Extra

as Rogaciano

1949

El Mago

as Cantinflas

1965

El señor doctor

as Salvador Medina / Chava

1954

Tailored gentleman

as Cantinflas

1968

Por mis pistolas

as Fidencio Barrenillo

1944

Gran Hotel

as Cantinflas

1978

El patrullero 777

as Diógenes Bravo

1952

1945

1939

The Sign of Death

as Cantinflas

1964

El padrecito

as Padre Sebastián

1948

El Supersabio

as Cantinflas

1961

El analfabeto

as Inocencio Prieto y Calvo

1959

Sube y baja

as Cantinflas

1967

Your Excellency

as Lopez 'Lopitos' / His Excellency the Ambassador of Los Cocos

1982

El Barrendero

as Napoleon

1971

El profe

as Sócrates García

1941

Ni sangre ni arena

as Cantinflas

1969

1943

1947

¡A volar, joven!

as Cantinflas

1955

Drop the Curtain

as Cantinflas

1937

1943

El circo

as El Zapatero

1976

El ministro y yo

as Mateo Melgarejo 'Mateíto'

1950

El Portero

as Cantinflas

1953

1963

Entrega Inmediata

as Feliciano

1946

Soy un prófugo

as Cantinflas

1960

Pepe

as Pepe

1942

The Three Musketeers

as Cantinflas / D'Artagnan (as Mario Moreno 'Cantinflas')

1973

1942

1941

1942

1978

Production

1971

El profe

as Story

1968

1967

1969

1976

1978

1982

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