Armando Acosta

AKA:
0.113

1922-04-05

Mexico City, Mexico

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {93}

Businessman

1967-11-16 6.8

Operation 67

The silver masked Santo tries to stop a gang of counterfeiters who conspire to ruin the economy. ...
Genre :Crime, Action, Adventure

1960-11-24 5.4

Amor en la sombra

A daughter who idolizes her father discovers, just before he dies, that he was leading a double life and had a hidden lover. ...
Genre :Drama

1959-06-21 6

El que con niños se acuesta...

Chón is rejected by his girlfriend Rosario's parents, so they both escape to the capital in search of his friend Manny, a millionaire philanthropist, who helps him but makes him adopt four children fr ...
Genre :Romance, Comedy, Drama

1962-01-01 5

La rabia por dentro

Tito is a swindler who plans to appropriate a large sum of money supposedly sent abroad by airplane, with the complicity of Carlos, the cashier of a big company, who must put a time bomb aboard the ai ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1973-09-06 4.4

La tigresa

Orphan girl grows up to take revenge on the men who killed her parents. ...
Genre :Thriller, Adventure, Action, Drama, Mystery

1975-01-01 5

...Y la mujer hizo al hombre

Genre :Drama

1968-01-01 5

There are not Crosses in the Sea

A mute fisherman helps another whose boat capsizes, he dies and leaves behind a girl whom he raises as his own daughter. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

1974-09-04 6.1

Before the Corpse of a Leader

A union leader dies in a sleazy hotel room, then the wife, mistress, police, co workers, reporters, colleagues, and political figures arrive to the hotel and each has its own intentions. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy, Crime

Postman

1972-08-16 6

Who Killed Grandpa?

A man dies of a heart attack and his wife hides the body in order to continue collecting pension. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Mystery

El Cura

1973-12-03 5.556

El principio

Mexico is in the midst of Revolution when the protagonist returns after studying in Paris to find his native town in Chihuahua occupied by Francisco Villa’s revolutionary forces. He visits his deserte ...
Genre :Action, Drama, History

1974-05-23 5.4

Guns and Guts

An outlaw and a scorned husband both team up to track down and kill the man that wronged them. Along the way, the two men meet a hired gun that loves money just as much as he loves the company of wome ...
Genre :Action, Western, Horror

Security Guard

1968-03-29 6

Dr. Satan vs. Black Magic

Plutarco Satan returns, this time he's pitted against a rival evil organization intent on owning the very formula rumored to turn any metal into gold! Dr. Satan must go toe to toe with the vampiric bl ...
Genre :Horror, Drama

Gordo chismoso (uncredited)

1971-10-09 5

La mula de Cullen Baker

Genre :

1967-09-14 5

Amanecí en tus brazos

Genre :Drama

1975-05-01 5

El Investigador Capulina

Child-in-adult-body tries to play Detective, but he's too stupid, and his lucha-libre friends have to cover his butt every time he fouls a case up or gets thrown in jail. Meanwhile, there's a rogue Ba ...
Genre :Comedy

1970-11-12 4.9

Santo vs. The Riders of Terror

After a group of violent lepers escapes from a sanitarium, - robbing several farms, residents of the town demand the the sheriff - take action. Meanwhile, a local criminal joins forces with the lepers ...
Genre :Horror, Western

1974-02-14 7.771

Chabelo y Pepito detectives

A commanding friend Pepito and Chabelo ask them to help uncover a gang who kidnaps children. They accept and are out to steal to join the band. Whenthey find that the band mesmerizes children with toy ...
Genre :Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Drama, Comedy

Oficial policía

1973-06-21 5

The Invasion of the Dead

Professor Bruno Volpi spots some strange paintings on a cliff. He sends for Professor Zovek to help him discover its meaning. Zovek uses his powers to figure the writings are a warning that a cosmic t ...
Genre :Horror, Action

Pascual Mendez

1975-03-13 6

The Braid

A town confused by religion persecutes a woman who stole the braid from the statue of the Virgin. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Waiter (uncredited)

1974-08-01 7.09

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo. ...
Genre :Action, Crime, Drama

Violador (episodio "Lucía")

1970-05-21 5

Tres noches de locura

Anthology movie, episodes about three women who undergo stressful experiences that cause their minds to snap. ...
Genre :Drama

Papá de Raco

1969-06-06 5.4

Mil máscaras

Wrestling superhero Mil Máscaras battles bad guys. ...
Genre :Action, Drama, Thriller

1968-04-05 5.5

Los canallas

The leader and villain of the movie is called Kadena, a buxom girl, who is the real deal of the gang "Hell's Angels" and whose goal is to kill the Mil Mascaras as sending to jail to his sweetheart con ...
Genre :Drama, Action, Crime

1974-04-18 5.3

Cinco mil dolares de recompensa

A gunfighter is appointed sheriff of a town that is terrorized by a gang of criminals. ...
Genre :Western, Thriller, Action

Detective (uncredited)

1964-11-27 4.5

The Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy

Gloria Venus and Golden Rubi are tag-team Luchadoras, helping a scientist on a quest to discover an ancient Aztec treasure, but the fiendish Prince Fugiyata wants to get there first. Both are in for a ...
Genre :Horror

'I Want to See Blood' Spectator (uncredited)

1965-05-21 5.1

She-Wolves of the Ring

Intimate problems and the wickedness of friends is resolved in the ring. ...
Genre :Action

Espectador lucha libre

1967-03-03 5.273

The Panther Women

The Panther women are worshipers of Satan and perform rituals in their honor and sacrifice. The fighters will face them up and down the ring. ...
Genre :Action, Horror, Science Fiction

1972-07-13 6.4

Mi niño Tizoc

Tizoc wishes to eat a chicken by himself and have his own piñata. At Christmas his father Carmelo grants his wish. ...
Genre :Drama

Trabajador factoria

1971-12-08 5.5

El águila descalza

Shmuck makes a superhero costume, rides his bike to crime scenes. He gets involved with something big involving US capitalists taking over local Mexican businesses. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy, Crime

1972-09-21 4.4

El metiche

Clownish simpleton can't resist meddling in his neighbors' business. Pretty much a remake of El Reveltoso. ...
Genre :Family, Comedy

1970-11-20 6.2

Emiliano Zapata

This is the story of a man, Emiliano Zapata, and of a revolution, the Mexican Revolution. ...
Genre :War, Action, Drama, History

1968-11-14 5.3

Romeo contra Julieta

Genre :

1963-09-27 5

Las bravuconas

Three big-city wimps have to pass for machos when they go to their home-town. ...
Genre :

1973-11-01 6.957

Uno y medio contra el mundo

Small-time crook teams up with a street urchin for mutual support on the margins of society. ...
Genre :Romance, Comedy, Drama

1976-06-10 5

Cornered

Conflicts in town force a guy to escape to a hiding-place in the countryside. ...
Genre :Adventure, Action, Drama

1969-12-26 6.6

Perverse Doll

A troubled woman commits a series of murders that exposes some dark family secrets. ...
Genre :Horror, Mystery, Thriller

1970-07-16 5

Las chicas malas del padre Mendez

A priest is dismissed from his parish, so he decides to open a halfway house to rehabilitate sex workers. ...
Genre :

1964-06-17 5

Frente al destino

Genre :Drama, Action

1973-03-21 5

El sargento Perez

Two buddies from Pancho Villa's regiment go on a mission. Light comedy, romance, songs... ...
Genre :

1973-02-15 7.93

Entre monjas anda el Diablo

A man called “The Devil” makes a living in cock-fights. He falls for a girl who's about to enter the monastery. ...
Genre :Comedy

Pueblerino (uncredited)

1962-12-27 6.571

Tlayucan

Desperate because of his son's illness, the peasant Eufemio steals a pearl from the image of Santa Lucía in the village church. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Hombre asaltado (uncredited)

1963-10-05 6.95

The Paper Man

A deaf and mute vagabond finds a large denomination bill in a Mexico City dump, and while he tries to buy something with it, others try to con him into giving it away. ...
Genre :Drama

1971-12-16 6.7

Capulina vs. the Vampires

Delivery boy answers a call to take some food to that huge spooky mansion on the hill behind the cemetery. ...
Genre :Mystery, Comedy, Horror

Barbero

1974-07-25 4

Los leones del ring contra la Cosa Nostra

Twin brother of murdered pro-wrestler goes after the killerses. ...
Genre :Adventure, Drama, Crime

Policía

1971-08-12 5

The Moderate Doctor

Underqualified doofus tries to run a medical clinic. ...
Genre :Family, Comedy

1971-01-07 5

Aguilas de acero

Two Air force pilots are best friends in that competitive, always picking fights with each other way. ...
Genre :Drama, Action, Adventure

Man at Gordo's (uncredited)

1955-05-19 7.297

The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz

A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan... ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Crime

1974-05-01 5.6

La muerte de Pancho Villa

After the Revolution, Villa works on defining his legacy... and then he gets assassinated. ...
Genre :

Carpintero (uncredited)

1961-09-07 7.659

El analfabeto

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 g ...
Genre :Comedy

Empleado estudio (uncredited)

1962-10-04 6.78

El Extra

Cantinflas is a man who hangs around the studios and helps anyone who needs his advice while at the same time envisioning his own versions of how certain scenes should be shot. Both angles provide amp ...
Genre :Comedy

Mesero (uncredited)

1951-08-28 6

Daughter of Deceit

In the drama, a father, firmly believing that the baby daughter in his arms is not his own, abandons her upon the doorstep of the town drunk. Many years pass, and the man finds himself continually wra ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

1972-12-28 6.2

Los Cacos

A group of Soccer-loving friends devise a plan to make easy money. ...
Genre :Comedy

1971-08-11 5.2

Espérame en Siberia, vida mía

Debauched playboy has a hypochondriac streak and an unscrupulous doctor that profits from it. ...
Genre :Comedy

Raul

1969-11-13 3.8

Mujeres de medianoche

Crime melodrama involving blackmail, murder, mystery and the obligatory police investigation. ...
Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Hombre en restaurante (uncredited)

1953-05-14 5.722

Si, Mi vida

Dr. Castellanos is saved from bankruptcy. ...
Genre :Romance, Comedy

Martín (uncredited)

1955-01-27 7.986

School for Tramps

Alberto Medina is a famous composer whose car breaks down while he is on a trip. While looking for help, he finds the Valverdes' house and is welcomed in by Emilia, the mother of the family, who is kn ...
Genre :Comedy, Music, Romance

Espectador del boxeo (uncredited)

1952-06-20 5

Mi campeón

Catita is a simple and poor woman who dreams of that her son stands out on something important to help her out of his humble. But she opposes to him being boxer, therefore constantly fighting with her ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Invitado a fiesta (uncredited)

1958-05-09 7.583

School for Buglars

The police plan to capture a killer by using a double that looks exactly as one of his victims. ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

Transeúnte (uncredited)

1953-09-15 5.9

Dios los cría

Mrs. Nínive Cánovas Cannesi (Marshall) comes back from a long tour visiting Europe and not even realizes that her house is being inhabited by two jobless and homeless bandits (Tin Tán and Tun Tún) wit ...
Genre :Comedy

Invitado a boda (uncredited)

1954-11-26 6.273

El hombre inquieto

Adult street urchin passes himself off as rich man's long-lost son. ...
Genre :Comedy

Espectador (uncredited)

1960-12-22 6.633

The Phantom of the Operetta

Aldo and his girlfriend Lucy reopen an abandoned opera house, but find out that the place is inhabited by a group of Phantoms wearing the Claude Rains 1943 Phantom of the Opera costume. ...
Genre :Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Music, Mystery

(uncredited)

1962-05-02 5.3

Pilotos de la muerte

A couple of provincial gas station employees travel to the capital seeking fortune of vehicle mechanics accidental career passing drivers. ...
Genre :Adventure, Comedy, Crime

1974-07-24 5

La carrera del millón

Father and uncle have conflicting ideas about who a young woman should marry, so they set up an elaborate, wacky contest to resolve their disagreement. ...
Genre :

1969-06-11 7.1

Mi padrino

Bumbling oaf takes custody of his god-daughter and helps her advance her singing career. ...
Genre :

Notario

1972-09-28 5

Padre nuestro que estas en la tierra

Single father with a disability struggles to raise his son. ...
Genre :Drama

1964-07-16 5.3

Así amaron nuestros padres

Elderly roue interferes in the love life of a young woman because she's secretly his daughter. Remake of En Tiempos De Don Porfirio. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

1962-02-15 6.8

The White Horse

Claimed by his grandmother, who lives in a Mexican village, Joselito begins the journey from Spain. Once there, while traveling in a stagecoach, is assaulted by bandits. Joselito manages to escape and ...
Genre :Music, Comedy, Drama, Western

Espectador cine (uncredited)

1958-05-10 4.5

Refifí entre las mujeres

Genre :Drama, Comedy, Crime

1972-03-16 5.5

La pequeña señora de Perez

Teenaged girl isn't emotionally mature enough for marriage, but she gets hitched anyway. ...
Genre :

1970-05-29 5.6

Las cadenas del mal

Ambitious young woman thinks she's on he fast track to fame and fortune, but her manager's a sleazeball who gets her hooked on IV drugs and pimps her out at random. ...
Genre :

1964-04-02 5

Las chivas rayadas

The comical misadventures of two brothers who are part of the local soccer team and their family. ...
Genre :Family, Drama, Adventure

1961-05-15 5

Martín Santos, El llanero

A farmer aspires to marry the daughter of the local aristocrats, but she think he's beneath her. It take a long time for things to settle into a groove so life can run smoothly again for all concerned ...
Genre :

1969-09-10 6.2

Romance sobre ruedas

A sporty new car is gifted to two young men who work at an auto factory, and they have to time-share it between them. ...
Genre :

El cantinero

1975-05-28 5.2

La mafia amarilla

Blue Demon must stop an evil chinese gang and their reign of terror. ...
Genre :Action, Crime, Drama

1965-12-23 5.3

The Son of Gabino Barrera

Gabino's son tries to find out why his father was murdered. ...
Genre :Action, Drama, Romance, Western

Manuel

1959-12-05 6.1

Fever Mounts at El Pao

Aroused citizens assassinate an unpopular Caribbean despot, then two men vie for his gorgeous widow Ines. Ojeda is a steamy, isolated island, the penal colony for an oppressive dictatorship. A reactio ...
Genre :Drama

Party guest (uncredited)

1956-12-10 3.5

La faraona

Pastora Heredia is a beautiful gypsy with great character who always tries to help the needy. One day she gots the notice of the death of his grandfather, a millionaire who lived in Mexico and that si ...
Genre :Drama, Music, Romance

Empleado teatro

1963-12-27 5

De color moreno

Genre :Comedy, Music

Jugador de cartas (uncredited)

1959-10-12 4.6

Sonatas

In the fall of 1824 Javier Montenegro, Bradomin Marquis is spared death hanging by Captain Casares, and in return, the Marquis agrees to help him escape to America. Adaptation of "Sonata de Otoño" an ...
Genre :Adventure, Drama, Romance

Policía (uncredited)

1964-12-03 5

Napoleoncito

Genre :Comedy

Padre de hija rebelde (uncredited)

1967-12-07 5

Tres mil kilómetros de amor

Romance, stolen jewels and sitcom humor on a bus-trip from Tijuana to Guadalajara. ...
Genre :Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Romance

Don Marcos F. Galván

1972-11-30 5.3

El vals sin fin

Genre :History, War, Drama

Fotografo

1955-09-29 5

El seductor

A young artist's affair with a married woman destroys her family. Twenty-odd years later, her two daughters fall into his orbit. ...
Genre :Drama

Pasajero avión

1956-11-22 5.6

La adúltera

Jilted lover takes revenge on her ex's new wife. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Paco (cantinero)

1960-10-27 4.6

¡Yo sabia demasiado!

Genre :Action, Crime, Thriller, Mystery

Tololo, Cantinero (segment "La mujer del carnicero")

1969-09-25 7.2

The Door and The Butcher's Wife

A movie divided in two segments, the first "La puerta" (The Door) is about a high society gathering in which a door inside the mansion leads to a bizarre corridor where a naked and menacing human figu ...
Genre :Horror, Mystery

Policeman

1970-01-01 4.778

Unethical Behaviour

A family in extreme poverty is forced to make a series of sacrifices in order to survive. ...
Genre :Drama

Sergeant

1975-12-26 5.4

Letters from Marusia

Chronicle of the repression that a foreign company exerts on the miners of a small nitrate town in Chile, whose workers decide to claim their most essential rights. A reflection of the historic union ...
Genre :Drama, History

Gangster

1964-01-01 5

Un ángel de mal genio

Genre :Comedy, Fantasy

Militar (uncredited)

1969-08-28 5

La marcha a Zacatecas

Villistas, army officers, heirs and heiresses all gather at the home of a recently deceased hacendado. Everybody has an agenda, everybody butts heads in comical ways. Or not so much. ...
Genre :Comedy

Invitado fiesta

1956-01-05 5

Una Movida Chueca

Experimental drug gives the ability to foretell the future. ...
Genre :Comedy

Espectador juicio

1953-02-05 5

Remember to Live

In Guanajuato, a piano teacher delays her marriage to an engineer not to let her younger sisters alone. As he is love with her voice, he is mistaken for a sister whom he marries. The teacher then goes ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Gerente de gruta (uncredited)

1965-09-02 5.9

Adventure at the Center of the Earth

After a young man is killed in an unexplored subterranean cavern and his girlfriend driven mad by something she saw there, a track found at the scene cannot be identified with any known animal and thu ...
Genre :Science Fiction, Horror, Adventure, Fantasy