Cantinflas

Actor · 1911–1993 · Santa María La Redonda, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

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 costarring with David Niven in Around the World in 80 Days (1956). As a pioneer of the cinema of Mexico, Moreno helped usher in its golden era. In addition to being a business leader, he also became involved in Mexico's tangled and often dangerous labor politics. Although he was himself politically conservative, his reputation as a spokesperson for the downtrodden gave his actions authenticity and became important in the early struggle against charrismo, the one-party government's practice of co-opting and controlling unions. Moreover, his character Cantinflas, whose identity became enmeshed with his own, was examined by media critics, philosophers, and linguists, who saw him variably as a danger to Mexican society, a bourgeois puppet, a kind philanthropist, a venture capitalist, a transgressor of gender roles, a pious Catholic, a verbal innovator, and a picaresque underdog. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cantinflas,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acted in 53

1980s

1982
Amigo and Friends
cantinflas · 52 episodes
El Barrendero
Napoleon

1970s

1979
México de mis amores
Movie
1978
El patrullero 777
Diógenes Bravo
1976
The Minister and Me
Mateo Melgarejo 'Mateíto'
1974
Conserje en condominio
Ursulo
64
1973
Don Quixote Rides Again
Sancho Panza
1972
Cantinflas Show
Cantinflas · 53 episodes
78
1971
El profe
Sócrates García

1960s

1969
A Quixote Without La Mancha
Justo Leal
The Great Sex War
Gen. Marcos
1968
Por mis pistolas
Fidencio Barrenillo
1967
Your Excellency
Lopez 'Lopitos' / His Excellency the Ambassador of Los Cocos
74
1965
El señor doctor
Salvador Medina / Chava
1964
The Little Priest
Padre Sebastián
1963
Entrega Inmediata
Feliciano
1962
The Extra
Rogaciano
1961
El analfabeto
Inocencio Prieto y Calvo
1960
Pepe
Pepe

1950s

1958
Love Your Neighbor
Luis
1957
El bolero de Raquel
Bolero
1956
Around the World in 80 Days
Passepartout
68
Up and Down
Cantinflas
1955
Drop the Curtain
Cantinflas
1954
Tailored gentleman
Cantinflas
1953
Mr. Photographer
Cantinflas
1952
The Atomic Fireman
Agente 777
Si yo fuera diputado
Cantinflas
1951
El Siete Machos
Margarito / El Siete Machos
1950
El Portero
Cantinflas

1940s

1949
The Magician
Cantinflas / Falso Mago Krishnar
1948
El Supersabio
Cantinflas
1947
Fly Away, Young Man!
Cantinflas
1946
Soy un prófugo
Cantinflas
1945
One Day with the Devil
Juan Pérez
1944
Gran Hotel
Cantinflas
73
1943
Romeo y Julieta
Romeo
The Circus
El Zapatero
1942
The Three Musketeers
Cantinflas / D'Artagnan (as Mario Moreno 'Cantinflas')
Carnaval en el trópico
Cantinflas
1941
The Unknown Policeman
Agente 777
76
Neither Blood Nor Sand
Cantinflas
69
1940
You’re Missing the Point
Cantinflas
Cantinflas y su prima
Movie
Cantinflas Ruletero
Movie
Cantinflas boxeador
Movie