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Cantinflas

Cantinflas

Acting

August 12, 1911 – April 20, 1993 (died at 81)
Santa María La Redonda, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Male
62 Movies
7 TV Shows

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.

Around the World in 80 Days
Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

1956 6.7

as Passepartout

Age 45 (now 81)
El padrecito
El padrecito

El padrecito

1964 8.1

as Padre Sebastián

Age 53 (now 81)
¡A volar, joven!
¡A volar, joven!

¡A volar, joven!

1947 8.0

as Cantinflas

Age 36 (now 81)
El profe
El profe

El profe

1971 7.9

as Sócrates García

Age 59 (now 81)
El patrullero 777
El patrullero 777

El patrullero 777

1978 7.8

as Diógenes Bravo

Age 66 (now 81)
El Siete Machos
El Siete Machos

El Siete Machos

1951 8.2

as Margarito / El Siete Machos

Age 39 (now 81)
You’re Missing the Point
You’re Missing the Point

You’re Missing the Point

1940 8.2

as Cantinflas

Age 29 (now 81)
Up and Down
Up and Down

Up and Down

1959 8.0

as Cantinflas

Age 47 (now 81)
El señor doctor
El señor doctor

El señor doctor

1965 7.9

as Salvador Medina / Chava

Age 54 (now 81)
El analfabeto
El analfabeto

El analfabeto

1961 7.7

as Inocencio Prieto y Calvo

Age 50 (now 81)
Cantinflas Show
Cantinflas Show

Cantinflas Show

1972 7.7

as Cantinflas

Age 60 (now 81)
53 eps
El bombero atómico
El bombero atómico

El bombero atómico

1952 8.3

as Agente 777

Age 41 (now 81)
Soy un prófugo
Soy un prófugo

Soy un prófugo

1946 7.7

as Cantinflas

Age 34 (now 81)
El señor fotógrafo
El señor fotógrafo

El señor fotógrafo

1953 8.3

as Cantinflas

Age 42 (now 81)
Por mis pistolas
Por mis pistolas

Por mis pistolas

1968 7.7

as Fidencio Barrenillo

Age 57 (now 81)
El bolero de Raquel
El bolero de Raquel

El bolero de Raquel

1957 7.3

as Bolero

Age 46 (now 81)