
Acting
Luis Aguilar
Born — Died
1918-01-29 — 1997-10-24
Place of birth
Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Known for
Acting
Credits
63 titles
Luis Aguilar Manzo (1918 - 1997) was a Mexican film and television actor and singer of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He was also known as El Gallo Giro, and was noted for his performances in films as El 7 leguas (1955) and El látigo negro (1958). Aguilar was born in Hermosillo, Sonora. He was given his first leading role in the film Sota, Caballo y Rey (1944). He had two daughters (Anna Luisa and Martha Fernanda Aguilar) from his first marriage and one son (Luis Aguilar Doblado) from his second marriage with actress Rosario Galvez. He died on the night of October 23–24, 1997 during his sleep.
Known for
7.0Story about a woman that is unhappily married and with two daughters. She constantly reprimands Cristina and baby Raquel. What the people around her don't know is that Raquel is not her husband's daughter as everyone believes. Raquel is Eugenia and León's daughter. She has always loved him, not her husband. That is the reason she's always angry at Cristina.
Capricho
1993
5.5After the murder of her father and brother, Irene Saldivar travels to Greece. There she meets and falls in love with entrepreneur Alexis Theodorakis. Carlos is the administrator of Irene's fortune and cooperates with Alejandro in a rotten and corrupt business where he marries rich women, kills them, and obtains their fortune. When Carlos finds out about Irene's marriage to Alexis, he formulates a plan to kill Alexis and obtain his fortune. During Irene and Alexis' honeymoon, Carlos' plan succeeds when the boat Alexis travels in explodes. A desperate and pregnant Irene returns to Mexico, where she falls in love with Dr. Diego Covarrubias. However, Irene is forced to leave him for the sake of her friend Carolina, since Carolina loves him and has cancer. Since Alejandro isn't able to win Irene's love, Alejandro gets in her life and forces her to marry him or risk losing her son - all of this as part of another plan Carlos formulated so he and Alejandro plot Irene's death in another fatal catastrophe.
Bajo un Mismo Rostro
1995
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Muchachita
1985
5.5Carmela is a Gypsy singer who sells lottery tickets. She meets two penniless Mexican brothers and they buy a ticket between the three: if it is awarded, could share the prize and go to Mexico, they to return to their homeland and her for bullfighter boyfriend whom has no news. The fate accompanies them, but, on reaching Mexico, her boyfriend rejects her. This way, she ends up acting in a cafe where reaps many successes.
Oh Pain, Little Pain, Pain!
1953
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Alto poder
1992
6.8No synopsis available yet.
Lola the Truck Driver 3
1991
Film credits
1990s · 9 titles
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Alto poder
1992
6.8No synopsis available yet.
Lola the Truck Driver 3
1991
4.4Mexican action movie about a demonic gun.
The Infernal Machine Gun
1991
5.0A reporter begins to suspect that the murders he’s been assigned to cover could be the work of his army buddy - now heroin addict - Roy, who suffers from blackouts.
Midnight Killer
1993
5.7A paid assassin who fights a criminal organization in order to find the person responsible of his mother’s death, beginning with the organization’s leader down to the very last one. Then he discovers that the only witness of his mother’s murder is...
The Only Witness
1990
6.5Elderly woman bonds with other senior citizens for emotional support.
Los años de Greta
1992
3.4The casual, fun-loving naughtiness of a small town is interrupted when the local priest has an 'end of the world' visitation from Saint Anthony. Or maybe he was just drunk and imagined the whole thing.
A gozar, a gozar, que el mundo se va acabar
1990
NRProhibition-era: Mexican farmer and his two sons get caught up in a smuggling gang, importing contraband liquor to USA.
Los tequileros
1990
5.7One more of the numerous films of Julio Aldama Jr.
En los cascos de un caballo
1997
1980s · 2 titles
Although Juan Sarmiento, played by M.A., is first shown as a tough character, single handily fighting a bear, he is later portrayed as a family man alongside his wife and 3 small children. Later still we see he is a pillar of the community who is respected by all, e.g. he pilots a plane to transport a pregnant woman, then winds up delivering the baby himself. But when Juan turns down an illegal proposal by a powerful law breaker, he is punished for his honesty. In order for the villain to let it be known that one doesn't turn down his proposals, he commits as act of out and out evil, which promptly calls for revenge. Juna then becomes a one man vigilante. He teams up with good guy/bad guy Rojo(F.A.) and bad girl Mercedez (D.F.).
Cargamento mortal
1989
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Los que nunca llegaron
1984
1970s · 4 titles
6.0Anthology of clips from classic-era Mexican films, with reality-footage of elderly actors discussing their memories of the period.
México de mis amores
1979
5.7Mexican movie
Los Galleros De Jalisco
1974
5.6Cowboy-justice dude has to figure out who the masterminds are behind a string of murders.
Manuel Saldivar, el texano
1972
6.0Two buddies from Pancho Villa's regiment go on a mission. Light comedy, romance, songs...
El sargento Perez
1973
1960s · 16 titles
5.7All it says in my notes is "Like 'Juan Sin Miedo', only with soldiers." So... Army officer seeks revenge for... something...
Atrás de las nubes
1962
5.9Widowed farmer remarries so his children will have a mother. But then...
El pozo
1965
5.8Afther their wedding ceremony, Fernanda and Cosme Martínez go to a luxury hotel to consummate. They receive there some gifts and they find one fabulous diamant bracalet with a note for Fernanda thanking her for unfforgetable nights. Cosme feel jelause and Fernanda offended and during their wedding night they go from one place to another to find out the misunderstanding.
Mi noche de bodas
1961
5.5Itinerant cowboy learns that his horse can talk. Horse ends up giving him singing-lessons... and...
Un par de sinvergüenzas
1964
5.8Two boys and two girls hook up at the big festival in a neighboring town. Once they get back home they have to deal with their families' plans for them, which may not include their new sweethearts.
Los dos apóstoles
1966
6.8A sharecropper and his daughter, a swarthy beauty, flee from the hacienda on which they live and join the Mexican Revolution.
La Chamuscada - Tierra Y Libertad
1969
6.8Taciturn gunslinger 'helps out' a widow lady under siege from bad guys.
El Silencioso
1967
6.5The film, which is an ode to Rafael Hernández's song "Lamento borincano", is a social commentary of the political and social policies of the 40's and 50's which led to the abandonment of what was seen by many as the "pure", "virtuous" life of the finca (farm) for the "corrupting" influence of urban centers like San Juan and New York City.
Los expatriados
1963
6.9A 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.
The Paper Man
1963
7.8Two Mexican-American gals in LA win a vacation in Mexico City in a talent show.
México de mi corazón
1964
5.8Two ranch owners promised their offspring would marry. The intended refused and switched places with their respective servants. They don't discover their real identities till they marry.
Yo no me caso compadre
1960
6.5Two ranchers arrive in a small town to sell their horses. Along the way, they encounter an orphan boy fleeing from his abusive guardian and decide to take him back to their village in the hope of finding him a new family.
Gallo corriente, gallo valiente
1966
Two couples get their babies confused in the maternity ward. twenty years later, the children are both identical to the father... in the other family.
De tal palo tal astilla
1960
6.7Peasant woman leads a regiment during the final days of the Mexican Revolution. Also, romantic entanglements.
Juana Gallo
1961
5.6When a ruthless villain dons a deadly mask, The Scarlet Fox must outwit him and restore justice in this fast-paced western suspense story.
The Mask of Death
1960
Three masked horsemen vs. crooked saloon-owner and his henchdudes.
Los gavilanes negros
1966
1950s · 23 titles
5.5Carmela is a Gypsy singer who sells lottery tickets. She meets two penniless Mexican brothers and they buy a ticket between the three: if it is awarded, could share the prize and go to Mexico, they to return to their homeland and her for bullfighter boyfriend whom has no news. The fate accompanies them, but, on reaching Mexico, her boyfriend rejects her. This way, she ends up acting in a cafe where reaps many successes.
Oh Pain, Little Pain, Pain!
1953
8.2This musical comedy tells the story of two men whose friendship (whose beginning is told in "A toda máquina") is affected by assumptions love triangles and misunderstandings between the two, however, the value of that friendship overcomes all difficulties.
¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?
1951
5.0The Scarlet Fox races against time to stop a mysterious phantom coach and protect the innocent in this thrilling anthology-style adventure.
The Scarlet Fox in The Phantom Stagecoach
1959
8.4A drifter lands a job as an officer in México City's elite motorcycle police unit and gets home with a mate of this unit. The mate is in love with a girl, but he and she are always making jealous to each other. The drifter and the mate get involved themselves in a fight to become the winner of conquering ladies and performing unit acrobatic tricks, interfering with their friendship and profession.
Full Spead Ahead
1951
5.6Big-league criminal escapes from jail, tracks down his ex-wife at a seaside resort. She kills him in self-defense, and then a guy who looks exactly like him comes along. Massive complications!
Nadie muere dos veces
1953
6.3A shoe-clerk's aunt and uncle send him to a remote fishing village to retrieve a distant cousin and bring her back to the bosom of the family.
Cuando tú me quieras
1951
5.6Working-class girl-next--door type is seduced into a high-glam lifestyle when an oily promoter helps launch her as a nightclub singer; she throws over her decent-simple-guy boyfriend and loses her moral compass.
Por qué peca la mujer
1952
Two brothers butt heads: one's a gadabout charro playboy and the other's a priest.
Hay ángeles con espuelas
1957
4.2Saloon singer creates conflict between several potential boyfriends.
Yo fui novio de Rosita Alvírez
1955
6.6Two male cousins inherit a ranch occupied by three female cousins and their separatist aunt.
Blessed Among Women
1959
No synopsis available yet.
Grítenme piedras del campo
1957
6.0Rosa, a mayor, faces pressure from her police chief father to imprison her cousins. After a kidnapping and tampering with vaccines, Rosa realizes politics isn't for women.
Al diablo las mujeres
1955
6.0Publicist on a movie set invents a romance between two stars, and then they start getting all mushy for real. But one of them's married, uh-oh.
No me olvides nunca
1956
5.4Cowboy avenger vs the supernatural.
The Mark of Satan
1957
6.0Newly-elected state governor is challenged by his responsibilities.
El señor gobernador
1951
5.8Rival factions struggle over a box that was entrusted by Pancho Villa to several members of his higher command. Second of three films in series "El jinete sin cabeza."
The Head of Pancho Villa
1957
6.4The Postman Adalberto is involved by chance in the filming of a scene, which gives the film director the idea of including him as an actor, but without his knowledge.
Yo quiero ser artista
1958
5.8Luis Aguilar heads the cast in this story of a band of outlaws whose exploits are more fun than negligible.
Los bandidos de Río Frío
1956
5.5A cellist and a pianist, along with the daughter of the owner of a musical home, form a classical trio. A television producer challenges confronting the modern equipment. Accept and so begin a new career in popular music, so despises his former employer, thus limiting the affair between his daughter and one of them.
Locos Peligrosos
1957
6.5A young bureaucrat's career takes off when it's believed he's keeping company with the daughter of a higher-ranking official.
La hija del ministro
1952
6.2Two itinerant cowhands hire on at a ranch owned by a woman, end up fighting two bad-hats who rustle la patrona's cattle and set fire to her stables.
Here are the eagles!
1957
5.4Young nightclub performer, down on her luck, falls in with a portrait-cartoonist who works the streets and a terminally-ill singer-songwriter and goes to live on their houseboat. They consider doing a crime.
Socios para la aventura
1958
6.2Pop, Bro and Sis all take a vow never to (re)marry after Mom walks out on them.
Los solterones
1953
1940s · 6 titles
6.7Favored son of a wealthy rural family forced to go into hiding after killing someone in a duel.
El Charro del Cristo
1949
6.9Child whose father was murdered grows up and seeks revenge, also falling in love with a new victim of the same bad guy.
La norteña de mis amores
1948
5.8While tracking down the three men that killed his father, a notorious bad-ass commits other misdeeds, seemingly based on his desire to wreck as many lives as possible. Doesn't really have anything to do with the historical figure known as Remington, though they used his name for the character here.
Se la llevó el Remington
1948
5.8Theatrical troupe schemes to expose corrupt dealings in local government.
Sota, caballo y rey
1944
6.4No synopsis available yet.
La reina del trópico
1946
6.3After a party, two friends pick up two beautiful girls with whom they spend a wonderful night. The next day, the two friends return to look for them and a neighbor surprises them when she tells them that the girls died some time before. Intrigued by the events of the previous night, one of them decides to investigate the mystery of the two dead girls.
An Adventure in the Night
1948
Series credits
7.0Story about a woman that is unhappily married and with two daughters. She constantly reprimands Cristina and baby Raquel. What the people around her don't know is that Raquel is not her husband's daughter as everyone believes. Raquel is Eugenia and León's daughter. She has always loved him, not her husband. That is the reason she's always angry at Cristina.
Capricho
1993
5.5After the murder of her father and brother, Irene Saldivar travels to Greece. There she meets and falls in love with entrepreneur Alexis Theodorakis. Carlos is the administrator of Irene's fortune and cooperates with Alejandro in a rotten and corrupt business where he marries rich women, kills them, and obtains their fortune. When Carlos finds out about Irene's marriage to Alexis, he formulates a plan to kill Alexis and obtain his fortune. During Irene and Alexis' honeymoon, Carlos' plan succeeds when the boat Alexis travels in explodes. A desperate and pregnant Irene returns to Mexico, where she falls in love with Dr. Diego Covarrubias. However, Irene is forced to leave him for the sake of her friend Carolina, since Carolina loves him and has cancer. Since Alejandro isn't able to win Irene's love, Alejandro gets in her life and forces her to marry him or risk losing her son - all of this as part of another plan Carlos formulated so he and Alejandro plot Irene's death in another fatal catastrophe.
Bajo un Mismo Rostro
1995
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Muchachita
1985
