Víctor Parra

Acting

Víctor Parra

Born — Died

1920-01-10 — 1994-02-20

Place of birth

Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico

Known for

Acting

Credits

41 titles

Víctor Parra Reyes (10 January 1920 – 20 February 1994), better known simply as Víctor Parra, was a Mexican actor and producer of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. During his career, he won three Ariel Awards.

Known for

Film credits

1960s · 5 titles

1950s · 21 titles

Historia de un marido infiel poster
6.7

Marital problems and Ofelia’s physical and mental illness (Rosa Carmina) drive Emilio (Francisco Petrone) to seek pleasure. He meets Carmina, a prostitute who, together with her pimp, plans to ruin him by mocking his situation.

Historia de un marido infiel

1956

The Suspect poster
6.7

After a trip to Europe, Regina de Alba comes home and finds out her mother is nowhere to be found. When her step-father's criminal past becomes known, her suspicions increase.

The Suspect

1955

The Soft One poster
5.3

Charming but unreliable, Roberto has earned his nickname "El Suavecito" through his constant flirtations and the easy way he moves through life, even when it causes pain to his devoted aging mother and his beautiful neighbor Lupita, who resists his overtures in the hopes he can learn to settle down and behave. When Lupita gains a steady and honest suitor in Carlos, El Suavecito can't resist trying to foul his chances with the help of the unscrupulous gambler "El Nene"--but it all goes badly wrong. This neglected noir asks whether a morally impoverished gangster is capable of redemption.

The Soft One

1951

Los Fernández de Peralvillo poster
6.6

A young man fails as a seller of household goods and his sister, tired of poverty, elopes with a criminal.

Los Fernández de Peralvillo

1954

La máscara de carne poster
6.0

Mexican feature film

La máscara de carne

1958

Untouched poster
6.9

With the purpose of using barbasco roots in the production of cortisone, a pharmaceutical company sends a scientist to investigate the possibilities of exploitation in Veracruz, but the man gets lost in the jungle and lives a strange romantic adventure in a remote location called Paradise.

Untouched

1954

Espaldas mojadas poster
6.8

Mexican worker Rafael Améndola runs from the police and cross the Mexican-American border, helped by Frank Mendoza, a partner of an American called Mr. Sterling, who gives work to illegal migrants. Once in the United States, Rafael does not adapt to his new life. English translation of title is “Wet Backs”.

Espaldas mojadas

1955

La hija del ministro poster
6.5

A 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

The Devil's Money poster
6.0

Los dineros del diablo (The Devil's Money) is a Mexican drama film directed by Alejandro Galindo. It was released in 1953 and starring Amalia Aguilar and Roberto Cañedo.

The Devil's Money

1953

The Doubt poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

The Doubt

1954

Prisionera del recuerdo poster
6.0

Refugee from Spanish Civil War deals with PTSD and a romantic triangle while trying to find her father's murderer.

Prisionera del recuerdo

1952

La fe en Dios poster
5.8

Criminal on the lam assumes the identity of a dead priest and takes his place in a rural parish.

La fe en Dios

1950

Four Against the World poster
6.1

After ambushing a brewery’s money truck, four gangsters hide out in the attic of a gangster’s lover while the police search the city. As the heat closes in, jealousy, desire, and mistrust begin to fracture the gang from within.

Four Against the World

1950

Morir de pie poster
5.7

A young woman gives herself to her boyfriend but is forced to marry an army officer, who takes revenge on him.

Morir de pie

1957

Reportaje poster
7.3

Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.

Reportaje

1953

Adventures of a New Rich Man poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Adventures of a New Rich Man

1950

Soul of Steel poster
5.4

Inspired by Alexander Dumas's novel The Corsican Brothers, Alma de Acero presents a delightful spin on the classic story of twin brothers (both played by Luis Aguilar) and their contrasting lives. As a singer in a nightclub, one brother has chosen a life of peaceful simplicity; the other, however, has chosen a troublesome lifestyle that leads to numerous run-ins with the law, forcing the vocalist to risk his own life to save his sibling.

Soul of Steel

1957

Frontera norte poster
6.0

Two brothers: one's a cop, one's a gangster.

Frontera norte

1953

El túnel 6 poster
6.3

Engineering crew excavating a tunnel through a mountain, are trapped by a landslide.

El túnel 6

1955

No artwork available
6.0

Masked horseman avenges the deaths of family members and resolves questions about a contested inheritance. One of four in a series ("Relampago").

El jinete negro

1958

Enemigos poster
5.2

One son takes after mom, one son takes after dad. They don't get along, and the family splits into two households.

Enemigos

1956

1940s · 11 titles

Yo maté a Juan Charrasqueado poster
6.0

Everybody at the ranch adjacent to Juan C.'s has a reason to hate him, because he's a bad bad man.

Yo maté a Juan Charrasqueado

1949

El hijo del bandido poster
5.7

Due to his family's bad reputation, a young man is accused of robbery and of murdering the father of the woman he loves.

El hijo del bandido

1949

Get Off at the Next Corner! poster
6.4

Driver Gregorio del Prado and fare collector Regalito were suspended for deviating from their route to impress a young woman named Cholita.

Get Off at the Next Corner!

1948

La niña de mis ojos poster
6.2

Classic movie of Mexican cinema.

La niña de mis ojos

1947

El vengador poster
5.2

Something's rotten in the state of Puebla.

El vengador

1949

Champion Without Crown poster
5.4

A young ice cream vendor, Roberto Terranova, witnesses a child being beaten and comes to his aid by physically overpowering the aggressor. His strength and natural ability catches the eye of a well-known boxing trainer. Considering him a diamond in the rough, he aims to put Roberto in the professional ring. But Roberto finds that his personal challenges must be overcome before he can achieve professional greatness.

Champion Without Crown

1946

El cuarto mandamiento poster
6.9

A Mexican family drama.

El cuarto mandamiento

1948

El último chinaco poster
6.8

1880s-1890s rural adventure on horseback.

El último chinaco

1948

Los Cristeros poster
6.4

When the government places restrictions on the Catholic church's autonomy, an armed uprising takes place. Disagreements over the new laws create conflict within the protagonist's family.

Los Cristeros

1947

El muchacho alegre poster
5.3

Boisterous young charro has to prove to his girlfriend's parents that he's ready to settle down and be a responsible adult... but then somebody frames him for a murder and he has more immediate problems to deal with.

El muchacho alegre

1948

Ángeles de arrabal poster
6.2

A thief commits several misdeeds and, to mislead the police, keeps jewelry in the house of his fiancée, whom he seduces to prevent her from discovering the theft.

Ángeles de arrabal

1949

Behind the camera