
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
6.0Everybody 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
5.6In order to stop a vampire from terrorizing the countryside, some locals decide to break into his coffin at night and steal his ashes. Complications ensue.
Nostradamus: The Genie of Darkness
1962
5.6Vampire hunters track down a vampire and attempt to steal the ashes from his coffin in order to stop him from reviving nightly.
The Blood of Nostradamus
1962
6.7Marital 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
6.7After 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
5.7Due 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
Film credits
1960s · 5 titles
5.8Masked horseman avenges the deaths of family members and resolves questions about a contested inheritance. One of four in a series ("Relampago").
La muerte en el desfiladero
1963
Cowboy drifter goes home for a visit, gets into trouble messing around with another man's woman.
Hombres de roca
1966
No synopsis available yet.
El bastardo
1968
5.5Masked horseman avenges the deaths of family members and resolves questions about a contested inheritance. One of four in a series ("Relampago").
Herencia trágica
1960
Young man puts on the Black Mask Of Vengeance to solve some tangled legal problems concerning a contested inheritance and several murdered family members. It took him four feature-length movies to do it. (Series: "El Relampago.")
El asaltacaminos
1962
1950s · 21 titles
6.7Marital 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
6.7After 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
5.3Charming 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
6.6A young man fails as a seller of household goods and his sister, tired of poverty, elopes with a criminal.
Los Fernández de Peralvillo
1954
6.0Mexican feature film
La máscara de carne
1958
6.9With 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
6.8Mexican 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
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
6.0Los 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
6.8No synopsis available yet.
The Doubt
1954
6.0Refugee from Spanish Civil War deals with PTSD and a romantic triangle while trying to find her father's murderer.
Prisionera del recuerdo
1952
5.8Criminal on the lam assumes the identity of a dead priest and takes his place in a rural parish.
La fe en Dios
1950
6.1After 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
5.7A young woman gives herself to her boyfriend but is forced to marry an army officer, who takes revenge on him.
Morir de pie
1957
7.3Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.
Reportaje
1953
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Adventures of a New Rich Man
1950
5.4Inspired 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
6.0Two brothers: one's a cop, one's a gangster.
Frontera norte
1953
6.3Engineering crew excavating a tunnel through a mountain, are trapped by a landslide.
El túnel 6
1955
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
5.2One 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
6.0Everybody 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
5.7Due 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
6.4Driver 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
6.2Classic movie of Mexican cinema.
La niña de mis ojos
1947
5.2Something's rotten in the state of Puebla.
El vengador
1949
5.4A 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
6.9A Mexican family drama.
El cuarto mandamiento
1948
6.81880s-1890s rural adventure on horseback.
El último chinaco
1948
6.4When 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
5.3Boisterous 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
6.2A 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
5.6In order to stop a vampire from terrorizing the countryside, some locals decide to break into his coffin at night and steal his ashes. Complications ensue.
Nostradamus: The Genie of Darkness
1962
5.6Vampire hunters track down a vampire and attempt to steal the ashes from his coffin in order to stop him from reviving nightly.
The Blood of Nostradamus
1962
5.7Second film in the Tigres del ring series.
Diabolical Kidnapping
1957
5.6Bad-hat townsfolk want to dispossess local Indians of their tribal lands; priestess and white ally fight back. One of four in a series.
El caudillo
1957
