Luis Aragón

Acting

Luis Aragón

Born — Died

1919-08-19 — 1973-07-26

Place of birth

Oaxaca, Mexico

Known for

Acting

Credits

47 titles

Luis Aragón was born on August 19, 1919 in Ejutla de Crespo, Oaxaca, Mexico. He was an actor and director, known for Ánimas Trujano (El hombre importante) (1962), The Brainiac(1962) and My Son, the Hero (1961). He died on July 26, 1973 in Mexico City, Mexico.

Known for

Film credits

1960s · 27 titles

The Shadow of the Tyrant poster
7.0

In 1920s Mexico, the candidates being chosen to succeed the current president, El Caudillo, find themselves at his mercy as he will resort to anything to accomplish his will, including kidnapping, betrayal, and murder.

The Shadow of the Tyrant

1960

The Important Man poster
7.9

Animas Trujano is a colorful but irresponsible Indian in a small Mexican village. He hopes above all things someday to be chosen mayordomio of his village, a place of great honor usually conferred upon the wealthiest and most respected citizens. Animas has a loyal wife, but cheats on her and gambles away every cent they raise. Chances arise for Animas to turn over a new leaf and even hope realistically for the honor of mayordomio.

The Important Man

1961

The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales poster
8.0

A taxidermist decides to murder his wife after having to put up with her after twenty years of hellish marriage.

The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales

1960

The Brainiac poster
5.5

In 1661 Mexico, Baron Vitelius is executed for witchcraft. 300 years later, during a comet's return, he resurfaces as a brain-eating monster seeking revenge on the Inquisitors' descendants.

The Brainiac

1962

Morelos siervo de la nación poster
5.7

Mexican feature film

Morelos siervo de la nación

1965

Luciano Romero poster
5.4

Jilted boyfriend goes gunning for his ex's new husband, kills her by accident. Husband takes it badly. Sequel to El Hombre Del Alazan (1959).

Luciano Romero

1960

Santo in the Hotel of Death poster
4.6

Tourists visiting the pyramids in Mexico experience a string of deaths and disappearances while staying at a nearby hotel. Police investigators Fernando and Cornado are assigned to the case and attempt to solve the mystery with the help of reporter (and girlfriend of Fernando) Veronica and the wrestler Santo.

Santo in the Hotel of Death

1963

The Gangster poster
6.8

An old gangster returns from the United States to Mexico City to live with his sister-in-law and his two nephews, where he will face the daily life of a middle-class family.

The Gangster

1965

Cri-Cri the Singing little cricket poster
8.1

Biography of the famous composer of children's music Gabilondo Soler. Starts from his childhood, when he worked as a pastor and grandmother tried to teach him to play the piano. Later he went to the city to study music theory and began writing his first songs.

Cri-Cri the Singing little cricket

1963

Nostradamus: The Genie of Darkness poster
5.6

In 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

El juicio de Arcadio poster
6.7

Mexican feature film

El juicio de Arcadio

1965

My Son, the Hero poster
8.0

Northern Mexico, early 20th century. Reynaldo del Hierro is murdered while riding with his sons Reynaldo and Martín, whose mother instills in them the need for revenge.

My Son, the Hero

1961

The Blood of Nostradamus poster
5.6

Vampire 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

The Curse of the Doll People poster
6.4

Four men are cursed by a voodoo priest for stealing a sacred idol from his temple. Soon a band of murderous "doll men" are after the men and their families.

The Curse of the Doll People

1961

Tarahumara (Further and farther) poster
6.0

A worker of the Mexican Indigenist Institute tries to help the Tarahumara Indians to protect and keep their lands, but he must face corrupt landowners and politicians.

Tarahumara (Further and farther)

1965

La tijera de oro poster
6.4

The charitable Emilio is a jealous barber tries to prevent at all costs the rich toting Mario mess with his girlfriend Rosita. Although Emilio help with money from neighbors, gets entangled in a misunderstanding and ends up in jail but his friends are out of charge so much trouble.

La tijera de oro

1960

La fierecilla del puerto poster
6.0

Ana María is a beautiful young woman who sells souvenirs to help her grandpa. When she falls in love with Alberto, a wealthy young man, she has to face his father, who will do anything to keep them apart.

La fierecilla del puerto

1963

The Adolescents poster
5.2

The story of an impossible love that a couple lives in secret because they are very young. Mexico's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1967.

The Adolescents

1968

Un día de diciembre poster
6.7

Mexican feature film

Un día de diciembre

1962

Nostradamus and the Destroyer of Monsters poster
4.9

A professor and a vampire hunter join forces to destroy the murderous vampire Nostradamus and his minions.

Nostradamus and the Destroyer of Monsters

1962

Our Daily Hunger poster
8.0

Trophy wife of a crooked industrialist meets a philanthropic doctor and develops a social conscience. Mexican remake of Born Yesterday.

Our Daily Hunger

1960

Mi caballo prieto rebelde poster
6.0

Two cowboys fight over ownership of a horse and a woman.

Mi caballo prieto rebelde

1967

Asesinos de la lucha libre poster
5.3

Cowboy sheriff investigates the murder of a crooked lucha-libre promoter.

Asesinos de la lucha libre

1962

El aviador fenómeno poster
5.7

Various murders are examined by a private investigator.

El aviador fenómeno

1961

Muchachas que trabajan poster
6.4

Working in a department store exposes young ladies to corrupting influences.

Muchachas que trabajan

1961

Dinamita Kid poster
6.2

Young boxer on the rise butts head with dishonest promoters. Etc etc.

Dinamita Kid

1962

El impostor poster
5.8

Cesar Rubio, a school teacher in the city, is fired for staying true to his ideals and values, and is also accused of encouraging rebellion among his students, who were demanding the principal's resignation through a strike.

El impostor

1960

1950s · 19 titles

Los diablos del terror poster
6.0

A federal policeman arrives in a town ravaged by a cult of hooded men who leave a satanic face on their victims.

Los diablos del terror

1959

La ciudad de los niños poster
6.4

Priest feels a calling to open an orphanage.

La ciudad de los niños

1957

La culta dama poster
6.2

A pregnant and very poor woman has no place to give birth, and turns to a society lady for help.

La culta dama

1957

La adúltera poster
6.0

Jilted lover takes revenge on her ex's new wife.

La adúltera

1956

Ella, Lucifer y yo poster
3.4

A man makes a pact with Lucifer in order to gain the love of a beautiful singer. To achieve his goal, the devil endows him with the ability to become invisible at will.

Ella, Lucifer y yo

1953

This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter poster
5.8

The third and final chapter of director Ismael Rodríguez's series about Pancho Villa. Several stories about the life and death of the famous mexican revolutionary general.

This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter

1958

Love, how bad you are! poster
5.7

Noirish drama about a drug trafficker and his girlfriends.

Love, how bad you are!

1953

Black Pit of Dr. M poster
6.4

Two doctors make a pact in which they swear that the first to die will return - if possible - to tell the other how to get a glimpse of the afterlife while still alive.

Black Pit of Dr. M

1959

Every Child a Cross to Bear poster
6.7

Sometimes parents make the mistake of loving one child more than the others. Don José places blind trust in his son Pepe, who turns out to be the one committing the most serious faults within the family, while Raymundo is the one who pays for them. Remake of Cuando los hijos se van (1941).

Every Child a Cross to Bear

1957

With my finger on the trigger poster
6.0

The Private detective Raúl Marín with the help of his grandmother and the police commander Aragón try to find out the murder of several homicides in three episodes: El Anónimo, El Ídolo and El Hipnotizador.

With my finger on the trigger

1958

No artwork available
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Con el dedo en el gatillo: El vengador

1958

School for Buglars poster
7.7

The police plan to capture a killer by using a double that looks exactly as one of his victims.

School for Buglars

1958

Music of Always poster
7.1

Producer, director and projectionist watch an assortment of musical numbers and brainstorm about framing narrative that could contain them all.

Music of Always

1958

La última lucha poster
6.3

Slice-of-life melodrama: backstage at the wrestling arena.

La última lucha

1959

El dinamitero poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

El dinamitero

1958

Pistolas de oro poster
6.3

Felipe owns two golden pistols and makes a sacred promise never to use them. However, circumstances will test his word and his will.

Pistolas de oro

1959

No artwork available
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

La tumba

1958

Una Movida Chueca poster
5.4

Experimental drug gives the ability to foretell the future.

Una Movida Chueca

1956

Pretty sky! poster
5.8

Revolutionist and Army General compete for a woman

Pretty sky!

1957