
Acting
Polo Ortín
Born — Died
1928-04-16 — 2016-08-16
Place of birth
Mexico City, Mexico
Known for
Acting
Credits
67 titles
Polo Ortín was born on April 16, 1928 in Mexico City, Mexico as Leopoldo Ortin Campuzano. He was an actor and director.
Known for
8.2The everyday life of people in Mexican neighborhoods, where anything can be found. Each episode interacts between these peculiar neighbors, where they encounter real and fictitious problems.
Vecinos
2005
7.8Dulce María is like her name, a sweet 5-year-old girl, full of joy and good feelings. With the death of his mother, his father, Luciano Larios, sinks into depression and pain, and decides to distance himself from everything and everyone. He admits Dulce María to the "Queen of America" nuns' school and goes abroad, leaving her in the care of her brother Gabriel, who is a priest. The only visit the girl receives is from her beloved Aunt Estefanía, whom she affectionately calls "Aunt Wigs" because instead of showing her hair, she wears colored wigs that match her clothes.
Little Angel Face
2000
7.3Native American girl Maria Isabel makes friends with Graciela, a rich white girl, despite Graciela's father's opposition; their friendship lasts into their adulthood.
María Isabel
1997
NRSerafín is a Mexican children's telenovela produced by José Alberto Castro for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from August 30 to December 17, 1999. It stars Maribel Guardia, Eduardo Santamarina, Jordi Landeta, and features the voice of María Fernanda Morales as Serafín. The telenovela was the first Mexican production to incorporate digitally created animated characters into a live-action telenovela. The story follows Serafín, a cheerful but mischievous little angel who is sent to Earth to learn how to become a Guardian Angel. In Mexico City, he meets Pepe, an unhappy boy living with his mother, grandfather, and abusive stepfather. Determined to bring hope and happiness into Pepe's life, Serafín helps him and his friends overcome family conflicts, fear, and adversity while teaching lessons about love, friendship, kindness, and faith.
Serafín
1999
8.5La casa en la playa is a Mexican telenovela produced by Yuri Breña and Pinkye Morris for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from April 10 to July 7, 2000. The story follows the wealthy Villarreal family after the death of its patriarch, whose final wishes ignite conflicts over inheritance, power, and loyalty. As hidden secrets and old rivalries emerge, the family becomes entangled in a web of love, betrayal, ambition, and revenge.
La casa en la playa
2000
6.8Our protagonist has a stall in a market and a bride in place of meat. The butcher does not want and diamond smuggler gets him in trouble with the police. Hides in a beauty salon pretending to be gay
Una Macho En El Salon de Belleza
1987
Film credits
2000s · 2 titles
1990s · 8 titles
6.7A man fights against drug dealers around his neighborhood.
La furia de un vengador
1992
4.1Three women try to find out which of their husbands is the father of a child abandoned on the market they work.
Tacos, tortas y enchiladas
1990
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Usted decide si se embaraza
1993
5.4Spoiled junior, Pirruris, needs to find his half brothers to claim his inheritance.
Los cuates del Pirruris
1990
4.7Wacky hijinks in a brothel. Union officials misappropriating funds, a customer dying in bed, some foxy grandpas cutting up on a visit to the big city... it's all hilarious. Or not.
El muerto al hoyo... y el vivo también
1990
6.2No synopsis available yet.
Dos judiciales en aprietos
1990
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Bella entre las flores
1990
6.7On 28 Feb 1993, the ATF organized a raid on the Davidian ranch in a rural area near Waco, Texas. The raid was carried out because of the alleged illegal presence of weapons on the property, resulting in the deaths of four agents and five Davidians.
Tragedia en Waco, Texas
1993
1980s · 34 titles
6.8Our protagonist has a stall in a market and a bride in place of meat. The butcher does not want and diamond smuggler gets him in trouble with the police. Hides in a beauty salon pretending to be gay
Una Macho En El Salon de Belleza
1987
6.2No synopsis available yet.
Ese loco, loco hospital
1986
4.6Sex-worker tries to pose as a society matron long enough to receive a visit from her daughter, the daughter's fiancé and his family.
Buenas y con... movidas
1983
6.3Anthology film, six little anecdotes about life in the big city.
D.F./Distrito Federal
1981
4.0Pichichi tries to put together a female soccer team as the mafia uses it as a front to distribute drugs.
El Pichichi del barrio
1989
4.6Two "naughty" comedy episodes with naked women and bodies of water.
Huevos rancheros
1982
7.9Roberto y su nueva familia estan pasando por dificultades economicas por lo que decide formar otra vez su vieja banda y comienzan a tratar de organizar algunos robos que resultan mal. La esposa de Roberto y su abuelita recurren al engaño disfrazandose de monjitas para poder vender galletas y rompope, sin embargo la abuelita hace de las suyas y se meten en problemas.
El ratero de la vecindad 2
1985
4.8A gang of robbers sowing unrest in the city are attempting dislodge the police for a crime kingpin; the band are composed of three women and a business magnate.
Las Perfumadas
1983
6.3No synopsis available yet.
Lagunilla 2
1982
4.8Three interlocking anecdotes about boy/girl stuff. Two gigolos make a bet to see which can boff an heiress first, a young artist tries to persuade his upper-class parents that his artist's-model fiance is a good choice for marriage, and a guy on the run from the mafia hides from them by cross-dressing.
Las modelos de desnudos
1983
5.2No synopsis available yet.
El garañón
1989
4.6Love triangles, romantic entanglements, and spectacular bodies! All this to the rhythm of laughter & the sounds of La Sonora Santanera.
Las Fabulosas Del Reventón
1982
4.3No synopsis available yet.
Tragic Deaths
1987
4.3The bureaucrat Victor manages to acquire an apartment and, by lending it to his bosses for their affairs, earns money and promotions, though he suffers inconveniences by leaving the apartment at inconvenient hours, enduring robberies and colds. The office director also asks for the apartment to take Patricia, the elevator girl Victor loves. He is disappointed in her but discovers she attempted suicide. The director rewards him by appointing him manager, but he refuses the position, disgusted by the rampant corruption.
Para que dure no se apure
1988
4.7No synopsis available yet.
De Todas... Todas!
1985
4.8Softcore sex-farce about a guy with a really big lump in his underpants...and all the women who flock to him.
El vergonzoso
1988
6.9After a year spent mourning his wife's death, a father and two sons cut loose for some wild living. Loose remake of Los Tres Alegres Compadres.
Entre Compadres Te Veas
1986
6.3An old man punishes his son for not having children, so he tells him his inheritance will go to someone else if he doesn't have a child in a year.
Macho Que Ladra No Muerde
1984
6.7Mexican feature film
Las fabulosas del Reventón 2
1983
6.6After regaining his manliness, he escapes from hell Satan for embezzling Secretary of infernal hacienda, being chased by a couple of poor devils good for nothing, and took refuge in the cabaret ends up working as a transvestite.
La pulquería 3: Entre ficheras anda el diablo
1984
6.7Mexican feature film
Se me sale cuando me río
1983
4.4The film continues the outrageous antics of its eccentric patrons and staff, blending slapstick humor, misadventures, and love triangles. As the bar faces more outrageous situations, the characters find themselves in increasingly absurd and funny circumstances, maintaining the lively spirit of the previous films in the series.
La Pulquería Ataca de Nuevo
1985
4.8Left grief-stricken when his bride dies unexpectedly on their wedding night, desperate newlywed Juan Pablo jumps into a relationship with a sexy pickpocket in this romantic Mexican drama. At first, Juan Pablo desires only the touch of a woman, but things change when he begins to have strong feelings for Rosa. Sasha Montenegro, Susana Cabrera, Roberto Montiel, Eduardo de la Peña, Anaís de Melo and Delia Magaña star.
La golfa del barrio
1982
6.7Mexican feature film
El gran relajo mexicano
1988
6.3After 42 years of working as an antiquarian , Abel is fired by the children of his recently deceased employer; however, after this unexpected situation that leaves him in solitude and with little chance to get a new job, he decides to start again as antiques dealer in the popular Lagunilla market . There he will find real friends ; a humble life and, above all , a new opportunity to fall in love regardless of social differences.
Lagunilla, mi barrio
1981
6.0Five young women visiting relatives in Acapulco are targetted by white-slave kidnappers.
5 pollas en peligro
1986
6.0Comical misadventures: lady taxi-driver + doofus policemen.
La ruletera
1987
4.6No synopsis available yet.
Nos reimos de la migra (Destrampados y mojados)
1987
4.9Gold-digger conspires with gal-pal to snag herself a rich husband.
Two Kinds of Schemes
1989
7.1The Devil offers a man to help him if he can show him to love.
La pulquería
1981
6.0No synopsis available yet.
El chorizo del carnicero
1989
5.4The engineer José Luis, husband of the fichera and dancer Estrella Raleigh, dies in a plane crash. During the burial, Estrella discovers that her husband was having an affair. It's quickly revealed that things are a bit more complicated than they initially appear.
Sexo contra sexo
1983
6.3In this second part, the devil (Alfonso Zayas) returns to earth in search of a cure for his loss of masculinity; while Gerardo (Jorge Rivero), the rich and handsome character, continues to seduce his beloved.
La pulquería 2
1982
4.7Constancio has to leave his wife and son because they're making him crazy. He leaves his fortune behind and falls in love with another woman.
Dos machos que ladran no muerden
1988
1970s · 7 titles
5.3Anthology film: three "sophisticated" rom-com scenarios.
El cuerpazo del delito
1970
5.9Blackout comedy bits about people getting their perv on. As it were.
El sexo me da risa
1979
5.3Professor Bruno Volpi spots some strange paintings on a cliff. He sends for Professor Zovek to help him discover its meaning. Zovek uses his powers to figure the writings are a warning that a cosmic tragedy is going to happen. Their fears prove to be true when a fire ball falls from the skies causing the ressurrection of the dead as zombies, craving for human flesh.
The Invasion of the Dead
1973
6.7Career-thief hides from the police by joining a convent.
La hermana Trinquete
1970
5.6No synopsis available yet.
El rediezcubrimiento de México
1979
4.3Someone who wears a blue mask, is squat and has giant hands are killing people and stealing jewelry and money. The witnesses are afraid to talk, despite the detective understands that the clues point to his friend Blue Demon. This is actually an evil plan hatched by the Count and a fighter called ' The Cossack ', taking revenge on Blue. In both the real Blue Demon campaign starts with his secretary and a detective to unravel the mystery.
Noche de muerte
1975
6.2No synopsis available yet.
4 hembras y un macho menos
1979
1960s · 4 titles
5.8Three murder-mystery fans team up to play detective together; they catch some thieves at the workplace of one of them, then get caught up in an old-dark-house situation...
Un trío de tres
1960
6.0Venezuelan guy and Mexican rancher get competitive toward each other -- mostly over "the girl".
Dos gallos en palenque
1960
4.2A woman has several lovers, her husband discovers her with one of them, and both men are mistaken for robbers.
Cuernos debajo de la cama
1969
6.8Sonia meets Roberto, a miserable actor with a few days left of life. Both fall in love, but soon after a policeman comes looking after Sonia, but is distracted by a countess during New Years Eve. Sonia and Roberto take this chance to escape.
El crepúsculo de un dios
1969
1950s · 5 titles
6.8Husband and wife share the spotlight as two of Mexico's most famous ranchera singers, but when they decide to pursue solo careers, a Spanish theatrical empresario and an Italian female chocolatier will threaten their marriage.
Dos corazones y un cielo
1959
5.4Champion diver on a Uni swim team trains for the Olympics and contends with his buffoonish room-mate.
¡Paso a la juventud..!
1958
Clavillazo is a likeable drifter who gets his diploma because his teachers want to lose sight of him. He lives on what he can find in the street. However, nothing can stop him from helping those around him.
Vivir a todo dar
1956
6.0In this movie a couple of comedians try to disappear for a while and end up in an asylum, where confused as the mad, and try to escape, but one of them falls in love and that complicates things.
Trip to the Moon
1958
5.7No synopsis available yet.
El buen ladrón
1957
Series credits
8.2The everyday life of people in Mexican neighborhoods, where anything can be found. Each episode interacts between these peculiar neighbors, where they encounter real and fictitious problems.
Vecinos
2005
7.8Dulce María is like her name, a sweet 5-year-old girl, full of joy and good feelings. With the death of his mother, his father, Luciano Larios, sinks into depression and pain, and decides to distance himself from everything and everyone. He admits Dulce María to the "Queen of America" nuns' school and goes abroad, leaving her in the care of her brother Gabriel, who is a priest. The only visit the girl receives is from her beloved Aunt Estefanía, whom she affectionately calls "Aunt Wigs" because instead of showing her hair, she wears colored wigs that match her clothes.
Little Angel Face
2000
7.3Native American girl Maria Isabel makes friends with Graciela, a rich white girl, despite Graciela's father's opposition; their friendship lasts into their adulthood.
María Isabel
1997
NRSerafín is a Mexican children's telenovela produced by José Alberto Castro for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from August 30 to December 17, 1999. It stars Maribel Guardia, Eduardo Santamarina, Jordi Landeta, and features the voice of María Fernanda Morales as Serafín. The telenovela was the first Mexican production to incorporate digitally created animated characters into a live-action telenovela. The story follows Serafín, a cheerful but mischievous little angel who is sent to Earth to learn how to become a Guardian Angel. In Mexico City, he meets Pepe, an unhappy boy living with his mother, grandfather, and abusive stepfather. Determined to bring hope and happiness into Pepe's life, Serafín helps him and his friends overcome family conflicts, fear, and adversity while teaching lessons about love, friendship, kindness, and faith.
Serafín
1999
8.5La casa en la playa is a Mexican telenovela produced by Yuri Breña and Pinkye Morris for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from April 10 to July 7, 2000. The story follows the wealthy Villarreal family after the death of its patriarch, whose final wishes ignite conflicts over inheritance, power, and loyalty. As hidden secrets and old rivalries emerge, the family becomes entangled in a web of love, betrayal, ambition, and revenge.
La casa en la playa
2000
Behind the camera
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Mariachi de frontera
1987
6.3A rookie waiter faces a trial by fire when he’s hired to work at a big party. Clueless about what to do, he turns to his buddy Carlitos—a drunk who’s always bottled up and ready for another round. With Carlitos on his side, things might not get any better…
Los meseros mitoteros
1991


