Alfredo Varela

Acting

Alfredo Varela

Born — Died

1912-11-30 — 1986-05-01

Place of birth

Mexico City, Mexico

Known for

Acting

Credits

86 titles

Alfredo Varela was born on November 30, 1912 in Mexico City, Mexico as Alfredo Varela Catalá. He was an actor and writer, known for El infierno verde (1952), Duro pero seguro(1978) and El extra (1962). He was married to Yuyú. He died on May 1, 1986 in Mexico City. His parents were the actors Alfredo Varela Sr. and Adela Catalá.

Known for

The Unknown Policeman poster
8.0

A gang of thieves has jeopardized the city and even the police, whose chief urges their forces to captured the band within 48 hours. Meanwhile, band members meet in a cafe run by a widow and her daughter and her suitor, Cantinflas, who maintains a scuffle with the robbers running all at the station. Since then, Cantinflas become a member of the police force for special missions.

The Unknown Policeman

1941

The River and Death poster
6.3

A useless and bloody vendetta has been going on for ages between two families in this Mexican village. Men, sons, have killed each other for generations, for a so-called conception of honor in a revenge that never ends since it is also triggered by people of the village. Now, today, there are only two sons left, one in each family. One has become a doctor in the big city and his culture is modern. The other last one - of the other family - hasn't left the village and is waiting for the doctor to come "home" as he plans to kill him, to settle this war on this matter of honor once and for all. And the people of the village want blood.

The River and Death

1954

El rosario poster
6.0

Directed by Juan Ortega and set in 19th Century Victorian England, a struggling single woman of the noble class , named Juana Champion (played by actress Andrea Palma), has absolutely no marriage prospects. After finally resigning herself to becoming a Spinster or "Old Maid", she decides to go live with her very wealthy Aunt, none other than the Dutchess of Meldrum. Not long after her arrival, she quickly becomes infatuated with a charming, good-looking and talented painter named Garth, who works for her prim and proper Aunt. Although there is a mutual attraction between them from the start, Garth does not truly fall in love with Juana until he hears her sing a wonderful song called "The Rosary".

El rosario

1944

El Supersabio poster
8.0

Cantinflas is the apprentice of a renowned scientist, Prof. Arquimides Monteagudo (Carlos Martinez Baena). But Cantinflas has the soul of a poet rather than a serious researcher, and he wants to find the formula that achieves the immortality of the roses. Nevertheless, after the death of Prof. Monteagudo, Cantinflas will be chased by a ferocious corporative group, who wants to steal the secret formula of a cheaper fuel named "carburex", because they think that our friend is the only person who knows the composition

El Supersabio

1948

You’re Missing the Point poster
8.2

Cantinflas, the boyfriend of the servant of a rich industrial man, gets into the house in order to kill a mad dog. Suddenly this man appears so the servant tells him that Cantinflas is his wife's brother (Leonardo), who had been lost for years. The rich man then remembers that his father in law's testament could only be paid when all brothers get together, so treats Cantinflas, a real bum, as a king.

You’re Missing the Point

1940

El diablo en persona poster
5.7

Young rural-gentry dude sows wild oats, settles down to raise a family, and fights in the Revolution, all at the same time.

El diablo en persona

1982

Film credits

1970s · 6 titles

1950s · 22 titles

The River and Death poster
6.3

A useless and bloody vendetta has been going on for ages between two families in this Mexican village. Men, sons, have killed each other for generations, for a so-called conception of honor in a revenge that never ends since it is also triggered by people of the village. Now, today, there are only two sons left, one in each family. One has become a doctor in the big city and his culture is modern. The other last one - of the other family - hasn't left the village and is waiting for the doctor to come "home" as he plans to kill him, to settle this war on this matter of honor once and for all. And the people of the village want blood.

The River and Death

1954

Yo quiero ser tonta poster
5.8

Dreamer father wants son to become a bullfighter, and daughter to become a singer, so they become instant millionares, although their talent is not apparently there.

Yo quiero ser tonta

1950

Mi papá tuvo la culpa poster
5.2

Two young sweethearts get married, and then are made to believe that she's his illegitimate half-sister.

Mi papá tuvo la culpa

1953

The Straying Rooster poster
6.5

A wealthy sculptor takes in a thief as a servant on her ranch, hoping to reshape him, but their situation is disrupted when she discovers a major robbery has taken place on her estate.

The Straying Rooster

1952

They also sing of pain poster
7.4

The movie starts with Braulio Peláez (Pedro Infante), a schoolteacher, having just fallen off his horse, representing the situation he and his family are in. The next scenes introduce the viewer to his family and their poor financial and social situation. As Braulio stumbles around looking for his glasses, he causes a famous film star, Alfonso de Madrazo (Rafael Alcaide) to crash his car. Braulio offers him to eat at his house as an apology. Braulio's sister and mother, big film fans, immediately recognise Alfonso and attempt to get him to bring the girl, Luisa Peláez (Irma Dolores) to Mexico City to become a film star. Alfonso agrees and tells them to come to the capital.

They also sing of pain

1950

El beisbolista fenómeno poster
6.5

The soul of a dead baseball player finds a human host to occupy so it can achieve some career goals it hadn't accomplished during its lifetime. Riotous hijinks ensue.

El beisbolista fenómeno

1952

Love for Life poster
NR

During the times of Venezuelan dictator Juan Vicente Gómez, an exhausted stranger arrives at a farm and starts to help the owner with the legal status of her land.

Love for Life

1950

Música, mujeres y amor poster
5.5

Two women are installed in the cabin of a ship that was already occupied by two gentlemen.

Música, mujeres y amor

1952

No artwork available
6.0

Pre-Revolutionary setting; class conflicts and a romance across class-boundaries.

Love Pays for Love

1950

Mi niño, mi caballo y yo poster
6.0

Nun tries to heal the relationship between a six-year-old boy and his estranged father.

Mi niño, mi caballo y yo

1959

In the Flesh poster
5.7

A beautiful cabaret dancer falls in love with a sailor who promises to return and marry her. Trouble ensues.

In the Flesh

1951

La vida en broma poster
6.0

Many many mistaken identities and impostures overlapping among a group of husbands, wives and others.

La vida en broma

1950

Mi mujer no es mía poster
6.0

Bachelor pretends that he got married, thinking that will stop his aunt from trying to play matchmaker.

Mi mujer no es mía

1951

No artwork available
6.5

Rom-com set during Mexican Revolution.

Carabina 30-30

1958

My Three Merry Widows poster
6.0

Dead man's will reveals he had three wives.

My Three Merry Widows

1953

Las cariñosas poster
8.2

When three beautiful young nurses from Jalisco, afflicted with a rare disease called "sexappealitis", create commotion among the patients in a hospital, they are forced to resign. They travel to Mexico City following the suggestion of a crazy scientist, who tells them they will be cured when they get married. But they are attracted to three men who are indifferent to their sexy looks, being themselves sick with "lovetitis".

Las cariñosas

1953

Si me viera don Porfirio poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Si me viera don Porfirio

1950

Singing love is born poster
6.4

Comical misadventures of a film crew trying to get their damn musical filmed.

Singing love is born

1954

Al diablo las mujeres poster
6.0

Rosa, 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

Tú y la mentira poster
5.8

Struggling musician finally reaches the big time, then a scheming gold-digger gets her hooks into him.

Tú y la mentira

1958

No artwork available
6.2

Mad scientist gives Atomic Powers to a 98 pound weakling.

El superflaco

1959

Melodías de amor poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Melodías de amor

1955

1940s · 23 titles

The Unknown Policeman poster
8.0

A gang of thieves has jeopardized the city and even the police, whose chief urges their forces to captured the band within 48 hours. Meanwhile, band members meet in a cafe run by a widow and her daughter and her suitor, Cantinflas, who maintains a scuffle with the robbers running all at the station. Since then, Cantinflas become a member of the police force for special missions.

The Unknown Policeman

1941

El rosario poster
6.0

Directed by Juan Ortega and set in 19th Century Victorian England, a struggling single woman of the noble class , named Juana Champion (played by actress Andrea Palma), has absolutely no marriage prospects. After finally resigning herself to becoming a Spinster or "Old Maid", she decides to go live with her very wealthy Aunt, none other than the Dutchess of Meldrum. Not long after her arrival, she quickly becomes infatuated with a charming, good-looking and talented painter named Garth, who works for her prim and proper Aunt. Although there is a mutual attraction between them from the start, Garth does not truly fall in love with Juana until he hears her sing a wonderful song called "The Rosary".

El rosario

1944

El Supersabio poster
8.0

Cantinflas is the apprentice of a renowned scientist, Prof. Arquimides Monteagudo (Carlos Martinez Baena). But Cantinflas has the soul of a poet rather than a serious researcher, and he wants to find the formula that achieves the immortality of the roses. Nevertheless, after the death of Prof. Monteagudo, Cantinflas will be chased by a ferocious corporative group, who wants to steal the secret formula of a cheaper fuel named "carburex", because they think that our friend is the only person who knows the composition

El Supersabio

1948

You’re Missing the Point poster
8.2

Cantinflas, the boyfriend of the servant of a rich industrial man, gets into the house in order to kill a mad dog. Suddenly this man appears so the servant tells him that Cantinflas is his wife's brother (Leonardo), who had been lost for years. The rich man then remembers that his father in law's testament could only be paid when all brothers get together, so treats Cantinflas, a real bum, as a king.

You’re Missing the Point

1940

The Grand Champion poster
NR

El Kid Azteca not only fights to become someone in life; he also fights for the love of Avelina, who shows no interest in him when she sees that fame has gone to his head.

The Grand Champion

1949

Mil estudiantes y una muchacha poster
5.8

The dream of Atenodoro is to be a professor at the Faculty of Law. The students show enthusiasm for Ana, the professor’s daughter. Atenodoro resigns from his class, and the students try to make him return by pretending to be the rector and his family.

Mil estudiantes y una muchacha

1942

Las cinco noches de Adán poster
5.8

Globe-hopping playboy bachelor is getting on in years, so he invites his five international children to come live with him.

Las cinco noches de Adán

1942

Los nietos de Don Venancio poster
5.8

A puritanical man travels to the capital to visit nightclubs and introduces himself as a bachelor, but to his surprise, he finds himself there with his wife.

Los nietos de Don Venancio

1946

Los maridos engañan de 7 a 9 poster
5.7

Focuses on the emotional life of two women, whose husbands, with labor excuses, make "outings" from 7 to 9 at night.

Los maridos engañan de 7 a 9

1946

Yo fui una usurpadora poster
5.4

Brilliant young doctor discovers his wife doesn't want to bear children, so he finds someone else to exxperience fatherhood with.

Yo fui una usurpadora

1946

Viva Mi Desgracia poster
6.2

After drinking a special concoction made of various types of alcohol, the once-timid Ramon (Pedro Infante) suddenly turns into a brawler and extroverted ladies' man. With his newfound confidence, Ramon attempts to win the heart of the woman (María Antonieta Pons) he loves. Full of enjoyable songs and funny scenes, this entertaining Mexican musical centers on a wealthy man who finally realizes that money can't buy him love.

Viva Mi Desgracia

1944

When the Children are Gone poster
6.3

Unjustly accused of theft, the noble Raimundo is forced to leave his paternal home. A new incident, caused by the ambition of his brother José, causes Raimundo to be disowned by his girlfriend María and by his father, the just and strict Don Pepe. The only one who believes in Raimundo is his mother, Dona Lupita, a woman who suffers deeply because of the wrong decisions of her children.

When the Children are Gone

1941

Las mañanitas poster
5.4

Rom-com scheming; wealthy landowner wants to seduce one of his tenants, but she wants the other guy...

Las mañanitas

1948

La insaciable poster
5.8

No synopsis available yet.

La insaciable

1947

Canaima poster
6.1

Marcos Vargas returns home to Ciudad Bolívar after finishing his studies in Trinidad. There he decides to start a business transporting merchandise to the interior of the jungle. A local chieftain will not make things easy for him.

Canaima

1945

Cuando viajan las estrellas poster
6.0

A Hollywood star travels to Mexico to take flamenco dancing lessons for her next movie. In the airport she meets a Mexican rancher, and while both dislike each other at first, things may change.

Cuando viajan las estrellas

1942

Al son de la marimba poster
6.4

A broken high society man tries to keep his family expensive lifestyle by tricking a rich man from out of the town to marry his well intended daughter.

Al son de la marimba

1940

La pícara Susana poster
5.7

Socialist librarian gets mixed up in the family life of a spoiled rich girl and her screwball family.

La pícara Susana

1945

Charro a la fuerza poster
6.2

Mistaken identity farce; heiress has to marry to receive an inheritance.

Charro a la fuerza

1948

Nocturno de amor poster
6.6

Luis Aguilar is a talented piano student who struggles to make ends meet. At the conservatory he meets the beautiful, rich, and also talented piano student Marta Reyes and romance ensues. One day, a full scholarship to study piano abroad is announced and both Luis and Marta fill out the necessary paperwork--but only one place is available. Luis is torn apart by his love for both the piano and Marta.

Nocturno de amor

1948

El ametralladora poster
6.0

Peasant farmer and landowner are rivals for a woman. Sequel to Ay Jalisco No Te Rajes.

El ametralladora

1943

Los Hijos De Don Venancio poster
5.5

Spanish immigrant wants his sons to join him in running his business, but they all have other ambitions.

Los Hijos De Don Venancio

1944

La Guerra de los Pasteles poster
5.8

Musical comedy about a pastry chef and his daughter in the 1830s

La Guerra de los Pasteles

1944

Behind the camera

La hora desnuda poster
4.2

No synopsis available yet.

La hora desnuda

1971

Mi papá tuvo la culpa poster
5.2

Two young sweethearts get married, and then are made to believe that she's his illegitimate half-sister.

Mi papá tuvo la culpa

1953

Un Latin lover en Acapulco poster
6.3

Roberto is tired of his life as an office worker in Mexico City, so he moves to Acapulco to try his luck as a "Latin lover".

Un Latin lover en Acapulco

1967

Mi mujer necesita marido poster
6.2

Diagnosed with a "Cleopatra complex", a married woman named Cora believes she is a femme fatale and invites three suitors to her vacation home.

Mi mujer necesita marido

1959

Mujeres, mujeres, mujeres poster
6.2

Three-episode sex farce.

Mujeres, mujeres, mujeres

1967

Luna de miel en Puerto Rico poster
6.0

Manuel, the manager of the (real-life) Hotel Condado Beach in San Juan, and his assistant Paquito decide to promote their establishment by offering free "honeymoons in Puerto Rico" to newlywed couples.

Luna de miel en Puerto Rico

1966

El ojo de vidrio poster
7.3

No synopsis available yet.

El ojo de vidrio

1969

Dark River poster
7.6

The Peralta brothers work in the countryside the Alto Paraná. There they will meet subhuman working conditions. Finally, the workers rise and harshly punish their exploiters.

Dark River

1952

Cuando Mexico canta poster
6.3

Lorenzo Inclán, a famous Mexican songwriter, is torn between helping a girl become a famous singer or having a romantic relationship with her.

Cuando Mexico canta

1958

I Am Very Macho poster
6.6

To help her pilot brother, Maria disguises as a man to take his place, and must live in the jungle with a very "macho" captain, eventually falling in love.

I Am Very Macho

1953

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

Conqueror of the Moon poster
6.5

Called to the home of a scientist to deal with a simple electrical problem, bumbling electrician Bartolo finds himself aboard a rocket headed for the moon!

Conqueror of the Moon

1960

Primera Comunión poster
6.4

A very humble boy longs conditions make their first communion, but circumstances do not allow it until, after a tragic accident, Paco Malgesto and a group of people who help make his dream.

Primera Comunión

1969

El Amor y Esas Cosas poster
5.7

Beautiful women argue with various men about those things about love.

El Amor y Esas Cosas

1969

No artwork available
4.2

A whore house is transformed into a decent household by a respectable man.

La casa de las muchachas

1969

Duro pero seguro poster
7.6

Nicolasa sells tacos near a movie studio and her popularity threatens the restaurant's own studies. She drops the food when seeing actor Armando performing and the director expels her out.

Duro pero seguro

1978

Las recién casadas poster
5.8

Three newlywed couples and the priest who married them face problems imposed on them by unquestioning adherence to patriarchal values.

Las recién casadas

1962

Las infieles poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Las infieles

1969

La comadrita poster
7.6

No synopsis available yet.

La comadrita

1978

Esta noche si poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Esta noche si

1968

Vuelve el ojo de vidrio poster
6.9

Upon hearing the news of Madero's death, Porfirio Alcalá and his four cousins interrupt their peaceful lives as farmers to again join the Mexican Revolution.

Vuelve el ojo de vidrio

1970

Aguilas de acero poster
5.6

Two Air force pilots are best friends in that competitive, always picking fights with each other way.

Aguilas de acero

1971

Las pecadoras poster
5.2

Jewel-thief and his girlfriend try to go straight.

Las pecadoras

1968

No artwork available
6.0

Man wants to dump wife for a new girlfriend; all three end up weekending in Acapulco together along with a gentleman the wife meets enroute, and all four explore the possibility of forming new relationships.

¡Viva el amor!

1958

Préstame tu cuerpo poster
6.3

Heaven Can Wait scenario; a young woman dies forty years ahead of schedule because her guardian angel made a mistake... so the divine powers that be put her back on earth in a new body.

Préstame tu cuerpo

1958

Backstage poster
5.7

The story of a famous singer who reaches the highest position in the world of varieties, but is forced to cede her throne to the young star of the moment, repeating the same situation that she starred in in her youth.

Backstage

1957