Augusto Benedico

Acting

Augusto Benedico

Born 1909-12-21 · Alicante, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain

Augusto Benedico (December 20, 1909 – January 19, 1992), born Augusto Pérez Lías, was a Mexican actor (and occasional writer) of Spanish origin. He is best known for his television roles as Don Alberto Salvatierra in Los ricos también lloran and as Don Fernando in Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish. In film, he appeared in The Exterminating Angel (1962) as Carlos Conde and in Pedro Páramo (1967) as Father Rentería He was born in Alicante, Spain, and died in Mexico City, Mexico.

Acting credits

The Exterminating Angel poster
7.9

After a lavish dinner party, the guests find themselves unable to depart... and, over the next few days, all of their elaborate societal pretenses and façades deteriorate as they are reduced to living like animals.

The Exterminating Angel

1962

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

Yesenia poster
6.6

A beautiful gypsy named Yesenia has no set path in life. During a caravan trip she meets Osvaldo who is enrolled in the militia, they both fall in love despite their differences and social prejudices.

Yesenia

1971

The Big Cube poster
4.3

A young woman and her drug addict boyfriend plot to drive the woman's stepmother insane with LSD in a plot to secure an inheritance.

The Big Cube

1969

Fever Mounts at El Pao poster
6.2

After Caribbean despot Mariano Vargas is murdered at the hands of his enraged populace, his secretary Ramón Vázquez takes not just control but also Vargas' widow Inés, with whom he's been having an affair. Special military unit leader Alejandro Gual arrives to overthrow Vázquez by turning the people and Inés against him.

Fever Mounts at El Pao

1959

El gran autor poster
5.5

A story of passion and deceit, where love overcomes the misfortunes and finally triumphs.

El gran autor

1954

The Illegitimate poster
4.5

Family melodrama: manipulative parents ruin lives with their meddling.

The Illegitimate

1956

No artwork available
6.7

Cowboy detective investigates two murders.

Cuatro hombres marcados

1968

Pedro Paramo poster
7.2

When his mother Dolores dies, Juan Preciado, son of Pedro Páramo, goes to Comala to claim his inheritance; but when he arrives he finds an abandoned and sinister place, inhabited by mysterious voices and whispers…

Pedro Paramo

1967

No artwork available
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Napoleoncito

1964

Cascabelito poster
6.9

Two puppeteers with an orphan child, and with the help of a journalist, seek to stand out with their show.

Cascabelito

1962

Born to Love poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Born to Love

1959

Santo vs. the Vampire Women poster
4.2

A professor recruits a professional wrestler to protect his daughter from vampires intent on kidnapping her and marrying her to the devil.

Santo vs. the Vampire Women

1962

Yo pecador poster
6.6

Biopic of a 1930s operatic tenor who ended up becoming a Franciscan monk and joining the priesthood.

Yo pecador

1959

El pueblo del terror poster
6.4

Federal-agent/cowboy battles crime

El pueblo del terror

1970

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

The Door and the Butcher's Wife poster
7.4

A movie divided in two segments, the first "La puerta" (The Door) is about a high society gathering in which a door inside the mansion leads to a bizarre corridor where a naked and menacing human figure appears. The second "La mujer del carnicero" (The Butcher's Wife) is set during the Mexican revolution and is about horrifying hallucinations felt by a lieutenant after committing a murder.

The Door and the Butcher's Wife

1969

The Cubs poster
5.2

After having his genitals brutally mutilated during childhood, a man must face prejudice and himself.

The Cubs

1973

Sabrás que te quiero poster
6.0

Famous singer becomes desperate to figure out which of three women helped to launch his early career with anonymous mentoring and support.

Sabrás que te quiero

1958

No artwork available
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

El Ultimo Pistolero

1969

Doña Perfecta poster
7.0

Liberal farmer Pepe has arrived in Santa Fe to visit his aunt, Dona Perfecta. While he's there, Pepe is eager to teach the traditional-minded townspeople a new way of living. Unfortunately for Pepe the people of Santa Fe aren't eager to embrace change, and when the citizens begin to voice resentment Pepe is forced to seek refuge with his sympathetic aunt. Dona Perfecta is just as traditional as any of the other townspeople though, and only suffers Pepe due to the fact that he is family. When Pepe and his cousin Rosario fall deeply in love, the situation quickly comes to a head.

Doña Perfecta

1951

The New Invisible Man poster
5.6

A man is sentenced to prison for a murder he did not commit. Thanks to a serum invented by his brother, he manages to become invisible and escape from prison in order to prove his innocence, while his brother works feverishly to find an antidote. Theatrically released in USA in Spanish language only; later English-dubbed version syndicated directly to television.

The New Invisible Man

1958

La hora desnuda poster
4.2

No synopsis available yet.

La hora desnuda

1971

Sólo para tí poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Sólo para tí

1966

Behind the camera