Mauricio Garcés

Acting

Mauricio Garcés

Born — Died

1926-12-16 — 1989-02-27

Place of birth

Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Known for

Acting

Credits

61 titles

Mauricio Féres Yázbek (December 16th, 1926 – February 27th, 1989), better known as Mauricio Garcés, was a Mexican actor. Garcés, of Lebanese descent, was born in the Mexican port of Tampico, Tamaulipas. With the support of his uncle, the producer Jose Yázbek, he was included in the production of La muerte enamorada (1950) a comedy starring Miroslava and Fernando Fernandez. From that film, Mauricio adopted the artistic last name "Garcés" believing the letter "G" would bring good luck and turn him into a star at the level of his idols Clark Gable, Gary Cooper and Cary Grant. His famous image as elegant, worldly, and gallant arose thanks to the vision from the producer Angelica Ortiz, mother…

Known for

Film credits

1970s · 14 titles

El cuerpazo del delito poster
5.3

Anthology film: three "sophisticated" rom-com scenarios.

El cuerpazo del delito

1970

Wait for me in Siberia, Darling! poster
5.9

Debauched playboy has a hypochondriac streak and an unscrupulous doctor that profits from it.

Wait for me in Siberia, Darling!

1971

El dinero tiene miedo poster
6.2

John is a rogue that convinces two friends to be trusted with your money, ensuring that you will place in Switzerland in very good condition, but his plan will encounter some difficulties.

El dinero tiene miedo

1970

Las tres perfectas casadas poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Las tres perfectas casadas

1973

Departamento de soltero poster
7.0

Newlywed couple are jealous of each other's imagined infidelities.

Departamento de soltero

1971

Click, fotógrafo de modelos poster
4.6

Mauricio is a photographer that works for a very important advertisement company. It all starts with Mauricio's work being criticized by the company, to which Mauricio jumps into the discussion and explains to the company that his idea was misinterpreted, and quits. Mauricio bent on revenge, and promises to be enemy number one of his former employers, sets off and works so hard photographing so many models, that he develops a click that when he blinks his eyes, he can see anybody in their underwear. A lot of Mauricio charm, famous quotes and pranks in this movie, very entertaining and beautiful women for that time. Very recommendable.

Click, fotógrafo de modelos

1970

Todos los pecados del mundo poster
5.8

The seven deadly sins are illustrated through short stories.

Todos los pecados del mundo

1972

Tápame contigo poster
6.0

Mauricio Garcés plays a composer who tries to seduce several women. The actor performs the song "Soy tan hermoso", which became a popular hit a t the time.

Tápame contigo

1970

No tiene la culpa el Indio poster
6.7

A Mexican indian from Xochimilco has clairvoyant powers and is able to predict the future when the sight of some features of a beautiful woman gets him into a trance. A greedy urban playboy notices and tries to profit from the indian's power by supplying enough female beauty to look at. But then things go wrong.

No tiene la culpa el Indio

1978

Casa de citas poster
6.3

Luciano has been working in an important company for fifteen years without be rewarded for his efforts, his fidelity and submission. On the recommendation of a cousin, he acts as front man for the shameful business of his managers. They get it so far as to force him to marry the former mistress of one of the directors. Finally, because of a fire in the chalet where he lives and where they cook the dirty business of which he is not responsible for, Luciano ends up in jail for covering up and taking on some responsibilities that are not his, fulfilling his role of straw man until the end.

Casa de citas

1978

Friar Juan poster
6.7

A Dominican friar finds himself wrapped in tangled skirts because he is mistaken for his twin brother, a womanizer.

Friar Juan

1970

La otra mujer poster
6.8

Businessman hires a stand-in to pass as the father of his mistress' children.

La otra mujer

1972

Vidita negra poster
5.6

No synopsis available yet.

Vidita negra

1973

El sinvergüenza poster
4.5

Smooth-talking ladies' man runs an employment agency for call girls masquerading as language tutors.

El sinvergüenza

1971

1960s · 35 titles

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

Estoy casado, ja, ja poster
4.6

Honeymooner has trouble adapting to the idea of consummating her marriage.

Estoy casado, ja, ja

1962

The World of the Vampires poster
5.6

A vampire uses two sisters to seek revenge from the last member of a family that persecuted the undead in Europe, but his plan is threatened by a man who knows how to destroy him with a peculiar piece of music.

The World of the Vampires

1961

Modisto de Señoras poster
4.1

Successful fashiondesigner D'Maurice seduces married women while he pretends to be gay in order to avoid arousing suspicion among his clientele's husbands

Modisto de Señoras

1969

México de mi corazón poster
7.8

Two Mexican-American gals in LA win a vacation in Mexico City in a talent show.

México de mi corazón

1964

El día de la boda poster
5.4

The love affairs of two couples, modern parents a couple of troubled teens.

El día de la boda

1968

The Living Head poster
6.5

A group of archaeologists break into the tomb of an ancient Aztec general, arousing the warrior's head and sending his undead servant out to take revenge on the careless scientists.

The Living Head

1963

The Spoilt Servant poster
6.8

Man hiding from the police is trapped into posing as a butler at a rich family's country estate.

The Spoilt Servant

1969

Don Juan 67 poster
7.0

Mauricio, millionaire, and irreclaimable Don Juan, lives only for and to seduce women of every class and condition. With the help of his butler manages to capture the hearts of many to abandon and then having a panic marriage.

Don Juan 67

1967

Una bala es mi testigo poster
6.0

Cowboy goes to track down the man who murdered his brother, but it turns out to be someone other than the one he was looking for. Together, they set things straight and take care of the real murderer.

Una bala es mi testigo

1960

Lanza tus penas al viento poster
6.4

Four guys share an apartment while attending art-school.

Lanza tus penas al viento

1966

Las Fieras poster
6.0

Historia de un grupo de estafadores internacionales y sus artimañas.

Las Fieras

1969

The Crying Woman poster
5.5

A woman takes revenge in the family of her lover.

The Crying Woman

1960

Sólo para tí poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Sólo para tí

1966

La estrella vacía poster
6.6

Mourners share their memories of a dead film-star at her wake, a la Citizen Kane. Only melodrama.

La estrella vacía

1960

Mujeres, mujeres, mujeres poster
6.2

Three-episode sex farce.

Mujeres, mujeres, mujeres

1967

No artwork available
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Napoleoncito

1964

Lástima de ropa poster
6.5

Millionaire goes slumming, meets a girl...

Lástima de ropa

1962

The Black Horseman poster
6.7

A rancher disguises himself as a generous bandit and murders a tax collector, but is discovered.

The Black Horseman

1961

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

Un nuevo modo de amar poster
5.8

A phony psychic convinces a young widow that her nest husband will die soon after the wedding... so she tells her fiancé to take a number, and marries a rando to sidestep that problem.

Un nuevo modo de amar

1968

Despedida de casada poster
5.9

A newlywed couple already wants to separate, but the apartment they live in belongs to both in equal parts, so they must go on living together until they discover--after solving many problems--in the end how much they really do love each other.

Despedida de casada

1968

De color moreno poster
5.6

No synopsis available yet.

De color moreno

1963

No artwork available
6.2

Cowboy comedy turns serious and adventure-y in the middle. Sequel to Los hermanos diablo.

El renegado blanco

1960

Los fanfarrones poster
5.6

Three young ladies become the owners of a rough and tumble cowboy bar that they're not well-equipped to manage.

Los fanfarrones

1960

La Cama poster
6.2

The story of a women who escapes from her wedding with a womanizer.

La Cama

1968

Perdóname mi vida poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Perdóname mi vida

1965

El matrimonio es como el demonio poster
6.8

The story of a Playboy bachelor who does not know the good that is, until he is married. Slowly, the man discovers that having a woman is not easy, but sometimes ... being faithful recomended. After sympathetic experiences and funny situations, he realizes that there are two uncorrectable errors committed by the man in your life: Being born and married!

El matrimonio es como el demonio

1967

El Bronco Reynosa poster
5.6

Star of cowboy-movies returns to his home and locals expect him to be heroic like he is onscreen.

El Bronco Reynosa

1961

Venganza Apache poster
5.4

Three good guys vs a bad dude who sells weapons to the Apaches and provokes a range war between US Cavalry and a splinter group of tribesmen, breaking the standing treaty between their tribe and the invaders. Sequel to Los Hermanos Diablo.

Venganza Apache

1960

Cuernavaca in Spring poster
6.3

Three romantic-comedy sketches in a movie financed by Cuernavaca's Dept. of Tourism.

Cuernavaca in Spring

1966

Bromas, S.A poster
5.5

Eccentric millionaire hires a team of young people to help him stage practical jokes.

Bromas, S.A

1967

24 horas de placer poster
5.1

Man develops a reputation as a great bedroom athlete after publishing a 'spicy' novel.

24 horas de placer

1969

Amorcito corazón poster
5.7

Comical crises in the household of a newlywed couple.

Amorcito corazón

1961

Los resbalosos poster
5.6

Border town is overrun with wastrels and scofflaws, so the City Council decides to hire a notorious gunslinger to help them clean up their streets.

Los resbalosos

1960

1950s · 10 titles

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