Daniel Herrera

Acting

Daniel Herrera

Born 1903-03-01 · Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico

Daniel 'Chino' Herrera was born on January 3, 1903 in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico as Daniel Herrera Bates. He was an actor, known for El bolero de Raquel (1957), ¡A volar joven! (1947) and El gendarme desconocido (1941). He died on September 29, 1983 in Mexico City, Mexico.

Acting credits

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6.3

Gloria sells dolls in benefit of UNICEF and is interested in putting on an international show. In a hotel in Acapulco the ranchero Javier, the Muslims Mustafa and Ali, the Brazilian Mr. Carioca and the charro José Lorenzo meet to carry out the project. Among the men there will be a series of entanglements to dispute the love of the young woman.

Acapulcan

1959

Fly Away, Young Man! poster
8.0

Cantinflas is a private in the military, who doesn't know anything about discipline or following rules. He only wants to think about his girlfriend, the maid in an opulent hacienda. The owner of the hacienda has an ugly and shy daughter, who is in love with Cantinflas. The problems arrive when the family arranges a wedding between the ugly girl and Cantinflas, who in order to avoid the commitment gets himself arrested. During his punishment, Cantinflas learns to fly with a silly and poorly trained flight instructor.

Fly Away, Young Man!

1947

El Misterio de Huracán Ramírez poster
5.5

Hurricane Ramirez is the new manager of the arena and champion of the ring. He must battle with The Prince, a ruthless criminal who will try to end with his life.

El Misterio de Huracán Ramírez

1962

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6.7

Two secret agents are after a couple of car thieves who belong to a band of criminals headed by Ernesto. The band has kidnapped the son of Daniel, a boxer who is about to fight for the world title. The agents must destroy Ernesto's band and rescue Daniel's son before the fight so Daniel doesn't lose his chance at the title under the kidnapper's threats.

Servicio secreto

1962

Los Invisibles poster
5.3

The "Wizard" jewel thief made one of his misdeeds, to be discovered by the business owner, he gets into a toy store, and one of the dolls placed the brilliant he stole. Chip and Capulina are inventors and repairers, candles and grooms daughter of the owner of the toy factory. Capulina accidentally discovers a painting that makes him invisible things. A secret detective Interpool, began a series of investigations to find the thief who has also robbed the invention and fail to commit more crimes. Wrapped in a sea of confusion, Chip and Capulina attempt to resolve this mess.

Los Invisibles

1963

El analfabeto poster
7.8

Inocencio Prieto y Calvo receives a letter telling him he is the heir to his uncle's fortune of two million pesos. Not being able to read he has no idea of who sent the letter or its content. So he goes to the drugstore because the pharmacist can read the letter to him. But while waiting to be helped he sees that a young girl can read. He figures he has to be able to discover the letter's content by himself and decides he will save the letter and go to school, and wait to read the letter on his own.

El analfabeto

1961

The Unknown Policeman poster
7.9

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

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7.1

Mateo Melgarejo is a notary public and scribe for the illiterate people of Santo Domingo, a neighborhood north of Mexico City's Zócalo. A squatter friend asks for his help in negotiating with the land census bureau to regularize a land title. After a great deal of frustration with the government bureaucracy, he writes a letter to the cabinet minister, earning an audience with him. The minister hires Melgarejo to reform the bureau, and the appointee proceeds to lecture the officials on their duties in a democratic society. At the end, he gives up the post, returning to Santo Domingo to help its poor residents.

The Minister and Me

1976

El bolero de Raquel poster
7.4

The film tells an episode of the life of a kindly hearted bootblack who becomes accidentally the tutor of an orphan but nevertheless spends all his time and effort for the sake of the boy.

El bolero de Raquel

1957

Jugándose la vida poster
5.4

Police procedural, structured like a TV cop show with three independent half-hour episodes.

Jugándose la vida

1963

El lobo blanco poster
5.4

A new sheriff rids his town of bandits and puts everything in order.

El lobo blanco

1962

Si yo fuera millonario poster
5.4

White-collar criminals conspire to prevent a shmuck from collecting an inheritance.

Si yo fuera millonario

1962

Soy un prófugo poster
7.7

A janitor in a large bank is accused of pulling of a major heist. He is forced to become a fugitive while hunting for the real culprits.

Soy un prófugo

1946

Ay... Calypso no te rajes! poster
5.8

Nightclub owners cash in on new musical fad.

Ay... Calypso no te rajes!

1958

Ángel o demonio poster
6.0

Wealthy young gentleman falls in love with a cabaret girl of no breeding; he overcomes his prejudices and accepts her in spite of her past... will she live up to his expectations of her?

Ángel o demonio

1947

Tres desgraciados con suerte poster
5.8

Three cowboy party-boys, posing as highway bandits, meet three women who want to reform them.

Tres desgraciados con suerte

1958

Un yucateco honoris causa poster
6.0

A charitable Chinese barber from Yucatán inherits a fortune of 10 million pesos.

Un yucateco honoris causa

1967

Cazadores de asesinos poster
6.7

Gritty-western (B&W/1962 style) about bounty hunters.

Cazadores de asesinos

1962

Death Arrives on Time poster
5.8

Several lives intertwine: those of a group of vandals, a drug addict, and a girl who works as a waitress in a restaurant where her mother cooks.

Death Arrives on Time

1967

Nuestros buenos vecinos de Yucatán poster
6.0

Evelio tears apart a document that gamblers had forced his friend to sign. In revenge, the villains sabotage his godson’s car, causing a tragic accident. Struggling to save him, Evelio and his family sell everything they own to pay for the surgery—with the support of their community.

Nuestros buenos vecinos de Yucatán

1967

Juan Polainas poster
5.4

Pathetic shmuck loser tries to rival his twin brother's exploits in the Mexican Revolution.

Juan Polainas

1960

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5.3

A beautiful woman awakens passions in the workers of a camp deep in the jungle.. Venice Film Festival 1947

The Jungle of Fire

1945

Las tres pelonas poster
5.8

Pseudo-historical drama about a semi-civilian who decides to run guns across the border for Villa's troops.

Las tres pelonas

1958

Especialista en señoras poster
6.0

Frenetic rom-com about doctors overwhelmed with amorous female patients.

Especialista en señoras

1951