Acting
Benjamín Morales
Born — Died
1926-08-25 — 2014-06-13
Known for
Acting
Credits
11 titles
Benjamín Morales was born in the Cubuy neighborhood of Canóvanas on August 25, 1926. He married Ana María Morales with whom he fathered two children, Jaime E. and Ana Carmen, from whom he was born five grandchildren. He began his artistic career in 1953. He has worked as an actor, declamator and announcer for more than fifty years. In theater he has performed more than forty works for the festivals sponsored by the Puerto Rican Institute of Culture, such as "La Zorra y las Uvas" (G. Figueiredo), "Crime on the Island of Las Cabras" (H. Betti), "The Heroic of Buenos Aires" (O. Dragún), "The Man in the Skin of a Viper", "Our People" (Thorton Myler), "Dress Naked" (Pirandelo), "The House withou…
Known for
4.5Film consisting of five stories: "Dios los cría...", dealing with brothers' rivalry for an inheritance; "Negocio redondo", about a lawyer selling a property to the Catholic church with guilty feelings; "Entre 12 y 1", where a couple and a close friend get trapped in an elevator; "La gran noche", a night in the life of an old prostitute; and "La otra", where a man alternates between two women.
Dios los cría...
1979
6.0Joseph Lando, the Hercolobus man himself, fights all sorts of mystical mayhem in this over-the-top yet delightful Puerto Rican classic.
El poder del Shakti
1996
10.0Three stories ("Lo mismo de otra manera", "Félix", and "Te tengo una sorpresa") that delve deeply into issues such as human solidarity, infidelity, and social conflicts in contemporary Puerto Rico.
Dios los cría 2
2004
Based on Manuel Zeno Gandía's novel about peasant life in late nineteenth-century Puerto Rico.
La Charca
1990
6.3The love of two young people is prevented by the envy and resentment of a greedy man and his evil son.
El hijo de Ángela María
1974
The story of the 65th Infantry Regiment of the US Army composed almost entirely of Puerto Ricans and who participated in the Korean War, suffering heavy casualties.
El escuadrón del pánico
1969
Film credits
1990s · 4 titles
6.0Joseph Lando, the Hercolobus man himself, fights all sorts of mystical mayhem in this over-the-top yet delightful Puerto Rican classic.
El poder del Shakti
1996
Based on Manuel Zeno Gandía's novel about peasant life in late nineteenth-century Puerto Rico.
La Charca
1990
6.8Facing financial ruin, four siblings decide to sell the valuables within their mother's house, without telling her and by embellishing their history.
Linda Sara
1995
Recreates aspects of the life of Abelardo Díaz Alfaro as a rural teacher in Puerto Rico during 1940's, integrating three of his stories "El josco", "Santa Cló va a la cuchilla", and "Don Fruto Torres".
Cuentos para despertar
1998
1970s · 3 titles
4.5Film consisting of five stories: "Dios los cría...", dealing with brothers' rivalry for an inheritance; "Negocio redondo", about a lawyer selling a property to the Catholic church with guilty feelings; "Entre 12 y 1", where a couple and a close friend get trapped in an elevator; "La gran noche", a night in the life of an old prostitute; and "La otra", where a man alternates between two women.
Dios los cría...
1979
4.5Film consisting of five stories: "Dios los cría...", dealing with brothers' rivalry for an inheritance; "Negocio redondo", about a lawyer selling a property to the Catholic church with guilty feelings; "Entre 12 y 1", where a couple and a close friend get trapped in an elevator; "La gran noche", a night in the life of an old prostitute; and "La otra", where a man alternates between two women.
Dios los cría...
1979
6.3The love of two young people is prevented by the envy and resentment of a greedy man and his evil son.
El hijo de Ángela María
1974
1960s · 2 titles
The story of the 65th Infantry Regiment of the US Army composed almost entirely of Puerto Ricans and who participated in the Korean War, suffering heavy casualties.
El escuadrón del pánico
1969
Meant to inform rural communities about the legacy of the Taínos, the indigenous inhabitants of Puerto Rico, or Borikén, as they called the island.
La buena herencia
1967