Acting

José Luis Tortosa

Born — Died

1896-01-01 — 1963-01-01

Place of birth

Spain

Known for

Acting

Credits

11 titles

Known for

For Whom the Bell Tolls poster
6.5

Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan—who has joined up on the side that appeals most to idealists of that era—has been given a high-risk assignment up in the mountains. He awaits the right time to blow up a crucial bridge in order to halt the enemy's progress.

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1943

Code of the Secret Service poster
4.4

Secret Service agents try to solve the theft of treasury banknote plates.

Code of the Secret Service

1939

Vengeance of the West poster
7.0

Anita Morell arrives by stagecoach in a small California town to find her father murdered and his property being stolen by two unscrupulous townsmen. She receives help from a sympathetic lawman and from a masked rider known as "the Black Shadow" whose whip-scarred back is evidence of his own grudge against the townsmen.

Vengeance of the West

1942

Law of the Texan poster
8.0

Ore shipments are being stolen and the Rangers send Buck and his men to guard the next shipment. When that is stolen also, Buck is kicked out of the Rangers.

Law of the Texan

1938

The Crime at Midnight poster
8.0

A newly hired police chief vows to clean up a notoriously corrupt police department. When he is murdered, investigators find that there is no shortage of suspects, most of them being fellow cops. Alternate language version of MIDNIGHT PHANTOM (1935)

The Crime at Midnight

1936

The Day You Love Me poster
5.5

Carlos Argüelles is the son of a wealthy man whose only interests in life are business and making money. While trying to succeed in show business he falls in love with a dancer and they elope to marry. But success is not easy to obtain.

The Day You Love Me

1935

Film credits

1940s · 4 titles

1930s · 7 titles

Code of the Secret Service poster
4.4

Secret Service agents try to solve the theft of treasury banknote plates.

Code of the Secret Service

1939

Law of the Texan poster
8.0

Ore shipments are being stolen and the Rangers send Buck and his men to guard the next shipment. When that is stolen also, Buck is kicked out of the Rangers.

Law of the Texan

1938

The Crime at Midnight poster
8.0

A newly hired police chief vows to clean up a notoriously corrupt police department. When he is murdered, investigators find that there is no shortage of suspects, most of them being fellow cops. Alternate language version of MIDNIGHT PHANTOM (1935)

The Crime at Midnight

1936

The Day You Love Me poster
5.5

Carlos Argüelles is the son of a wealthy man whose only interests in life are business and making money. While trying to succeed in show business he falls in love with a dancer and they elope to marry. But success is not easy to obtain.

The Day You Love Me

1935

Tango Bar poster
7.6

Ricardo Fuentes (Carlos Gardel) leaves Buenos Aires after loosing in horse races to go to Barcelona, where he plans to open a tango bar, a new concept of tango dance show and dance saloon. On the ship he meets Laura Montalván (Rosita Moreno) who happens to be a thief working with a thief pal. Ricardo watches them robbing a lady's bracelet aboard but decides not to report them because he has fallen in love with Laura. Once in Barcelona, he opens the tango bar but Laura's partner tells him he sold the bracelet and now needs to recover it to avoid both Laura and him going to jail.

Tango Bar

1935

Thou Shalt Not Kill poster
6.2

Antonio Guerra is an unemployed Spanish immigrant in the USA. His brother and mother in Spain haven't heard about him for many years or even receive a letter. But one day, his brother receives a letter from him, telling that things are going well. But the reality is other. Antonio is passing a hard time in New Yor City, suffering the Years of Depression as many out of workers. One day, Antonio meets a nice Cuban seller, who invites him to eat at his poor house. The seller advices Antonio to visit a man, who has contacts and could help him to find a job. Nevertheless, Antonio is send with the leader of a group of gangsters, dedicated to the illegal traffic of alcohol. Antonio is offered a work of dealer, but he won't do anything out of the law.

Thou Shalt Not Kill

1935

Inca-Cuzco poster
7.0

Documentary composed of several fragments showing the folklore and festivities of Cuzco, which resemble the Inca culture.

Inca-Cuzco

1934