Héctor Calcaño

Acting

Héctor Calcaño

Born

1894-01-25 (132)

Place of birth

Buenos Aires City, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Known for

Film credits

1960s · 9 titles

Este cura poster
7.0

A village priest protects a young mother rejected by the people and the mayor.

Este cura

1968

The Games Men Play poster
4.3

The vicissitudes of six different couples who arrive at a hostel in Buenos Aires called La Cigarra and are quarantined because of a supposed bubonic plague, causing all kinds of inconveniences and entanglements as a result of this forced coexistence.

The Games Men Play

1963

Extraña ternura poster
3.7

The young and inexperienced godson of a millionaire falls for a singer who is married. The millionaire opposes the relationship because he feels a "strange tenderness" for the boy.

Extraña ternura

1964

Escándalo en la familia poster
9.0

A veteran popular singer comes to town with her daughter in order to achieve success in television. She introduces her daughter to a contest winning one of the top prizes. At the same time, a veteran politician is campaigning to scale the governor's office.

Escándalo en la familia

1967

El gordo Villanueva poster
7.0

El Gordo Villanueva is capable of anything in order to live comfortably, but without working.

El gordo Villanueva

1964

La procesión poster
5.8

The pilgrimage to the Basilica of Our Lady of Luján causes the meeting of people of different classes.

La procesión

1960

La señora del intendente poster
5.3

Flor Tetis (Isabel Sarli) has the entire male population of the small village of "Ombú Quemado" under her thumb. The local doctor, Amable Gambetta (Pepe Arias), offers to marry her, since it will improve his chances of being elected mayor. Soon the combination of her sexual demands and political problems make him want to resign...

La señora del intendente

1967

Cuando calienta el sol poster
9.0

Two young people get involved in a series of lies, which ends in a love story.

Cuando calienta el sol

1963

Canuto Cañete, detective privado poster
10.0

A detective is sent to uncover the perpetrators of a series of robberies at an electronics factory.

Canuto Cañete, detective privado

1965

1950s · 20 titles

Rosaura at 10 O'Clock poster
7.3

Out of the blue, a meek, old painter begins receiving love letters from Rosaura. This intrigues his fellow boarding house tenants, so they involve themselves into his relationship until one day the mysterious Rosaura appears.

Rosaura at 10 O'Clock

1958

El millonario poster
10.0

The story of a man who is mistaken for the winner of the Christmas lottery prize and starts handing out borrowed money.

El millonario

1955

The Candidate poster
8.5

An old politician is claimed by his party to be a candidate in the next elections.

The Candidate

1959

Red canary poster
10.0

A young student marries her professor. Tensions will arise as their opposite music tastes start clashing.

Red canary

1955

My Husband and My Boyfriend poster
6.5

When a woman finds out that her husband is being unfaithful to her, she decides to give him a dose of his own medicine, making him jealous with another suitor.

My Husband and My Boyfriend

1955

El ladrón canta boleros poster
9.0

In order to succeed, a bolero singer fakes his death.

El ladrón canta boleros

1950

La hermosa mentira poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

La hermosa mentira

1958

Cuidado con las mujeres poster
10.0

To save her businesses from ruin, a woman about to marry must find another woman a husband.

Cuidado con las mujeres

1951

Mujeres casadas poster
9.0

A woman who's just about to commit adultery gets compromised due to an unpredicted mistake during her adventure.

Mujeres casadas

1954

Concert for a tear poster
10.0

A young woman passionate about music leaves everything for it, putting aside her family and a lover.

Concert for a tear

1955

No artwork available
10.0

The nephews of an elderly millionaire want to eliminate him in order to inherit his fortune.

El sonámbulo que quería dormir

1956

El último cowboy poster
8.0

An improvised sheriff and his assistant restore order in a rural town.

El último cowboy

1954

No artwork available
NR

A wife tries to win back her husband's interest, as their marriage is seriously threatened by the arrival of her best friend and schoolmate in Venezuela.

Una madeja de lana azul celeste

1955

La mujer del león poster
7.0

A banker's mistress falls in love with a colorful writer, but to hide the situation from him, she pretends to be the banker's daughter, which causes many complications, until the situation is cleared up for the good of the young couple.

La mujer del león

1951

Cane concert poster
7.0

A girl makes a young man move away from his girlfriend and she goes with her friend.

Cane concert

1951

El pendiente poster
7.0

Under the threat of blackmail, a young woman visits an ex-lover, only to discover that he's been murdered and the blame rests upon her.

El pendiente

1951

Fin de mes poster
7.0

The crushing conformity of a penniless bank teller takes an unexpected turn when he deviates from his honest routine.

Fin de mes

1953

La dama del millón poster
NR

A widow who must collect her husband's life insurance is courted by the director of the insurance company, until the dead man appears.

La dama del millón

1956

El barro humano poster
5.7

A marital conflict reaches the courts and becomes public comment.

El barro humano

1955

La cueva de Alí Babá poster
8.0

Two friends, an heir and a musical group take charge of a boite.

La cueva de Alí Babá

1954

1940s · 15 titles

El retrato poster
6.9

A repressed woman, unable to give love, is possessed by the spirit of her lewd grandmother.

El retrato

1947

Fascination poster
6.5

The wife of a hypnotist lives in a state of uncertainty over whether she's with her husband out of love or if she's been a victim of his influence.

Fascination

1949

Los hijos del otro poster
9.0

A mother hires a psychologist to be the father of 3 children, and he performs his role excellently, providing affection.

Los hijos del otro

1947

La luz de un fósforo poster
7.0

A shy man invents in front of his friends a love affair with a singer but circumstances will lead him to conquer her.

La luz de un fósforo

1940

No artwork available
7.0

A young woman interrupts her honeymoon with a pharmacist to search for the mysterious donor of a valuable ring.

A Bride in Trouble

1942

Hay que educar a Niní poster
7.2

A young woman pretends to be the daughter of a financier and enters a rich girls' college, where she commits a thousand mischiefs.

Hay que educar a Niní

1940

La casta Susana poster
5.8

The wife of an officer receives a "prize for virtue" from one of her many lovers, causing several misunderstandings.

La casta Susana

1944

La hostería del caballito blanco poster
10.0

A famous singer falls in love with the owner of a hostel where he is employed in incognito.

La hostería del caballito blanco

1948

Un hombre solo no vale nada poster
7.0

An employee progresses in the factory where he works by having his wife pass by an attractive Cuban singer.

Un hombre solo no vale nada

1949

Date in the Stars poster
6.8

A couple splits up and gets married to other people. After the man dies, the woman becomes delirious and thinks she's found him again in heaven.

Date in the Stars

1949

No artwork available
10.0

Adaptation of the play "Casada pronto verte quiero".

Hay que casar a Ernesto

1941

No artwork available
10.0

As a result of a bet, a wealthy young woman agrees to participate in a very popular radio audition.

La hora de las sorpresas

1941

El susto que Pérez se llevó poster
10.0

The misadventures and mishaps of a tailor.

El susto que Pérez se llevó

1940

La importancia de ser ladrón poster
6.5

A modest employee of exemplary behavior is mistakenly accused of committing a major fraud.

La importancia de ser ladrón

1944

La calle Corrientes poster
10.0

Going against his family's will, a lawyer becomes a tango singer.

La calle Corrientes

1943

1930s · 16 titles

The Dove's Tenement poster
9.0

The romance between Paloma, the daughter of the owner of La Paloma tenement, and the handsome Villa Crespo.

The Dove's Tenement

1936

El alma del bandoneón poster
8.0

Two brilliant tango singers struggle to the top of their profession and cope with obstacles to their personal romance.

El alma del bandoneón

1935

El hombre que nació dos veces poster
10.0

To gain back the love of his family, a man pretends to be dead.

El hombre que nació dos veces

1938

Picaflor poster
7.0

An habitant of the Paraná Delta is tempted to engage in smuggling but abandons it for the love of a teacher.

Picaflor

1935

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

La intrusa

1939

Mañana es domingo poster
7.0

A man is accused of stealing from a store when the real perpetrator is his girlfriend's brother.

Mañana es domingo

1934

No artwork available
8.0

The exploits of two recently arrived immigrants in Argentina.

Compañeros

1936

No artwork available
10.0

A young woman who is in love with a singer chooses to run away from home so as not to marry a grocer to whom she was engaged.

Canillita

1936

¡Goal! poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

¡Goal!

1936

Noches de Buenos Aires poster
10.0

Various love and crime stories take place in the context of a theater, between tango singers, musicians and dancers.

Noches de Buenos Aires

1935

El sobretodo de Céspedes poster
8.0

The needy Pedro Céspedes finds a coat that implies for those who wear it a mysterious prodigality of money and jewelry.

El sobretodo de Céspedes

1939

No artwork available
NR

The film's plot, which largely takes place in a cabaret, revolves around a worldly guy who had abandoned a mature lover for a younger and more beautiful one. It is very elementary and is just a pretext for a parade of popular songs. Currently considered lost.

Dancing

1933

Campeón por una mujer poster
7.0

To win the prize that is offered to the one who endures three laps to a boxer, a mechanic learns to box and becomes champion; in the meantime he gets involved with a woman but eventually returns to his wife.

Campeón por una mujer

1939

Mi suegra es una fiera poster
8.0

A woman tries to annul her daughter's marriage by making her boyfriend believe that he is the real father of her daughter.

Mi suegra es una fiera

1939

Cadetes de San Martín poster
10.0

A rural businessman is robbed by a corrupt partner and his cadet son and good student aspires to run the business.

Cadetes de San Martín

1937

Riachuelo poster
7.5

A thief ends up in the Riachuelo zone and after a revealing event, he stops stealing and starts working.

Riachuelo

1934