Fernando Soto

Acting

Fernando Soto

Born — Died

1911-04-15 — 1980-05-11

Place of birth

Puebla, Mexico

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Fernando Soto was a Mexican film actor. He was born on April 15, 1911 in Puebla, Mexico as Fernando Soto Astol. He was an actor, known for Campeón sin corona (1946), Extraña cita (1947) and La presidenta municipal (1975). He died on May 11, 1980 in Mexico City, Mexico.

Known for

Neither Blood Nor Sand poster
7.5

Cantinflas enjoys the bullfight show, and wants to crash in every of these spectacles. Also, there's a professional bullfighter, Manolete, who is identical to Cantinflas. Manolete has to give a bullfight show in a village, but Cantinflas arrives first as a stowaway in a train, and he'll be mistake by the real bullfighter. Cantinflas will give us a demonstration of courage.

Neither Blood Nor Sand

1941

Oh Pain, Little Pain, Pain! poster
5.5

Carmela is a Gypsy singer who sells lottery tickets. She meets two penniless Mexican brothers and they buy a ticket between the three: if it is awarded, could share the prize and go to Mexico, they to return to their homeland and her for bullfighter boyfriend whom has no news. The fate accompanies them, but, on reaching Mexico, her boyfriend rejects her. This way, she ends up acting in a cafe where reaps many successes.

Oh Pain, Little Pain, Pain!

1953

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

Illusion Travels by Streetcar poster
6.5

Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk and decide to "take 'er for one last spin," as it were. Unfortunately, the "one last spin" ends up being an all-night and all-day scramble to stay out of trouble, as they are confronted with situation after sometimes bizarre situation that prevents them from returning the "borrowed" Streetcar!

Illusion Travels by Streetcar

1954

La feria de San Marcos poster
7.8

Two men and two women meet and pair off (m/w x 2) during the town Festival in San Marcos. Later, weddings.

La feria de San Marcos

1958

Vístete Cristina poster
5.8

Aspiring big-band singer who doubles as an art forger takes in a teenaged runaway who wants to be a showgirl.

Vístete Cristina

1959

Film credits

1970s · 6 titles

1960s · 13 titles

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

La vida de Pedro Infante poster
5.3

No synopsis available yet.

La vida de Pedro Infante

1966

El norteño poster
6.7

Lawman on horseback cracks a case involving stolen gold bullion, the title to a mine, an evil twin and a plucky pre-adolescent boy. First in a series.

El norteño

1963

No artwork available
6.0

Romantic comedy about two school-teachers with show-biz aspirations.

La comezón del amor

1961

The Invasion of the Vampires poster
5.5

A doctor and his assistant hunt down a vampire named Count Frankenhausen, who is terrorizing the populace.

The Invasion of the Vampires

1963

Yo no me caso compadre poster
5.8

Two ranch owners promised their offspring would marry. The intended refused and switched places with their respective servants. They don't discover their real identities till they marry.

Yo no me caso compadre

1960

The Jade Mask poster
5.8

Jungle adventure about the search for a lost treasure.

The Jade Mask

1963

El rayo de Jalisco poster
5.8

The new Sheriff is framed for a series of stagecoach robberies, but he succeeds in finding the real thieves.

El rayo de Jalisco

1962

Dos gallos y dos gallinas poster
5.6

Two brothers are trying to raise emergency cash by doing cockfights and horse-races. They meet two sisters.

Dos gallos y dos gallinas

1963

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

No artwork available
5.4

Cowboy hero tries to track down the deed to Pappy's mine.

Bala de Plata en el pueblo maldito

1960

House of the Frights poster
6.2

Half-dozen comic actors in a spooky house.

House of the Frights

1963

Alazán y enamorado poster
6.2

Rom-com about two horses. And some humans.

Alazán y enamorado

1966

1950s · 19 titles

Oh Pain, Little Pain, Pain! poster
5.5

Carmela is a Gypsy singer who sells lottery tickets. She meets two penniless Mexican brothers and they buy a ticket between the three: if it is awarded, could share the prize and go to Mexico, they to return to their homeland and her for bullfighter boyfriend whom has no news. The fate accompanies them, but, on reaching Mexico, her boyfriend rejects her. This way, she ends up acting in a cafe where reaps many successes.

Oh Pain, Little Pain, Pain!

1953

Illusion Travels by Streetcar poster
6.5

Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk and decide to "take 'er for one last spin," as it were. Unfortunately, the "one last spin" ends up being an all-night and all-day scramble to stay out of trouble, as they are confronted with situation after sometimes bizarre situation that prevents them from returning the "borrowed" Streetcar!

Illusion Travels by Streetcar

1954

La feria de San Marcos poster
7.8

Two men and two women meet and pair off (m/w x 2) during the town Festival in San Marcos. Later, weddings.

La feria de San Marcos

1958

Vístete Cristina poster
5.8

Aspiring big-band singer who doubles as an art forger takes in a teenaged runaway who wants to be a showgirl.

Vístete Cristina

1959

Daughter of Deceit poster
5.8

In the drama, a father, firmly believing that the baby daughter in his arms is not his own, abandons her upon the doorstep of the town drunk. Many years pass, and the man finds himself continually wracked with guilt about deserting her.

Daughter of Deceit

1951

Si usted no puede, yo sí poster
6.0

Out-of-work actor and his burglar pal get jobs at an agency that pledges to do things the client doesn't want to deal with. Meanwhile, their boss is being stalked by seven Italian brothers who want revenge for something that happened to their great great grandfather.

Si usted no puede, yo sí

1951

Here Come The Freeloaders poster
5.8

Authorities close down a restaurant after a violent crime is committed on the premises; the employees look for new jobs and try to track down the murderer.

Here Come The Freeloaders

1953

La estatua de carne poster
5.4

Sculptor becomes infatuated with model. Everyone suffers.

La estatua de carne

1951

Pepe El Toro poster
6.5

The simple life and the values ​​of loyalty and solidarity of the poor people in the environment of professional boxing, is the plot of this film, where Pepe el Toro shows the effort and tragedies that are experienced in this profession.

Pepe El Toro

1953

Me traes de un ala poster
6.4

To conquer the beautiful vedette Rosita, journalist Tin Tan is subject to her whims. Fired along with his friend Narciso from the newspaper they worked, Tin Tan trying to sell a movie plot. A woman looking to buy it and Tin Tan will visit her in a gloomy mansion where a mess is unleashed.

Me traes de un ala

1953

Cupido pierde a Paquita poster
6.6

Rich family's maid thinks that maybe if she plays her cards right, she can land a moneybags husband. There's also a really cute auto mechanic, though, and...

Cupido pierde a Paquita

1955

Los enredos de una gallega poster
6.2

Cándida is a Galician who lives in Mexico and has been selling lottery tickets. Her dream is to buy an inn, but doesn't have enough money. In her quest for trying to get it, she runs into a scammer. In a stroke of luck, she wins first prize in the lottery, but the misfortune is merciless with her ​​because she can't find the ticket.

Los enredos de una gallega

1951

Amor se dice cantando poster
6.4

Mexican singer touring Argentina wins a country estate in a poker game.

Amor se dice cantando

1958

Soul of Steel poster
5.4

Inspired by Alexander Dumas's novel The Corsican Brothers, Alma de Acero presents a delightful spin on the classic story of twin brothers (both played by Luis Aguilar) and their contrasting lives. As a singer in a nightclub, one brother has chosen a life of peaceful simplicity; the other, however, has chosen a troublesome lifestyle that leads to numerous run-ins with the law, forcing the vocalist to risk his own life to save his sibling.

Soul of Steel

1957

El tesoro de la muerte poster
5.3

Series western, Masked Avenger on horseback.

El tesoro de la muerte

1954

Esposa o amante poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Esposa o amante

1950

I Am Very Macho poster
6.6

To help her pilot brother, Maria disguises as a man to take his place, and must live in the jungle with a very "macho" captain, eventually falling in love.

I Am Very Macho

1953

El amor no es ciego poster
4.6

A boxer wins a championship but he is injured and forced to retire. After that he falls in love with a blind girl.

El amor no es ciego

1950

Cuando los hijos odian poster
5.8

Woman and her daughter try to get on with their lives and run their family bakery while dealing with abusive alcoholic husband/father and other family problems.

Cuando los hijos odian

1950

1940s · 22 titles

Neither Blood Nor Sand poster
7.5

Cantinflas enjoys the bullfight show, and wants to crash in every of these spectacles. Also, there's a professional bullfighter, Manolete, who is identical to Cantinflas. Manolete has to give a bullfight show in a village, but Cantinflas arrives first as a stowaway in a train, and he'll be mistake by the real bullfighter. Cantinflas will give us a demonstration of courage.

Neither Blood Nor Sand

1941

Gran Hotel poster
7.4

Cantinflas is a vagrant being evicted for not paying rent, after wandering gets a job at the 'Grand Hotel' through a friend, that's confused by Count Zapatini, who is undercover in the hotel, stealing a gem making this funny movie more complicated.

Gran Hotel

1944

El diablo no es tan diablo poster
5.8

A couple in crisis receives a mysterious visit from the devil, who offers them a tempting solution to their problems-but his true intention is to claim their souls in exchange.

El diablo no es tan diablo

1949

El rebelde (Romance de Antaño) poster
6.2

After a vengeance taken too far costs his father his Hacienda and his life, young Juan Manuel Mendoza becomes a bandit. He will get a chance for revenge and for love after he infiltrates his enemy house as a piano teacher.

El rebelde (Romance de Antaño)

1943

Soltera y con gemelos poster
5.7

A father imposes conditions on his son in order to inherit his fortune, unaware of what true love is capable of. The son accepts his father's terms and faces a series of challenges that ultimately lead him to become the heir.

Soltera y con gemelos

1945

You the Rich poster
7.8

Pepe el Toro is married to Celia la Chorreada and they have two children.

You the Rich

1948

Por culpa de una mujer poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Por culpa de una mujer

1947

Get Off at the Next Corner! poster
6.4

Driver Gregorio del Prado and fare collector Regalito were suspended for deviating from their route to impress a young woman named Cholita.

Get Off at the Next Corner!

1948

La bandida poster
6.3

Roving cowboy good-guys defend a farm family from the outlaw gang that's trying to take over their homestead.

La bandida

1948

Vuelven los García poster
6.6

Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them.

Vuelven los García

1947

Los tres huastecos poster
8.3

This is the story of three brothers - a priest, a soldier, and an outlaw - that are raised separately by their godfathers once their mother dies. They cross their paths again when the soldier and the priest move into two towns near the town the outlaw lives in. The drama will unfold once the three brothers meet each other.

Los tres huastecos

1948

Como México no hay dos poster
6.7

Two farmworkers emigrate to USA to work on a Texas ranch, then go home and put their lives back in order.

Como México no hay dos

1945

El casado casa quiere poster
6.0

Interfering relatives complicate a couple's attempt to build their dream house.

El casado casa quiere

1948

Club verde poster
6.7

Mexican movie

Club verde

1945

Juan Charrasqueado poster
7.5

Hard-living horse-trainer has a thing with an aristocratic woman... but her brothers aren't happy to see her involved with someone beneath her station.

Juan Charrasqueado

1948

La mujer del otro poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

La mujer del otro

1948

Boom in the Moon poster
4.1

An American soldier marooned in Mexico is mistaken for a wife-butchering serial killer.

Boom in the Moon

1946

Hay lugar para... dos poster
6.6

Union-organizing and labor/management conflicts among Mexico City bus-drivers. Sequel to "Esquina, Bajan!"

Hay lugar para... dos

1949

La reina del trópico poster
6.4

No synopsis available yet.

La reina del trópico

1946

Champion Without Crown poster
5.4

A young ice cream vendor, Roberto Terranova, witnesses a child being beaten and comes to his aid by physically overpowering the aggressor. His strength and natural ability catches the eye of a well-known boxing trainer. Considering him a diamond in the rough, he aims to put Roberto in the professional ring. But Roberto finds that his personal challenges must be overcome before he can achieve professional greatness.

Champion Without Crown

1946

The Three Garcías poster
8.2

Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them.

The Three Garcías

1947

Los misterios del hampa poster
6.3

A dangerous gangster, called Álvaro Rambal, is captured by the police. Hoping to be forgiven before his execution, he tells the story of his life to his wife, going from his tragic childhood to the rise and fall of his criminal empire.

Los misterios del hampa

1945