
Acting
José Pidal
Born 1896-01-01 · Spain
José Pidal was born in 1896 in Spain. He was an actor.
Acting credits
6.0Jilted lover takes revenge on her ex's new wife.
La adúltera
1956
6.0During the filming of a movie an actor has to be attacked with blanks but dies because they were real bullets.
Asesinato en los estudios
1946
6.0A 17th century woman, imprisoned for fighting in a bar, recounts her past to a priest. She tells of her father teaching her how to fence, of being sent to a convent by her aunt when her father died, of escaping by dressing as a man, and of her life as a man following the escape.
La monja alférez
1944
6.5Pops is dismissed from his banking job for embezzlement, and his family have to adjust to a more modest lifestyle.
Padre nuestro
1953
8.3Cantinflas, a traveling photographer, is captured by some gangsters while trying to get some flowers for his girlfriend. The gangsters have confused him with the assistant of Dr. Penongo, a scientist who has discovered the formula of a new atomic bomb. Meanwhile, Penongo has suffered a car accident and has lost his memory ...
Mr. Photographer
1953
6.7It tells the story of a boy from an orphanage, raised in a convent, who saves a young woman who supports the institution from being gored by a bull, and later leaves the convent to follow the girl he had helped and to become a bullfighter.
El niño de las monjas
1944
6.0For the centenary of Cuban patriot Jose Marti, the 1950s pre-Castro dictator Batista collected funds for an official film commemoration and hired renowned director Fernandez from Mexico to erect this memorial work.
La rosa blanca
1954
7.7Gloria encounters Francisco, a man whose social veneer betrays a truer self burrowed underneath.
Él
1953
7.7Pastora de los Reyes is a beautiful Spanish that goes to Mexico with a contract to film a movie. The main actors will receive her at the airport, among them is Paul, a little-known mariachi that has been chosen to become a new idol. Automatically, both had bad relations and during filming many discussions happens. This arguments gives way to a deep love.
Gitana Tenias Que Ser
1953
6.4A useless and bloody vendetta has been going on for ages between two families in this Mexican village. Men, sons, have killed each other for generations, for a so-called conception of honor in a revenge that never ends since it is also triggered by people of the village. Now, today, there are only two sons left, one in each family. One has become a doctor in the big city and his culture is modern. The other last one - of the other family - hasn't left the village and is waiting for the doctor to come "home" as he plans to kill him, to settle this war on this matter of honor once and for all. And the people of the village want blood.
The River and Death
1954
6.5Unscrupulous rich guy owns all the businesses in border towns, is challenged by town's new priest.
El pueblo sin Dios
1955
5.7A Spanish, Juan, is obsessed with telling the truth always. As a result he is consistently in the middle of troubles...
Miente y serás feliz
1940
6.5Adult street urchin passes himself off as rich man's long-lost son.
El hombre inquieto
1954
6.5Confronted 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
7.8Cantinflas is the apprentice of a renowned scientist, Prof. Arquimides Monteagudo (Carlos Martinez Baena). But Cantinflas has the soul of a poet rather than a serious researcher, and he wants to find the formula that achieves the immortality of the roses. Nevertheless, after the death of Prof. Monteagudo, Cantinflas will be chased by a ferocious corporative group, who wants to steal the secret formula of a cheaper fuel named "carburex", because they think that our friend is the only person who knows the composition
El Supersabio
1948
6.7No synopsis available yet.
Melodías de amor
1955
5.6A man, annoyed by his wife's interference in the family business, travels to Spain, where he becomes involved with another woman.
Para siempre amor mío
1955
5.8The romantic entanglements of three singers: two boys and a girl who fail in a radio contest and formed a trio.
Guanajuato Road
1955
5.8Self-righteous young Social Services woman puts all her faith in the institutional answers to questions of the Public Good, and she destroys a couple of lives in the process.
Reto a la vida
1954
7.7The biblical story of The Messiah from his baptism through his crucifixion.
Jesus of Nazareth
1942
6.8Fictionalized version of the life of songwriter Maria Grever.
Cuando me vaya
1954
7.0The English-language title of this Mexican musical was The Third Word. Singer Pedro Infante stars as a pampered young man who is sheltered by his doting aunts. Deciding that their darling boy needs an education, the ladies hire pretty schoolteacher Marga Lopez. Upon discovering that her pupil is 28 years old, Marga is momentarily nonplused, but then settles into her duties. Inevitably, romance blossoms between Pedro and Marga, much to the aunts' dismay.
The Third Word
1956
6.4Priest feels a calling to open an orphanage.
La ciudad de los niños
1957
5.8A young singer falls madly in love with a man, with whom she forms a family. Problems, however, are not long in coming when she receives unfair accusations.
Huellas del pasado
1950