José Pidal

Acting

José Pidal

Born — Died

1896-01-01 — 1956-10-26

Place of birth

Spain

Known for

Acting

Credits

44 titles

José Pidal was born in 1896 in Spain. He was an actor.

Known for

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

Mr. Photographer poster
8.3

Cantinflas, 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

Asesinato en los estudios poster
6.0

During 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

The River and Death poster
6.3

A 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

Él poster
7.7

Gloria encounters Francisco, a man whose social veneer betrays a truer self burrowed underneath.

Él

1953

Padre nuestro poster
6.5

Pops is dismissed from his banking job for embezzlement, and his family have to adjust to a more modest lifestyle.

Padre nuestro

1953

Film credits

1950s · 31 titles

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

Mr. Photographer poster
8.3

Cantinflas, 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

The River and Death poster
6.3

A 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

Él poster
7.7

Gloria encounters Francisco, a man whose social veneer betrays a truer self burrowed underneath.

Él

1953

Padre nuestro poster
6.5

Pops is dismissed from his banking job for embezzlement, and his family have to adjust to a more modest lifestyle.

Padre nuestro

1953

El gato sin botas poster
6.0

Target of ridicule from fellow military academy, the cowardly Augustin did not want to return to their village for fear of confronting his grandfather, a revolutionary colonel. In love with the movie star Laura, Agustin flee to the capital but encounters the dangerous Humberto, another in love with the actress. Thanks to his "nine lives", he attains overcome perilous adventures and, incidentally, overcome their fears.

El gato sin botas

1957

Gitana Tenias Que Ser poster
7.7

Pastora 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

La adúltera poster
6.0

Jilted lover takes revenge on her ex's new wife.

La adúltera

1956

The Third Word poster
7.0

A young teacher is sent to a remote estate to educate a wealthy man who has grown up isolated from society. As she introduces him to formal education and social conventions, their contrasting views of the world lead to a series of unexpected encounters.

The Third Word

1956

Para siempre amor mío poster
5.6

A 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

El pueblo sin Dios poster
6.5

Unscrupulous rich guy owns all the businesses in border towns, is challenged by town's new priest.

El pueblo sin Dios

1955

La ciudad de los niños poster
6.4

Priest feels a calling to open an orphanage.

La ciudad de los niños

1957

Reto a la vida poster
5.8

Self-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

Melodías de amor poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Melodías de amor

1955

Path of evil poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Path of evil

1957

El hombre inquieto poster
6.5

Adult street urchin passes himself off as rich man's long-lost son.

El hombre inquieto

1954

La rosa blanca poster
6.0

For 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

Si me viera don Porfirio poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Si me viera don Porfirio

1950

Las cariñosas poster
8.2

When three beautiful young nurses from Jalisco, afflicted with a rare disease called "sexappealitis", create commotion among the patients in a hospital, they are forced to resign. They travel to Mexico City following the suggestion of a crazy scientist, who tells them they will be cured when they get married. But they are attracted to three men who are indifferent to their sexy looks, being themselves sick with "lovetitis".

Las cariñosas

1953

Stolen Tears poster
6.0

Melodrama involving a young woman returning to Mexico from abroad after a failed romance and dealing with an unwanted pregnancy and a meddling Aunt.

Stolen Tears

1954

El pecado de quererte poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

El pecado de quererte

1950

Guanajuato Road poster
5.8

The romantic entanglements of three singers: two boys and a girl who fail in a radio contest and formed a trio.

Guanajuato Road

1955

La sombra de Cruz Diablo poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

La sombra de Cruz Diablo

1955

Huellas del pasado poster
5.8

A 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

El gavilan vengador poster
5.8

Masked rider exposes the criminal misdeeds of a wealthy land-owner and his henchmen.

El gavilan vengador

1955

Teatro del crimen poster
6.2

In a music hall has committed a murder, the police will also find the murderer.

Teatro del crimen

1957

Cuando me vaya poster
6.8

Fictionalized version of the life of songwriter Maria Grever.

Cuando me vaya

1954

Secreto profesional poster
6.0

A film that tells how a woman who suffered blackmail her entire life kills a man. Her lawyer falls in love with her and does everything possible to uncover the truth, even though it is a professional secret that will make him lose everything.

Secreto profesional

1955

Eugenia Grandet poster
6.7

A miserly father quashes his daughter's marriage plans because he thinks her fiance is a fortune-hunter.

Eugenia Grandet

1953

Los margaritos poster
6.3

Two brothers named Margarito butt heads courting the same woman.

Los margaritos

1956

Anxiety poster
6.9

Twins (both played by Infante) are separated while very young, one raised as a singer by their widowed mother and another as the heir to one of Mexico's richest families. Their paths cross in the future, but they are unable to recognize each other due to their very different social backgrounds.

Anxiety

1953

1940s · 13 titles

Asesinato en los estudios poster
6.0

During 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

El Supersabio poster
8.0

Cantinflas 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

El hombre de la máscara de hierro poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

El hombre de la máscara de hierro

1943

El niño de las monjas poster
6.7

It 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

La monja alférez poster
6.0

A 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

La casa del rencor poster
5.8

Martina, a sorrowful woman, is the sole inhabitant of an abandoned and eerie house, where a couple arrives on a stormy night seeking shelter. Martina tells them how what was once a happy hacienda turned into a hell filled with resentment when Doña Adelaida—the master’s second wife—and her son Hugo came to live there; the despotism and cruelty of both ultimately destroyed the entire family.

La casa del rencor

1941

Los maridos engañan de 7 a 9 poster
5.7

Focuses on the emotional life of two women, whose husbands, with labor excuses, make "outings" from 7 to 9 at night.

Los maridos engañan de 7 a 9

1946

Miente y serás feliz poster
5.0

A 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

Jesus of Nazareth poster
7.7

The biblical story of The Messiah from his baptism through his crucifixion.

Jesus of Nazareth

1942

El hijo de Cruz Diablo poster
6.7

A 1941 film directed by Vicente Oroná.

El hijo de Cruz Diablo

1941

El espectro de la novia poster
5.5

Between performances of his magic show, Fu-Manchu must solve the mystery of a haunted house, where several séances are held and numerous supernatural phenomena take place.

El espectro de la novia

1943

The White Monk poster
6.8

In an Italian monastery during the XIII century, a white image appears sculpted by Fray Paracleto humble mystically and sew clothes. Besides a mysterious woman appears Orsina Galata. She tells her story to the Father Provincial and thus dates back to his past.

The White Monk

1945

La pícara Susana poster
5.7

Socialist librarian gets mixed up in the family life of a spoiled rich girl and her screwball family.

La pícara Susana

1945