Tito Novaro

Acting

Tito Novaro

Born — Died

1918-08-01 — 1986-04-14

Place of birth

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Known for

Acting

Credits

85 titles

Augusto Novaro Vega (August 1st, 1918 – April 14th, 1986), better known simply as Tito Novaro, was a Mexican film actor, screenwriter, and director. He entered the industry in 1936 as an extra and developed a long career largely in supporting and ensemble roles while also writing story treatments and screenplays in the 1940s–1950s, later working as an assistant director. He moved into directing in the early 1960s, initially in co-direction, and made his solo directorial debut with “El dilema,” a segment of the anthology feature Trampas de amor. From the 1970s through the mid-1980s he directed a cycle of popular genre and melodrama features—often combining directing with writing or adaptation…

Known for

Sombrero poster
4.2

Mexican love stories follow a dying man, a bullfighter's sister and lovers from feuding villages.

Sombrero

1953

The Shadow of the Tyrant poster
7.0

In 1920s Mexico, the candidates being chosen to succeed the current president, El Caudillo, find themselves at his mercy as he will resort to anything to accomplish his will, including kidnapping, betrayal, and murder.

The Shadow of the Tyrant

1960

El 7 de Copas poster
6.3

Professional gambler finds metaphysical meanings in the way he manages the workings of chance.

El 7 de Copas

1960

Drop the Curtain poster
7.6

Cantinflas, who owns a cleaning business, cleans the windows of the house of a famous French actress. While carrying out his work he observes how a man steals one of the famous actress necklaces, but he can only see his back.

Drop the Curtain

1955

Alien Terror poster
3.6

Near the end of the 19th century, Prof. John Mayer and his assistant, the scientist Dr. Isabel Reed, accidentally invent a powerful ray. An alien travels to Earth to destroy the machine since it would be a threat to the universe. He initially possesses the mind of Thomas, a sex maniac and serial killer, to get close to Mayer during the demonstration of the machine to scientists and the military. Mayer's niece, Laura, meets an acquaintance of her uncle, the chemist Dr. Paul Rosten, and Mayer invites him to join the research. When Thomas gets close to Mayer, the alien also possesses his mind in order to destroy the device and his notes. Meanwhile, Thomas is not able to control his murderous impulses and attacks several women with a straight razor.

Alien Terror

1971

The Circus poster
7.9

A cobbler gets a job in a Circus as a janitor, recommended by the beautiful girl rider of the show. But later, he gets in trouble when he involves in dangerous acts, such as the trapeze. Obviously, our friend will risk his life by the love of his new girlfriend.

The Circus

1943

Film credits

1970s · 13 titles

Alien Terror poster
3.6

Near the end of the 19th century, Prof. John Mayer and his assistant, the scientist Dr. Isabel Reed, accidentally invent a powerful ray. An alien travels to Earth to destroy the machine since it would be a threat to the universe. He initially possesses the mind of Thomas, a sex maniac and serial killer, to get close to Mayer during the demonstration of the machine to scientists and the military. Mayer's niece, Laura, meets an acquaintance of her uncle, the chemist Dr. Paul Rosten, and Mayer invites him to join the research. When Thomas gets close to Mayer, the alien also possesses his mind in order to destroy the device and his notes. Meanwhile, Thomas is not able to control his murderous impulses and attacks several women with a straight razor.

Alien Terror

1971

The Castle of Mummies of Guanajuato poster
4.3

A trio of masked Mexican wrestlers take on a mad scientist, killer dwarfs, and a horde of re-animated mummies in Guanajuato.

The Castle of Mummies of Guanajuato

1973

The Mansion of The 7 Mummies poster
6.0

A cursed treasure brings back to life seven ghastly mummies at a Guatemalan castle and Blue Demon, along with superhero Superzan, must battle the fiends and save a young woman who has been cursed.

The Mansion of The 7 Mummies

1977

Departamento de soltero poster
7.0

Newlywed couple are jealous of each other's imagined infidelities.

Departamento de soltero

1971

Ni solteros, ni casados poster
5.9

Young couple's honeymoon is interrupted by an emergency at the groom's workplace. How long will it take them before they can make conjugal nookie?

Ni solteros, ni casados

1972

Robbery of the Mummies of Guanajuato poster
5.3

The Count Cagliostro and scientist Raymond discovered a component that is only found in the mines of Guanajuato, this serves to create a formula to help them in their plans to conquer the world.

Robbery of the Mummies of Guanajuato

1972

Triángulo poster
5.4

The story of Mother and Daughter for a Husband and Stepfather who was killed by shotgun.

Triángulo

1972

The Business of Hate poster
5.8

An ambitious businessman searches for the perfect candidate to train and turn into a great boxing champion.

The Business of Hate

1972

La hija de nadie poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

La hija de nadie

1979

Duelo al atardecer poster
5.4

After five years in prison the protagonist of the story, Emiliano Trejo, seek to know the truth of his imprisonment, in his wake you will find a "compadre" and a widow with a daughter who were victims of a strange gunman who uses an expansive weapon . Also to his friend and his former love who is married to him.

Duelo al atardecer

1973

Jesús, nuestro Señor poster
7.1

Third movie in "Life of Christ" trilogy.

Jesús, nuestro Señor

1971

Las cautivas poster
4.2

Raimundo, a wealthy man, died of a heart attack. The notary reads out Raimundo's will, leaving all his estate and companies to the widow, Luz, with the surprising clause that she will remain without a man for the period of two years, during which his trusted attorney, Arturo, will be in possession of the whole patrimony. Luz being much younger than her late husband, resents this clause that will keep her captive of the dead man for so long. Her attempts to seek release in the night spots of the town do not prove satisfying. Lucia, the maid, starts an extortion scheme against the widow, menacing to denounce the murder of Raimundo with venom, as Luz and Arturo were lovers. The faithful cook and the gardener are dismissed and Lucía literally takes her employer's image, clothes, and manners - forcing Luz to play humbly to her (progressively insane) demands.

Las cautivas

1973

...And Woman Made Man poster
5.8

A completely illiterate general from the Mexican Revolution “wins” a teacher in a game of dice. What happens to him with this woman is something unexpected.

...And Woman Made Man

1975

1960s · 16 titles

The Shadow of the Tyrant poster
7.0

In 1920s Mexico, the candidates being chosen to succeed the current president, El Caudillo, find themselves at his mercy as he will resort to anything to accomplish his will, including kidnapping, betrayal, and murder.

The Shadow of the Tyrant

1960

El 7 de Copas poster
6.3

Professional gambler finds metaphysical meanings in the way he manages the workings of chance.

El 7 de Copas

1960

My Son, the Hero poster
8.0

Northern Mexico, early 20th century. Reynaldo del Hierro is murdered while riding with his sons Reynaldo and Martín, whose mother instills in them the need for revenge.

My Son, the Hero

1961

History of a Scoundrel poster
6.3

A woman betrayed by a man falls into despair and kills him. What fate will the jury decide for her?

History of a Scoundrel

1964

El Hijo De Gabino Barrera poster
6.0

Gabino's son tries to find out why his father was murdered.

El Hijo De Gabino Barrera

1965

La Chamuscada - Tierra Y Libertad poster
6.8

A sharecropper and his daughter, a swarthy beauty, flee from the hacienda on which they live and join the Mexican Revolution.

La Chamuscada - Tierra Y Libertad

1969

Crosses Over the Wasteland poster
6.2

After a long journey in search of the murderer of his father, a man abuses a beautiful girl next to marry.

Crosses Over the Wasteland

1967

Madame Death poster
4.7

A mad scientist teams with an evil, disfigured woman to kidnap and operate on young women to make her look beautiful again.

Madame Death

1969

Patsy My Love poster
5.3

Written by future Nobel-prize winner Gabriel García Márquez, this is the story of Patsy, a wealthy debutante with an acute sense of living and boundless curiosity. She falls in love with an older man (Julio Alemán) whom is married and mediocre, and thus learns the hard way about unhappiness, marring her rose colored world.

Patsy My Love

1969

The Jade Mask poster
5.8

Jungle adventure about the search for a lost treasure.

The Jade Mask

1963

Un día de diciembre poster
6.7

Mexican feature film

Un día de diciembre

1962

Blue Demon vs. the Satanic Power poster
5.2

The Blue Demon faces a murderous satanic hypnotist.

Blue Demon vs. the Satanic Power

1966

No artwork available
6.0

In his eagerness, to be movie extras, Tin Tan and his carnal Marcelo police get into trouble, among other entanglements.

Una estrella y dos estrellados

1960

Los Asesinos poster
5.6

Starring Nick Adams in his final role, a lone cowboy rides into a small Western town that is besieged by a gang of hoodlums in search of treasure. The search leads to an all out war between the town bosses, a family of crooked ranchers and other unsavory characters. But when Shannon (Nick Adams) enters the picture, they may have met their match...

Los Asesinos

1968

The Clutching Hand poster
5.4

Two wrestling stars must investigate strange deaths and a secret criminal organization led by a madman who becomes invisible.

The Clutching Hand

1966

El cachorro poster
5.7

El Cachorro is falsely accused of two murders; right after he's arrested flor those crimes, another murder is committed and he has to clear himself of that accusation. We never find out what happened about the first two deaths.

El cachorro

1966

1950s · 22 titles

Sombrero poster
4.2

Mexican love stories follow a dying man, a bullfighter's sister and lovers from feuding villages.

Sombrero

1953

Drop the Curtain poster
7.6

Cantinflas, who owns a cleaning business, cleans the windows of the house of a famous French actress. While carrying out his work he observes how a man steals one of the famous actress necklaces, but he can only see his back.

Drop the Curtain

1955

Las tres alegres comadres poster
5.7

When three poor young women fail in their attempts to break into films and night clubs in Mexico City, they separate from their boyfriends, form a trio and travel the country singing, dancing and bribing older men, but they fall into a trap when they invest their money in an unreliable business.

Las tres alegres comadres

1952

Por qué peca la mujer poster
5.6

Working-class girl-next--door type is seduced into a high-glam lifestyle when an oily promoter helps launch her as a nightclub singer; she throws over her decent-simple-guy boyfriend and loses her moral compass.

Por qué peca la mujer

1952

Los hijos de María Morales poster
7.5

Two brothers known in town for their womanizing, drinking and rowdiness meet their matches when two girls who like them decide to tame the two machos.

Los hijos de María Morales

1952

Lost Love poster
5.0

Ernesto, a composer, is madly in love with Amalia. He decides to help her pay the rent and wants her to start singing at the cabaret where he works, but she ends up falling in love with another man.

Lost Love

1951

3 citas con el destino poster
6.2

The story unfolds through the twists and turns of a strange curse attributed to a jewel that, passed from hand to hand, carries a deadly destiny. Its theme spans the three countries where it was filmed (Spain, Mexico, and Argentina), beginning in Spain and then moving to Mexico. The jewel, which takes on the character of another figure in the narrative as it travels through different parts of the world, arrives in Buenos Aires. The film ultimately presents the jewel's final destination in Mexico, where its owner dies, like others who were also marked by its malevolent influence.

3 citas con el destino

1954

Las locuras de Tin Tan poster
6.2

Tin-Tan wants to builds an ice cream machine.

Las locuras de Tin Tan

1952

Refifí entre las mujeres poster
5.3

No synopsis available yet.

Refifí entre las mujeres

1958

Vagabundo y Millonario poster
5.9

Tin Tan stands in as the double of a kidnapped millionaire.

Vagabundo y Millonario

1959

La Cucaracha poster
6.4

The Mexican Revolution serves as a backdrop to a torrid love triangle composed of three freedom fighters: a colonel, a widow, and a fiery female soldier.

La Cucaracha

1959

El derecho de nacer poster
6.9

In Santiago de Cuba in the early 1950s, history begins. A young woman of high society becomes pregnant with a false love, her father orders his black maid (Dolores) to kill the baby (Alberto), but she flees to Havana where Alberto becomes a renowned doctor.

El derecho de nacer

1952

Love for Life poster
NR

During the times of Venezuelan dictator Juan Vicente Gómez, an exhausted stranger arrives at a farm and starts to help the owner with the legal status of her land.

Love for Life

1950

The Martyr of Calvary poster
8.1

The life of Jesus from the beginning of his ministry, his miracles, the Sermon on the Mount and his death on the cross.

The Martyr of Calvary

1952

Kill Me Because I'm Dying!!! poster
7.8

Tin Tan just won the lottery and wants to donate it to an orphanage. Sataela and Riverita want to keep the money for themselves. In an attenpt to do so, they convince him of having a terminal disease and suggest that committing suicide is his best option.

Kill Me Because I'm Dying!!!

1951

El hombre inquieto poster
6.5

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

El hombre inquieto

1954

Reportaje poster
7.3

Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.

Reportaje

1953

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

La entrega poster
6.0

Through hard work, the Spaniard Alejandro has become wealthy and powerful. In contrast, the banker Don Victorino—who once refused a loan to the then-poor Alejandro—has fallen on difficult times. Victorino is married to Ana, who spends her life playing the piano, and they are the parents of the proud Julia, who is engaged to Enrique Régules. Julia is forced to marry Alejandro in order to save her family’s financial situation. Despite her husband’s blunt and often harsh honesty, Julia gradually finds herself falling in love with him, and vainly tries to make him jealous with Licenciado Héctor, who courts her. Julia becomes nervously ill, troubled by the fact that Alejandro does not love her in the romantic, storybook way she longs for.

La entrega

1954

El mariachi desconocido poster
5.5

This film is considered one of Tin Tan's funniest comedies. This time, the charismatic comedian incarnates a mariachi musician that lives the most entertaining an extraordinary adventures while traveling from Mexico to the paradisaic island of Cuba. An example of the excellent cinematographic comedy that only Tin Tan can achieve.

El mariachi desconocido

1953

Two Ghosts and a Girl poster
5.9

Two ghosts who died in a turn-of-the-century duel and now haunt a theater attempt to help a girl who's in danger from bank robbers.

Two Ghosts and a Girl

1959

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

1940s · 6 titles

Behind the camera

The Castle of Mummies of Guanajuato poster
4.3

A trio of masked Mexican wrestlers take on a mad scientist, killer dwarfs, and a horde of re-animated mummies in Guanajuato.

The Castle of Mummies of Guanajuato

1973

The Castle of Mummies of Guanajuato poster
4.3

A trio of masked Mexican wrestlers take on a mad scientist, killer dwarfs, and a horde of re-animated mummies in Guanajuato.

The Castle of Mummies of Guanajuato

1973

No artwork available
NR

Billionaire Mauricio Brandy picks up two stranded models after a car crash and begins a risky triangle, as his doctor warns his excesses could kill him.

The Dilemma

1969

No artwork available
NR

Billionaire Mauricio Brandy picks up two stranded models after a car crash and begins a risky triangle, as his doctor warns his excesses could kill him.

The Dilemma

1969

El perdon de la hija de nadie poster
6.7

While she's conducting an obsessive search for the father she never met, a nightclub owner falls ill with a movie disease that leaves her amnesiac afterwards. Then she falls in with a band of gypsies. And... (Sequel to La Hija De Nadie.)

El perdon de la hija de nadie

1980

El perdon de la hija de nadie poster
6.7

While she's conducting an obsessive search for the father she never met, a nightclub owner falls ill with a movie disease that leaves her amnesiac afterwards. Then she falls in with a band of gypsies. And... (Sequel to La Hija De Nadie.)

El perdon de la hija de nadie

1980

Robbery of the Mummies of Guanajuato poster
5.3

The Count Cagliostro and scientist Raymond discovered a component that is only found in the mines of Guanajuato, this serves to create a formula to help them in their plans to conquer the world.

Robbery of the Mummies of Guanajuato

1972

Los dos hermanos poster
6.0

A rich and powerful man is married to a much younger woman, who has a lover.

Los dos hermanos

1971

Soy Chicano Y Mexicano poster
6.7

A Mexican man crosses the border seeking work to afford English classes, leaving his girlfriend behind. In Texas, he joins other immigrants while a Chicana lawyer's wife leads Mexican-American women fighting for workers' rights.

Soy Chicano Y Mexicano

1975

Los Malditos poster
5.5

White-hat cowboy takes down a Western gang-leader and his hired guns.

Los Malditos

1966

Tres contra el destino poster
5.7

Three very poor children bond into a "family" unit. Grown up, they each try to help the others accomplish career goals. One's a girl, so there are romantic complications.

Tres contra el destino

1980

The Son of Alma Grande poster
5.0

Some aliens stalk and kidnap humans to take their eyes off and send them to their planet, the same Blue Demon falls into the trap, trying to rescue his brother.

The Son of Alma Grande

1976

Lucio Vazquez poster
5.6

Blending historical fact and adventure fiction, Emiliano Zapata's (fictional) right-hand man takes leadership of his regiment after he's killed.

Lucio Vazquez

1968

No artwork available
6.0

Leonor and Rosa are two sisters who have dedicated themselves to trying to win the hearts of two young charros: Ángel and Pepe.

Cada oveja con su pareja

1965

La hija de nadie poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

La hija de nadie

1979

The Clutching Hand poster
5.4

Two wrestling stars must investigate strange deaths and a secret criminal organization led by a madman who becomes invisible.

The Clutching Hand

1966

Love Traps poster
5.6

Love, infidelity and desire are the protagonists of three stories full of entanglements and romance.

Love Traps

1969

Love Traps poster
5.6

Love, infidelity and desire are the protagonists of three stories full of entanglements and romance.

Love Traps

1969

Ahí vienen los Argumedo poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Ahí vienen los Argumedo

1962

El cachorro poster
5.7

El Cachorro is falsely accused of two murders; right after he's arrested flor those crimes, another murder is committed and he has to clear himself of that accusation. We never find out what happened about the first two deaths.

El cachorro

1966

No artwork available
6.7

Mexican feature film

Lazos de sangre

1983

La jorobada poster
6.0

A young hunchbacked girl who sells newspapers and sings in the street is discovered by a music producer.

La jorobada

1981

La jorobada poster
6.0

A young hunchbacked girl who sells newspapers and sings in the street is discovered by a music producer.

La jorobada

1981

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

El último disparo

1985

El gran moyocoyo poster
6.3

Mexican feature film

El gran moyocoyo

1983