Ramón Gay

Acting

Ramón Gay

Born — Died

1917-11-17 — 1960-05-28

Place of birth

Mexico City, Mexico

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Ramón Gay (1917–1960) was a Mexican film actor. He was one of the stars of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, known for his roles in The Aztec Mummy series of films in the late 1950s. He was killed in 1960, when he was shot dead during a dispute with another man over the actress Evangelina Elizondo.

Known for

Film credits

1960s · 4 titles

1950s · 46 titles

Stolen Heaven poster
6.5

A young woman loses her mind when she finds out that her uncle and his boyfriend met in a train accident.

Stolen Heaven

1951

Cry of the Bewitched poster
4.3

A freed slave, who is descended from a murdered witch, plots revenge with her grandmother on a sugar plantation's inhabitants. Complications ensue due to her love for the master of the estate.

Cry of the Bewitched

1957

The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy poster
3.0

A mad doctor builds a robot in order to steal a valuable Aztec treasure from a tomb guarded by a centuries old living mummy.

The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy

1958

Camelia poster
6.2

A sort of meta riff on Alexandre Dumas fils' novel The Lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux Camélias or Camille) here in Mexican melodrama form involving the doomed love of a bullfighter and a beautiful but ailing actress/courtesan.

Camelia

1954

Entre abogados te veas poster
6.2

Crooked lawyer runs amok, making a mockery of the legal system.

Entre abogados te veas

1951

Venganza en el circo poster
5.8

Criss-crossing love affairs and jealousies result in a murder attempt.

Venganza en el circo

1954

The Curse of the Aztec Mummy poster
4.1

The evil Dr. Krupp, once again trying to get possession of the Aztec princess Xochitl's jewels, hypnotizes her current reincarnation, Flor, to get her to reveal the jewels' location - Xochitl's tomb. Confusion reigns as Krupp and his thugs are opposed by Flor's lover, Dr. Almada, his assistant, and wrestling superhero, El Angel. Krupp finally meets his match, however, when he comes up against Popoca, the warrior mummy who guards Xochitl's tomb.

The Curse of the Aztec Mummy

1957

Recién casados... no molestar poster
5.6

Newly-married woman discovers that her husband's a virgin and not the notorious Don Juan that she'd heard rumors about, and their marriage almost collapses because he's faithful and monogamous and good.

Recién casados... no molestar

1951

Después de la tormenta poster
6.8

This Mexican melodrama may have been released above the border as After the Storm. The principal characters are a pair of twin lighthouse keepers. They try their best to live together with their wives under the same roof, but the delicate balance is shattered when one of the brothers falls in love with his sister-in-law. When one twin is lost during a storm, the other assumes his identity, with the expected romantic complications. If Despues de la Termenta sounds familiar, it is because the screenplay was inspired by the 1946 Bette Davis vehicle A Stolen Life.

Después de la tormenta

1955

Nadie muere dos veces poster
5.6

Big-league criminal escapes from jail, tracks down his ex-wife at a seaside resort. She kills him in self-defense, and then a guy who looks exactly like him comes along. Massive complications!

Nadie muere dos veces

1953

In the Palm of Your Hand poster
6.0

A con artist seduces the widow of a millionaire, only to learn she'd plotted with her lover to murder the late husband. A tense game of cat-and-mouse ensues—but who's the cat?

In the Palm of Your Hand

1951

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

My Wife and the Other poster
5.1

A classic story of a husband who meets a younger woman, and begins a love affair.

My Wife and the Other

1952

Ladies Club poster
6.2

Lonelyhearts advisor on a tv show becomes feminist icon and movement-leader.

Ladies Club

1956

The Ghost falls in Love poster
6.0

A romance between a woman and a ghost.

The Ghost falls in Love

1953

Hijas casaderas poster
5.7

Mexican feature film

Hijas casaderas

1954

Mi mujer no es mía poster
6.0

Bachelor pretends that he got married, thinking that will stop his aunt from trying to play matchmaker.

Mi mujer no es mía

1951

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 vestido de novia poster
6.2

A young professional hires a sex-worker to pass as his wife in a situation that requires him to seem married. Later they think about getting married for reals... but mostly they just recite monologues to each other.

El vestido de novia

1959

Sublime melodía poster
6.0

Young widow with kindergarten-age daughter butts heads with her mother-in-law.

Sublime melodía

1956

La noche es nuestra poster
5.8

Journalist meets an unforgettable woman, tracks her down and discovers all her tragic past.

La noche es nuestra

1952

By the False Door poster
6.6

Bernardo is in love with Adela and although she does not belong, he has always helped her family although they only care about money and not the virtues of man.

By the False Door

1950

Ley fuga poster
5.8

As he rises through the ranks of the police department, a young officer gets more deeply involved in manipulating gang activity for personal gain.

Ley fuga

1954

La infame poster
6.5

For love, the rules of society and justice are broken, leading to abduction, exposing life and freedom, facing everything to make a sick child a normal child.

La infame

1954

Si me viera don Porfirio poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Si me viera don Porfirio

1950

La esquina de mi barrio poster
6.0

Two young sweethearts get tangled up with a bad guy and a stolen necklace.

La esquina de mi barrio

1957

The Aztec Mummy poster
4.6

A scientist discovers through hypnosis a mummy who watches over the jewels of an Aztec god for all eternity.

The Aztec Mummy

1957

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

The Witch poster
6.2

Thieves break into a scientist's laboratory to steal a secret formula, and in the process they kill his daughter. Enraged, he develops a formula that will turn an extremely ugly woman into a spectacular beauty, and then uses the woman to take his revenge on those responsible for his daughter's murder.

The Witch

1954

Doña Diabla poster
7.1

A woman, after committing a murder, flees into a church, confessing her life story to a priest.

Doña Diabla

1950

La virgen desnuda poster
6.8

Melodrama based on the homonymous novel by the Spanish writer José María Carretero Novillo (El Caballero Audaz), which tells a romantic story about a pair of lovers who endure great suffering in their attempt to be together.

La virgen desnuda

1950

Vino el remolino y nos alevantó poster
6.8

Three generations of a stable, middle-class family in the capitol are scattered to the four winds by blowback from the Mexican Revolution.

Vino el remolino y nos alevantó

1950

The Absentee poster
6.6

After arguing with her husband, a woman runs out of the house in the car and dies in a mysterious accident

The Absentee

1952

Socios para la aventura poster
5.4

Young nightclub performer, down on her luck, falls in with a portrait-cartoonist who works the streets and a terminally-ill singer-songwriter and goes to live on their houseboat. They consider doing a crime.

Socios para la aventura

1958

Dios nos manda vivir poster
5.8

Everything-but-the-kitchen-sink melodrama: young widow suffers everything life can throw at her.

Dios nos manda vivir

1954

Love and Sin poster
6.2

A dramatic encounter between passionate love and fraternal love. Two brothers fall in love with the same woman, played by the beautiful dancer Ninón Sevilla, an orphan they rescued during their childhood. Though she loves only one of them, she decides to give up her happiness rather than destroying the reason of the other she doesn't love.

Love and Sin

1956

Mujeres sin mañana poster
6.3

Loosely-plotted melodrama about five "hostesses" and the owners of a waterfront nightclub.

Mujeres sin mañana

1951

Angélica poster
5.9

An italian woman scapes from de WWII to Mexico where her uncle lives. She gets trapped in a brothel threatened to be involved in a crime that she was innocent. Meanwhile, she finds her true love who ignores where she lived and worked.

Angélica

1952

Un corazón en el ruedo poster
6.7

Famous bullfighter rises from humble beginnings, finds himself enmeshed in an emotionally-draining romantic triangle.

Un corazón en el ruedo

1950

Estafa de amor poster
6.2

Bad woman plays three men off each other while enjoying the attentions of all three; a great many lives are disrupted as a result of her wickedness.

Estafa de amor

1955

Weddings of fire poster
7.0

When the doctor's city girlfriend falls ill, a handsome rancher takes her to his ranch to get better. It's a disastrous decision, as he and the lady begin to fall in love and secretly meet. As the wedding day approaches, Rodolfo tries to make her forget about the doctor for the sake of his love.

Weddings of fire

1951

Bolero Inmortal poster
7.0

Young singer becomes famous, has an affair with a married man.

Bolero Inmortal

1958

Love in Four Parts poster
6.2

Anthology film, four episodes.

Love in Four Parts

1955

Morir para vivir poster
6.0

A voodoo warlock turns a girl into a zombie, by the orders of her stepmother, so she can continue her affair with the girl's boyfriend.

Morir para vivir

1954

Lodo y Armiño poster
5.6

Wealthy libertine tries to seduce another man's mistress by threatening to send him to jail if she doesn't put out. Blowback from his sleazy behavior affects five other people; everybody suffers. Enormously.

Lodo y Armiño

1951

Las tres Elenas poster
6.0

A woman married to a renowned doctor confesses to her mother that she has fallen in love with her daughter's young boyfriend.

Las tres Elenas

1954

1940s · 10 titles

Hipócrita..! poster
6.1

A disfigured woman is helped by a talented composer to recover her face with plastic surgery. Then he discovers that she's a beautiful woman and a talented singer.

Hipócrita..!

1949

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

Oh What Beautiful Legs! poster
6.3

A man hired to impersonate a bankrupt business mogul who is currently on the run from creditors sets out organize a musical starring beauties from Brazil, Mexico, and Spain in this Spanish-language comedy starring popular funnyman Tin Tan (Germán Valdés). Now, as the hapless imposter attempts to finance a musical without any money, he also discovers just how difficult it can be to juggle three beautiful starlets who all have eyes for their presumably wealthy producer. Another common English translation of the title of this film is Tender Pumpkins or Tender Little Pumpkins (although a direct translation is Baby Zucchini).

Oh What Beautiful Legs!

1949

Laura's Sin poster
6.4

José, a driver, and Laura, a dancer, were lovers. José couldn't dance with Laura due to his condition on his legs. Therefore, a man notices Laura's skill to dance and wants to do business with her, taking her on a dancing tour, which made José and Laura miss each other.

Laura's Sin

1949

Crimen en la alcoba poster
5.8

A man's on trial for murder; a friend who could prove his innocence chooses not to come forward. An interested detective starts working to discover the how-come of all of that.

Crimen en la alcoba

1946

Felipe de Jesús poster
6.7

Biography of the first Catholic Saint to be born in Mexico.

Felipe de Jesús

1949

La noche y tú poster
5.8

Tango singer exploits his popularity in high society to commit crimes.

La noche y tú

1946

La venenosa poster
6.0

A snake-charmer falls in love with a circus trapeze artist who trains her and has her debut in this discipline.

La venenosa

1949

Lola Casanova poster
6.2

Sonora Mexico, 1880s: Seri Indian tribe splits into two factions after a white woman comes to live in their settlement.

Lola Casanova

1949

El charro y la dama poster
5.4

Bratty rich girl plays practical jokes on the man that she'll obviously end up marrying.

El charro y la dama

1949