Roberto G. Rivera

Acting

Roberto G. Rivera

Born — Died

1927-04-01 — 2016-06-11

Place of birth

Mexico City, Mexico

Known for

Acting

Credits

52 titles

Roberto Gutiérrez Rivera (April 1st, 1927 - June 11th, 2016), better known simply as Roberto G. Rivera, was a Mexican actor, singer, producer, story writer, screenwriter, and film director. He began his artistic career as a singer in 1945 after winning a contest, and by 1950 he was performing ranchera music on television programs such as Noches Tapatías, Así es mi Tierra, and Estudio Raleigh on XEWTV’s Canal 2. He studied medicine for a little over a year at UNAM before leaving to enter cinema full-time, debuting as an actor in 1946 in El yugo (dir. Víctor Urruchúa). Over his career he acted in 102 films alongside major stars including Jorge Negrete, Pedro Infante, and Tito Guízar; he also …

Known for

Santo in the Treasure of Dracula poster
6.2

A woman travels to her past life with the help of Santo's past life regression machine

Santo in the Treasure of Dracula

1969

Mexico, Mexico, ra, ra, ra! poster
5.7

Librado, an unemployed man, lives in a crowded small house with numerous children and relatives, is beaten for stealing a car antenna. His godmother and her children try to settle in his place. She then is arrested at a supermarket for stealing, however, she offers herself and volunteers a friend of hers for sex to the policemen so she can be released. She is a maid of an employee who acts subservient to his boss, a mid-level government employee at once servile who delivers speeches on sexuality in educational texts and then discusses the matter with his brother, a corrupt inspector.

Mexico, Mexico, ra, ra, ra!

1976

El Mil Usos II poster
6.4

Transit must deal with his impulse to leave the country to go to the United States in search of the famous American dream.

El Mil Usos II

1984

The Vampire and Sex poster
8.0

El vampire y el sexy (or Santo in the Treasure of Dracula in its censored version) is a 1968 Mexican film starring El Santo and directed by René Cardona. ​The Vampire and Sex was filmed as the adult version of Santo in the Treasure of Dracula. While the censored family version was distributed in 1969, the uncensored version was not shown to the public until 2011 when it was discovered.

The Vampire and Sex

1969

The New Invisible Man poster
5.6

A man is sentenced to prison for a murder he did not commit. Thanks to a serum invented by his brother, he manages to become invisible and escape from prison in order to prove his innocence, while his brother works feverishly to find an antidote. Theatrically released in USA in Spanish language only; later English-dubbed version syndicated directly to television.

The New Invisible Man

1958

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

Film credits

1970s · 3 titles

1960s · 12 titles

Santo in the Treasure of Dracula poster
6.2

A woman travels to her past life with the help of Santo's past life regression machine

Santo in the Treasure of Dracula

1969

The Vampire and Sex poster
8.0

El vampire y el sexy (or Santo in the Treasure of Dracula in its censored version) is a 1968 Mexican film starring El Santo and directed by René Cardona. ​The Vampire and Sex was filmed as the adult version of Santo in the Treasure of Dracula. While the censored family version was distributed in 1969, the uncensored version was not shown to the public until 2011 when it was discovered.

The Vampire and Sex

1969

The Curse of the Doll People poster
6.4

Four men are cursed by a voodoo priest for stealing a sacred idol from his temple. Soon a band of murderous "doll men" are after the men and their families.

The Curse of the Doll People

1961

Frankenstein, the Vampire and Company poster
6.3

Two screwballs get mixed up with monsters, mad scientists and vampires.

Frankenstein, the Vampire and Company

1962

De hombre a hombre poster
5.2

Three monks raise the boy Antonio, who was abandoned at the convent door. The monks are criticized for the way they have educated Antonio, who ends up being a joker.

De hombre a hombre

1961

The Gunslingers poster
5.7

The Jiménez brothers and their allies lead an operation to combat a gang of criminals who have the region under a regime of terror. The bloody confrontations begin to produce the first fatalities.

The Gunslingers

1962

No artwork available
6.0

Fancy shooting-iron awarded as a prize in a marksmanship competition, passes from hand to hand.

The Law of Guns

1960

Amor a balazo limpio poster
5.5

Hired gunman tries and fails to kill The Sheriff. Then the gunman's kid brother coms to town, thinking The Sheriff is to blame for the gunman's death.

Amor a balazo limpio

1961

No artwork available
5.4

A musical comedy about a group of pretty girls who meet in Mexico and decide to break into showbiz and make a pact and promise not to get involved with men. But they all are in love with different guys and that complicates things.

Póker de reinas

1960

Peligros de juventud poster
5.4

Each of the boys and girls at the coffee shop has something snarled in their love life.

Peligros de juventud

1960

Simitrio poster
7.4

A blind teacher is the victim of endless pranks and pranks from his students.

Simitrio

1960

Las hermanas Karambazo poster
5.3

Three brothers meet three sisters from the nearest town.

Las hermanas Karambazo

1960

1950s · 25 titles

The New Invisible Man poster
5.6

A man is sentenced to prison for a murder he did not commit. Thanks to a serum invented by his brother, he manages to become invisible and escape from prison in order to prove his innocence, while his brother works feverishly to find an antidote. Theatrically released in USA in Spanish language only; later English-dubbed version syndicated directly to television.

The New Invisible Man

1958

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

Arrabalera poster
5.4

Working-class girl marries rich playboy, gets implicated in his criminal activities.

Arrabalera

1951

Untouched poster
6.9

With the purpose of using barbasco roots in the production of cortisone, a pharmaceutical company sends a scientist to investigate the possibilities of exploitation in Veracruz, but the man gets lost in the jungle and lives a strange romantic adventure in a remote location called Paradise.

Untouched

1954

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

El misterio del carro express poster
5.8

Police detective and his plucky girl-reporter fiancée go after the gang that committed a train robbery.

El misterio del carro express

1953

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

Los tres alegres compadres poster
6.2

Father and two sons raise hell at the county fair.

Los tres alegres compadres

1952

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

Adventures of a New Rich Man poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Adventures of a New Rich Man

1950

Solamente una vez poster
5.0

A couple suffers through slander and jealousy to maintain their love for one another.

Solamente una vez

1954

Los amantes poster
6.3

Mexican feature film

Los amantes

1956

Frontera norte poster
6.0

Two brothers: one's a cop, one's a gangster.

Frontera norte

1953

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

El mil amores poster
7.6

Carmen has a daughter, Patricia, who attends a school for young ladies where they think Carmen is married to a sailor. Viviano is a friend of Carmen and when she needs it, he poses as the father of Patricia and she believes is her father. Actually, Viviano is engaged with Marilu

El mil amores

1954

School for Buglars poster
7.7

The police plan to capture a killer by using a double that looks exactly as one of his victims.

School for Buglars

1958

Pasionaria poster
6.0

Musicians/dancers look for their big show-biz break while dealing with a melodrama/crime activity that involves an abusive husband, a lecherous employer and a heroin lab.

Pasionaria

1952

Una mujer decente poster
6.0

Rosa, a working-class young woman, falls in love with the physician Armando de la Vega. After they spend a night together, she discovers that she is pregnant. Armando, however, marries another woman, and the couple leaves for Paris, where he remains for several years. Upon his return, disillusioned with his marriage, he meets the famous cabaret star Alma Rosa, not realizing that she is Rosa, now performing under a stage name.

Una mujer decente

1950

The Illegitimate poster
4.5

Family melodrama: manipulative parents ruin lives with their meddling.

The Illegitimate

1956

Mujeres sacrificadas poster
6.1

Nightclub dancer comes unglued after killing a man.

Mujeres sacrificadas

1952

El tigre enmascarado poster
6.0

Aspiring opera singer Luis Landa returns to his hometown to avenge the murder of his brother.

El tigre enmascarado

1951

Bolero Inmortal poster
7.0

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

Bolero Inmortal

1958

Nuevo amanecer poster
5.7

Mexican feature film

Nuevo amanecer

1954

Ferias de México poster
5.4

Itinerant card-shark with pre-teen daughter adopts an orphan boy; the children grow up and fall in love. Once they decide to get married, complications arise.

Ferias de México

1959

Enemigos poster
5.2

One son takes after mom, one son takes after dad. They don't get along, and the family splits into two households.

Enemigos

1956

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