Carlos Ancira

Acting

Carlos Ancira

Born — Died

1929-08-20 — 1987-08-10

Place of birth

Mexico City, Mexico

Known for

Acting

Credits

37 titles

He began his professional studies at the Escuela de Arte Teatral del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (INBA), in 1946, under the teachings of Clementina Otero, Enrique Ruelas, Earl Senett and Seki Sano. He excelled as an actor in numerous plays: Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett; Poor People, by Dostoyevsky; The Diary of a Madman, by Gogol; with which he achieved a memorable dramatization and more than two thousand performances for nearly twenty-five years. He received awards and distinctions, among them, that of actor emeritus of the Moscow Academy of Theater and Performing Arts for his performance in The Diary of a Madman. Carlos Ancira Negrete, actor and playwright, was one of the i…

Known for

Film credits

1970s · 9 titles

1960s · 13 titles

The Blood of Nostradamus poster
5.6

Vampire hunters track down a vampire and attempt to steal the ashes from his coffin in order to stop him from reviving nightly.

The Blood of Nostradamus

1962

The Paper Man poster
6.9

A deaf and mute vagabond finds a large denomination bill in a Mexico City dump, and while he tries to buy something with it, others try to con him into giving it away.

The Paper Man

1963

Orlak, the Hell of Frankenstein poster
7.1

A mad scientist creates a remote-controlled monster and sends it to terrorize the city.

Orlak, the Hell of Frankenstein

1960

Our Daily Hunger poster
8.0

Trophy wife of a crooked industrialist meets a philanthropic doctor and develops a social conscience. Mexican remake of Born Yesterday.

Our Daily Hunger

1960

La Bandida poster
5.0

During a lull in the Mexican Revolution when Francisco Madero became president and attempted to implement land reforms, two former revolutionaries are pitted against each other for the love of the same woman.

La Bandida

1963

Alerta, alta tension poster
5.5

After a criminal gang kidnaps a scientist with valuable information about nuclear weapons, an undercover agent named Jorge Rubio tries to infiltrate this gang in order to deal with the situation. The gang, however, quickly unmasks Rubio and uses both brainwashing and torture techniques on him. They also create a clone of Rubio, thus setting up a show-down battle between the two look-alikes.

Alerta, alta tension

1969

La furia del ring poster
5.3

Wrestling melodrama.

La furia del ring

1961

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

No artwork available
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Ensayo de una noche de bodas

1968

Todo Por Nada poster
7.4

Gunfighters kill all family members of farmer brothers Mario and Fernando Almada, after the tragic event, they seek revenge.

Todo Por Nada

1969

La entrega de Chucho el Roto poster
6.3

Gentleman swindler runs cleverly-orchestrated scams. Four of four in a series.

La entrega de Chucho el Roto

1962

No artwork available
5.8

Five criminals are arrested after a bank-robbery. One escapes, and the police officer in charge of transporting them arrests a new person at random to cover up for his negligence.

Cinco en la cárcel

1968

Los mediocres poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Los mediocres

1966

1950s · 9 titles

Series credits