
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
8.0Yara is an indigenous woman who comes to Mexico City in search of a better quality of life. Yara suffered the contempt of society and the people around her.
Yara
1979
7.7The story follows Rina, a young hunchback who sells flowers to support her father and siblings after being abandoned by her mother. One day, while selling her flowers, she is beckoned from a window by Leopoldo—a wealthy, elderly, bitter, and invalid man—who manipulates her into marrying him because he refuses to leave his inheritance to his sister-in-law, Rafaela. Rina agrees to the marriage due to financial hardship. Shortly thereafter, Leopoldo dies, and Rina inherits a vast fortune. She undergoes surgery to correct her hunchback and transforms into a beautiful woman. Unwilling to accept the loss of the inheritance, Rafaela devises a scheme with the help of her son, Carlos Augusto, who has recently been widowed.
Rina
1977
No synopsis available yet.
Al rojo vivo
1980
9.0No synopsis available yet.
El camino secreto
1986
8.5No synopsis available yet.
Los miserables
1974
4.9When Santo accompanies a troupe of archaeologists in the search for Aztec artifacts, they find the Mummy of an Aztec who leaves a warning to those who tamper with his resting place. The adventurers ignore the warning, and before long, the Mummy starts bumping them off one-by-one with his bow & arrow.
Santo in the Vengeance of the Mummy
1971
Film credits
1970s · 9 titles
4.9When Santo accompanies a troupe of archaeologists in the search for Aztec artifacts, they find the Mummy of an Aztec who leaves a warning to those who tamper with his resting place. The adventurers ignore the warning, and before long, the Mummy starts bumping them off one-by-one with his bow & arrow.
Santo in the Vengeance of the Mummy
1971
6.8Fando and his partially paralysed lover Lis search for the mythical city of Tar.
Fando and Lis
1972
7.5The founder of Christianity and his sacred family.
Jesús, María y José
1972
6.6Bruno Halder a sinister scientist seeking revenge against his brother and niece is resurrected by Waldo his faithful sidekick. Besides his minions of zombies Halder enlists the help of Wolfman, Franquestain, a Vampire, a Mummy and a Cyclops. Once again the survival of mankind is put in the hands of Santo
Santo and Blue Demon Against the Monsters
1970
7.1Third movie in "Life of Christ" trilogy.
Jesús, nuestro Señor
1971
6.3Three interwoven stories where the characters experience deception, passion, love and rejection.
Tú, yo, nosotros
1972
6.4A group of people suffering from mental retardation, blindness and physical malformations work in a traveling circus.
The Enemy Blood
1971
5.6A man becomes more and more infatuated with his childhood sweetheart leading to a haunting encounter with horror.
Queen Doll
1972
5.3Three tales of horror, isolation and insanity set in Mexico.
Panic
1972
1960s · 13 titles
5.6Vampire 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
6.9A 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
7.1A mad scientist creates a remote-controlled monster and sends it to terrorize the city.
Orlak, the Hell of Frankenstein
1960
8.0Trophy wife of a crooked industrialist meets a philanthropic doctor and develops a social conscience. Mexican remake of Born Yesterday.
Our Daily Hunger
1960
5.0During 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
5.5After 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
5.3Wrestling melodrama.
La furia del ring
1961
4.7A 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 synopsis available yet.
Ensayo de una noche de bodas
1968
7.4Gunfighters kill all family members of farmer brothers Mario and Fernando Almada, after the tragic event, they seek revenge.
Todo Por Nada
1969
6.3Gentleman swindler runs cleverly-orchestrated scams. Four of four in a series.
La entrega de Chucho el Roto
1962
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
6.3No synopsis available yet.
Los mediocres
1966
1950s · 9 titles
6.0A federal policeman arrives in a town ravaged by a cult of hooded men who leave a satanic face on their victims.
Los diablos del terror
1959
6.4Two doctors make a pact in which they swear that the first to die will return - if possible - to tell the other how to get a glimpse of the afterlife while still alive.
Black Pit of Dr. M
1959
5.6Six hundred year old witch butts heads with a scholar over the possession of a rare ancient grimoire and then discovers that his daughter's fiance is the reincarnation of her first boyfriend.
Mysteries of Black Magic
1958
5.2Poetic-type dude gets mixed up with gangsters, a millionaire's dog and some stolen jewels.
Del suelo no paso
1959
5.6A cowboy and his sidekick meet a ranching family that is haunted by spirits and vampires.
The Living Coffin
1959
6.2Father and two sons raise hell at the county fair.
Los tres alegres compadres
1952
6.7Gangsters kidnap the writer of a crime-drama radio program to plot their heists for them.
El pandillero
1959
Pedro, a wealthy Mexican landowner, is convinced he can get everything he wants with money and arrogance.
Los salvajes
1958
6.8Tony Ray is not enough to impress Diana thus decides to become a boxer. At last he can have it all: money and feel worthy enough to propose.
Kid Tabaco
1955
Series credits
8.0Yara is an indigenous woman who comes to Mexico City in search of a better quality of life. Yara suffered the contempt of society and the people around her.
Yara
1979
7.7The story follows Rina, a young hunchback who sells flowers to support her father and siblings after being abandoned by her mother. One day, while selling her flowers, she is beckoned from a window by Leopoldo—a wealthy, elderly, bitter, and invalid man—who manipulates her into marrying him because he refuses to leave his inheritance to his sister-in-law, Rafaela. Rina agrees to the marriage due to financial hardship. Shortly thereafter, Leopoldo dies, and Rina inherits a vast fortune. She undergoes surgery to correct her hunchback and transforms into a beautiful woman. Unwilling to accept the loss of the inheritance, Rafaela devises a scheme with the help of her son, Carlos Augusto, who has recently been widowed.
Rina
1977
No synopsis available yet.
Al rojo vivo
1980
9.0No synopsis available yet.
El camino secreto
1986
8.5No synopsis available yet.
Los miserables
1974

