Miguel Arenas

Acting

Miguel Arenas

Born — Died

1902-04-21 — 1965-11-03

Place of birth

Alicante, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain

Known for

Acting

Credits

58 titles

Miguel Arenas (1902–1965) was a Spanish film actor. He emigrated to Mexico where he appeared in more than a hundred films.

Known for

Macario poster
8.7

Poor, hungry peasant Macario longs for just one good meal on the Day of the Dead. After his wife cooks a turkey for him, he meets three apparitions, the Devil, God, and Death. Each asks him to share his turkey, but he refuses all except Death. In return, Death gives him a bottle of water which will heal any illness. Soon, Macario is more wealthy than the village doctor, which draws the attention of the feared Inquisition.

Macario

1960

Neutron Battles the Karate Assassins poster
4.9

Superhero wrestler Neutron battles a gang of robotic assassins who use their hands and feet as deadly weapons.

Neutron Battles the Karate Assassins

1965

Tailored gentleman poster
7.4

Cantinflas works as a model of tuxedos in a prestigious store, your job is to use the smoking in the street along with an advertising sign on his back. The use of smoking gives you access to exclusive places and meet important people. During this time, Cantinflas was the manager of an amateur boxer, it is an attractive nurse assistant and occasionally attending a priest in the church and the orphanage. However, a Cantinflas day while wearing tuxedo, is a rich man, who mistakenly believe that Cantinflas is a millionaire too.

Tailored gentleman

1954

One Day with the Devil poster
7.7

Cantinflas, on a drunken night, becomes Army soldier. Soon, he meets the Devil who tries to make it an evil being.

One Day with the Devil

1945

Tizoc poster
7.6

An Indian arouses envy for his expertise in hunting animals without ruining their skins, for his wisdom and his kindness.

Tizoc

1957

La casa de la Troya poster
6.8

Adaptation of the novel by Alejandro Pérez Lujín, centered on the university adventures in Santiago de Compostela of Gerardo Roquer from Madrid, who stays in a boarding house known as "La Casa de la Troya".

La casa de la Troya

1948

Film credits

1960s · 14 titles

Macario poster
8.7

Poor, hungry peasant Macario longs for just one good meal on the Day of the Dead. After his wife cooks a turkey for him, he meets three apparitions, the Devil, God, and Death. Each asks him to share his turkey, but he refuses all except Death. In return, Death gives him a bottle of water which will heal any illness. Soon, Macario is more wealthy than the village doctor, which draws the attention of the feared Inquisition.

Macario

1960

Neutron Battles the Karate Assassins poster
4.9

Superhero wrestler Neutron battles a gang of robotic assassins who use their hands and feet as deadly weapons.

Neutron Battles the Karate Assassins

1965

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

El alazán y el rosillo poster
6.1

Two rival landowners: one is exploiting the local peasantry and dispossessing them of their land, and the other believes in fair play and justice for all.

El alazán y el rosillo

1966

Los dos apóstoles poster
5.8

Two boys and two girls hook up at the big festival in a neighboring town. Once they get back home they have to deal with their families' plans for them, which may not include their new sweethearts.

Los dos apóstoles

1966

Storm in the Ring poster
5.5

Gangsters and crooked gamblers try to interfere with a wrestling championship.

Storm in the Ring

1963

Vuelve el Norteño poster
5.8

Two rival gangs of outlaws are terrorizing a small town; el Comandante and his sidekicks pit them against each other and pick up the pieces.

Vuelve el Norteño

1964

No artwork available
6.2

After being arrested the two adorable grannies spend some time in jail and then stand trial for the robberies they've committed.

The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies

1961

Neutron Traps the Invisible Killers poster
6.1

Masked hero El enmascarado de oro faces a criminal that turns invisible.

Neutron Traps the Invisible Killers

1965

Las chivas rayadas poster
5.7

The comical misadventures of two brothers who are part of the local soccer team and their family.

Las chivas rayadas

1964

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

Jinetes de la llanura poster
6.2

Cowboy-hero series, first of two. Sequel: Pistoleros de la frontera.

Jinetes de la llanura

1966

La sombra blanca poster
5.7

Mexican feature film

La sombra blanca

1963

No artwork available
6.0

Felipe the charro returns and discovers that Rosa is going to marry Martín, a stranger from out of town, and feels betrayed. It is a deception, but love, jealousy, and revenge dominate.

Voy de gallo

1963

1950s · 17 titles

Tailored gentleman poster
7.4

Cantinflas works as a model of tuxedos in a prestigious store, your job is to use the smoking in the street along with an advertising sign on his back. The use of smoking gives you access to exclusive places and meet important people. During this time, Cantinflas was the manager of an amateur boxer, it is an attractive nurse assistant and occasionally attending a priest in the church and the orphanage. However, a Cantinflas day while wearing tuxedo, is a rich man, who mistakenly believe that Cantinflas is a millionaire too.

Tailored gentleman

1954

Tizoc poster
7.6

An Indian arouses envy for his expertise in hunting animals without ruining their skins, for his wisdom and his kindness.

Tizoc

1957

Pecado poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Pecado

1951

Mi campeón poster
5.5

Catita is a simple and poor woman who dreams of that her son stands out on something important to help her out of his humble. But she opposes to him being boxer, therefore constantly fighting with her husband.

Mi campeón

1952

The Count of Monte Cristo poster
6.6

Inocencio Dante, the intendant of a bank, where the director Don Miguel and their children; Marga who spends money without control, Polo who spent on gambling, have defrauded the bank with eight hundred thousand pesos, have agreed to coax "Chencho" and make it appear as responsible for the theft. In prison, "Chencho" knows Don Facundo Farias to whom he talks about his sorrows, Don Facundo happens to be the leader of the gang that stole twenty million pesos and is the only survivor who knows the place where the money is buried. After a fight, "Chencho" is put into a cell for defending Don Facundo, he in gratitude and before dying from pneumonia advises how to escape and where to find the money.later Inocencio In the style of Count of Monte Cristo flees giving a positive spin into his life. Pleasant moments alive with sparkling, funny and comical adventures of the Viscount of Montecristo.

The Count of Monte Cristo

1954

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

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 guarida del buitre poster
5.8

Cowboy-policeman-hero interferes with the bad guy's plans and prevents his engaging in monkeyshines. Part of the series "Mauricio Rosales, el rayo justiciero."

La guarida del buitre

1958

Una gallega baila mambo poster
6.4

Ladylike widow hires a roughneck neighbor to help her marry off her daughter and collect an inheritance by impersonating her husband.

Una gallega baila mambo

1951

Reportaje poster
7.3

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

Reportaje

1953

La odalisca No. 13 poster
6.7

The Emir of Beirutistan gets the hots for a Mexican singer and arranges to have her kidnapped. Her costar and manager tag along to rescue her.

La odalisca No. 13

1958

El jinete poster
6.0

Farmhand and plantation-owner's daughter fall in love, but class differences and stuff.

El jinete

1954

With all my heart poster
6.5

Priest founds an orphanage, faces conflicts with townsfolk.

With all my heart

1952

Yolanda poster
6.3

About the Russian dancer Yolanda who arrives in Mexico with her company in 1909. There she falls in love with the young cadet Julio. However, the influential Carlos opposes this love. He wants Yolanda for himself and threatens her with a possible deportation to Siberia if she rejected his romantic advances.

Yolanda

1951

Raffles poster
5.8

No synopsis available yet.

Raffles

1958

Solamente una vez poster
5.0

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

Solamente una vez

1954

La sombra de Cruz Diablo poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

La sombra de Cruz Diablo

1955

1940s · 16 titles

One Day with the Devil poster
7.7

Cantinflas, on a drunken night, becomes Army soldier. Soon, he meets the Devil who tries to make it an evil being.

One Day with the Devil

1945

La casa de la Troya poster
6.8

Adaptation of the novel by Alejandro Pérez Lujín, centered on the university adventures in Santiago de Compostela of Gerardo Roquer from Madrid, who stays in a boarding house known as "La Casa de la Troya".

La casa de la Troya

1948

El conde de Montecristo poster
5.6

Based on the famous novel by Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo tells the story of a man who is unjustly imprisoned alongside an old man, who before dying reveals the location of a buried treasure. When the man manages to escape from his miserable cell, he changes his identity, becoming the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo, an identity he uses to take revenge on those who betrayed him and sent him to prison.

El conde de Montecristo

1942

Cuando los padres se quedan solos poster
6.0

Some elderly people mortgage their house to pay the debts of their children, but they do not return the money and lose their house.

Cuando los padres se quedan solos

1949

Recuerdos de mi valle poster
5.7

Mexican movie

Recuerdos de mi valle

1946

La leyenda del bandido poster
5.7

An honest rancher becomes a bandit after being accused of murdering his girlfriend's father

La leyenda del bandido

1944

¡Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra! poster
6.0

In times of the French Intervention, a student of Nunó, author of the Mexican National Anthem, falls in love with the niece of the French Ambassador, which causes quite amusing complications.

¡Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra!

1943

Viviré otra vez poster
5.6

Card-sharks blackmail a dissolute young man into participating in a big robbery; his brother takes the rap for him.

Viviré otra vez

1940

Toros, amor y gloria poster
5.4

Farmhand moves to the city to be with his mother. He falls in love with the daughter of the rich family for whom she works as housekeeper, and decides to take advantage of his skill as a bullfighter to earn money and status enough to be able to court her.

Toros, amor y gloria

1944

Tormenta en la cumbre poster
5.7

Young couple weather a marital crisis while older people who have already given up on life interfere from the sidelines.

Tormenta en la cumbre

1943

No artwork available
6.0

Marguerite Gautier is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying Armand, she acquiesces and leaves her lover. However, when poverty and terminal illness overwhelm her, Marguerite discovers that Armand has not lost his love for her.

La dama de las camelias

1944

Yolanda poster
6.7

About the Russian dancer Yolanda who arrives in Mexico with her company in 1909. There she falls in love with the young cadet Julio. However, the influential Carlos opposes this love. He wants Yolanda for himself and threatens her with a possible deportation to Siberia if she rejected his romantic advances.

Yolanda

1943

Amok poster
6.7

A doctor embezzles the proceeds of his Parisian clinic in order to better support the manipulative woman with whom he is having an affair. After losing all the money while gambling, he is forced to flee to an undeveloped region of India. There, he tries to mitigate the onslaught of a disease the natives term "Amok," while his past mistakes still plague him.

Amok

1944

Los dos pilletes poster
4.6

Suspicious husband deals with wife's supposed infidelity by making his toddler son disappear into the city's slums, where he grows to boyhood as a thief's apprentice.

Los dos pilletes

1942

El último chinaco poster
6.8

1880s-1890s rural adventure on horseback.

El último chinaco

1948

The Naughty Son poster
7.6

A poor young man is mistaken for a millionaire when he travels to the city to fulfill his dream of being a singer.

The Naughty Son

1945

1930s · 11 titles

Beyond Death poster
6.7

Yolanda, the wife of renowned Spanish composer Enrique Montenegro, has grown weary of her husband's constant infidelities and neglect. While attending a bullfight, she meets the celebrated matador Eduardo Franco, and the two begin a romance

Beyond Death

1935

Abnegación poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Abnegación

1938

No artwork available
6.3

The story narrates the idyllic and tragic love between María and her cousin Efraín, both natives of Valle del Cauca. In the middle of a romantic and bucolic landscape, the young characters fall in love with each other but circumstances prevent the full realization of their love.

María

1938

No basta ser madre poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

No basta ser madre

1937

Una luz en mi camino poster
6.0

In a small city, talented María was trained as a singer by blind composer Joaquín. They both dream of making it big in the capital but, when they finally make the move, they find that success is not achieved without struggles.

Una luz en mi camino

1939

Refugiados en Madrid poster
5.7

A 1938 film.

Refugiados en Madrid

1938

Don Juan Tenorio poster
5.3

Classic legend of a playboy meeting supernatural comeuppance.

Don Juan Tenorio

1937

The Dead Speak poster
5.8

Professor Jiménez believes the human retina retains the image of the last thing a person sees before death. Only his student Eduardo stands by him in the face of widespread mockery. Together they will try and prove the professors theory but fate has a unpleasant way of helping them do this.

The Dead Speak

1935

Hombres del aire poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Hombres del aire

1939

A Macabre Legacy poster
5.8

A plastic surgeon goes mad when he discovers that his wife have an affair. He fakes her death and disfigure her and locks her in the cellar.

A Macabre Legacy

1939

Mientras México duerme poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Mientras México duerme

1938