Luis Manuel Pelayo

Acting

Luis Manuel Pelayo

Born — Died

1922-04-01 — 1989-07-26

Place of birth

Mexico City, Mexico

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Luis Manuel Pelayo was born in 1922 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was an actor.

Known for

Up and Down poster
8.1

It is the story of a sportsman who is a little bit dumber than most people but nevertheless he succeeds in getting a job at a sports article saler's. Having this job is the beginning of a lot of funny problems he causes due to his dumbness.

Up and Down

1956

A Quixote Without La Mancha poster
7.1

A lawyer trying to fix everyone's problems, instead causes problems, which always end up in funny situations.

A Quixote Without La Mancha

1969

Your Excellency poster
8.1

Lopitos, who is horribly inefficient but quick-witted, is invited (because of the current ambassador's superstition about 13 sitting down to a meal) to a banquet attended by the ambassadors of both superpowers. After the news of a series of coups d'état in Los Cocos arrives throughout the meal, Lopitos becomes the official ambassador. At a summit of world leaders, the representatives of the two world superpowers court the allegiances of third-world diplomats to tilt the balance of global power in their favor. The last diplomat to remain unaligned, Lopitos instead harangues the superpowers for infringing on the rights of developing countries to self determination, talking to them with his point of view as a citizen not as ambassador because he arranged his demise as ambassador one day before his speech.

Your Excellency

1967

El analfabeto poster
7.8

Inocencio Prieto y Calvo receives a letter telling him he is the heir to his uncle's fortune of two million pesos. Not being able to read he has no idea of who sent the letter or its content. So he goes to the drugstore because the pharmacist can read the letter to him. But while waiting to be helped he sees that a young girl can read. He figures he has to be able to discover the letter's content by himself and decides he will save the letter and go to school, and wait to read the letter on his own.

El analfabeto

1961

The Extra poster
7.2

Cantinflas is a man who hangs around the studios and helps anyone who needs his advice while at the same time envisioning his own versions of how certain scenes should be shot. Both angles provide ample opportunities for very witty, subtle barbs at the foibles of the industry.

The Extra

1962

El Supersabio poster
8.0

Cantinflas is the apprentice of a renowned scientist, Prof. Arquimides Monteagudo (Carlos Martinez Baena). But Cantinflas has the soul of a poet rather than a serious researcher, and he wants to find the formula that achieves the immortality of the roses. Nevertheless, after the death of Prof. Monteagudo, Cantinflas will be chased by a ferocious corporative group, who wants to steal the secret formula of a cheaper fuel named "carburex", because they think that our friend is the only person who knows the composition

El Supersabio

1948

Film credits

1980s · 19 titles

Snow White and Her 7 Lovers poster
7.2

An undercover policewoman tracks seven escaped convicts to the deserted island where they've set up a camp.

Snow White and Her 7 Lovers

1980

El Secuestro De Lola - Lola La Trailera 2 poster
5.9

No synopsis available yet.

El Secuestro De Lola - Lola La Trailera 2

1986

At a Lame Pace poster
4.5

Ragtag crew of indigents from an asylum for the handicapped form a squadron to defend the Church during the Cristero Uprising.

At a Lame Pace

1980

Reto a la vida poster
6.7

Carlos has spent four years in prison for selling drugs. When he's released he finds out his brother has become a drug addict and is locked in a psychiatric hospital. Carlos starts working to cure his brother when he befriends a street kid and falls for social worker Elena.

Reto a la vida

1988

Difficult Days poster
6.4

Two shareholder brothers close several factories due to economic problems, except for their chemical plants.

Difficult Days

1988

Entre Compadres Te Veas poster
6.9

After a year spent mourning his wife's death, a father and two sons cut loose for some wild living. Loose remake of Los Tres Alegres Compadres.

Entre Compadres Te Veas

1986

Se me sale cuando me río poster
6.7

Mexican feature film

Se me sale cuando me río

1983

¡Pum! poster
5.8

Based on a true story, it tells the story of opera singer Paco Sierra, who, realizing that the life of an artist does not provide him with enough money, plans and carries out a terrorist act: He assures the passengers of an airplane that he has placed a bomb.

¡Pum!

1981

Mi nombre es Sergio, soy alcohólico poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mi nombre es Sergio, soy alcohólico

1981

El gran relajo mexicano poster
6.7

Mexican feature film

El gran relajo mexicano

1988

La tumba de Matías poster
5.4

Gambler with a heart condition races the clock to get his mausoleum finished. His wife and her lover wait on the sidelines.

La tumba de Matías

1988

Nos reimos de la migra (Destrampados y mojados) poster
4.6

No synopsis available yet.

Nos reimos de la migra (Destrampados y mojados)

1987

Ya nunca más poster
6.4

A young teenage boy with a zest for sports and singing is seriously injured in a motorcycle accident. The story revolves around his shock at the way his life has changed and his difficulty in coping with his new reality. The boy, played by Latin singing star Luis Miguel at age 14, sings several songs in the movie.

Ya nunca más

1984

Los gemelos alborotados poster
5.8

Gumaro and his buddy Chon are among the First Citizens locally. One day, unexpectedly, twin brothers of both of them turn up in town. Adaptation of A Comedy Of Errors.

Los gemelos alborotados

1982

Sexo contra sexo poster
5.4

The engineer José Luis, husband of the fichera and dancer Estrella Raleigh, dies in a plane crash. During the burial, Estrella discovers that her husband was having an affair. It's quickly revealed that things are a bit more complicated than they initially appear.

Sexo contra sexo

1983

No artwork available
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

El mas valiente del mundo

1983

Solo para damas poster
6.3

A group of women visit a nightclub. They are all attracted to him main dancer and try to win him over without the others knowing. Him taking advantage the situation, create a plan to manipulate them.

Solo para damas

1981

Burdel poster
5.2

(AKA: Ratero 2 or Cada quien su madre.) Innocent man forced to hide from the police, ends up taking refuge in a brothel.

Burdel

1982

Chiquidracula poster
8.0

An alcoholic grandfather is seriously ill. His doctor suggests that experiencing a bad scare could cure him. His grandson volunteers to help him.

Chiquidracula

1985

1970s · 6 titles

1960s · 13 titles

A Quixote Without La Mancha poster
7.1

A lawyer trying to fix everyone's problems, instead causes problems, which always end up in funny situations.

A Quixote Without La Mancha

1969

Your Excellency poster
8.1

Lopitos, who is horribly inefficient but quick-witted, is invited (because of the current ambassador's superstition about 13 sitting down to a meal) to a banquet attended by the ambassadors of both superpowers. After the news of a series of coups d'état in Los Cocos arrives throughout the meal, Lopitos becomes the official ambassador. At a summit of world leaders, the representatives of the two world superpowers court the allegiances of third-world diplomats to tilt the balance of global power in their favor. The last diplomat to remain unaligned, Lopitos instead harangues the superpowers for infringing on the rights of developing countries to self determination, talking to them with his point of view as a citizen not as ambassador because he arranged his demise as ambassador one day before his speech.

Your Excellency

1967

El analfabeto poster
7.8

Inocencio Prieto y Calvo receives a letter telling him he is the heir to his uncle's fortune of two million pesos. Not being able to read he has no idea of who sent the letter or its content. So he goes to the drugstore because the pharmacist can read the letter to him. But while waiting to be helped he sees that a young girl can read. He figures he has to be able to discover the letter's content by himself and decides he will save the letter and go to school, and wait to read the letter on his own.

El analfabeto

1961

The Extra poster
7.2

Cantinflas is a man who hangs around the studios and helps anyone who needs his advice while at the same time envisioning his own versions of how certain scenes should be shot. Both angles provide ample opportunities for very witty, subtle barbs at the foibles of the industry.

The Extra

1962

Puss n' Boots poster
5.8

Following the death of their miller father, his eldest son inherits the mill, the middle one a donkey, and the youngest a cat. While initially disappointed, the lad soon learns not only that the cat can talk but is quite resourceful.

Puss n' Boots

1961

Un ángel de mal genio poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Un ángel de mal genio

1964

El ojo de vidrio poster
7.3

No synopsis available yet.

El ojo de vidrio

1969

The Door and the Butcher's Wife poster
7.4

A movie divided in two segments, the first "La puerta" (The Door) is about a high society gathering in which a door inside the mansion leads to a bizarre corridor where a naked and menacing human figure appears. The second "La mujer del carnicero" (The Butcher's Wife) is set during the Mexican revolution and is about horrifying hallucinations felt by a lieutenant after committing a murder.

The Door and the Butcher's Wife

1969

El día de la boda poster
5.4

The love affairs of two couples, modern parents a couple of troubled teens.

El día de la boda

1968

Las Fieras poster
6.0

Historia de un grupo de estafadores internacionales y sus artimañas.

Las Fieras

1969

El matrimonio es como el demonio poster
6.8

The story of a Playboy bachelor who does not know the good that is, until he is married. Slowly, the man discovers that having a woman is not easy, but sometimes ... being faithful recomended. After sympathetic experiences and funny situations, he realizes that there are two uncorrectable errors committed by the man in your life: Being born and married!

El matrimonio es como el demonio

1967

Muchachas que trabajan poster
6.4

Working in a department store exposes young ladies to corrupting influences.

Muchachas que trabajan

1961

Cómo pescar marido poster
6.6

Bride-to-be on the prowl for a suitable mate.

Cómo pescar marido

1967

1950s · 18 titles

Up and Down poster
8.1

It is the story of a sportsman who is a little bit dumber than most people but nevertheless he succeeds in getting a job at a sports article saler's. Having this job is the beginning of a lot of funny problems he causes due to his dumbness.

Up and Down

1956

Ella, Lucifer y yo poster
3.4

A man makes a pact with Lucifer in order to gain the love of a beautiful singer. To achieve his goal, the devil endows him with the ability to become invisible at will.

Ella, Lucifer y yo

1953

Había una vez un marido poster
6.8

Due to confusion, Rafael is believed responsible for the death of Teresa. His wife Lilia and his brother looking for the real culprits.

Había una vez un marido

1953

Little Red Riding Hood poster
7.5

The classic story of the Red Riding Hood spiced up by a couple of funny characters like the dog Duke, companion to the girl in her adventures, and the stinky Skunk, henchman to the Wolf.

Little Red Riding Hood

1959

Cuando Mexico canta poster
6.3

Lorenzo Inclán, a famous Mexican songwriter, is torn between helping a girl become a famous singer or having a romantic relationship with her.

Cuando Mexico canta

1958

Yo quiero ser artista poster
6.4

The Postman Adalberto is involved by chance in the filming of a scene, which gives the film director the idea of including him as an actor, but without his knowledge.

Yo quiero ser artista

1958

Mi niño, mi caballo y yo poster
6.0

Nun tries to heal the relationship between a six-year-old boy and his estranged father.

Mi niño, mi caballo y yo

1959

Cuatro copas poster
6.4

Upper-crust city gal falls for a rough-edged working-class guy, so she follows him to his home town and masquerades as a peasant/Indian local to win him over. All very stalky and classist.

Cuatro copas

1958

Pepito as del volante poster
6.0

Pepito's father dies in rollover the Ferrari that is winning a race car, so Pepito is about his grandfather and asks him to equip a car to get him to compete.

Pepito as del volante

1957

Sabrás que te quiero poster
6.0

Famous singer becomes desperate to figure out which of three women helped to launch his early career with anonymous mentoring and support.

Sabrás que te quiero

1958

Dios no lo quiera poster
6.0

A beautiful young woman from the neighborhood falls in love with two rude men, one good and the other bad.

Dios no lo quiera

1957

Tú y la mentira poster
5.8

Struggling musician finally reaches the big time, then a scheming gold-digger gets her hooks into him.

Tú y la mentira

1958

No artwork available
6.2

Mad scientist gives Atomic Powers to a 98 pound weakling.

El superflaco

1959

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

The Stone Crucifix poster
6.2

A young prostitue woman arrives severely injured to a hospital and finds a chance to have a new life when the grandmother of another woman who has just died there mistakenly takes her as her grandaugther and takes her to live with her.

The Stone Crucifix

1956

Manos arriba poster
5.8

A tailor is mistaken for the leader of an agricultural union and gets tangled up in a price-fixing conspiracy.

Manos arriba

1958

No artwork available
5.8

The boy Pepito, is looking for work to help his grandmother, who is not receiving her pension. He wants to be a magician's assistant, and thus begin his problems because a crime happens and a monster appears.

Pepito and the Monster

1957

Mujeres encantadoras poster
5.6

Goofball inventor is working on x-ray binoculars for peeping with; meanwhile, his assistant seeks help for a medical condition and gets caught up in the drama between two philandering doctors and their wives.

Mujeres encantadoras

1958