
Acting
Antonio Espino 'Clavillazo'
Born — Died
1910-08-14 — 1993-11-24
Place of birth
Teziutlán, Puebla, Mexico
Known for
Acting
Credits
39 titles
José Antonio Hipólito Espino Mora, Better Known as Clavillazo He was a Mexican comedian and actor, born on August 13, 1910, in Puebla, Mexico. Second of all Children, his parents installed a butcher shop in Teziutlán, which in a few years became a success, where the young José worked since he was 10 years old. Barely 20 years old, he experienced his first tragedy, when his sister Bertha, his confidant and almost his second mother, died from an epidemic of black pox. In his adolescence, he ran away from his native city to live in Mexico City, but his father forced him to return and, looking for something that he was passionate about, he began working as an ocassal actor in the variety theater…
Known for
5.7A couple are forced to stay in a scary castle, and the castle is filled with monsters!
Castle of the Monsters
1958
5.5Owner of an auto repair shop deals with marital problems and neighborhood gangsters running stolen cars and contraband electronics.
En las garras de la ciudad
1982
5.8Authorities close down a restaurant after a violent crime is committed on the premises; the employees look for new jobs and try to track down the murderer.
Here Come The Freeloaders
1953
Clavillazo is a likeable drifter who gets his diploma because his teachers want to lose sight of him. He lives on what he can find in the street. However, nothing can stop him from helping those around him.
Vivir a todo dar
1956
6.0Townsfolk expect that when the dead sheriff's son comes home, people will quit doing crimes... but he turns out to be an inept comedian type bozo guy.
Los bárbaros del norte
1962
5.8A clumsy investigator must unravel a deadly mystery when a passenger is killed during a long-distance rail journey.
El genial Detective Peter Pérez
1952
Film credits
1980s · 4 titles
5.5Owner of an auto repair shop deals with marital problems and neighborhood gangsters running stolen cars and contraband electronics.
En las garras de la ciudad
1982
6.0When his father dies, a Colombin child decides to go to Mexico to find his grandfather. And become a ranchera singer.
Estoy sentenciado a muerte
1983
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Desmadre mexicano
1988
6.3Mexican feature film
Bohemios de aficion
1984
1970s · 3 titles
6.3A working-class man, left to raise his son after his wife’s death, makes a living as a street vendor. When he buys a set of car rims, he is wrongfully accused of dealing in stolen parts—and sentenced to a year behind bars.
Lágrimas de mi barrio
1973
6.0Solovino is called like that because no one knows where he came from. He is a miserable province man trying to improve his life, but sees himself forced to steal to survive. When he comes up with a large jewelry bounty a pair of cops offer him his freedom in exchange of the bounty and becomes the target of the police harassment.
Ratero
1979
5.7Young woman just-arrived in the big city makes friends with two middle-aged couples.
La marchanta
1973
1960s · 11 titles
6.0Townsfolk expect that when the dead sheriff's son comes home, people will quit doing crimes... but he turns out to be an inept comedian type bozo guy.
Los bárbaros del norte
1962
6.0A family has their daughter marry a dying man in order to get an inheritance, but get into trouble when the man survives his illness.
On the dead the crowns
1961
4.8Working class family owns a restaurant: one brother's a rising star in local soccer, one's a priest/semi-pro boxer, sister's an aspiring ranchera singer and the other brother's a waterboy at the stadium.
Los fenómenos del fútbol
1964
6.5Called to the home of a scientist to deal with a simple electrical problem, bumbling electrician Bartolo finds himself aboard a rocket headed for the moon!
Conqueror of the Moon
1960
5.8Bush-league actor allows two adorable grannies to believe he's their long-lost grandson. Then: complications!
Mis abuelitas... no más!
1961
6.5Two fake fortune-tellers at a carnival accidentally conjure up some real ghosts.
The Mocking Ghosts
1965
5.7The comical misadventures of two brothers who are part of the local soccer team and their family.
Las chivas rayadas
1964
5.4Pathetic shmuck loser tries to rival his twin brother's exploits in the Mexican Revolution.
Juan Polainas
1960
Average guy is mistaken for notorious gangster.
El cara parchada
1962
Loose remake of Chaplin's The Kid.
El globero
1961
5.7A young man hires somebody to impersonate his father when it comes times to meet his girlfriend's parents.
Besito a papá
1961
1950s · 21 titles
5.7A couple are forced to stay in a scary castle, and the castle is filled with monsters!
Castle of the Monsters
1958
5.8Authorities close down a restaurant after a violent crime is committed on the premises; the employees look for new jobs and try to track down the murderer.
Here Come The Freeloaders
1953
Clavillazo is a likeable drifter who gets his diploma because his teachers want to lose sight of him. He lives on what he can find in the street. However, nothing can stop him from helping those around him.
Vivir a todo dar
1956
5.8A clumsy investigator must unravel a deadly mystery when a passenger is killed during a long-distance rail journey.
El genial Detective Peter Pérez
1952
6.5Mexican feature film
Aladdin and the Marvelous Lamp
1958
6.7No synopsis available yet.
Sindicato de telemirones
1954
5.4Hapless Melquiades arrives in the city and embarrasses his relatives.
Pura vida
1956
4.1In this Mexican comedy, Mr. Lazaro's fashion house is on the brink of bankruptcy and in desperate need of a new model to replace his current business partner's wife, whose appearance is driving customers away. Lazaro's son, Raul, realizes what a diffucult dilemma his father faces and sets out to restore the integrity of the family-owned business by teaming up with his lovely fiancée to put on a fashion show. Domingo Soler and Sara Montiel star.
Se solicitan modelos
1954
Blowhard's mouth runs away with him and he's trapped into having to prove that he knows Maria Antonieta Pons, the big movie star and stuff.
Nunca me hagan eso
1957
5.7Squatter neighborhood finds a wealthy sponsor.
Pobres millonarios
1957
5.7A millionaire's ghost watches while his heirs murder each other over his fortune.
The Phantom of the Red House
1956
7.3Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.
Reportaje
1953
5.6A quirky peeper with a telescope accidentally discovers serial-killer activity across the courtyard.
The Window Gossip
1956
Organ grinder grooms his girlfriend as a professional singer.
El organillero
1957
5.8A craftsman who sculpts religious figures goes deaf.
El sordo
1959
5.2Humble craftsman runs afoul of a rich girl's father and ends up in prison; the ill-fated romance has repercussions over the course of twenty-odd years and ultimately drives him to a life of crime.
Chucho el Roto
1954
5.4Experimental drug gives the ability to foretell the future.
Una Movida Chueca
1956
5.8Anthology-movie, series of anecdotes about the personal tragedies that lead people to take their values posessions to the state-run pawnshop.
Monte de piedad
1951
"Old dark house" spooky-comedy.
Una señora movida
1959
Ice-cream vendor gets caught up in wacky misadventures.
El joven del carrito
1959
5.8No synopsis available yet.
Piernas de Oro
1957
