Antonio Espino 'Clavillazo'

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

Film credits

1960s · 11 titles

Los bárbaros del norte poster
6.0

Townsfolk 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

On the dead the crowns poster
6.0

A 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

Los fenómenos del fútbol poster
4.8

Working 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

Conqueror of the Moon poster
6.5

Called 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

Mis abuelitas... no más! poster
5.8

Bush-league actor allows two adorable grannies to believe he's their long-lost grandson. Then: complications!

Mis abuelitas... no más!

1961

The Mocking Ghosts poster
6.5

Two fake fortune-tellers at a carnival accidentally conjure up some real ghosts.

The Mocking Ghosts

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

Juan Polainas poster
5.4

Pathetic shmuck loser tries to rival his twin brother's exploits in the Mexican Revolution.

Juan Polainas

1960

No artwork available
6.0

Average guy is mistaken for notorious gangster.

El cara parchada

1962

No artwork available
6.2

Loose remake of Chaplin's The Kid.

El globero

1961

Besito a papá poster
5.7

A 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

Castle of the Monsters poster
5.7

A couple are forced to stay in a scary castle, and the castle is filled with monsters!

Castle of the Monsters

1958

Here Come The Freeloaders poster
5.8

Authorities 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

No artwork available
6.2

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

El genial Detective Peter Pérez poster
5.8

A clumsy investigator must unravel a deadly mystery when a passenger is killed during a long-distance rail journey.

El genial Detective Peter Pérez

1952

Aladdin and the Marvelous Lamp poster
6.5

Mexican feature film

Aladdin and the Marvelous Lamp

1958

Sindicato de telemirones poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Sindicato de telemirones

1954

Pura vida poster
5.4

Hapless Melquiades arrives in the city and embarrasses his relatives.

Pura vida

1956

Se solicitan modelos poster
4.1

In 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

No artwork available
6.4

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

Pobres millonarios poster
5.7

Squatter neighborhood finds a wealthy sponsor.

Pobres millonarios

1957

The Phantom of the Red House poster
5.7

A millionaire's ghost watches while his heirs murder each other over his fortune.

The Phantom of the Red House

1956

Reportaje poster
7.3

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

Reportaje

1953

The Window Gossip poster
5.6

A quirky peeper with a telescope accidentally discovers serial-killer activity across the courtyard.

The Window Gossip

1956

No artwork available
6.0

Organ grinder grooms his girlfriend as a professional singer.

El organillero

1957

El sordo poster
5.8

A craftsman who sculpts religious figures goes deaf.

El sordo

1959

Chucho el Roto poster
5.2

Humble 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

Una Movida Chueca poster
5.4

Experimental drug gives the ability to foretell the future.

Una Movida Chueca

1956

Monte de piedad poster
5.8

Anthology-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

No artwork available
6.3

"Old dark house" spooky-comedy.

Una señora movida

1959

No artwork available
6.2

Ice-cream vendor gets caught up in wacky misadventures.

El joven del carrito

1959

Piernas de Oro poster
5.8

No synopsis available yet.

Piernas de Oro

1957