
Acting
Javier Portales
Born — Died
1937-04-21 — 2003-10-14
Place of birth
Tancacha, Córdoba, Argentina
Known for
Acting
Credits
63 titles
Javier Portales, whose real name was Miguel Angel Alvarez (Tancacha, Córdoba; April 21, 1937 - Buenos Aires; October 14, 2003) was an Argentine actor and comedian of vast trajectory.
Known for
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Alta comedia
1970
7.0A village priest protects a young mother rejected by the people and the mayor.
Este cura
1968
6.5When a young European woman assumes a false identity in 1920s Argentina, she gets more than she bargained for.
Naked Tango
1990
7.0Movie divided in three episodes: a family mother becomes a successful singer; an Argentinian reporter follows a Spanish cupletista from the beginning of the XX century; the reunion of three old actors and their lies about their success.
Ritmo nuevo, vieja ola
1965
7.0Four stories about sexual initiation in adolescence.
Los debutantes en el amor
1969
No synopsis available yet.
El glotón
1967
Film credits
1990s · 1 titles
1980s · 14 titles
4.3No synopsis available yet.
Las locuras del extraterrestre
1988
7.7Following the events (and disasters) at the end of their previous adventure, Alberto and Jorge are severely reprimanded. However, just when the recruits' fate seemed destined for the brig, a direct call from the Lieutenant General saves them from punishment... though to do so, they must prove themselves in a new training environment for their first special mission.
Two Crazy Privates 2
1986
6.0Two friends, both dating the daughters of the owners of a local club, meet two women who catch their eye and, as fate would have it, turn out to be friends of their girlfriends. To make matters worse, an election is about to be held at the club, further complicating matters with their future in-laws.
Los fierecillos se divierten
1983
6.5Alberto and Jorge are fulfilling their obligations as conscripted soldiers who have violated the law of mandatory military service. They have committed so many blunders that everyone from the corporal to the lieutenant colonel in charge of services is confessing to the chaplain, telling him that because of this pair of useless men, the entire company has been punished. The higher-ups order the commanding officer to assemble the men he deems capable of withstanding the high risks of a second mission to be carried out deep in the jungle. The commanding officer doesn't hesitate for a moment to include Jorge and Alberto in this high-risk group, without realizing that they themselves are the real risk. The final film in the conscript saga.
Two Crazy Privates 3
1987
7.3A common man that is tired of being treated as stupid, and starts treating other people the same way, acting as a Brazilian "Manosanta" (folk healer that cures people illnesses).
El Manosanta está Cargado
1987
5.9A television network infiltrates an inept employee (Porcel) in the competition and he begins to ruin all the programs but, instead of subtracting audience, he only managed to improve it.
Te rompo el rating
1981
10.0To continue pretending to be a position they no longer have, a run-down upper-class family moves into the home of a wealthy aunt.
Venido a menos
1984
4.7A sex congress takes place in a hotel, and couples are secretely filmed in a Slivers way by the "scientists".
El telo y la tele
1985
7.0Nernesio Chupaca, of Andean origin, travels to Argentina, a country experiencing extraordinary monetary inflation. In Buenos Aires, he meets two locals who try to swindle him with currency exchange and take advantage of his naiveté in a context of blatant economic speculation and dubious financial dealings.
Se acabó el curro
1983
6.5The authorities at an adult education center (called CACHADA) are about to receive an inspection that worries them. On the same plane as the inspector is a student with a similar last name, whom they mistake for the inspector. Meanwhile, the students are rehearsing musical numbers at night, having promised to perform at a club. This is discovered by the teachers and the inspector, who decide to punish their students. Furthermore, the school's benefactor, Amalita Fortaviene (a parody of the millionaire philanthropist Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat), arrives, bringing with her the Loma Blanca soccer team (a parody of Club Loma Negra, represented by their River Plate jerseys) to compete against CACHADA (who wear Boca Juniors jerseys). Winning this match is crucial for resolving all the entanglements presented in the film.
Los fierecillos indomables
1982
7.2A director of XXX films entrusts his assistant with the rental of a house for the filming with an international star. This, confused with the arrival of the star, preys the house to a friend to impress the groom
Un terceto peculiar
1982
7.5Two violators of the military service law are incorporated as soldiers recently arrived from Europe and proposed to integrate a group that will operate in a jungle region, for which they have to prepare for difficult survival missions.
Two Crazy Privates
1986
7.3In 1930s Argentina, dim-witted Rufino and Jacinto are hired as tough guys ("guapos") by political boss Malatesta to intimidate his opponents, rig elections, etc. However, the two men change allegiances when they meet the lovely Mercedes and La Mendocina, victims of Malatesta and his gang.
Las mujeres son cosa de guapos
1981
3.3A businessman who receives his niece who comes from the interior experiences different situations in a hotel accommodation.
La noche viene movida
1980
1970s · 25 titles
8.0The adventures of professor Sócrates Pérez, a bit of a crackpot and terribly clumsy, but appreciated by his students for his purity and kindness.
Las locuras del profesor
1979
4.4Mother and daughter are both pop singers, but mom wants her little girl to get married. Wacky complications.
La mamá de la novia
1978
6.9To celebrate his promotion, a manager (Javier Portales) decides to summon his brother from the field, but as he did not stop making disasters he sends him back. His brother (Jorge Porcel) is not convinced and dazzled by an advertisement decides to set up an investigation office.
El gordo de América
1976
7.0Two men, a woman, a chimpanzee and a talking horse travel around Argentina to put together a movie.
Cantaniño cuenta un cuento
1979
6.5Count Dracula travels to Buenos Aires with his secretary and stays in a very special hotel, where several mobsters are also staying.
Los vampiros los prefieren gorditos
1974
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Con mi mujer no puedo
1978
6.5A man who meets with his lover in a hostel is caught in the act by his mother-in-law, who alerts his wife and lawyer.
La fidelidad
1970
7.5Alberto, an employee of a car dealership, is commissioned by his boss to deliver a car that has been sold to a customer. Being a luxury car, he has no better idea than to invent an excuse to the new owner of the vehicle, delay delivery for the next day and use it to go out to have fun at night with his faithful friend Jorge. They both go to a revue theatre and, while witnessing the performance, the first vedette (Corina) faints. Then Alberto and Jorge pose as doctors, in order to meet Corina. As is to be expected, both decide to continue the deception with the passing of the days, causing the confusion to become bigger and bigger and harder to keep secret.
Los doctores las prefieren desnudas
1973
7.0Jorge is a photographer for a newspaper, from which he is fired. He then begins to work in a detective agency, where he is assigned the mission of protecting Monica, a beautiful woman threatened with death by an ex-boyfriend.
Custodio de señoras
1979
7.4Alberto and Jorge are employees of a refrigerator, who one day see a bus where several beautiful tourists flirt with the guide who drives them and think that being guides will give them many love affairs. They manage to meet with the owner of the tourism company and his partner (Frías Garmet and Gamarro Salas, respectively), who hire them immediately, promising them a quick promotion in the company. In reality, Frías Garmet and Gamarro Salas are planning a scam of great magnitude, and they need two unwary to indisting them.
Las turistas quieren guerra
1977
7.0Friends Alberto and Jorge, who work together and live in the same building, are married to two sisters (Ethel and Gogó). Noticing that their sex life becomes boring, they cheat on them with co-workers. This is discovered and they are fired. Then, they get employed in a beauty institute, where they have many women at their disposal. Their wives learn of this mischief, and go to look for them at the institute, generating hilarious situations.
Hay que romper la rutina
1974
5.8The seven deadly sins are illustrated through short stories.
Todos los pecados del mundo
1972
8.0Driven by his financial difficulties, a man embarks his sister and triplet nieces on various adventures.
El tío Disparate
1978
5.0An army of beautiful androids commits a series of singular murders: they explode when penetrated.
Las muñecas que hacen ¡pum!
1979
7.8Friends Alberto and Jorge, who work together in an insurance company and live in the same building, are married to two sisters (Elsa and Alicia). When they go on vacation to Mar del Plata, Alberto and Jorge decide to enjoy their "single life". In addition to this, they have to fulfill a duty entrusted by their boss: to find the revue theater entrepreneur Félix Sagastume, to sign an insurance contract. It is in a canteen where they go to look for him, and there they meet two aspiring vedettes (Zuzú and Bibí), who confuse them with important businessmen and see in them a possibility of achieving fame.
Maridos en vacaciones
1975
6.5This is a comedy full of tangles, with the picaresque occurrences of Tristan, and the involvement of frontline actors.
La guerra de los sostenes
1976
7.0Catrasca is a photojournalist with a fondness for women of all kinds.
Ladies Photographer
1978
7.0Alberto, Jorge, Ricardo and Tristan are employees of a shoe store, all are married and share the friendship also between their wives. The 4 friends, faithful to the rogue style of Buenos Aires, go out of their way to have love affairs with the beautiful customers of the shoe store, and for that purpose one day they decide to rent, secretly, an apartment to use as a "bulín". The problems begin from then on, as everyone wants to be the first to release it and then, successively, take turns for their adventures. As is to be expected, it does not take long for the first entanglements to appear, while their wives seem to begin to suspect the adventures of these four typical Buenos Aires chantas.
The Knights of the Round Bed
1973
7.0Minguito meets a boy, and he takes him to live with him.
Minguito Tinguitela, papá
1974
4.3No synopsis available yet.
La noche del hurto
1976
6.7The life of a man who discovers two hearts changes abruptly when a group of criminals tries to seize one of them to transplant it to a Mafia Boss who has heart problems.
El hombre del año
1970
8.0A provincial man comes to the big city and finds true love.
El mundo que inventamos
1973
10.0An award-winning architect struggles to find work, love, and a purpose in life.
What's Autumn?
1977
No synopsis available yet.
No hay que aflojarle a la vida
1975
6.7Lito Ugarte, a successful singer, returns to the country where he was born. He comes back to the city where he grew up, reuniting with his old-time friends.
Los muchachos de mi barrio
1970
1960s · 19 titles
7.0A village priest protects a young mother rejected by the people and the mayor.
Este cura
1968
7.0Movie divided in three episodes: a family mother becomes a successful singer; an Argentinian reporter follows a Spanish cupletista from the beginning of the XX century; the reunion of three old actors and their lies about their success.
Ritmo nuevo, vieja ola
1965
7.0Four stories about sexual initiation in adolescence.
Los debutantes en el amor
1969
No synopsis available yet.
El glotón
1967
5.3A renowned author, college professor and criminologist is given a year off in order to write his latest book. His arrival in Buenos Aires gives him the opportunity to work on his true project, planning and pulling off the perfect crime.
Criminal Affair
1968
9.0Employees of an office use for love dating the apartment of a single co-worker.
El bulín
1969
6.5Cacho Garibaldi is the soccer player of the moment, his goals lead to delirium fans. When an eccentric millionaire named Lupus buys his transfer, he expects to end up on a major team. Instead, he discovers the millionaire's goal in life is to collect the best -not art or stamps- but people.
That Forward Center Dies at Dawn
1961
10.0A group of porteños attend the grand final between Manchester and Estudiantes.
We Are the Best
1968
7.0A porteño tango singer is kidnapped by a UFO and taken to Madrid, London and Paris.
Che, OVNI
1968
9.0A fighter lives haunted by the memory of a friend whom he believes he killed in the ring.
Reencuentro con la gloria
1962
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Canuto Cañete y los 40 ladrones
1964
6.4Ricardo is an executive who has great success with women and behaves almost like a play-boy. His wife Carmen, an attractive housewife without children, feels ignored by him and seeks solace from her mother, who proposes Carmen a change in the way she acts in order to not permanently lose her husband or fall into madness.
Las pirañas
1967
9.0The adventures of two truckers (one Argentine and the other Mexican) carrying different people and a suspicious trunk
Dos quijotes sobre ruedas
1966
6.0A romantic teen comedy about the rivalry between an Agrentinian man and a young American for the love of a beautiful girl from a rich family.
My First Girlfriend
1966
6.0Ye-ye boy loves his ye-ye girl so much that he quits his band and gets a job to show her pops that he'll be a responsible husband. The rest of the movie outlines the progress of his complete capitulation to bourgie values.
Un muchacho como yo
1968
Economic difficulties separating a young couple who, after the attempt to survive, decide to meet again.
Del brazo y por la calle
1966
8.3Buenos Aires, Argentina, New Year's Eve. Several people are trapped inside an elevator located in an office building.
Una jaula no tiene secretos
1962
8.0A magazine company and some in-love couples board a night train where a gang of bandits is traveling.
Coche cama, alojamiento
1968
9.0Three young boys who live in the same neighbourhood and go to the same college meet three girls. They start picking up on them but they end up falling in love.
Fiebre de primavera
1965



