Cantinflas
Known for Acting · 58 credits
- Born
- 1911-08-12
- Died
- 1993-04-20
- Place of birth
- Santa María La Redonda, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Also known as
- Mario Moreno · Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes · Mario Moreno "Cantinflas" · Mario Moreno Reyes · کانفلاور
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes (August 12, 1911 – April 20, 1993) was a Mexican comedian and stage and film actor, known professionally as Cantinflas. He often portrayed impoverished campesinos or a peasant of pelado origin. The character came to be associated with the national identity of Mexico, and allowed Cantinflas to establish a long, successful film career that included a foray into Hollywood. Charlie Chaplin once commented that he was the best comedian alive. and Moreno has been referred to as the "Charlie Chaplin of Mexico". To audiences in the United States, he is best remembered as costarring with David Niven in Around the World in 80 Days (1956).
As a pioneer of the cinema of Mexico, Moreno helped usher in its golden era. In addition to being a business leader, he also became involved in Mexico's tangled and often dangerous labor politics. Although he was himself politically conservative, his reputation as a spokesperson for the downtrodden gave his actions authenticity and became important in the early struggle against charrismo, the one-party government's practice of co-opting and controlling unions.
Moreover, his character Cantinflas, whose identity became enmeshed with his own, was examined by media critics, philosophers, and linguists, who saw him variably as a danger to Mexican society, a bourgeois puppet, a kind philanthropist, a venture capitalist, a transgressor of gender roles, a pious Catholic, a verbal innovator, and a picaresque underdog.
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Known For
TV Shows (5)
Movies (53)
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
as Passepartout
El padrecito
1964
as Padre Sebastián
Pepe
1960
as Pepe
El Mago
1949
as Cantinflas
El Portero
1950
as Cantinflas
Por mis pistolas
1968
as Fidencio Barrenillo
Up and Down
1959
as Cantinflas
Mickey's 50
1978
as Self
El patrullero 777
1978
as Diógenes Bravo
Your Excellency
1967
as Lopez 'Lopitos' / His Excellency the Ambassador of Los Cocos
El señor doctor
1965
as Salvador Medina / Chava
El bombero atómico
1952
as Agente 777
El Extra
1962
as Rogaciano
El bolero de Raquel
1957
as Bolero
You’re Missing the Point
1940
as Cantinflas
El profe
1971
as Sócrates García
El Siete Machos
1951
as Margarito / El Siete Machos
El circo
1943
as El Zapatero
El analfabeto
1961
as Inocencio Prieto y Calvo
Gran Hotel
1944
as Cantinflas
El Barrendero
1982
as Napoleon
Cantinflas Ruletero
1940
The Minister and Me
1976
as Mateo Melgarejo 'Mateíto'
Ni sangre ni arena
1941
as Cantinflas
The Sign of Death
1939
as Cantinflas
The Unknown Policeman
1941
as Agente 777
Si yo fuera diputado
1952
as Cantinflas
Entrega Inmediata
1963
as Feliciano
¡A volar, joven!
1947
as Cantinflas
Romeo y Julieta
1943
as Romeo
Soy un prófugo
1946
as Cantinflas
Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo
1973
as Sancho Panza
One Day with the Devil
1945
as Juan Pérez
El señor fotógrafo
1953
as Cantinflas
Carnaval en el trópico
1942
as Cantinflas
Tailored gentleman
1954
as Cantinflas
Águila o sol
1938
as Polito Sol
Conserje en Condominio
1974
as Ursulo
Así es mi tierra
1937
as Tejón
El Supersabio
1948
as Cantinflas
Cantinflas boxeador
1940
Un Quijote sin mancha
1969
as Justo Leal
Drop the Curtain
1955
as Cantinflas
Love Your Neighbor
1958
as Luis
Jengibre contra Dinamita
1939
The Three Musketeers
1942
as Cantinflas / D'Artagnan (as Mario Moreno 'Cantinflas')
No te engañes corazón
1937
as Canti
Cantinflas y su prima
1940
Festival de Cantinflas
1939
México de mis amores
1979
El cine mexicano de fiesta
1958
as Self
Mexican Moods
1942
as Self
Siempre listo en las tinieblas
1939
About Cantinflas
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes (August 12, 1911 – April 20, 1993) was a Mexican comedian and stage and film actor, known professionally as Cantinflas. He often portrayed impoverished campesinos or a peasant of pelado origin. The character came to be associated with the national identity of Mexico, and allowed Cantinflas to establish a long, successful film career that included a foray into Hollywood. Charlie Chaplin once commented that he was the best comedian alive. and Moreno has been referred to as… With 58 credits spanning from 1937 to 1982, Cantinflas has appeared in 53 films and 5 TV shows.
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Most Popular Cantinflas Movies
- Around the World in 80 Days (1956) — as Passepartout
- El padrecito (1964) — as Padre Sebastián
- Pepe (1960) — as Pepe
- El Mago (1949) — as Cantinflas
- El Portero (1950) — as Cantinflas
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