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Cantinflas

Actor / Comedian / Screenwriter / Military Personnel / Musician | * 08/12/1911 († 81, 04/20/1993) | Santa María La Redonda, Mexico City, Distrito Federal (Mexico)
Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes (12 August 1911 – 20 April 1993), known by the stage name Cantinflas (Spanish pronunciation: [kanˈtiɱflas]), was a Mexican comedian, actor, and filmmaker. He is considered to have been the most widely accomplished Mexican comedian and is celebrated throughout Latin America and in Spain as a popular icon. His humor, loaded with Mexican linguistic features of intonation, vocabulary, and syntax, is beloved in all the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America and in Spain and has given rise to a range of expressions including cantinflear, cantinflada, cantinflesco, and cantinflero. He often portrayed impoverished farmers or a peasant of pelado origin. The character 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 most of the world, he is best remembered as co-starring with David Niven in the Oscar-winning film Around the World in 80 Days, for which Moreno won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. As a pioneer of the cinema of Mexico, Moreno helped usher in its golden era. In addition to being a business l... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Kids & Family | Drama

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Awards & Nominations for Cantinflas

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Movies with Cantinflas as Actor(49)

as Napoleon1982 El barrendero
as Diógenes Bravo1978 El patrullero 777
as Mateo Melgarejo 'Mateíto'1977 El ministro y yo
as Sancho Panza1973 Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo
as Sócrates García1971 El profe
as Justo Leal1969 Un Quijote sin mancha
as Fidencio Barrenillo1968 Por mis pistolas
as Lopez 'Lopitos' / His Excellency the Ambassador of Los Cocos1967 Your Excellency
as Salvador Medina / Chava1965 El señor doctor
as Padre Sebastián1964 El Padrecito
as Feliciano1963 Entrega Inmediata
as Rogaciano1962 El Extra
as Inocencio Prieto y Calvo1961 El analfabeto
as Pepe1960 Pepe
as himself1959 Sube y Baja
as Luis1958 Love Your Neighbor
as Bolero1957 El bolero de Raquel
as himself1955 Drop the Curtain
as himself1954 Tailored gentleman
as himself1953 El señor fotógrafo
as Agente 7771952 El Bombero Atómico
as himself1952 Si yo fuera diputado
as Margarito / El Siete Machos1951 El Siete Machos
as himself1950 El Portero
as himself1949 El Mago
as himself1948 El Supersabio
as himself1947 ¡A volar, joven!
as himself1946 Soy un prófugo
as Juan Pérez1945 One Day with the Devil
as himself1944 Gran Hotel
as Romeo1943 Romeo y Julieta
as El Zapatero1943 El Circo
as Cantinflas / D'Artagnan (as Mario Moreno 'Cantinflas')1942 The Three Musketeers
as Agente 7771941 El gendarme desconocido
as himself1941 Ni sangre ni arena
as himself1939 El Signo de la Muerte
as Polito Sol1938 Águila o sol
as Tejón1937 Así es mi tierra

TV Shows/Series with Cantinflas as Actor(3)

as himself1972 Cantinflas Show
as himself1971 V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self - Mystery Guest1950 What's My Line?

Movies with Cantinflas as Crew(9)

Writing/Story1982 El barrendero
Writing/Story1978 El patrullero 777
Writing/Story1977 El ministro y yo
Writing/Story1971 El profe
Writing/Screenplay1969 Un Quijote sin mancha
Writing/Writer1968 Por mis pistolas
Writing/Story1967 Your Excellency
Writing/Story1952 El Bombero Atómico
Writing/Story1952 Si yo fuera diputado

TV Shows/Series with Cantinflas as Crew(1)

Creator/Creator1972 Cantinflas Show

Additional Information

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Full Name: Mario Moreno
Citizenship: Mexico
Born: Saturday, 08/12 1911 (August) in Santa María La Redonda, Mexico City, Distrito Federal (Mexico)
Died: Tuesday, 04/20 1993 (April) in Mexico City (aged: 81)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES)
Educated at: Chapingo Autonomous University
Spouses (current/former): Valentina Ivanova
Other names for Cantinflas (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Mario Moreno"
"Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes"
"Mario Moreno "Cantinflas""
"Mario Moreno Reyes"
"Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes"
Cantinflas frequently works together with these people:
Miguel M. Delgado (50x, Crew)
Jaime Salvador (27x, Crew)
Jacques Gelman (26x, Crew)
Jorge Busto (21x, Crew)
Pedro Elviro (20x, Actor)
James L. Fields (16x, Crew)
Carlos León (16x, Crew)
Gunther Gerszo (13x, Crew)
Alberto Catalá (13x, Actor)
Vincent Price (3x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:492471, Added: 10/04/2018, Last updated: 03/01/2024