Cantinflas

Works
Actor (18), Writer (1), Creator (1), Story (2), Idea (1),
Birthday
1911-08-12

Cantinflas - , Writer, Creator, Story, Idea known for his work in such projectsAdvice for working with the Map of emotions: «Around the World in 80 Days» (1956), «El bolero de Raquel» (1957), «Por mis pistolas» (1968), «Gran Hotel» (1944), «The Little Priest» (1964),

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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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The most significant works of Cantinflas

The Minister and Me Poster
The Minister and Me 1976 Leading
Role: Mateo Melgarejo 'Mateíto'
Story
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Conserje en condominio Poster
Conserje en condominio 1974 Leading
Role: Ursulo
Idea
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Cantinflas Show Poster
Cantinflas Show 1972 Leading
Role: Cantinflas, episodes: 53
Creator
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V.I.P. Schaukel Poster
V.I.P. Schaukel 1971–1980
Role: himself, episodes: 1
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Por mis pistolas Poster
Por mis pistolas 1968 Leading
Role: Fidencio Barrenillo
Writer
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Your Excellency Poster
Your Excellency 1967 Leading
Role: Lopez 'Lopitos' / His Excellency the Ambassador of Los Cocos
Story
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The Little Priest Poster
The Little Priest 1964 Leading
Role: Padre Sebastián
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El analfabeto Poster
El analfabeto 1961 Leading
Role: Inocencio Prieto y Calvo
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El bolero de Raquel Poster
El bolero de Raquel 1957 Leading
Role: Bolero
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Around the World in 80 Days Poster
Role: Passepartout
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