Cruz Pío Socorro Alvarado Bolado (3 May 1910 – 30 January 1984), known professionally as Crox Alvarado, was a
Costa Rican
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actor who appeared in over 90 films. He was considered a popular star of the
Golden Age of Mexican cinema
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.
Alvarado had been a
professional wrestler
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before being an actor.
He was also a
caricaturist
A caricaturist is an artist who specializes in drawing caricatures.
List of caricaturists
* Abed Abdi (born 1942)
* Abril Lamarque (1904–1999)
* Al Hirschfeld (1903–2003)
* Alex Gard (1900–1948)
* Alexander Saroukhan (1898–1977)
* Alfre ...
.
Selected filmography
* ''Bajo el cielo de México'' (1937)
* ''
Song of the Soul'' (1938) - Oficial
* ''
Men of the Sea'' (1938) - Rigobertito (uncredited)
* ''
Every Madman to His Specialty'' (1939) - Secretario de notario (uncredited)
* ''
The Cemetery of the Eagles'' (1939) - Capt. Alemán
* ''
Horse for Horse'' (1939) - Empleado hotel (uncredited)
* ''El hotel de los chiflados'' (1939)
* ''
Papacito lindo'' (1939) - Galán de cine
* ''Una luz en mi camino'' (1939)
* ''
The Midnight Ghost'' (1940)
* ''Borrasca humana'' (1940)
* ''El barbero prodigioso'' (1942) - Octavio, amante de Fanny
* ''Jesús de Nazareth'' (1942) - Simón Cirineo (uncredited)
* ''Águila roja'' (1942) - Gilberto
* ''Iolanda'' (1943)
* ''
Land of Passions'' (1943) - Hijo de Leandro
* ''El misterioso señor Marquina'' (1943) - (uncredited)
* ''
Saint Francis of Assisi
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'' (1944) - Honorio
* ''
Nana'' (1944) - Fontan
* ''Las calaveras del terror'' (1944)
* ''Rosa de las nieves'' (1944)
* ''
Tuya en cuerpo y alma'' (1945) - Hugo
* ''Recuerdos de mi valle'' (1946)
* ''Pasiones tormentosas'' (1946) - José
* ''Yo maté a Rosita Alvírez'' (1947) - Marcos (uncredited)
* ''La malagueña'' (1947) - Rogelio Garmendia
* ''
Si Adelita se fuera con otro'' (1948) - Mayor Federico Enríquez
* ''Cortesã'' (1948)
* ''
Spurs of Gold'' (1948) - Martín Vázquez
* ''La Mancornadora'' (1949) - Julio
* ''
The Devil Is a Woman'' (1950) - Esteban
* ''
El Desalmado'' (1950) - Mayor Rosales, Comandante de policía
* ''
In the Flesh'' (1951) - Fernando Herrera
* ''Toast to Love'' (1951) - Cadet
* ''
The Magnificent Beast
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'' (1952) - David González
* ''
Ambiciosa'' (1953) - Óscar Ramírez
* ''
Rossana'' (1953) - Antonio
* ''
Reportaje'' (1953) - Young doctor
* ''El enmascarado de plata'' (1954) - Julio
* ''Al son del charlestón'' (1954)
* ''Estoy taan enamorada'' (1954)
* ''
El jinete sin cabeza'' (1957) - Don Álvaro
* ''
Ladrón de Cadáveres'' (1957) - Capitán Carlos Robles
* ''
The Aztec Mummy'' (1957) - Pinacate
* ''
The Curse of the Aztec Mummy
''The Curse of the Aztec Mummy'' (Spanish: ''La Maldición de la Momia Azteca'') is a 1957 Mexican horror film directed by Rafael Portillo. It is the second film in the Aztec Mummy series which began with ''The Aztec Mummy'' (Spanish title:La Mo ...
'' (1957) - Pinacate / El Ángel
* ''La marca de Satanás'' (1957)
* ''Secuestro diabolico'' (1957)
* ''Furias desatadas'' (1957)
* ''El caudillo'' (1957) - Panfilo Pardo
* ''
The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy'' (1958) - Pinacate
* ''
El jinete negro'' (1958) - Hilarión Mercado
* ''
The Tigers of the Ring'' (1960) - Mario / Emilio el Torbellino
* ''
The Miracle Roses'' (1960) - Emperador Moctezuma
* ''
Herencia trágica'' (1960) - Hilarión Mercado
* ''Bala de Plata en el pueblo maldito'' (1960) - Don Manuel
* ''La ley de las pistolas'' (1960) - El Yaqui Ramírez
* ''El torneo de la muerte'' (1960)
* ''El tiro de gracia'' (1961) - Panfilo Pardo
* ''Duelo indio'' (1961) - Panfilo Pardo
* ''El Bronco Reynosa'' (1961)
* ''El hijo del charro negro'' (1961) - Ciriaco
* ''Cazadores de cabezas'' (1962) - El Malayo
* ''Horizontes de sangre'' (1962)
* ''
El Asaltacaminos'' (1962) - Hilarión Mercado
* ''La muerte en el desfiladero'' (1963)
* ''Los chacales'' (1963)
* ''Sitiados por la muerte'' (1963)
* ''La sombra blanca'' (1963)
* ''
Face of the Screaming Werewolf
''Face of the Screaming Werewolf'' is a 1965 horror film directed by a low budget film maker Jerry Warren. The film was created by combining parts of two unrelated Mexican horror films, '' La Casa del Terror'' (1960), and '' La Momia Azteca'' ( ...
'' (1964) - Redding's Bespectacled Aide
* ''Diablos en el cielo'' (1965)
* ''El rifle implacable'' (1965)
* ''La loba'' (1965) - Crumba
* ''El tigre de Guanajuato: Leyenda de venganza'' (1965)
* ''
Juan Colorado'' (1966) - Amigo de Juan
* ''Juan Pistolas'' (1966)
* ''Los hermanos Centella'' (1967)
* ''El forastero vengador'' (1967)
* ''La isla de los dinosaurios'' (1967) - Caveman
* ''
Los alegres Aguilares'' (1967) - Fermín
* ''
El camino de los espantos'' (1967) - Zopilote
* ''Atacan las brujas'' (1968) - Lawyer / henchman
* ''La mujer murcielago'' (1968) - Inspector
* ''Duelo en El Dorado'' (1969) - Vereda - esbirro de Poveda
* ''Santo contra Capulina'' (1969) - Chief of Police
* ''Una rosa sobre el ring'' (1973) - Rodrigo Martinez, El Enmascarado Negro
* ''El tigre de Santa Julia'' (1974) - Cruz
* ''La corona de un campeon'' (1974)
* ''Alas doradas'' (1976)
* ''La sotana del reo'' (1979) - Comisario
* ''Chicoasén'' (1980)
* ''El sargento Capulina'' (1983)
References
External links
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1910 births
1984 deaths
Costa Rican emigrants to Mexico
Mexican male film actors
Male actors from San José, Costa Rica
20th-century Mexican male actors
Costa Rican male film actors
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