Marcelo Chávez (13 March 1911 – 14 February 1970) was a Mexican
film actor
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
. He frequently co-starred with comedian
Germán Valdés, known as Tin Tan.
[Baugh p.268]
Selected filmography
* ''
Summer Hotel'' (1944)
*''
The Disobedient Son'' (1945)
* ''
The Noiseless Dead'' (1946)
* ''
Music Inside'' (1947)
* ''
The Lost Child'' (1947)
* ''
Music, Poetry and Madness'' (1948)
* ''
Rough But Respectable'' (1949)
* ''
Tender Pumpkins'' (1949)
* ''
The King of the Neighborhood'' (1950)
* ''
The Mark of the Fox'' (1950)
* ''
Sinbad the Seasick'' (1950)
* ''
Oh Darling! Look What You've Done!'' (1951)
*''
When Women Rule'' (1951)
* ''
Kill Me Because I'm Dying!
''Kill Me Because I'm Dying!'' (Spanish: ''¡¡¡Mátenme porque me muero!!!'') is a 1951 Mexican comedy film directed by Ismael Rodríguez and starring Germán Valdés, Óscar Pulido and Yolanda Montes.Agrasánchez p.40
Cast
* Germán Valdés ...
'' (1951)
* ''
The Beautiful Dreamer'' (1952)
* ''
Snow White
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'' (1952)
* ''
Chucho the Mended'' (1952)
* ''
You've Got Me By the Wing'' (1953)
* ''
The Island of Women'' (1953)
* ''
The Unknown Mariachi'' (1953)
* ''
The Vagabond'' (1953)
* ''
The Viscount of Monte Cristo'' (1954)
* ''
Look What Happened to Samson'' (1955)
* ''
Bluebeard
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'' (1955)
* ''
Barefoot Sultan
''Barefoot Sultan'' (Spanish:''El sultán descalzo'') is a 1956 Mexican comedy film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and starring Germán Valdés, Yolanda Varela and Óscar Pulido.Monsiváis & Kraniauskas p.116
Main cast
* Germán Valdé ...
'' (1956)
* ''
Puss Without Boots'' (1957)
* ''
The Phantom of the Operetta'' (1960)
* ''
Rebel Without a House'' (1960)
References
Bibliography
* Scott L. Baugh. ''Latino American Cinema: An Encyclopedia of Movies, Stars, Concepts, and Trends: An Encyclopedia of Movies, Stars, Concepts, and Trends''. ABC-CLIO, 2012.
External links
*
1911 births
1970 deaths
Mexican male film actors
Golden Age of Mexican cinema
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