Name
Carlos Martínez Baena
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1889-05-07
Deathday
1971-05-29 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Biography
Carlos Martinez Baena was a character actor, who was born in Spain. At an early age he moved with his family to Mexico where he became a journalist. By 1920 he decided to become an actor while he was living in Argentina, and shortly afterward moved to Spain where he worked as a stage actor, eventually ppearing in films in Argentina, Spain and the U.S in Spanish language films made in the early and mid 1930s. In 1940 he returned to Mexico, escaping the fascist Franco goverment in Spain. The following year he began appearing in Mexican films in character parts, he was often cast as kindly old men, teachers, priests and appeared in many character parts. He was also very involved in the actor's union, during his career he also wrote and adapted sceenplays as well as writing poetry. In 1970 he completed his last film at the age 80, also a character part.
Known For
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A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned...
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Inocencio Prieto y Calvo receives a letter telling him he is the heir to his uncle's fortu...
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Cantinflas works as a porter, who writes letters and speeches in his old writing machine t...
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A useless and bloody vendetta has been going on for ages between two families in this Mexi...
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Rosario, the niece of the rancher, returns to the ranch after ten years of absence. She ta...
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Cantinflas is the apprentice of a renowned scientist, Prof. Arquimides Monteagudo (Carlos ...
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A troubled woman commits a series of murders that exposes some dark family secrets....
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Antonio, a millionaire, gifts his wife a statue of a naked, kneeling woman for their weddi...
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A racist woman who doesn't know about her own mixed heritage—even though she's lived wit...
- 1953 Él as Padre Velasco
- 1950 El Portero as Don Sebastian, el profe
- 2004 Un año en la luna as Javier
- 1947 The Kneeling Goddess
- 1954 The Intruder as Don Pedro Almeida
- 1955 Pecado Mortal as Doctor Robles
- 1950 Gema
- 1949 The Bewitched House as Inocente de los Ángeles
- 1949 El Charro del Cristo
- 1950 Otra primavera as Papá de Amelia
- 1944 Woman Without a Soul as Rosendo Buendía
- 1955 Cupido pierde a Paquita
- 1955 La sombra vengadora contra la mano negra
- 1957 La mujer que no tuvo infancia
- 1969 Perverse Doll as Profesor
- 1948 The Well-paid as Don Jorge Rute
- 1942 La abuelita
- 1949 Lola Casanova as Juan Diego Casanov
- 1951 Monte de piedad as Don Cándido Reyes
- 1955 The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz as Priest
- 1948 El Supersabio as Profesor Archimedes Monteagudo
- 1951 El Siete Machos as Padre Guzman
- 1961 El analfabeto as Profesor
- 1954 The River and Death as Padre Julián
- 1954 Camelia as Sacerdote (uncredited)
- 1953 Si, Mi vida as Doctor Amado Castellanos
- 1941 Those Were The Days, Senor Don Simon! as Cura Camacho
- 1948 Nocturno de amor
- 1957 Good Love
- 1970 Little Black Angels as Padre Francisco
- 1950 Mujeres en mi Vida as Músico vagabundo (as Carlos M. Baena)
- 1959 Mi niño, mi caballo y yo
- 1948 Reina de reinas: La Virgen María
- 1934 El agua en el suelo as (uncredited)
- 1954 La ciudad de los sueños
- 1950 Entre tu amor y el cielo as Padre Juan
- 1956 La sombra vengadora as Dr. Everardo Fuentes
- 1945 Nosotros as Don Pedro, padre de Armando (as Carlos M. Baena)
- 1952 Prefiero a tu papá as Carlos
- 1945 Espinas de una flor as Padre José
- 1954 Un minuto de bondad as Fray Antonio
- 1946 Yo fui una usurpadora
- 1944 El rey se divierte
- 1954 La entrega as José (mayordomo)
- 2008 HKM (Hablan, kantan, mienten) ( 1 episode )
