Antonio Espino 'Clavillazo'
Actor · 1910 – 1993 · Teziutlán, Puebla, Mexico
José Antonio Hipólito Espino Mora, Better Known as Clavillazo He was a Mexican comedian and actor, born on August 13, 1910, in Puebla, Mexico. Second of all Children, his parents installed a butcher shop in Teziutlán, which in a few years became a success, where the young José worked since he was 10 years old. Barely 20 years old, he experienced his first tragedy, when his sister Bertha, his confidant and almost his second mother, died from an epidemic of black pox. In his adolescence, he ran away from his native city to live in Mexico City, but his father forced him to return and, looking for something that he was passionate about, he began working as an ocassal actor in the variety theater, today Victoria , from town. From Fernando Soler, Whom, All His Life, He Recognized As His Great Grand Master. He had the good idea of saving to pay for his own tent, but when he managed to have enough money, he spent it on a night out and the next day he had to go back to look for work, finding a vacancy as a night watchman. Eventually he returned to the Tent Theater and Vaudeville, where he used Nicknames like Chumiate and Polidor and became one of the most popular and Beloved comedians. To highlight his comedy, if he drew nails in his eyes, that's where the name Clavillazo came from. Pickpocket (1979), Among Others. Actor, comedian, producer and Real Estate Entrepreneur, Clavillazo Died on November 24, 1993, in Mexico City, at 83 Years
Movies24
- Movie6.0
Organ grinder grooms his girlfriend as a professional singer.
El organillero
1957 · 5 votes
Movie6.5ComedyScience FictionCalled to the home of a scientist to deal with a simple electrical problem, bumbling electrician Bartolo finds himself aboard a rocket headed for the moon!
Movie5.8ComedyDramaAuthorities close down a restaurant after a violent crime is committed on the premises; the employees look for new jobs and try to track down the murderer.
Movie5.4ComedyHapless Melquiades arrives in the city and embarrasses his relatives.
Pura vida
1956 · 6 votes
Movie4.8DramaComedyWorking class family owns a restaurant: one brother's a rising star in local soccer, one's a priest/semi-pro boxer, sister's an aspiring ranchera singer and the other brother's a waterboy at the stadium.
Los fenómenos del fútbol
1964 · 6 votes
Movie5.6ComedyDramaA quirky peeper with a telescope accidentally discovers serial-killer activity across the courtyard.
Movie6.3ComedyDramaA working-class man, left to raise his son after his wife’s death, makes a living as a street vendor. When he buys a set of car rims, he is wrongfully accused of dealing in stolen parts—and sentenced to a year behind bars.
Lágrimas de mi barrio
1973 · 19 votes
Movie6.5FantasyComedyMexican feature film
Movie5.7Science FictionFantasyA couple are forced to stay in a scary castle, and the castle is filled with monsters!
Movie6.0ActionComedyTownsfolk expect that when the dead sheriff's son comes home, people will quit doing crimes... but he turns out to be an inept comedian type bozo guy.
Los bárbaros del norte
1962 · 5 votes
- Movie6.4
Blowhard's mouth runs away with him and he's trapped into having to prove that he knows Maria Antonieta Pons, the big movie star and stuff.
Nunca me hagan eso
1957 · 5 votes
Movie6.0Solovino is called like that because no one knows where he came from. He is a miserable province man trying to improve his life, but sees himself forced to steal to survive. When he comes up with a large jewelry bounty a pair of cops offer him his freedom in exchange of the bounty and becomes the target of the police harassment.
Ratero
1979 · 5 votes
Movie5.8Bush-league actor allows two adorable grannies to believe he's their long-lost grandson. Then: complications!
Mis abuelitas... no más!
1961 · 4 votes
Movie6.0When his father dies, a Colombin child decides to go to Mexico to find his grandfather. And become a ranchera singer.
Estoy sentenciado a muerte
1983 · 4 votes
Movie5.8ComedyMysteryA clumsy investigator must unravel a deadly mystery when a passenger is killed during a long-distance rail journey.
El genial Detective Peter Pérez
1952 · 5 votes
Movie6.0ComedyA family has their daughter marry a dying man in order to get an inheritance, but get into trouble when the man survives his illness.
Movie5.4ComedyExperimental drug gives the ability to foretell the future.
Una Movida Chueca
1956 · 5 votes
Movie5.5Owner of an auto repair shop deals with marital problems and neighborhood gangsters running stolen cars and contraband electronics.
En las garras de la ciudad
1982 · 4 votes
Movie5.4Pathetic shmuck loser tries to rival his twin brother's exploits in the Mexican Revolution.
Juan Polainas
1960 · 5 votes
- Movie6.2
Clavillazo is a likeable drifter who gets his diploma because his teachers want to lose sight of him. He lives on what he can find in the street. However, nothing can stop him from helping those around him.
Vivir a todo dar
1956 · 5 votes
Movie5.8DramaAnthology-movie, series of anecdotes about the personal tragedies that lead people to take their values posessions to the state-run pawnshop.
Monte de piedad
1951 · 5 votes
- Movie6.3
"Old dark house" spooky-comedy.
Una señora movida
1959 · 3 votes
- Movie6.2
Ice-cream vendor gets caught up in wacky misadventures.
El joven del carrito
1959 · 5 votes
Movie4.1ComedyIn this Mexican comedy, Mr. Lazaro's fashion house is on the brink of bankruptcy and in desperate need of a new model to replace his current business partner's wife, whose appearance is driving customers away. Lazaro's son, Raul, realizes what a diffucult dilemma his father faces and sets out to restore the integrity of the family-owned business by teaming up with his lovely fiancée to put on a fashion show. Domingo Soler and Sara Montiel star.
Se solicitan modelos
1954 · 7 votes