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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1892-07-06

Place of Birth

Córdoba, Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain

Carlos Villarías

Biography

Carlos Villarías (7 July 1892 – 27 April 1976) was a Spanish actor who was born in Córdoba, Spain and died in California, USA. His most famous role is in the title role of the Spanish language version of Dracula (1931), with Barry Norton and Lupita Tovar filmed at night on the same sets as the English language version starring Bela Lugosi. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carlos Villarías, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

El Valiente

El Valiente

El impostor

El impostor

American Spanish-language film.

Gran Hotel

Gran Hotel

Cantinflas is a vagrant being evicted for not paying rent, after wandering gets a job at the 'Grand Hotel' through a friend, that's confused by Count Zapatini, who is undercover in the hotel, stealing a gem making this funny movie more complicated.

Drácula

Drácula

A British estate agent travels to Transylvania to meet the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a London castle. After Dracula enslaves the agent and drives him to insanity, the pair return to London together, where Dracula, a secret bloodsucker, begins preying on socialites.

Cuando escuches este vals

Cuando escuches este vals

During World War II, Nazi spies tried to infiltrate everywhere, and the Mexican Military Academy was no exception.

Bold Love

Bold Love

Malatroff, head of an international gang of jewel thieves, pressures Lucy Stavrin to pose as a countess and become friendly with the Corbetts, a nouveau-riche American couple residing on the Costa Azul.

Mystery of the Ghastly Face

Mystery of the Ghastly Face

Dr. Forti carries out strange experiments, assisted by his son Pablo. They embark on an expedition to the jungle. Eight years later Forti returns without his son but strange things start to happen in the old house where they live.

Espionaje en el golfo

Espionaje en el golfo

Journalist Luis Navarro is assigned to cover the sinking of several ships, but his investigation takes an unexpected turn after meeting Miss Morán. As he digs deeper, he realizes the case is tied to a dangerous espionage conspiracy.

Hold Back the Dawn

Hold Back the Dawn

Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done likewise. But after sweeping teacher Emmy Brown off her feet, he finds her so sweet that love and jealousy endanger his plans.

Mary Magdalene, Sinner of Magdala

Mary Magdalene, Sinner of Magdala

The story of Mary Magdalene from being a sinner to follow Jesus Christ.

Asesinato en los estudios

Asesinato en los estudios

During the filming of a movie an actor has to be attacked with blanks but dies because they were real bullets.

El Cuerpo del Delito

El Cuerpo del Delito

The Wall Street crash of 1929 brings tragedy to thousands, and only a small group of astute investors are able to retrieve their funds. Financial adviser Antonio Benson is one of the few to survive the disaster. He escapes from his ruined clients, whose funds he has mismanaged, by hiding out at his country home; however, someone finds him and kills him. The onscreen credits were taken from a cutting continuity. This film is a Spanish-language version of the 1930 film The Benson Murder Case (See Entry), which was directed by Frank Tuttle and starred William Powell and Natalie Moorhead. The Spanish version had two working titles: Juego, amor y sangre and El crimen de Wall Street.

Cuerpo y alma

Cuerpo y alma

The Other

The Other

A mousy, poor manicurist seeks to switch places with her more glamorous, wealthy twin sister.

The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema

The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema

Documentary about the presence of Latin American culture and actors in American movies.