Carlos Martínez Baena
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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.2655 |
| Birthday | 1889-05-07 |
| Place of Birth | Madrid, Madrid, Spain |
| Also Known As | Carlos M. Baena, |
1953
Él
7.683/156
Gloria encounters Francisco, a man whose social veneer betrays a truer self burrowed underneath.
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Él
1950
El Portero
7.58/56
Cantinflas works as a porter, who writes letters and speeches in his old writing machine to earn an extra money, despite the fact that he still goes t...
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El Portero
2004
Un año en la luna
5.9/4
In late September, Iñigo comes to Madrid to study psychology and stays at the home of his sister Esther, who lives with a porn story writer called Gab...
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Un año en la luna
1947
The Kneeling Goddess
6.7/30
Antonio, a millionaire, gifts his wife a statue of a naked, kneeling woman for their wedding anniversary.
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The Kneeling Goddess
1954
The Intruder
5/4
Upon her arrival to the village San Ignacio, Gabriela meets Raúl, owner of a residence that her grandfather administrates. He doesn't reveal his real...
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The Intruder
1955
Pecado Mortal
6/5
Juan Manuel intends his wife Clara, who is blind, sign the will in his favor, but she refuses. With them lives Soledad, goddaughter Clara. A day comes...
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Pecado Mortal
1950
Gema
0/0
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Gema
1949
The Bewitched House
5.5/6
Stage magician Fu Manchu uses his illusions and trickeries to find a murderer.
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The Bewitched House
1949
El Charro del Cristo
5/2
Favored son of a wealthy rural family forced to go into hiding after killing someone in a duel.
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El Charro del Cristo
1950
Otra primavera
5.5/6
His wife dies and now he's free to marry his mistress and adopt their children officially. How will this play out?
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Otra primavera
1944
Woman Without a Soul
5.5/4
Ambitious young woman climbs the social ladder. A bit too fast.
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Woman Without a Soul
1955
Cupido pierde a Paquita
6/4
Rich family's maid thinks that maybe if she plays her cards right, she can land a moneybags husband. There's also a really cute auto mechanic, though,...
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Cupido pierde a Paquita
1955
La sombra vengadora contra la mano negra
4/4
Masked wrestler vs. gothic criminal gang. Third or fourth in a series.
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La sombra vengadora contra la mano negra
1957
La mujer que no tuvo infancia
5.5/4
Borderline mentally-ill woman with neurotic compulsion to behave like a child and the psychiatrist who looooves her.
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La mujer que no tuvo infancia
1969
Perverse Doll
6.6/14
A troubled woman commits a series of murders that exposes some dark family secrets.
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Perverse Doll
1948
The Well-paid
5/4
Melodrama about marital infidelity.
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The Well-paid
1942
La abuelita
5/5
Granny rules the roost, but little sister's a bit rebellious. She listens to Cuban music, she wears make-up, she goes out un-chaperoned... Granny sees...
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La abuelita
1949
Lola Casanova
6/5
Sonora Mexico, 1880s: Seri Indian tribe splits into two factions after a white woman comes to live in their settlement.
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Lola Casanova
1951
Monte de piedad
5/4
Anthology-movie, series of anecdotes about the personal tragedies that lead people to take their values posessions to the state-run pawnshop.
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Monte de piedad
1955
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
7.3/172
A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve...
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The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
1948
El Supersabio
7.5/32
Cantinflas is the apprentice of a renowned scientist, Prof. Arquimides Monteagudo (Carlos Martinez Baena). But Cantinflas has the soul of a poet rathe...
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El Supersabio
1951
El Siete Machos
8.132/102
Rosario, the niece of the rancher, returns to the ranch after ten years of absence. She takes in Margarito, a worker at the ranch, who is immediately...
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El Siete Machos
1961
El analfabeto
7.707/111
Inocencio Prieto y Calvo receives a letter telling him he is the heir to his uncle's fortune of two million pesos. Not being able to read he has no id...
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El analfabeto
1954
The River and Death
6.423/26
A useless and bloody vendetta has been going on for ages between two families in this Mexican village. Men, sons, have killed each other for generatio...
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The River and Death
1954
Camelia
5.4/5
A sort of meta riff on Alexandre Dumas fils' novel The Lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux Camélias or Camille) here in Mexican melodrama form involvin...
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Camelia
1953
Si, Mi vida
5.7/9
Dr. Castellanos is saved from bankruptcy.
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Si, Mi vida
1941
Those Were The Days, Senor Don Simon!
6/4
A not very grief stricken young widow flutters her hand fan between a dashing young soldier and an elderly politician in this Belle Epoque era musical...
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Those Were The Days, Senor Don Simon!
1948
Nocturno de amor
6.3/6
Luis Aguilar is a talented piano student who struggles to make ends meet. At the conservatory he meets the beautiful, rich, and also talented piano st...
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Nocturno de amor
1957
Good Love
5/4
Mother and son conspire against his sister when she marries against their wishes.
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Good Love
1970
Little Black Angels
7.1/15
A racist woman who doesn't know about her own mixed heritage—even though she's lived with her black mother since birth—marries a pop singer. Everybody...
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Little Black Angels
1950
Mujeres en mi Vida
3.1/7
Mexican romantic musical.
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Mujeres en mi Vida
1959
Mi niño, mi caballo y yo
5.3/3
Nun tries to heal the relationship between a six-year-old boy and his estranged father.
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Mi niño, mi caballo y yo
1948
Reina de reinas: La Virgen María
5.6/5
Standard retelling of the the Gospels, with a brief epilogue about the death of Mary.
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Reina de reinas: La Virgen María
1934
El agua en el suelo
0/0
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El agua en el suelo
1954
La ciudad de los sueños
0/0
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La ciudad de los sueños
1950
Entre tu amor y el cielo
5/3
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Entre tu amor y el cielo
1956
La sombra vengadora
5.8/4
An evil mastermind, known as La mano negra, attempts to steal a formula that creates synthetic drugs but a masked avenger known as La sombra will do a...
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La sombra vengadora
1945
Nosotros
5/2
The tragic romance between a woman with a dubious past and a young thief who reforms his life for love.
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Nosotros
1952
Prefiero a tu papá
4.1/7
Theatre director macks on his sons' girlfriends.
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Prefiero a tu papá
1945
Espinas de una flor
5/2
Mexican movie
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Espinas de una flor
1954
Un minuto de bondad
6/4
A young woman tries to stop the sale of a house that serves as a shelter for orphaned children and retired actors.
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Un minuto de bondad
1946
Yo fui una usurpadora
5/4
Brilliant young doctor discovers his wife doesn't want to bear children, so he finds someone else to exxperience fatherhood with.
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Yo fui una usurpadora
1944
El rey se divierte
5/2
Mexican movie
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