Joaquín Pardavé
Joaquín Pardavé Arce (September 30, 1900 – July 20, 1955) was a Mexican film actor, director, songwriter and screenwriter of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He was best known for starring and directing various comedy films during the 1940s. In some of them, Pardavé paired with one of Mexico's most famous actresses, Sara García, the films which they starred are El baisano Jalil, El barchante Neguib, El ropavejero, and La familia Pérez. Both actors had on-screen chemistry together, and are noted for playing a wide variety of comic characters from Lebanese foreigners to middle-class Mexicans.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.8147 |
| Birthday | 1900-09-30 |
| Place of Birth | Pénjamo, Guanajuato, México |
| Also Known As | Joaquín Pardavé Arce, |
1940
You’re Missing the Point
8.142/102
Cantinflas, the boyfriend of the servant of a rich industrial man, gets into the house in order to kill a mad dog. Suddenly this man appears so the se...
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You’re Missing the Point
1947
El ropavejero
5.5/6
Cirilo, a used clothes dealer, falls in love with Maria, who works as a cook in a house. One day they find by chance in the basement something that wi...
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El ropavejero
1949
Una gallega en México
5.833/6
The Galician Candida has a bakery in front of the butcher Robustito, who constantly berates although children of both Aurora and Rodolfo are in love....
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Una gallega en México
1937
Bajo el cielo de México
5.667/3
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Bajo el cielo de México
1939
Hombres del aire
6.667/3
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Hombres del aire
1939
Every Madman to His Specialty
5.727/11
Julio Cesar (Enrique Herrera), writer of soap operas, is very upset nerves. Dr. Jimenez (Alberto Galán) recommends an institution that will give he a...
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Every Madman to His Specialty
1951
Gendarme de punto
6.8/5
Don Timoteo Rodriguez is an old friendly but scared and outdated, whose office is the pedestal: According to his modest way of life, things are more i...
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Gendarme de punto
1952
Mi campeón
5.5/4
Catita is a simple and poor woman who dreams of that her son stands out on something important to help her out of his humble. But she opposes to him b...
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Mi campeón
1942
El baisano Jalil
6.615/13
Aristocratic but penniless, the Veradada have to resort to loans Lebanese businessman Jalil, whose son Selim, suffers the scorn of Martha, the daughte...
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El baisano Jalil
1942
Yo bailé con Don Porfirio
6/7
Light comedy in which Joaquin Cortes and Mapy Pardavé join their talents, written and directed by Gilberto Martinez Solares. It deals with the life of...
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Yo bailé con Don Porfirio
1946
Los nietos de Don Venancio
5.75/4
A puritanical man travels to the capital to visit nightclubs and introduces himself as a bachelor, but to his surprise, he finds himself there with hi...
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Los nietos de Don Venancio
1950
Orange Blossoms for your Wedding
6/4
During the time of the Mexican Revolution, the eldest daughter of a conservative family must respect the decision of her parents, and follow the tradi...
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Orange Blossoms for your Wedding
1942
Dark Angel
6.5/7
Despite the strange death of Jorge's previous wives, Elisa decides to marry him.
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Dark Angel
1939
En un burro tres baturros
6.2/5
Three Spaniards emigrate to Mexico and become prosperous landowners.
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En un burro tres baturros
1939
Caballo a caballo
5.8/5
Two con-men end up at a country estate, where they thwart some jewel-thieves.
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Caballo a caballo
1951
Una gallega baila mambo
6.4/5
Ladylike widow hires a roughneck neighbor to help her marry off her daughter and collect an inheritance by impersonating her husband.
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Una gallega baila mambo
1941
Those Were The Days, Senor Don Simon!
6.8/5
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!
1940
Al son de la marimba
6.833/6
A broken high society man tries to keep his family expensive lifestyle by tricking a rich man from out of the town to marry his well intended daughter...
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Al son de la marimba
1943
Adios Juventud
6.667/3
Nostalgic comedy about medical students circa 1905.
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Adios Juventud
1943
Cinco fueron escogidos
5.333/6
Cinco fueron escogidos taking place in Slavko, a "peaceful town in Yugoslavia," with only Yugoslavians and Germans as characters, not a Mexican or Spa...
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Cinco fueron escogidos
1955
A los cuatro vientos
6.2/5
Career-biography of a fictional ranchera singer, played by Rosita Quintana.
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A los cuatro vientos
1944
El Gran Makakikus
6.5/6
Uncultured nouveau- riche wants to be received in high society. Loose adaptation of Moliere.
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El Gran Makakikus
1944
Los Hijos De Don Venancio
5.5/4
Spanish immigrant wants his sons to join him in running his business, but they all have other ambitions.
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Los Hijos De Don Venancio
1938
La zandunga
5.714/7
It is the story of a beautiful Tehuana woman who falls in love with a sailor who leaves with the promise of returning, but due to her delay she decide...
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La zandunga
1948
Los viejos somos así
6/3
Two card-sharps fall for the same woman.
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Los viejos somos así
1949
Two Pesos Left
7.214/14
Comedy/melodrama: player runs out on his pregnant girlfriend, and her mother's boyfriend steps in to set matters straight.
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Two Pesos Left
1949
Arriba El Norte
5.75/4
Husband and wife are reunited after a twenty-year misunderstanding; their grown daughter has her eye on a fella.
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Arriba El Norte
1954
El hombre inquieto
6.5/12
Adult street urchin passes himself off as rich man's long-lost son.
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El hombre inquieto
1951
From Can-Can to Mambo
6.25/4
Young man convinces his conservative uncle that trendy modern stuff is fun.
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From Can-Can to Mambo
1941
When the Children are Gone
6.333/9
Unjustly accused of theft, the noble Raimundo is forced to leave his paternal home. A new incident, caused by the ambition of his brother José, causes...
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When the Children are Gone
1954
El mil amores
7.375/48
Carmen has a daughter, Patricia, who attends a school for young ladies where they think Carmen is married to a sailor. Viviano is a friend of Carmen a...
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El mil amores
1949
Perez Family
6.5/18
Gumaro Pérez must fulfill all the whims of his wife, who is sworn lady of society even though the Pérez are not a wealthy family. In order not to look...
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Perez Family
1953
Doña Mariquita de mi corazón
6.333/6
Adolfo, the son of Dona Mariquita, is committed to Marisa to please his mother, but his real love is Paz.
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Doña Mariquita de mi corazón
1940
In the Times of Don Porfirio
6.333/6
In a Mexican city at the end of the 19th century, Don Francisco, a gambler and a bohemian, almost forgets his wedding and is late. The bride, who is p...
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In the Times of Don Porfirio
1937
Mi candidato
5.8/5
Young silversmith runs for office, butts heads with political machine that's sucking the town dry.
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Mi candidato
1950
Primero soy Mexicano
6/4
USA-educated doctor goes home for the first time in years. Culture shock.
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Primero soy Mexicano
1940
¡Que viene mi marido!
6/6
Rom-com: collecting on a big inheritance "forces" a family to play games with their daughter's marital status.
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¡Que viene mi marido!
1954
El casto Susano
6/6
Father and son are sober, responsible pillars of the community in their home-town... but they make frequent trips to the city.
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El casto Susano
1948
Ojos de juventud
4.875/8
A bad woman exploits her husband's love. Infidelity, illegitimate children, self-sacrificing fatherhood... Also: Cabarets!
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Ojos de juventud
1956
People, Song and Hope
6.429/7
Anthology-movie with episodes set in Cuba, Mexico and Colombia.
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People, Song and Hope
1956
Ladies Club
6.167/6
Lonelyhearts advisor on a tv show becomes feminist icon and movement-leader.
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Ladies Club
1956
Las medias de seda
5.75/4
Vineyard worker is happy when her long-estranged artist brother comes to visit her. But then...
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Las medias de seda
1946
El barchante Neguib
6.571/7
Small-town Arabic family moves to Mexico City to live with the oldest son who made his career there. Follow-up (not a direct sequel) to El baisano Jal...
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El barchante Neguib
1938
The Girls Aunt
4.5/8
Two middle-aged no-goodniks are trying to marry two young ladies; two age-appropriate young men concoct a scheme to prevent it, which involves one of...
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The Girls Aunt
1957
La virtud desnuda
6.667/3
A certain young woman won't allow her virtuous reputation to be compromised... until her suitors agree to the price she sets on it. Twist ending.
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La virtud desnuda
1946
La reina de la opereta
6.75/4
Mario marries Blanca, the queen of operetta, but after their daughter is born, they separate and she leaves on a world tour to continue her artistic c...
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La reina de la opereta
1937
Jalisco nunca pierde
6.4/5
Arranged marriages vs romance down on the hacienda.
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Jalisco nunca pierde
1938
Los millones de Chaflán
6.5/6
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Los millones de Chaflán
1942
Mil estudiantes y una muchacha
5.833/6
The dream of Atenodoro is to be a professor at the Faculty of Law. The students show enthusiasm for Ana, the professor’s daughter. Atenodoro resigns f...
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Mil estudiantes y una muchacha
1946
Don Simón de Lira
6/3
Mexican movie
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Don Simón de Lira
1953
Pompeyo el conquistador
5.75/4
Timid guy creates an alter-ego who will get tough with people while he continues being gentle and jolly.
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Pompeyo el conquistador
1938
Tierra brava
5.6/5
Financier threatens to foreclose on a cigar-factory's mortgage, but a secret benefactor pays off the owner's debt and saves the day.
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Tierra brava
1940
Viviré otra vez
5.6/5
Card-sharks blackmail a dissolute young man into participating in a big robbery; his brother takes the rap for him.
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Viviré otra vez
1942
Esa mujer es la mía
6/5
Two pen-pals decide to get married, but the groom cooks up a scheme to test his fiancee's moral fibr before they tie the knt.
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Esa mujer es la mía
1953
Mi adorada Clementina
6.2/5
A woman in an unhappy marriage trades places with her grandmother's ghost; Grandma whupps the girl's husband into line AND proves to her own husband t...
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Mi adorada Clementina
1944
México de mis recuerdos
6.667/6
After listening to the waltz "Carmelita", dedicated to his wife, President Diaz instructs Don Susanito seeking the composer Chucho Flores to give her...
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México de mis recuerdos
1945
Like All Mothers
6/6
The story of a single mother and her children, and the lives that cross their paths.
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Like All Mothers
1940
El jefe máximo
6.333/3
A 1940 film directed by Fernando de Fuentes.
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El jefe máximo
1942
¿Quién te quiere a tí?
6/5
Neither he nor she are very handsome, not to say ugly, and how they would like to be good looking to give and receive compliments, and that someone lo...
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¿Quién te quiere a tí?
1938
Canción del alma
6/5
Jose and Esperanza got married just before the Revolution blew up, and they got separated in the chaos, each assuming the other was dead. Six or eight...
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Canción del alma
1953
The Guys from Penjamo
5.8/5
When he hears how his grandfather left illegitimate children scattered all over the county, a young landowner is seized with an obsessive desire to ma...
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The Guys from Penjamo
1947
La niña de mis ojos
6.2/10
Classic movie of Mexican cinema.
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La niña de mis ojos
1930
El águila y el nopal
6/3
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El águila y el nopal
1944
El sombrero de tres picos
6/3
The corregidor, or magistrate, of a small Spanish village tries to seduce the miller's wife, with rather humorous results.
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El sombrero de tres picos
1953
Reportaje
7.286/14
Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.
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Reportaje
1954
La gitana blanca
6.667/3
Nina, a gypsy girl, promised to the future leader of her tribe, falls in love with Roberto, a depressed violinist.
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La gitana blanca
1979
México de mis amores
6/4
Anthology of clips from classic-era Mexican films, with reality-footage of elderly actors discussing their memories of the period.
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México de mis amores
1942
El que tenga un amor
6.6/5
Victor must leave his life of partying and change his girlfriend, Lucero, for the bride that awaits him in his hometown.
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