Augusto Benedico
Augusto Benedico (December 20, 1909 – January 19, 1992), born Augusto Pérez Lías, was a Mexican actor (and occasional writer) of Spanish origin.
He is best known for his television roles as Don Alberto Salvatierra in Los ricos también lloran and as Don Fernando in Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish.
In film, he appeared in The Exterminating Angel (1962) as Carlos Conde and in Pedro Páramo (1967) as Father Rentería
He was born in Alicante, Spain, and died in Mexico City, Mexico.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.4744 |
| Birthday | 1909-12-21 |
| Place of Birth | Alicante, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain |
| Also Known As | Augusto Pérez Lías, |
1971
La hora desnuda
4.167/6
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La hora desnuda
1962
The Exterminating Angel
7.935/733
After a lavish dinner party, the guests find themselves unable to depart... and, over the next few days, all of their elaborate societal pretenses and...
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The Exterminating Angel
1962
Santo vs. the Vampire Women
4.183/41
A professor recruits a professional wrestler to protect his daughter from vampires intent on kidnapping her and marrying her to the devil.
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Santo vs. the Vampire Women
1966
The Clutching Hand
5.571/7
Two wrestling stars must investigate strange deaths and a secret criminal organization led by a madman who becomes invisible.
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The Clutching Hand
1957
Tinieblas
6/4
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Tinieblas
1962
Los secretos del sexo débil
6.333/3
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Los secretos del sexo débil
1962
Santo vs. the King of Crime
5/11
El Santo and his loyal friends will try to disarm a dangerous criminal organization.
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Santo vs. the King of Crime
1962
Estos años violentos
6/3
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Estos años violentos
1973
The Cubs
5.2/15
After having his genitals brutally mutilated during childhood, a man must face prejudice and himself.
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The Cubs
1968
Cuatro hombres marcados
6.667/3
Cowboy detective investigates two murders.
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Cuatro hombres marcados
1970
El pueblo del terror
6.4/5
Federal-agent/cowboy battles crime
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El pueblo del terror
1963
Santo in the Hotel of Death
4.583/12
Tourists visiting the pyramids in Mexico experience a string of deaths and disappearances while staying at a nearby hotel. Police investigators Fernan...
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Santo in the Hotel of Death
1954
El gran autor
5.5/4
A story of passion and deceit, where love overcomes the misfortunes and finally triumphs.
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El gran autor
1969
The Big Cube
4.35/20
A young woman and her drug addict boyfriend plot to drive the woman's stepmother insane with LSD in a plot to secure an inheritance.
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The Big Cube
1964
Love & Sex (Sappho 1963)
5.5/15
Independently-wealthy woman tries to break free of repressive, conservative cultural constraints.
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Love & Sex (Sappho 1963)
1960
La cigüeña dijo sí
6/3
Newlywed couple wait for their first baby, but the mother/in-law gets pregnant first.
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La cigüeña dijo sí
1974
Jalisco nunca pierde
5.667/3
Class distinctions are an obstacle for a guy trying to woo his gal of choice.
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Jalisco nunca pierde
1971
Yesenia
6.556/18
A beautiful gypsy named Yesenia has no set path in life. During a caravan trip she meets Osvaldo who is enrolled in the militia, they both fall in lov...
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Yesenia
1972
No One Will Love You Like I Do
6/5
A student-movement leftist becomes a nun and absorbs lots of deep, deep TV-movie spiritual lessons about God's glorious plan.
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No One Will Love You Like I Do
1970
Remolino de pasiones
6/6
Gigolo devises underhanded schemes to insinuate himself into the lives of the wife and daughter of a rich man with a terminal illness.
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Remolino de pasiones
1959
Yo pecador
6.6/5
Biopic of a 1930s operatic tenor who ended up becoming a Franciscan monk and joining the priesthood.
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Yo pecador
1969
The Door and the Butcher's Wife
7.364/11
A movie divided in two segments, the first "La puerta" (The Door) is about a high society gathering in which a door inside the mansion leads to a biza...
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The Door and the Butcher's Wife
1967
Pedro Paramo
7.227/22
When his mother Dolores dies, Juan Preciado, son of Pedro Páramo, goes to Comala to claim his inheritance; but when he arrives he finds an abandoned a...
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Pedro Paramo
1972
The She Wolf's Orgy
4.667/6
A woman with a troubled past introduces lust, depravity and sex to a religious commune.
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The She Wolf's Orgy
1971
El cielo y tú
5/6
Priest suffers a head injury, develops amnesia, ends up in a hippie commune.
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El cielo y tú
1958
Love Your Neighbor
6.25/8
This film tells several short stories that end up lapsing in the emergency room of a hospital, because it is dedicated to nurses. Cantinflas appears a...
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Love Your Neighbor
1972
Aunt Isabel's Garden
5.458/12
A ship carrying Conquistadors is wrecked and the survivors are thrown ashore to struggle through the Yucatan jungle.
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Aunt Isabel's Garden
1962
Cascabelito
6.917/12
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Cascabelito
1951
Doña Perfecta
6.955/11
Liberal farmer Pepe has arrived in Santa Fe to visit his aunt, Dona Perfecta. While he's there, Pepe is eager to teach the traditional-minded townspeo...
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Doña Perfecta
1960
La hermana blanca
6.167/6
A young woman believes her fiance has died, and she enters a convent.
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La hermana blanca
1962
Las recién casadas
5.8/5
Three newlywed couples and the priest who married them face problems imposed on them by unquestioning adherence to patriarchal values.
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Las recién casadas
1968
Las amiguitas de los ricos
6/5
On Christmas Eve, Santa Claus engineers a miracle that will rehabilitate three kept women into orthodox 'decency' and marriage.
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Las amiguitas de los ricos
1955
Después de la tormenta
6.8/5
This Mexican melodrama may have been released above the border as After the Storm. The principal characters are a pair of twin lighthouse keepers. The...
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Después de la tormenta
1949
La venenosa
6/5
A snake-charmer falls in love with a circus trapeze artist who trains her and has her debut in this discipline.
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La venenosa
1959
Siete pecados
5.167/6
Seven dresses/seven models at a fashion show, and each one represents one of the seven deadly sins.
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Siete pecados
1958
Concurso de belleza
5.8/5
Mom and Dad convince studious college girl to enroll in a beauty pageant, hoping to win big cash prize at the end of the rainbow.
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Concurso de belleza
1961
Dios sabrá juzgarnos
5.6/5
Rejected suitor goes all-out in his efforts to break up an engaged couple.
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Dios sabrá juzgarnos
1956
Unfaithful Wives
5/6
A bunch of stories where wives are unfaithful for different reasons: money, revenge or pleasure.
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Unfaithful Wives
1963
Mi vida es una canción
5.75/4
Young pop singer finds his niche in the entertainment industry.
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Mi vida es una canción
1958
The New Invisible Man
5.583/12
A man is sentenced to prison for a murder he did not commit. Thanks to a serum invented by his brother, he manages to become invisible and escape from...
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The New Invisible Man
1952
Prisionera del recuerdo
6/3
Refugee from Spanish Civil War deals with PTSD and a romantic triangle while trying to find her father's murderer.
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Prisionera del recuerdo
1958
Sabrás que te quiero
6/5
Famous singer becomes desperate to figure out which of three women helped to launch his early career with anonymous mentoring and support.
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Sabrás que te quiero
1971
Sin salida
5.571/7
Ex-con trying to go straight is backed into a corner by "former associates."
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Sin salida
1971
Secreto de confesión
5.4/5
Young woman falls in love with a cub reporter who's investigating the illegal activities of her father. Then there's secret marriages and secret murde...
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Secreto de confesión
1959
Fever Mounts at El Pao
6.113/31
After Caribbean despot Mariano Vargas is murdered at the hands of his enraged populace, his secretary Ramón Vázquez takes not just control but also Va...
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Fever Mounts at El Pao
1973
The Monastery of the Vultures
6.333/6
In a remote Mexican monastery, a Father Prior subjects young seminarians to psychoanalysis to test their vocation. As sessions peel back secrets and d...
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The Monastery of the Vultures
1964
Napoleoncito
6.667/3
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Napoleoncito
1956
The Illegitimate
4.5/6
Family melodrama: manipulative parents ruin lives with their meddling.
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The Illegitimate
1959
Born to Love
6.333/3
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Born to Love
1969
El Ultimo Pistolero
5.667/3
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El Ultimo Pistolero
1966
Sólo para tí
5.667/3
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Sólo para tí
1956
Historia de un amor
5.667/3
Elena (Libertad Lamarque), already a star, falls madly in love with Roberto. They make it to the altar. Elena and Roberto adopt a baby. The years go b...
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