Arturo Martínez (actor)

Arturo Martínez
Born	21 January 1919 San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Died	21 August 1992 (aged 73) Mexico City, Mexico
Other names	Arturo Martínez Chávez
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1948 - 1991 (film)

Arturo Martínez (21 January 1919 – 21 August 1992) was a Mexican film actor and director. He began his career by appearing in Juan Charrasqueado (1948) during the Golden age of Mexican cinema and went on to appear in around a hundred and eighty films during his career. He started directing films in 1961.

Selected filmography

Actor

• Juan Charrasqueado (1948)
• Laura's Sin (1949)
• Rough But Respectable (1949)
• The Woman of the Port (1949)
• My Favourite (1950)
• Rosauro Castro (1950)
• Tenement House (1951)
• The Shrew (1951)
• From the Can-Can to the Mambo (1951)
• The Minister's Daughter (1952)
• The Lottery Ticket Seller (1953)
• Northern Border (1953)
• A Tailored Gentleman (1954)
• The Hidden One (1956)
• The Aztec Mummy (1957)
• The Curse of the Aztec Mummy (1957)
• The Black Scorpion (1957)
• The Body Snatcher (1957)
• Raffles (1958)
• The Boxer (1958)
• The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy (1958)
• Northern Courier (1960)
• Chucho el Roto (1960)

Bibliography

• Wood, Andrew Grant. The Borderlands: An Encyclopedia of Culture and Politics on the U.S.-Mexico Divide. Greenwood Press, 2008.

External links

• Arturo Martínez at IMDb