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Chano Urueta

Directing Born Feb 24, 1904 Chihuahua - Mexico 20 credits

Biography

Santiago Eduardo Urueta Sierra Rodríguez (Mineral de Cusihuiriachi, Chihuahua, Mexico, February 24, 1895-Mexico City, March 23, 1979), better known as Chano Urueta, was a film director, actor and writer who stood out since the first half of the 1930s as one of the most gifted adapters of great works of universal literature.

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Known for

Film

The Wild Bunch

as Don Jose
Film

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

as Manchot

Full filmography

  • The Wild Bunch (1969) as Don Jose
  • Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974) as Manchot
  • Chanoc (1967) as Tsekub Baloyán
  • The Wrath of God (1972) as Antonio
  • Guns and Guts (1974) as Fray José
  • Emiliano Zapata (1970)
  • The Butcher’s Wife (1969) as Priest
  • The Door and the Butcher's Wife (1969) as Cura (segment "La mujer del carnicero")
  • Kaliman, the Incredible Man (1972) as Tabor Tagore
  • Todo Por Nada (1969) as Nicolás
  • La Choca (1974) as Don Pomposo
  • El hermano Capulina (1970)
  • Once Upon a Scoundrel (1974)
  • El pueblo del terror (1970)
  • Una luz en mi camino (1939)
  • Dos esposas en mi cama (1970)
  • Super Colt 38 (1969)
  • El capitán Mantarraya (1970)
  • Furias bajo el cielo (1971)
  • The Fearmaker (1971) as Pastor