Carlos Martínez Baena

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.

  • Title: Carlos Martínez Baena
  • Popularity: 0.3007
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1889-05-07
  • Place of Birth: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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  • Also Known As: Carlos M. Baena
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Carlos Martínez Baena Movies

  • 1953
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    Él

    Él

    7.6 1953 HD

    Gloria encounters Francisco, a man whose social veneer betrays a truer self burrowed underneath.

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  • 1950
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    El Portero

    El Portero

    7.5 1950 HD

    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 to school. The sentimental issues come when Cantinflas falls in love of his pretty neighborhood (Silvia Pinal), who is handicapped and unable to walk. The thing wont be easy, because a young military man also has feelings for the girl. But the porter wants to see her happy, and he will become a sort of Cyrano De Bergerac, writing love letters to her signed by the young soldier. His plan is simple: to win money in the horse races in order to pay the operation which will make her walk again.

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  • 2004
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    Un año en la luna

    Un año en la luna

    5.9 2004 HD

    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 Gabriel and that is not going through its best. The three start a relationships sneaking, but neither will find it easy to tell if it's a simple adventure or if they are living a love story.

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  • 1947
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    The Kneeling Goddess

    The Kneeling Goddess

    6.7 1947 HD

    Antonio, a millionaire, gifts his wife a statue of a naked, kneeling woman for their wedding anniversary.

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  • 1955
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    Pecado Mortal

    Pecado Mortal

    6 1955 HD

    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 Carlos, nephew of Juan Manuel, who is interested in Soledad. Carlos is going to study medicine in the United States and maintains correspondence with Soledad. Juan Manuel shows interest in Soledad but prevents Clara meet her. She is the daughter of Clara, who hid that Juan Manuel had killed the father of Soledad and also caused her blindness.

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  • 1954
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    The Intruder

    The Intruder

    5 1954 HD

    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 identity and they fall madly in love. Tania, Raúl's sister-in-law, secretly loves him and she decides to separate them by simulating a car accident from which Gabriela temporarily becomes paralized. Aware that they will marry, Tania makes the girl believe that Raúl is marrying her out of compassion, causing Gabriela to disappear from the residence...

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  • 1950
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    Gema

    Gema

    1 1950 HD

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  • 1949
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    The Bewitched House

    The Bewitched House

    5.5 1949 HD

    Stage magician Fu Manchu uses his illusions and trickeries to find a murderer.

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  • 1949
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    El Charro del Cristo

    El Charro del Cristo

    5 1949 HD

    Favored son of a wealthy rural family forced to go into hiding after killing someone in a duel.

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  • 1950
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    Otra primavera

    Otra primavera

    5.5 1950 HD

    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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  • 1944
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    Woman Without a Soul

    Woman Without a Soul

    5.5 1944 HD

    Ambitious young woman climbs the social ladder. A bit too fast.

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  • 1955
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    Cupido pierde a Paquita

    Cupido pierde a Paquita

    6 1955 HD

    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, and...

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  • 1955
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    La sombra vengadora contra la mano negra

    La sombra vengadora contra la mano negra

    4 1955 HD

    Masked wrestler vs. gothic criminal gang. Third or fourth in a series.

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  • 1957
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    La mujer que no tuvo infancia

    La mujer que no tuvo infancia

    5.5 1957 HD

    Borderline mentally-ill woman with neurotic compulsion to behave like a child and the psychiatrist who looooves her.

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  • 1969
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    Perverse Doll

    Perverse Doll

    6.6 1969 HD

    A troubled woman commits a series of murders that exposes some dark family secrets.

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  • 1948
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    The Well-paid

    The Well-paid

    5 1948 HD

    Melodrama about marital infidelity.

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  • 1942
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    La abuelita

    La abuelita

    5 1942 HD

    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 her rubbing up against a married man and it shatters her health.

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  • 1949
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    Lola Casanova

    Lola Casanova

    6 1949 HD

    Sonora Mexico, 1880s: Seri Indian tribe splits into two factions after a white woman comes to live in their settlement.

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  • 1951
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    Monte de piedad

    Monte de piedad

    5 1951 HD

    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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  • 1955
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    The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz

    The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz

    7.269 1955 HD

    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 it - but not everything goes according to plan...

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  • 1948
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    El Supersabio

    El Supersabio

    7.548 1948 HD

    Cantinflas is the apprentice of a renowned scientist, Prof. Arquimides Monteagudo (Carlos Martinez Baena). But Cantinflas has the soul of a poet rather than a serious researcher, and he wants to find the formula that achieves the immortality of the roses. Nevertheless, after the death of Prof. Monteagudo, Cantinflas will be chased by a ferocious corporative group, who wants to steal the secret formula of a cheaper fuel named "carburex", because they think that our friend is the only person who knows the composition

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  • 1951
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    El Siete Machos

    El Siete Machos

    8.1 1951 HD

    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 smitten by her. Rosario is rescued from a runaway horse by the Seven Men, an outlaw a la Robin Hood that steals from the rich and gives to the poor. He also happens to be the twin brother of Margarito, unbeknownst to him. The confusion between Margarito and the Seven Men generates great comical situations in the film.

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  • 1961
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    El analfabeto

    El analfabeto

    7.7 1961 HD

    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 idea of who sent the letter or its content. So he goes to the drugstore because the pharmacist can read the letter to him. But while waiting to be helped he sees that a young girl can read. He figures he has to be able to discover the letter's content by himself and decides he will save the letter and go to school, and wait to read the letter on his own.

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  • 1954
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    The River and Death

    The River and Death

    6.44 1954 HD

    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 generations, for a so-called conception of honor in a revenge that never ends since it is also triggered by people of the village. Now, today, there are only two sons left, one in each family. One has become a doctor in the big city and his culture is modern. The other last one - of the other family - hasn't left the village and is waiting for the doctor to come "home" as he plans to kill him, to settle this war on this matter of honor once and for all. And the people of the village want blood.

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  • 1954
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    Camelia

    Camelia

    5.4 1954 HD

    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 involving the doomed love of a bullfighter and a beautiful but ailing actress/courtesan.

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  • 1953
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    Si, Mi vida

    Si, Mi vida

    5.722 1953 HD

    Dr. Castellanos is saved from bankruptcy.

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  • 1941
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    Those Were The Days, Senor Don Simon!

    Those Were The Days, Senor Don Simon!

    6 1941 HD

    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 comedy.

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  • 1948
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    Nocturno de amor

    Nocturno de amor

    6.333 1948 HD

    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 student Marta Reyes and romance ensues. One day, a full scholarship to study piano abroad is announced and both Luis and Marta fill out the necessary paperwork--but only one place is available. Luis is torn apart by his love for both the piano and Marta.

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  • 1957
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    Good Love

    Good Love

    5 1957 HD

    Mother and son conspire against his sister when she marries against their wishes.

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  • 1970
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    Little Black Angels

    Little Black Angels

    7.1 1970 HD

    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 conspires to protect her from finding out about herself. It's not clear exactly why they do that.

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  • 1950
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    Mujeres en mi Vida

    Mujeres en mi Vida

    3.143 1950 HD

    Mexican romantic musical.

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  • 1959
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    Mi niño, mi caballo y yo

    Mi niño, mi caballo y yo

    5.3 1959 HD

    Nun tries to heal the relationship between a six-year-old boy and his estranged father.

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  • 1948
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    Reina de reinas: La Virgen María

    Reina de reinas: La Virgen María

    5.6 1948 HD

    Standard retelling of the the Gospels, with a brief epilogue about the death of Mary.

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  • 1934
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    El agua en el suelo

    El agua en el suelo

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1954
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    La ciudad de los sueños

    La ciudad de los sueños

    1 1954 HD

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  • 1950
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    Entre tu amor y el cielo

    Entre tu amor y el cielo

    5 1950 HD

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  • 1956
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    La sombra vengadora

    La sombra vengadora

    5.8 1956 HD

    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 anything to stop him.

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  • 1945
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    Nosotros

    Nosotros

    5 1945 HD

    The tragic romance between a woman with a dubious past and a young thief who reforms his life for love.

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  • 1952
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    Prefiero a tu papá

    Prefiero a tu papá

    4.143 1952 HD

    Theatre director macks on his sons' girlfriends.

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  • 1945
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    Espinas de una flor

    Espinas de una flor

    5 1945 HD

    Mexican movie

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  • 1954
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    Un minuto de bondad

    Un minuto de bondad

    6 1954 HD

    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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  • 1937
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    The Siege of Huesca

    The Siege of Huesca

    5.5 1937 HD

    A documentary, with some fictionalized images, about the operations and combat that took place near Huesca in the first months of 1937 during the Spanish Civil War.

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  • 1937
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    Heroic Division

    Heroic Division

    1 1937 HD

    A pro-Republican documentary made during the Spanish Civil War. It details the offensives of the Durruti Column and the Ascaso Division on the Huesca front between March and April 1937.

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  • 2008
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    HKM (Hablan, kantan, mienten)

    HKM (Hablan, kantan, mienten)

    1 2008 HD

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