Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo (November 2, 1910 – December 13, 1978) was a

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best remembered for his numerous roles as eccentric businessmen. Married to actress

Lupita Pallás Guadalupe "Lupita" Pallás Téllez (29 April 1926 – 23 November 1985) was a Mexican actress and dancer. The wife of character actor Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo and the mother of comedian Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo, she died (along with her daughter, ...

, he was the father of famous comedian

Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo Pallás (born March 26, 1948) is a Mexican comedian, actor, film director, screenwriter, television producer and host. He is the son of actors, the Cuban Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo and Mexican Lupita Pallás, and has appeared ...

Selected filmography

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School for Tramps ''School for Tramps'' (Spanish: ''Escuela de vagabundos'') is a 1955 Mexico, Mexican comedy film. It was produced by Fernando de Fuentes. It's considered one of the finest comedies of Mexican cinema, and is adapted from the screenplay for the Metr ...

'' (1955) *'' The Sin of Being a Woman'' (1955) *''

Drop the Curtain ''Drop the Curtain'' (Spanish: ''Abajo el telón'') is a 1955 Mexican comedy film directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Cantinflas, Christiane Martel and Beatriz Saavedra.Lezcano, p. 98. The film's art direction was by Gunther Gerszo. Plot A ...

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Look What Happened to Samson ''Look What Happened to Samson'' (Spanish:''Lo que le pasó a Sansón'') is a 1955 Mexican comedy film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and starring Germán Valdés, Ana Bertha Lepe and Yolanda Varela.Monsiváis & Kraniauskas p.117 Main cas ...

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Barefoot Sultan ''Barefoot Sultan'' (Spanish:''El sultán descalzo'') is a 1956 Mexican comedy film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and starring Germán Valdés, Yolanda Varela and Óscar Pulido.Monsiváis & Kraniauskas p.116 Main cast * Germán Valdés as ...

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The King of Mexico ''The King of Mexico'' (Spanish:''El rey de México'') is a 1956 Mexican comedy film. It was written by Luis Alcoriza. Plot A local radio station decides to try out an experiment and offers the first homeless man that walks by the chance of becom ...

'' (1956) *'' Las aventuras de Pito Pérez'' (1957) *''

Rebel Without a House ''Rebel Without a House'' (Spanish:''Rebelde sin casa'') is a 1960 Mexican comedy film directed by Benito Alazraki and starring Germán Valdés, Ana Bertha Lepe and Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo.Monsiváis & Kraniauskas p.117 Cast * Germán Valdés as Te ...

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Adventures of Joselito and Tom Thumb ''Adventures of Joselito and Tom Thumb'' (Spanish: ''Aventuras de Joselito y Pulgarcito'') is a 1960 Mexican-Spanish musical film directed by René Cardona and starring Joselito, Cesáreo Quezadas and Enrique Rambal.Bentley p.144 Cast * Josel ...

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Three Black Angels ''Three Black Angels'' (Spanish: ''Tres angelitos negros'') is a 1960 Mexican comedy film directed by Fernando Cortés and starring Miguel Aceves Mejía, Yolanda Varela and Pedro Vargas.Amador & Blanco p.158 Cast * Miguel Aceves Mejía as Ángel ...

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El analfabeto ''The Illiterate One'' (Spanish: ''El analfabeto'') is a 1961 Mexican comedy film, directed by Miguel M. Delgado, starring Cantinflas, Lilia Prado, and Sara García. It is the second Cantinflas film presented by Columbia Pictures. Plot An inh ...

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La cigüeña distraída ''La cigüeña distraída'' ( en, italic=yes, The Distracted Stork) is a 1966 Mexican comedy film directed by Emilio Gómez Muriel and starring the double act Viruta y Capulina, performed by Marco Antonio Campos and Gaspar Henaine. Plot Two di ...

'' (1966) *'' Qué hombre tan sin embargo'' (1967) *''

El médico módico ''El médico módico'' ("The Moderate Doctor") is a 1971 Mexican comedy film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and produced by Miguel Zacarías. It is the ninth film starring Gaspar Henaine alone as Capulina (without Marco Antonio Campos as ...

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La madrecita ''La madrecita'' (''The Little Nun'', literally ''The little mother'') is a 1974 Mexican film directed by Fernándo Cortés and starring María Elena Velasco as La India María, with Pancho Córdova and Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo Óscar Ortiz de Pine ...

'' (1974) *''

El miedo no anda en burro ''El miedo no anda en burro'' (Fear Doesn't Ride a Donkey) is a 1976 Mexican comedy horror film directed by Fernando Cortés and starring María Elena Velasco, Eleazar García, Fernando Luján, Emma Roldán and Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo. Literally, ...

'' (1976)

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