Cruz Pío Socorro Alvarado Bolado (3 May 1910 – 30 January 1984), known professionally as Crox Alvarado, was a
Mexican
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actor who appeared in over 90 films. He was considered a popular star of the
Golden Age of Mexican cinema
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.
Alvarado had been a
professional wrestler
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before being an actor.
He was also a
caricaturist
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List of caricaturists
* Abed Abdi (born 1942)
* Al Hirschfeld (1903–2003)
* Alex Gard (1900–1948)
* Alexander Saroukhan (1898–1977)
* Alfred Grévin (1827–1892)
* Alf ...
.
Selected filmography
* ''Bajo el cielo de México'' (1937)
* ''
Song of the Soul'' (1938) - Oficial
* ''
Men of the Sea'' (1938) - Rigobertito (uncredited)
* ''Cada loco con su tema'' (1939) - Secretario de notario (uncredited)
* ''
The Cemetery of the Eagles'' (1939) - Capt. Alemán
* ''Horse for Horse'' (1939) - Empleado hotel (uncredited)
* ''El hotel de los chiflados'' (1939)
* ''
Papacito lindo'' (1939) - Galán de cine
* ''Una luz en mi camino'' (1939)
* ''
The Midnight Ghost'' (1940)
* ''Borrasca humana'' (1940)
* ''El barbero prodigioso'' (1942) - Octavio, amante de Fanny
* ''Jesús de Nazareth'' (1942) - Simón Cirineo (uncredited)
* ''Águila roja'' (1942) - Gilberto
* ''Iolanda'' (1943)
* ''
Tierra de pasiones
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'' (1943) - Hijo de Leandro
* ''El misterioso señor Marquina'' (1943) - (uncredited)
* ''
Saint Francis of Assisi
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'' (1944) - Honorio
* ''
Nana
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'' (1944) - Fontan
* ''Las calaveras del terror'' (1944)
* ''Rosa de las nieves'' (1944)
* ''
Tuya en cuerpo y alma'' (1945) - Hugo
* ''Recuerdos de mi valle'' (1946)
* ''Pasiones tormentosas'' (1946) - José
* ''Yo maté a Rosita Alvírez'' (1947) - Marcos (uncredited)
* ''La malagueña'' (1947) - Rogelio Garmendia
* ''
Si Adelita se fuera con otro'' (1948) - Mayor Federico Enríquez
* ''Cortesã'' (1948)
* ''
Spurs of Gold
''Spurs of Gold'' (Spanish:''Espuelas de oro'') is a 1948 Mexican western film directed by Agustín P. Delgado and starring Pedro Galindo, Crox Alvarado and Amanda del Llano.Riera p.128
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'' (1948) - Martín Vázquez
* ''La Mancornadora'' (1949) - Julio
* ''
The Devil Is a Woman'' (1950) - Esteban
* ''
El Desalmado
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'' (1950) - Mayor Rosales, Comandante de policía
* ''
En carne viva'' (1951) - Fernando Herrera
* ''Toast to Love'' (1951) - Cadet
* ''
The Magnificent Beast
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'' (1952) - David González
* ''
Ambiciosa'' (1953) - Óscar Ramírez
* ''
Rossana'' (1953) - Antonio
* ''
Reportaje'' (1953) - Young doctor
* ''El enmascarado de plata'' (1954) - Julio
* ''Al son del charlestón'' (1954)
* ''Estoy taan enamorada'' (1954)
* ''
El jinete sin cabeza'' (1957) - Don Álvaro
* ''
Ladrón de Cadáveres
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Plot
In Mexico, Police Captain Carlos Robles ( Crox Alvarado) has no leads to s ...
'' (1957) - Capitán Carlos Robles
* ''
The Aztec Mummy
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...
'' (1957) - Pinacate
* ''
The Curse of the Aztec Mummy
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'' (1957) - Pinacate / El Ángel
* ''La marca de Satanás'' (1957)
* ''Secuestro diabolico'' (1957)
* ''Furias desatadas'' (1957)
* ''El caudillo'' (1957) - Panfilo Pardo
* ''
The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy'' (1958) - Pinacate
* ''
El jinete negro'' (1958) - Hilarión Mercado
* ''
The Tigers of the Ring'' (1960) - Mario / Emilio el Torbellino
* ''
The Miracle Roses
''The Miracle Roses'' (Spanish: ''Las rosas del milagro'') is a 1960 Mexican historical drama film directed by Julián Soler and starring Armando Silvestre, Crox Alvarado, and Jaime Fernández.Riera p.11 It is set around the time of the Spanish c ...
'' (1960) - Emperador Moctezuma
* ''
Herencia trágica
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'' (1960) - Hilarión Mercado
* ''Bala de Plata en el pueblo maldito'' (1960) - Don Manuel
* ''La ley de las pistolas'' (1960) - El Yaqui Ramírez
* ''El torneo de la muerte'' (1960)
* ''El tiro de gracia'' (1961) - Panfilo Pardo
* ''Duelo indio'' (1961) - Panfilo Pardo
* ''El Bronco Reynosa'' (1961)
* ''El hijo del charro negro'' (1961) - Ciriaco
* ''Cazadores de cabezas'' (1962) - El Malayo
* ''Horizontes de sangre'' (1962)
* ''
El Asaltacaminos
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'' (1962) - Hilarión Mercado
* ''La muerte en el desfiladero'' (1963)
* ''Los chacales'' (1963)
* ''Sitiados por la muerte'' (1963)
* ''La sombra blanca'' (1963)
* ''
Face of the Screaming Werewolf
''Face of the Screaming Werewolf'' is a 1965 horror film created by low budget film maker Jerry Warren. The film was created by combining parts of two unrelated Mexican horror films, '' La Casa del Terror'' (1960), and ''La Momia Azteca'' (1957 ...
'' (1964) - Redding's Bespectacled Aide
* ''Diablos en el cielo'' (1965)
* ''El rifle implacable'' (1965)
* ''La loba'' (1965) - Crumba
* ''El tigre de Guanajuato: Leyenda de venganza'' (1965)
* ''Juan Colorado'' (1966) - Amigo de Juan
* ''Juan Pistolas'' (1966)
* ''Los hermanos Centella'' (1967)
* ''El forastero vengador'' (1967)
* ''La isla de los dinosaurios'' (1967) - Caveman
* ''
Los alegres Aguilares'' (1967) - Fermín
* ''
El camino de los espantos'' (1967) - Zopilote
* ''Atacan las brujas'' (1968) - Lawyer / henchman
* ''La mujer murcielago'' (1968) - Inspector
* ''Duelo en El Dorado'' (1969) - Vereda - esbirro de Poveda
* ''Santo contra Capulina'' (1969) - Chief of Police
* ''Una rosa sobre el ring'' (1973) - Rodrigo Martinez, El Enmascarado Negro
* ''El tigre de Santa Julia'' (1974) - Cruz
* ''La corona de un campeon'' (1974)
* ''Alas doradas'' (1976)
* ''La sotana del reo'' (1979) - Comisario
* ''Chicoasén'' (1980)
* ''El sargento Capulina'' (1983)
References
External links
*
1910 births
1984 deaths
Costa Rican emigrants to Mexico
Mexican male film actors
Male actors from San José, Costa Rica
20th-century Mexican male actors
Costa Rican male film actors
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