Manuel Medel (1906 – 1997) was a Mexican

film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

.Mraz p.125 A comedian, during the late 1930s he teamed up with the rising star

Cantinflas Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes (12 August 1911 – 20 April 1993), known by the stage name Cantinflas (), was a Mexican comedian, actor, and filmmaker. He is considered to have been the most widely-accomplished Mexican comedian and is cel ...

for three films.

Selected filmography

* ''

Such Is My Country ''Such Is My Country'' ( es, ¡Así es mi tierra!) is a 1937 Mexican comedy film directed by Arcady Boytler and starring Antonio R. Frausto, Mercedes Soler, Juan José Martínez Casado, Manuel Medel, and Cantinflas. It was the first film to feat ...

'' (1937) * '' Heads or Tails'' (1937) * '' The Sign of Death'' (1939) * '' The Spectre of the Bride'' (1943) * '' The Headless Woman'' (1944) * '' The Black Ace'' (1946) * '' La vida inútil de Pito Pérez'', ''The Useless Life of Pito Perez'' (1944) * '' Madman and Vagabond'' (1946)

References

Bibliography

* Mraz, John. ''Looking for Mexico: Modern Visual Culture and National Identity''. Duke University Press, 2010.

External links

* 1906 births 1997 deaths Mexican male film actors Male actors from Monterrey 20th-century Mexican male actors {{Mexico-bio-stub