Ricardo Avendaño

Acting

Known For & Full Filmography13 Titles

#1Si usted no puede, yo sí

Movie - 1951, 2h 15m as Empleado teatro (uncredited)

6.0 / 10
Comedy

Out-of-work actor and his burglar pal get jobs at an agency that pledges to do things the client doesn't want to deal with. Meanwhile, their boss is being stalked by seven Italian brothers who want revenge for something that happened to their great great grandfather.

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#2Arrabalera

Movie - 1951, 2h 15m as Vecino (uncredited)

5.4 / 10
DramaComedy

Working-class girl marries rich playboy, gets implicated in his criminal activities.

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#3The Other

Movie - 1946, 2h 15m as Cocinero (uncredited)

6.9 / 10
DramaThriller

A mousy, poor manicurist seeks to switch places with her more glamorous, wealthy twin sister.

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#4México de mis recuerdos

Movie - 1944, 2h 15m as Espectador teatro (uncredited)

6.7 / 10
DramaHistory

After listening to the waltz "Carmelita", dedicated to his wife, President Diaz instructs Don Susanito seeking the composer Chucho Flores to give her a piano. Don Susanito located Chucho, a bohemian who lives drunk and surrounded by poets and artists. Don Susanito was named patron protector of artists and aspiring young stars of the stage, which leads to a series of adventures in the middle of songs, dances and loves.

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#5Santa

Movie - 1943, 2h 15m as Mayordomo de Rubio (uncredited)

6.2 / 10
RomanceDrama

Santa is a beautiful and very humble young girl living in Chimalistac, a small and quiet spot south of the 1930's Mexico City. After Santa is cheated by arrogant soldier Marcelino, she's rejected by her family and friends and expelled of Chimalistac. Santa finds shelter in a whorehouse and becomes a cinic and bitter woman, mistreated by bullfighter "Jarameno" and silently loved by blind pianist Hipolito.

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#6Gangsters Versus Cowboys

Movie - 1947, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

6.3 / 10
Drama

Gangster Johnny Carmenta must confront the "Charro of the Slums" Pancho Domínguez, who has control over the city, but their rivalry gets worse when rumba dancer Rosa befriends both men.

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#7Espionaje en el golfo

Movie - 1943, 2h 15m as Espectador conferencia (uncredited)

6.7 / 10
AdventureCrimeDrama

Journalist Luis Navarro is assigned to cover the sinking of several ships, but his investigation takes an unexpected turn after meeting Miss Morán. As he digs deeper, he realizes the case is tied to a dangerous espionage conspiracy.

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#8In the Shadow of the Bridge

Movie - 1948, 2h 15m as Policía testigo juicio (uncredited)

6.0 / 10
CrimeDramaMystery

In this Mexican version of Winterset (inspired by the 20s Sacco Vanzetti case) an idealistic youth searches for the culprit behind a crime that his father was wrongly accused of several years before.

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#9Hombres sin alma

Movie - 1951, 2h 15m as Peluso

6.3 / 10
CrimeDrama

Final installment in Juan Orol's Percal trilogy. In this film, Malena is freed from prison by a gangster but a rival mobster will make things impossible for them.

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#10Otra primavera

Movie - 1950, 2h 15m as Hombre en funeral (uncredited)

6.1 / 10
Drama

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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#11Eterna mártir

Movie - 1937, 2h 15m as Don Gabriel

6.3 / 10
Drama

A dedicated wife and mother takes the blame for embezzling money that was actually stolen by her husband in order to buy medicine and a doctor's care for the couple's seriously ill infant son. Consequently, the well-meaning woman is willingly sentenced to years in prison for a crime she did not commit-all because she believes her son will fare better if the bond between father and son remains intact. Upon her release, she soon discovers that no good deed goes unpunished. Her once loving husband has remarried a woman that her son calls Mother, After just a brief glimpse of her loved ones, she simply leaves without saying a word. Many years later, she becomes a patient at her son's busy medical practice just so that she can keep an eye on his progress in secret. In a cruel twist of fate, it is only after he diagnoses her as being terminally ill does does she reveal her true identity. The poor woman subsequently learns that her former father-in-law lied about her initial release from ...

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#12Los miserables

Movie - 1943, 2h 15m as Brevet

5.6 / 10
Drama

An ex-convict struggling to start anew faces relentless pursuit by a remorseless cop while protecting an orphan amid the 1832 Paris student uprisings.

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#13La honradez es un estorbo

Movie - 1937, 2h 15m as Invitado (uncredited)

6.3 / 10
DramaComedy

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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