- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 20, 1929
- Place of Birth
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Died
- August 10, 1987
Carlos Ancira
He began his professional studies at the Escuela de Arte Teatral del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (INBA), in 1946, under the teachings of Clementina Otero, Enrique Ruelas, Earl Senett and Seki Sano. He excelled as an actor in numerous plays: Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett; Poor People, by Dostoyevsky; The Diary of a Madman, by Gogol; with which he achieved a memorable dramatization and more than two thousand performances for nearly twenty-five years. He received awards and distinctions, among them, that of actor emeritus of the Moscow Academy of Theater and Performing Arts for his performance in The Diary of a Madman. Carlos Ancira Negrete, actor and playwright, was one of the initiators of the "Theater of the Absurd" in the 1960s. His interest focuses on the values of a dehumanized society and the loneliness of the individual, thus reflecting the moral and psychological con…
Filmography
movieThe Female Scorpion
1986 · Don Eliseo Mendieta
tvEl camino secreto
1986 · Santiago Guzmán/Fausto Guillén/Mario Genovés
Al rojo vivo
tvAl rojo vivo
1980 · Francisco Peñaranda Ruedas
tvYara
1979
tvRina
1977 · Leopoldo Miranda
tvLos miserables
1974 · Thernardier
movieQueen Doll
1972
movieTú, yo, nosotros
1972 · Carlos
moviePanic
1972 · (segment "Angustia")
movieFando and Lis
1972 · Narrator
movieJesús, María y José
1972 · Caifás
movieSanto in the Vengeance of the Mummy
1971 · Prof. Jiménez
movieThe Enemy Blood
1971 · Dimas, the Blind Musician
movieJesús, nuestro Señor
1971 · Caifás
movieSanto and Blue Demon Against the Monsters
1970 · Bruno Halder
movieMadame Death
1969 · Laor
movieTodo Por Nada
1969 · Almacenista
movieAlerta, alta tension
1969 · Cero
Cinco en la cárcel
movieCinco en la cárcel
1968
Ensayo de una noche de bodas
movieEnsayo de una noche de bodas
1968
movieLos mediocres
1966 · Señor Martínez (segment "El Guajolote")
movieThe Paper Man
1963 · Comisario
movieLa Bandida
1963 · Cliente burdel
movieLa entrega de Chucho el Roto
1962
movieThe Blood of Nostradamus
1962 · Police Chief
movieLa furia del ring
1961
movieOrlak, the Hell of Frankenstein
1960 · Eric
movieOur Daily Hunger
1960 · Quique
movieThe Living Coffin
1959 · Felipe
movieDel suelo no paso
1959 · Bandido
movieLos diablos del terror
1959
movieBlack Pit of Dr. M
1959 · Elmer, the orderly
movieEl pandillero
1959
movieMysteries of Black Magic
1958 · Kerobal
Los salvajes
movieLos salvajes
1958 · Pepeto
movieKid Tabaco
1955
movieLos tres alegres compadres
1952 · Agente policía (uncredited)