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 conflicts of a central character to whom the author gave all the dramatic force through the monologue, one of his most successful resources, which in turn led to a theatrical representation in which the essence of the work itself and the performer could be seen with greater effect, above the theatrical or scenographic space. He left unfinished a book he was preparing on his theatrical technique, and other plays unpublished.
Interested in all expressions of dramatic art, he participated in some two thousand television programs, in 50 cinematographic films, in innumerable radio broadcasts and in dubbing and photonovelas.
For 30 years he taught at the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, the Academia de Actores and other teaching centers. In the theater he was an author, adaptor, director and fundamentally an actor. His plays include: Nezahualcóyotl (1951), Después... nada (1954), Imágenes (1973), Pasto rojo, El mundo vacío and Cangrejos (not yet premiered).
With Gonzalo Martínez, he composed a 120-episode telenovela based on the life and work of Dostoevsky. He adapted for the stage a novel by Dostoevsky, another by Andreiev and several short stories by Chekhov and directed plays by these authors and by Armando Moock, Ugo Betti, Eugene O'Neill and Jesús R. Guerrero. His repertoire as an actor included some 300 plays. Married to actress Karina Duprez, he died in 1987 of a chronic illness.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 2.38 |
Birthday | 1929-08-20 |
Place of Birth | Mexico City, Mexico |
Also Known As | Carlos Ancira Negrete, |
1960
Orlak, the Hell of Frankenstein
6.2/10
A mad scientist creates a remote-controlled monster and sends it to terrorize the city.
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Orlak, the Hell of Frankenstein
1961
The Blood of Nostradamus
5/6
Vampire hunters track down a vampire and attempt to steal the ashes from his coffin in order to stop him from reviving nightly.
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The Blood of Nostradamus
1970
Santo and Blue Demon Against the Monsters
6.4/34
Bruno Halder a sinister scientist seeking revenge against his brother and niece is resurrected by Waldo his faithful sidekick. Besides his minions of...
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Santo and Blue Demon Against the Monsters
1971
Santo in the Vengeance of the Mummy
4.8/14
When Santo accompanies a troupe of archaeologists in the search for Aztec artifacts, they find the Mummy of an Aztec who leaves a warning to those who...
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Santo in the Vengeance of the Mummy
1963
La Bandida
4.6/7
During a lull in the Mexican Revolution when Francisco Madero became president and attempted to implement land reforms, two former revolutionaries are...
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La Bandida
1959
Black Pit of Dr. M
6/19
Two doctors make a pact in which they swear that the first to die will return - if possible - to tell the other how to get a glimpse of the afterlife...
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Black Pit of Dr. M
1972
Jesús, María y José
6.7/9
The founder of Christianity and his sacred family.
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Jesús, María y José
1969
Everything In Vain
7/6
Gunfighters kill all family members of farmer brothers Mario and Fernando Almada, after the tragic event, they seek revenge.
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Everything In Vain
1955
Kid Tabaco
6.2/9
Tony Ray is not enough to impress Diana thus decides to become a boxer. At last he can have it all: money and feel worthy enough to propose.
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Kid Tabaco
1968
Ensayo de una noche de bodas
5/2
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Ensayo de una noche de bodas
1972
Queen Doll
5.2/6
A man becomes more and more infatuated with his childhood sweetheart leading to a haunting encounter with horror.
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Queen Doll
1958
Los salvajes
5/4
Pedro, a wealthy Mexican landowner, is convinced he can get everything he wants with money and arrogance.
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Los salvajes
1959
The Living Coffin
5.2/10
A cowboy and his sidekick meet a ranching family that is haunted by spirits and vampires.
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The Living Coffin
1972
Panic
5.5/7
Three tales of horror, isolation and insanity set in Mexico.
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Panic
1959
Los diablos del terror
5.5/8
An adventure thriller directed by Fernando Méndez.
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Los diablos del terror
1961
La furia del ring
5/5
Wrestling melodrama.
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La furia del ring
1968
Cinco en la cárcel
5/4
Five criminals are arrested after a bank-robbery. One escapes, and the police officer in charge of transporting them arrests a new person at random to...
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Cinco en la cárcel
1969
Alerta, alta tension
5.1/10
After a criminal gang kidnaps a scientist with valuable information about nuclear weapons, an undercover agent named Jorge Rubio tries to infiltrate t...
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Alerta, alta tension
1962
La entrega de Chucho el Roto
5/2
Gentleman swindler runs cleverly-orchestrated scams. Four of four in a series.
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La entrega de Chucho el Roto
1972
Tú, yo, nosotros
5/2
Three interwoven stories where the characters experience deception, passion, love and rejection.
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Tú, yo, nosotros
1969
Madame Death
4.9/9
A mad scientist teams with an evil, disfigured woman to kidnap and operate on young women to make her look beautiful again.
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Madame Death
1963
The Paper Man
6.8/18
A deaf and mute vagabond finds a large denomination bill in a Mexico City dump, and while he tries to buy something with it, others try to con him int...
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The Paper Man
1986
The Female Scorpion
3.8/5
Those involved in the making of an amateur porn video end up getting slashed to death with a cane sword. It's up to the brave policewoman Eugenia aka...
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The Female Scorpion
1971
Jesús, nuestro Señor
7/10
Third movie in "Life of Christ" trilogy.
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Jesús, nuestro Señor
1959
El pandillero
6/5
Gangsters kidnap the writer of a crime-drama radio program to plot their heists for them.
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El pandillero
1958
Mysteries of Black Magic
5.1/7
Six hundred year old witch butts heads with a scholar over the possession of a rare ancient grimoire and then discovers that his daughter's fiance is...
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Mysteries of Black Magic
1959
Del suelo no paso
4.2/4
Poetic-type dude gets mixed up with gangsters, a millionaire's dog and some stolen jewels.
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Del suelo no paso
1971
The Enemy Blood
6.8/22
A group of people suffering from mental retardation, blindness and physical malformations work in a traveling circus.
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The Enemy Blood
1970
Fando and Lis
6.9/132
Fando and his partially paralyzed lover Lis search for the mythical city of Tar. Based on Jodorowsky's memories of a play by surrealist Fernando Arrab...
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Fando and Lis
1966
Los mediocres
6.2/5
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Los mediocres
1960
Our Daily Hunger
8/5
Trophy wife of a crooked industrialist meets a philanthropic doctor and develops a social conscience. Mexican remake of Born Yesterday.
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