Alberto Olmedo
Acting
Biography
Alberto Orlando Olmedo, nicknamed El Negro, was an Argentine actor and comedian, popularly considered one of the most important capocomics in the history of the spectacle of his country, for his outstanding work in television, film and theater.
Born: August 24, 1933
Place of Birth: Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Known For
Una jaula no tiene secretos
Buenos Aires, Argentina, New Year's Eve. Several people are trapped inside an elevator located in an office building.
Olmedo: El rey de la risa
Aspects of the life of Alberto Olmedo, from his childhood in Rosario, his beginnings as an acrobat and comedian in that city and the continuation of his professional career in Buenos Aires.
My Girlfriend the…
Laucha, a normal middle-aged guy who lives with his elderly mother and works in a factory, attends a show by the transvestite artist Dominique, for whom he develops an unexpected fixation.
Two Crazy Pirates 2
Following the events (and disasters) at the end of their previous adventure, Alberto and Jorge are severely reprimanded. However, just when the recruits' fate seemed destined for the brig, a direct call from the Lieutenant General saves them from punishment... though to do so, they must prove themselves in a new training environment for their first special mission.
The Inheritance
A woman and her husband are faced with a dilemma when her aunt dies. In order to collect her inheritance, she must produce a daughter. The problem is that the woman's husband seems to be sterile. After they try every method to conceive, they resort to help from an outside source.
Two Crazy Privates
Two violators of the military service law are incorporated as soldiers recently arrived from Europe and proposed to integrate a group that will operate in a jungle region, for which they have to prepare for difficult survival missions.
Maridos en vacaciones
Friends Alberto and Jorge, who work together in an insurance company and live in the same building, are married to two sisters (Elsa and Alicia). When they go on vacation to Mar del Plata, Alberto and Jorge decide to enjoy their "single life". In addition to this, they have to fulfill a duty entrusted by their boss: to find the revue theater entrepreneur Félix Sagastume, to sign an insurance contract. It is in a canteen where they go to look for him, and there they meet two aspiring vedettes (Zuzú and Bibí), who confuse them with important businessmen and see in them a possibility of achieving fame.
Los doctores las prefieren desnudas
Alberto, an employee of a car dealership, is commissioned by his boss to deliver a car that has been sold to a customer. Being a luxury car, he has no better idea than to invent an excuse to the new owner of the vehicle, delay delivery for the next day and use it to go out to have fun at night with his faithful friend Jorge. They both go to a revue theatre and, while witnessing the performance, the first vedette (Corina) faints. Then Alberto and Jorge pose as doctors, in order to meet Corina. As is to be expected, both decide to continue the deception with the passing of the days, causing the confusion to become bigger and bigger and harder to keep secret.
Las mujeres son cosa de guapos
In 1930s Argentina, dim-witted Rufino and Jacinto are hired as tough guys ("guapos") by political boss Malatesta to intimidate his opponents, rig elections, etc. However, the two men change allegiances when they meet the lovely Mercedes and La Mendocina, victims of Malatesta and his gang.
Las turistas quieren guerra
Alberto and Jorge are employees of a refrigerator, who one day see a bus where several beautiful tourists flirt with the guide who drives them and think that being guides will give them many love affairs. They manage to meet with the owner of the tourism company and his partner (Frías Garmet and Gamarro Salas, respectively), who hire them immediately, promising them a quick promotion in the company. In reality, Frías Garmet and Gamarro Salas are planning a scam of great magnitude, and they need two unwary to indisting them.
Filmography
as Alberto / Amatisto 'Chicha'
as Alberto
as El Manosanta
as Aristóbulo Rey
as Soldado Alberto Colifo
as Dragoneante Alberto Colifo
as Alberto Colifo
as Federico Lupa
as Alberto
as Alberto
as Alberto Beringola
as Alberto Videla
as Él mismo (cameo)
as Alberto
as Rufino Tereso
as Entrevistado (Cameo)
as Alberto Romero
as Cameo
as Alberto
as Alberto Benavides
as Alberto
as Cameo
as Juan Carlos Rivera
as Espectador
as Cameo
as Alberto
as Alberto
as Cameo
as Alberto Carranza
as Laucha - Alberto
as (cameo) Alberto
as Alberto
as Alberto
as Eugenio Carcafat
as Don Lázaro
as Secretario de compañía
as Empleado local de sepelios
as Capitán Piluso