Joaquín Pardavé
Acting
Biography
Joaquín Pardavé Arce (September 30, 1900 – July 20, 1955) was a Mexican film actor, director, songwriter and screenwriter of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He was best known for starring and directing various comedy films during the 1940s. In some of them, Pardavé paired with one of Mexico's most famous actresses, Sara García, the films which they starred are El baisano Jalil, El barchante Neguib, El ropavejero, and La familia Pérez. Both actors had on-screen chemistry together, and are noted for playing a wide variety of comic characters from Lebanese foreigners to middle-class Mexicans.
Born: September 30, 1900
Place of Birth: Pénjamo, Guanajuato, México
Known For
You’re Missing the Point
Cantinflas, the boyfriend of the servant of a rich industrial man, gets into the house in order to kill a mad dog. Suddenly this man appears so the servant tells him that Cantinflas is his wife's brother (Leonardo), who had been lost for years. The rich man then remembers that his father in law's testament could only be paid when all brothers get together, so treats Cantinflas, a real bum, as a king.
El mil amores
Carmen has a daughter, Patricia, who attends a school for young ladies where they think Carmen is married to a sailor. Viviano is a friend of Carmen and when she needs it, he poses as the father of Patricia and she believes is her father. Actually, Viviano is engaged with Marilu
Reportaje
Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.
Two Pesos Left
Comedy/melodrama: player runs out on his pregnant girlfriend, and her mother's boyfriend steps in to set matters straight.
To the Sound of the Marimba
Shabby-genteel big city family tries to marry their daughter off to a wealthy landowner from the southern provinces.
México De Mis Recuerdos
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.
El Gran Makakikus
Uncultured nouveau- riche wants to be received in high society. Loose adaptation of Moliere.
El baisano Jalil
Aristocratic but penniless, the Veradada have to resort to loans Lebanese businessman Jalil, whose son Selim, suffers the scorn of Martha, the daughter of the Veradada wasteful. Being invited to the house of Don Guillermom, Jalil and his wife Suan and Selim are teased and contempt. Finally, the Lebanese family worker puts in place the family of Don Guillermo ridiculous.
Pueblo Canto y Esperanza
Anthology-movie with episodes set in Cuba, Mexico and Colombia.
El hombre inquieto
Adult street urchin passes himself off as rich man's long-lost son.
Filmography
as Don Zacarías Martínez
as Don Susanito Peñafiel
as Don Raful Caim
as Chabelo
as Don Angelo
as Thief with arabic accent
as Ubaldo
as Don Choforito Moreno
as Don Susanito Llueve o Truene
as Don Bodroz
as Coronel Valente Cordero
as Gumaro Pérez
as Neguib
as Don Venancio Fernández
as Don Susanito Peñafiel
as El Corregidor
as don Severo de los Rios / don Placido
as Don Luciano
as Atenedor Soriano
as Rogaciano Gutiérrez
as Don Simón
as Don Casimiro
as Cayetano Lastre
as Don Valeriano
as Chufas
as don Rodrigo
as Justiniano conquián
as Goyo Becerra
as Rómulo Valdés
as Don Catarino, el alcalde