Manuel Dondé
Acting
Biography
Manuel Dondé was born in 1906 in Campeche, Campeche, Mexico. He was an actor and casting director, known for El tesoro de Sierra Madre (1948), El (1953) and Subida al cielo (1952). He was a character actor who usually played villains. He died in 1976.
Born: January 1, 1906
Place of Birth: Campeche, Campeche, Mexico
Known For
Macario
Poor, hungry peasant Macario longs for just one good meal on the Day of the Dead. After his wife cooks a turkey for him, he meets three apparitions, the Devil, God, and Death. Each asks him to share his turkey, but he refuses all except Death. In return, Death gives him a bottle of water which will heal any illness. Soon, Macario is more wealthy than the village doctor, which draws the attention of the feared Inquisition.
The Scapular
A woman who is about to die calls the town's priest and hands him a scapulary, saying that she knows of its great powers. Anybody who does not believe in them will end up dead.
Tonta, tonta, pero no tanto
La vida no vale nada
Pablo, a wandering laborer, has imprisoned himself in a hell of alcoholism. Cruz, a widow, reaches out to the troubled man, but even her compassion may not be enough to save him.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Two jobless Americans convince a prospector to travel to the mountains of Mexico with them in search of gold. But the hostile wilderness, local bandits, and greed all get in the way of their journey.
Black Wind
The building of a railroad under tough conditions from searing heat to freezing cold in the Sonora desert provokes clashes of passion and struggles between the engineers and the workers at the campsite. The workers also contend with sudden dust storms that are called the 'black wind'. Based on true events.
The Martyr of Calvary
The life of Jesus from the beginning of his ministry, his miracles, the Sermon on the Mount and his death on the cross.
The Unknown Policeman
A gang of thieves has jeopardized the city and even the police, whose chief urges their forces to captured the band within 48 hours. Meanwhile, band members meet in a cafe run by a widow and her daughter and her suitor, Cantinflas, who maintains a scuffle with the robbers running all at the station. Since then, Cantinflas become a member of the police force for special missions.
Enamorada
In Mexican Revolution times, a guerrilla general and his troops take the conservative town of Cholula, near by Mexico City. As the revolutionaries mistreat the town's riches, General Reyes falls for beautiful and wild Beatriz Peñafiel, the daughter of one of the town's richest men.
The Book of Stone
Julia, a governess, comes to work for a bourgeois family that lives in a forested property they have recently bought. Julia is to take care of a little girl named Silvia, whose unusual demeanor may find its roots in the family garden.
Filmography
as Wagon Driver
as Jesús Fernández, boticario
as Don Andres
as Wanderer (uncredited)
as The Zombie
as Tata Cruz
as Grajales
as Bruno
as Hombre Asesinado
as Funebrero (uncredited)
as Gendarme
as Police detective
as (segment "Amor y yoga")
as Cantinero
as Señor juez
as Barber
as Tata Lupe
as Policía encubierto
as Arena Employee (uncredited)
as Dependiente de hotel (uncredited)
as Julio
as (uncredited)
as Dr. Mariscal
as Alejo
as Mendigo ciego
as Indio
as Dr. Camarena
as General Antonio Dávila
as Velador ladrón
as Esbirro de Navarro
as Enviado de la inquisicion (uncredited)
as Campesino
as Don Teófilo
as Mesero
as Don Nacho Mendoza
as El chueco
as Matías
as Agustín, padre Miguel
as Tuerto
as Lorenzo
as Red Cloud (uncredited)
as Detective de policía (uncredited)
as Colonel at wedding
as Carmelo
as Leonardo
as Jugador
as Zósimo Anguiano
as Cantina Waiter (uncredited)
as Empleado (sin créditos)
as Fiscal
as Pablo
as Yuco
as Licenciado
as Cacomixtle
as El llorón
as Eladio Gonzales
as Lázaro
as Chiclero tuerto
as Esbirro del Nene
as Camarada Palomera
as Lic. Suárez
as Santiago
as El Lagarto
as Don Santiago, presidente municipal
as Accordionist
as Rómulo
as Melquiades
as Tuerto
as Santos
as Comisario (uncredited)
as Gilberto Acosta
as El zurdo
as El Rengo
as El Jefe
as Soldado
as Fidel Bernal
as Agente Vilár
as José
as Tuxpeño
as Cauchero
as Ernesto
as Indigena (uncredited)
as Pomposo
as Esbirro Tartaro
as Gunman
as Carmelito López
as Roque, mayordomo
as Úrsulo Torres
as (uncredited)
as Macario
as Pierre
as Capitán (uncredited)
as Testigo contra Jesús
as Amigo vagabundo (uncredited)
as Miembro cuadrilla (uncredited)
as Minor Role (uncredited)
as Sirviente (uncredited)
as Policeman