Rafael Icardo
Acting
Biography
Rafael Icardo was born in 1894 in Alicante, Spain. He was an actor, known for Demonio y carne (1951), María Candelaria (Xochimilco) (1944) and Doña Perfecta (1951). He died in 1954 in Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
Born: January 13, 1894
Place of Birth: Alicante, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain
Known For
El Siete Machos
Rosario, the niece of the rancher, returns to the ranch after ten years of absence. She takes in Margarito, a worker at the ranch, who is immediately smitten by her. Rosario is rescued from a runaway horse by the Seven Men, an outlaw a la Robin Hood that steals from the rich and gives to the poor. He also happens to be the twin brother of Margarito, unbeknownst to him. The confusion between Margarito and the Seven Men generates great comical situations in the film.
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.
¡A volar, joven!
Cantinflas is a private in the military, who doesn't know anything about discipline or following rules. He only wants to think about his girlfriend, the maid in an opulent hacienda. The owner of the hacienda has an ugly and shy daughter, who is in love with Cantinflas. The problems arrive when the family arranges a wedding between the ugly girl and Cantinflas, who in order to avoid the commitment gets himself arrested. During his punishment, Cantinflas learns to fly with a silly and poorly trained flight instructor.
Soy un prófugo
A janitor in a large bank is accused of pulling of a major heist. He is forced to become a fugitive while hunting for the real culprits.
The Naughty Son
A poor young man is mistaken for a millionaire when he travels to the city to fulfill his dream of being a singer.
El Supersabio
Cantinflas is the apprentice of a renowned scientist, Prof. Arquimides Monteagudo (Carlos Martinez Baena). But Cantinflas has the soul of a poet rather than a serious researcher, and he wants to find the formula that achieves the immortality of the roses. Nevertheless, after the death of Prof. Monteagudo, Cantinflas will be chased by a ferocious corporative group, who wants to steal the secret formula of a cheaper fuel named "carburex", because they think that our friend is the only person who knows the composition
El Mago
A slapstick fantasy of the amorous adventures of a magician a la Cantinflas.
El Portero
Cantinflas works as a porter, who writes letters and speeches in his old writing machine to earn an extra money, despite the fact that he still goes to school. The sentimental issues come when Cantinflas falls in love of his pretty neighborhood (Silvia Pinal), who is handicapped and unable to walk. The thing wont be easy, because a young military man also has feelings for the girl. But the porter wants to see her happy, and he will become a sort of Cyrano De Bergerac, writing love letters to her signed by the young soldier. His plan is simple: to win money in the horse races in order to pay the operation which will make her walk again.
The Three Musketeers
Cantinflas and three friends return a stolen necklace to an actress who invites them to be extras at Clasa studios. While on the set, he falls asleep and dreams that he is d'Artagnan, fighting on behalf of Queen Anne.
Si yo fuera diputado
Cantinflas is a unique barber, who trades with an elderly neighbor, a lawyer by profession, laws lessons in exchange for haircuts and shaved. It proposes advice to defend in court the disadvantaged neighborhood. His success deputy seeks the votes as the other candidate, Don Próculo, it is not accepted by anyone but his own bodyguards. Don Próculo will use know how much ruse to win the election by the Council, and also for the love of 'Sarita'
Filmography
as Don Melquiades
as Don Cayetano
as Don Severiano, veterinary
as Actuario (uncredited)
as Don Ceferino
as Doctor
as Secretario (uncredited)
as Sargento
as Ministro de Arichi
as Agustín Montes
as Juez (uncredited)
as Detective de policía
as Romualdo, velador
as Don Modesto Rojas
as Belcebu
as Don Ramón Pérez
as Pascual Guillot, el tio Barret
as Don Héctor
as Señor Polilla
as Doctor
as Priest
as Capitán Bermúdez
as (uncredited)
as Jacques (carcelero)
as Comisario / Sr. de Treville
as Doctor Bustamante
as El delegado
as Comisario tonto
as Alcalde
as El sablista (uncredited)
as Simón
as Ingeniero Emilio Carrasco
as Don Atanasio
as Captain Centellas