Roberto Cobo
Acting
Biography
Roberto Cobo was born on February 20, 1930 in General Zuazua, Nuevo Leon, Mexico as Roberto Garcia Romero. He was an actor, known for Los olvidados (1950), Dulces compañías (1996) and Subida al cielo (1952). His apartment collapsed during the 1985 Mexico City earthquake. Fortunately, he was rescued but his hip was damaged badly. He had to use a staff to walk after the earthquake. He died on August 2, 2002 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
Born: February 20, 1930
Place of Birth: General Zuazua, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Known For
The King of the Neighborhood
A poor man becomes a modern Robin Hood, robbing the rich to give to the poor.
The Young and the Damned
A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent life in the infamous slums of Mexico City; among them Pedro, whose morality is gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.
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 Place Without Limits
Family honor, greed, machismo, homophobia, and dreams collide in a small Mexican town.
La pasión de Isabela
Cabeza de Vaca
In 1528, a Spanish expedition flounders off the coast of Florida with 600 lives lost. One survivor, Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, roams across the American continent searching for his Spanish comrades. Instead, he discovers the Iguase, an ancient Indian tribe. Over the next eight years, Cabeza de Vaca learns their mystical and mysterious culture, becoming a healer and a leader. But soon this New World collides with the Old World as Spanish conquistadors seek to enslave the Indians, and Cabeza de Vaca must confront his own people and his past.
Life Sentence
After being released from jail, "Tarzan" Lira seeks to rebuild his life as a bank employee. Unfortunately, it might not be as easy as he thinks.
Knock Out
Rodrigo Zaracho, once a promising boxer, is in decline. While fleeing from a gang that is chasing him, he remembers his past.
Caiman's Dream
Iñaki, a petty thief, is forced to leave Spain because of a crime that got complicated. He decides to go to Mexico to meet his father, and realizes that he has lived a life of lies, but also discovers other things, within a group of guys with little luck.
Mexican Bus Ride
Newlywed Oliverio receives disturbing news that his mother is on her deathbed. He travels to a remote part of Mexico to fetch a lawyer who can sort out her will. Leaving his wife behind, he embarks on a bus ride that’s interrupted by an increasingly absurd series of episodes, including an impromptu birthday celebration; a one-legged man writhing in the mud; come-ons from an insatiable small-town belle, Raquel; and Oliverio’s frequent, Freudian nightmares.
Filmography
as (archive footage)
as Sebastian
as Melquíades
as Tomasito
as Loco
as Paolo
as Self
as Doña Trini
as Don Virginio, poet husband
as Self
as Lozoya
as Jacinto
as Padre de Gaby
as Renfield
as Manolo
as Francisco
as Maestro de Ceremonias
as El Hombre sin brazos
as Sultan
as Daniel el Peluquero
as Flor de Lis
as Chinche
as El Mandril
as Gallito
as Ricardo Pórtico
as 'El Saltaperico'
as El Cantante
as La Manuela
as El Apostol, paciente Manicomio
as Ingeniero Carlos Jiménez
as Alberto
as Alberto
as Lic. Silva
as Juan
as Gabucho
as Novio de Gloria
as Jaibo
as Bailarín (uncredited)
as Boy (uncredited)