ACTOR

Cantinflas

1911 - 1993

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Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes (12 August 1911 – 20 April 1993), known by the stage name Cantinflas (Spanish pronunciation: [kanˈtiɱflas]), was a Mexican comedian, actor, and filmmaker. He is considered to have been the most widely accomplished Mexican comedian and is well known throughout Latin America and Spain. His humor, loaded with Mexican linguistic features of intonation, vocabulary, and syntax, is beloved in all the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America and in Spain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cantinflas has received more than 3,134,742 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Cantinflas is the 575th most popular actor (down from 539th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 27th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Mexican Actor.

Cantinflas is most famous for starring in the film "El Presidente," which was the first Mexican movie to win an Academy Award.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Cantinflas ranks 575 out of 13,578. Before him are Laurence Fishburne, Danielle Darrieux, Buck Henry, Lance Henriksen, La Belle Otero, and Oliver Reed. After him are Gary Sinise, Ed O'Neill, Groucho Marx, Maurice Ronet, Milena Dravić, and Emma, Lady Hamilton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Cantinflas ranks 49. Before him are Louise Bourgeois, Richard Baer, L. Ron Hubbard, Bruno Kreisky, Sergey Sokolov, and Gustav Wagner. After him are J. L. Austin, Vincent Price, Henri Troyat, Samuel Reshevsky, Robert Taylor, and Mahalia Jackson. Among people deceased in 1993, Cantinflas ranks 30. Before him are Brandon Lee, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Dizzy Gillespie, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, W. Edwards Deming, and Lillian Gish. After him are Arthur Ashe, Robert W. Holley, Vincent Price, Alexandra of Yugoslavia, Severo Ochoa, and Jean Negulesco.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Cantinflas ranks 28 out of 729. Before him are Moctezuma I (1398), Francisco I. Madero (1873), David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896), Hugo Sánchez (1958), Vicente Fox (1942), and Lázaro Cárdenas (1895). After him are Guillermo del Toro (1964), Álvaro Obregón (1880), Alejandro González Iñárritu (1963), Thomas Mayne Reid (1818), Luis Barragán (1902), and Plutarco Elías Calles (1877).

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Among ACTORS In Mexico

Among actors born in Mexico, Cantinflas ranks 3. Before him are Anthony Quinn (1915), and Salma Hayek (1966). After him are Pedro Armendáriz (1912), María Félix (1914), Linda Christian (1923), Chespirito (1929), Dolores del Río (1905), Helena Rojo (1944), Pedro Infante (1917), Ricardo Montalbán (1920), and Silvia Pinal (1931).

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Television and Movie Roles

Around the World in Eighty Days
Passepartout
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
Oct 17o 19566.635 / 10
El padrecito
Padre Sebastián
Young priest Father Sebastián is assigned to a parish in San Jeronimo el Alto, where he is not welcomed by the community, particularly the resident priest Father Damián. The newcomer gradually earns the trust of the people through humor, but firmly captures their hearts by saving the town fiesta by fighting a bull when the hired torero failed to show. Father Sebastián counsels the townspeople, lecturing them on their duties in a modern society. He used the collection plate to redistribute the town's wealth more evenly.
Sep 3o 19648 / 10
Cantinflas Show
Cantinflas
Cantinflas, the main character, is present in popular stories like Samson and Delilah, and meets famous geniuses like Einstein and Edison.
7.7 / 10