Chano Urueta

Biography

Santiago Eduardo Urueta Sierra Rodríguez (Mineral de Cusihuiriachi, Chihuahua, Mexico, February 24, 1895-Mexico City, March 23, 1979), better known as Chano Urueta, was a film director, actor and writer who stood out since the first half of the 1930s as one of the most gifted adapters of great works of universal literature.

Most Famous Work

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The Sign of Death

(1939) Screenplay

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The Underdogs

(1940) Writer

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Mi campeón

(1952) Director

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The Witch

(1954) Adaptation

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The Witch's Mirror

(1962) Director

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The Incredible Professor Zovek

(1972) Writer

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Pilotos de la muerte

(1962) Director

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El conde de Montecristo

(1942) Adaptation

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1974	Don Pomposo	La Choca 1974-09-05 Movie
	Manchot	Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia 1974-08-01 Movie
	Fray José	Guns and Guts 1974-05-23 Movie
1973	N/A	Once Upon a Scoundrel 1973-01-01 Movie
1972	Antonio	The Wrath of God 1972-07-14 Movie
	Tabor Tagore	Kaliman, the Incredible Man 1972-04-15 Movie
1971	N/A	The Fearmaker 1971-11-25 Movie
	N/A	Furias bajo el cielo 1971-03-05 Movie
1970	N/A	Emiliano Zapata 1970-11-20 Movie
	N/A	El pueblo del terror 1970-10-29 Movie
	N/A	El hermano Capulina 1970-10-29 Movie
	N/A	Dos esposas en mi cama 1970-10-21 Movie
	N/A	El capitán Mantarraya 1970-10-03 Movie
1969	Cura (segment "La mujer del carnicero")	The Door and The Butcher's Wife 1969-09-25 Movie
	N/A	Super Colt 38 1969-09-05 Movie
	Don Jose	The Wild Bunch 1969-06-19 Movie
	Nicolás	Everything In Vain 1969-05-29 Movie
1967	Tsekub Baloyán	Chanoc 1967-04-07 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1974	Director	Los leones del ring contra la Cosa Nostra 1974-07-25 Movie
	Director	Los leones del ring 1974-05-23 Movie
1973	Director	Tu camino y el mio 1973-05-24 Movie
1969	Director	The Door and The Butcher's Wife 1969-09-25 Movie
1968	Director	El as de oros 1968-11-28 Movie
	Director	Blue Demon vs. the Diabolical Women 1968-09-26 Movie
	Director	Blue Demon vs. the Infernal Brains 1968-08-17 Movie
1966	Director	Los gavilanes negros 1966-06-09 Movie
	Director	Blue Demon vs. the Satanic Power 1966-04-27 Movie
	Director	Alma grande 1966-02-10 Movie
1965	Director	Especialista en chamacas 1965-12-09 Movie
	Director	Blue Demon 1965-07-09 Movie
1964	Director	El robo al tren correo 1964-12-04 Movie
	Director	Cinco asesinos esperan 1964-11-06 Movie
	Director	Lupe Balazos 1964-09-17 Movie
	Director	El ciclón de Jalisco 1964-08-20 Movie
1963	Director	La muerte en el desfiladero 1963-04-05 Movie
	Director	The Living Head 1963-03-01 Movie
	Director	Los chacales 1963-01-01 Movie
1962	Director	The Brainiac 1962-11-09 Movie
	Director	El asaltacaminos 1962-10-26 Movie
	Director	Camino de la horca 1962-10-11 Movie
	Director	The Witch's Mirror 1962-07-12 Movie
	Director	Pilotos de la muerte 1962-05-02 Movie
1961	Director	El hombre de la ametralladora 1961-11-03 Movie
	Director	Guantes de oro 1961-04-20 Movie
	Director	Tres Romeos y una Julieta 1961-01-01 Movie
1960	Director	El torneo de la muerte 1960-12-08 Movie
	Director	Luciano Romero 1960-12-06 Movie
	Director	Bala Perdida 1960-10-03 Movie
	Director	Las canciones unidas 1960-09-15 Movie
	Director	Herencia trágica 1960-06-02 Movie
	Director	Los tigres del ring 1960-03-30 Movie
	Director	Una bala es mi testigo 1960-03-10 Movie
	Director	Revolver en guardia 1960-01-01 Movie
1959	Director	Los hermanos Diablo 1959-11-17 Movie
	Director	Del suelo no paso 1959-08-20 Movie
	Director	Cuando se quiere se quiere 1959-07-08 Movie
	Director	No soy monedita de oro 1959-03-26 Movie
1958	Director	El jinete negro 1958-11-22 Movie
1957	Director	The Mark of Satan 1957-12-12 Movie
	Director	The Head of Pancho Villa 1957-11-29 Movie
	Director	The Headless Rider 1957-09-18 Movie
	Director	Furias desatadas 1957-06-26 Movie
	Director	El ratón 1957-02-14 Movie
	Director	Diabolical Kidnapping 1957-01-01 Movie
1956	Director	Serenata en México 1956-07-05 Movie
	Director	The Illegitimate 1956-04-18 Movie
1955	Director	El seductor 1955-09-29 Movie
	Director	El túnel 6 1955-09-15 Movie
	Director	La rival 1955-04-26 Movie
	Director	El vendedor de muñecas 1955-03-03 Movie
1954	Director	Se solicitan modelos 1954-07-16 Movie
	Director	¿Por qué ya no me quieres? 1954-06-03 Movie
	Director	La perversa 1954-02-04 Movie
	Director	The Witch 1954-01-17 Movie
	Director	La desconocida 1954-01-01 Movie
1953	Director	The Magnificent Beast 1953-05-22 Movie
	Director	The Revived Monster 1953-01-01 Movie
1952	Director	El cuarto cerrado 1952-10-29 Movie
	Director	Música, mujeres y amor 1952-07-03 Movie
	Director	Mi campeón 1952-06-20 Movie
1951	Director	La estatua de carne 1951-11-20 Movie
	Director	From Can-Can to Mambo 1951-11-15 Movie
	Director	Manos de seda 1951-07-04 Movie
	Director	Serenata en Acapulco 1951-02-23 Movie
1950	Director	To the Sound of the Mambo 1950-10-07 Movie
	Director	El desalmado 1950-06-28 Movie
	Director	Mi preferida 1950-05-31 Movie
	Director	La gota de sangre 1950-01-27 Movie
1949	Director	Ventarrón 1949-12-28 Movie
	Director	El abandonado 1949-09-15 Movie
	Director	No me quieras tanto 1949-07-15 Movie
	Director	Dos almas en el mundo 1949-07-13 Movie
	Director	Yo maté a Juan Charrasqueado 1949-07-07 Movie
	Director	The Grand Champion 1949-06-03 Movie
	Director	Rayito de luna 1949-01-01 Movie
1948	Director	La santa del barrio 1948-12-25 Movie
	Director	La norteña de mis amores 1948-12-25 Movie
	Director	En los altos de Jalisco 1948-12-10 Movie
	Director	Se la llevó el Remington 1948-11-04 Movie
	Director	Si Adelita se fuera con otro 1948-04-29 Movie
	Director	La carne manda 1948-04-29 Movie
	Director	El deseo 1948-03-12 Movie
	Director	De pecado en pecado 1948-01-01 Movie
	Director	La feria de Jalisco 1948-01-01 Movie
1947	Director	Mujer 1947-03-09 Movie
1946	Director	La noche y tú 1946-06-26 Movie
	Director	El superhombre 1946-01-01 Movie
1945	Director	El recuerdo de aquella noche 1945-11-02 Movie
	Director	Camino de Sacramento 1945-04-11 Movie
1944	Director	El camino de los gatos 1944-11-26 Movie
	Director	El corsario negro 1944-08-24 Movie
1943	Director	No matarás 1943-08-19 Movie
	Director	Ave sin nido 1943-08-12 Movie
	Director	Guadalajara 1943-01-01 Movie
1942	Director	El conde de Montecristo 1942-04-29 Movie
	Director	El misterioso señor Marquina 1942-03-18 Movie
1941	Director	La liga de las canciones 1941-09-12 Movie
1940	Director	¡Que viene mi marido! 1940-06-06 Movie
	Director	The Underdogs 1940-06-01 Movie
1939	Director	The Sign of Death 1939-12-23 Movie
	Director	The Night of the Mayans 1939-09-16 Movie
1938	Director	Hombres del mar 1938-10-27 Movie
	Director	Canción del alma 1938-02-07 Movie
	Director	María 1938-01-01 Movie
1937	Director	Mi candidato 1937-07-06 Movie
	Director	Jalisco nunca pierde 1937-01-09 Movie
1934	Director	Desecration 1934-01-30 Movie
	Director	Enemigos 1934-01-11 Movie
	Director	El escándalo 1934-01-01 Movie
1928	Director	El destino 1928-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1972	Writer	The Incredible Professor Zovek 1972-05-11 Movie
1968	Writer	Blue Demon vs. the Diabolical Women 1968-09-26 Movie
1957	Story	Assassins of the Night 1957-05-02 Movie
	Writer	El ratón 1957-02-14 Movie
1954	Writer	La perversa 1954-02-04 Movie
	Adaptation	The Witch 1954-01-17 Movie
1953	Writer	The Magnificent Beast 1953-05-22 Movie
	Screenplay	The Revived Monster 1953-01-01 Movie
1951	Writer	La estatua de carne 1951-11-20 Movie
	Writer	From Can-Can to Mambo 1951-11-15 Movie
	Writer	Manos de seda 1951-07-04 Movie
	Writer	Serenata en Acapulco 1951-02-23 Movie
1950	Writer	El desalmado 1950-06-28 Movie
	Writer	La gota de sangre 1950-01-27 Movie
1949	Writer	Ventarrón 1949-12-28 Movie
	Writer	Yo maté a Juan Charrasqueado 1949-07-07 Movie
	Adaptation	The Grand Champion 1949-06-03 Movie
	Adaptation	Rayito de luna 1949-01-01 Movie
	Screenplay	Rayito de luna 1949-01-01 Movie
1948	Writer	Se la llevó el Remington 1948-11-04 Movie
	Writer	Una aventura en la noche 1948-07-09 Movie
	Writer	El deseo 1948-03-12 Movie
1944	Screenplay	El camino de los gatos 1944-11-26 Movie
	Screenplay	El corsario negro 1944-08-24 Movie
	Screenplay	Viva Mi Desgracia 1944-01-01 Movie
1942	Adaptation	El conde de Montecristo 1942-04-29 Movie
1940	Writer	¡Que viene mi marido! 1940-06-06 Movie
	Writer	The Underdogs 1940-06-01 Movie
1939	Screenplay	The Sign of Death 1939-12-23 Movie
	Writer	The Night of the Mayans 1939-09-16 Movie
1938	Writer	Hombres del mar 1938-10-27 Movie
	Writer	María 1938-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1950	Producer	La gota de sangre 1950-01-27 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv