Chano Urueta

Known for: Directing
Born: February 24, 1904, Chihuahua - Mexico
Died: March 23, 1979
Movies: 140

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.6

The Wild Bunch

1969

7.1

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

1974

7.4

Kaliman, the Incredible Man

1972

6.9

The Witch's Mirror

1962

5.5

The Brainiac

1962

5.5

The Wrath of God

1972

6.4

The Sign of Death

1939

7.6

La Choca

1974

5.2

Guns and Guts

1974

5.7

El hermano Capulina

1970

Filmography

1974	La Choca	Don Pomposo
1974	Once Upon a Scoundrel
1974	Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia	Manchot
1974	Guns and Guts	Fray José
1972	The Wrath of God	Antonio
1972	Kaliman, the Incredible Man	Tabor Tagore
1971	The Fearmaker	Pastor
1971	Furias bajo el cielo
1970	Emiliano Zapata
1970	El pueblo del terror
1970	El hermano Capulina
1970	Dos esposas en mi cama
1970	El capitán Mantarraya
1969	The Door and the Butcher's Wife	Cura (segment "La mujer del carnicero")
1969	The Butcher’s Wife	Priest
1969	Super Colt 38
1969	The Wild Bunch	Don Jose
1969	Todo Por Nada	Nicolás
1967	Chanoc	Tsekub Baloyán
1939	Una luz en mi camino

Directing, Writing & Producing

1974	Los leones del ring contra la Cosa Nostra	Director
1974	Los leones del ring	Director
1973	Tu camino y el mio	Director
1972	The Incredible Professor Zovek	Writer
1969	The Door and the Butcher's Wife	Director
1969	The Butcher’s Wife	Director
1968	El as de oros	Director
1968	Blue Demon vs. the Diabolical Women	Director, Writer
1968	Blue Demon vs. the Infernal Brains	Director
1966	Los gavilanes negros	Director
1966	Blue Demon vs. the Satanic Power	Director
1966	Alma grande	Director
1965	Especialista en chamacas	Director
1965	Blue Demon	Director
1964	El robo al tren correo	Director
1964	Cinco asesinos esperan	Director
1964	Lupe Balazos	Director
1964	El ciclón de Jalisco	Director
1963	La muerte en el desfiladero	Director
1963	The Living Head	Director
1963	Los chacales	Director
1962	The Brainiac	Director
1962	El asaltacaminos	Director
1962	Camino de la horca	Director
1962	The Witch's Mirror	Director
1962	Pilotos de la muerte	Director
1961	El hombre de la ametralladora	Director
1961	Guantes de oro	Director
1961	Tres Romeos y una Julieta	Director
1960	El torneo de la muerte	Director
1960	Luciano Romero	Director
1960	Bala Perdida	Director
1960	Las canciones unidas	Director
1960	Herencia trágica	Director
1960	Los tigres del ring	Director
1960	Una bala es mi testigo	Director
1960	Revolver en guardia	Director
1959	Los hermanos Diablo	Director
1959	Del suelo no paso	Director
1959	Cuando se quiere se quiere	Director
1959	No soy monedita de oro	Director
1958	El jinete negro	Director
1957	The Mark of Satan	Director
1957	The Head of Pancho Villa	Director
1957	The Headless Rider	Director
1957	Furias desatadas	Director
1957	El ratón	Director, Writer
1957	Diabolical Kidnapping	Director
1956	Serenata en México	Director
1956	The Illegitimate	Director
1955	El seductor	Director
1955	El túnel 6	Director
1955	La rival	Director
1955	El vendedor de muñecas	Director
1954	Se solicitan modelos	Director, Writer
1954	Por qué ya no me quieres	Director, Screenplay
1954	La perversa	Director
1954	The Witch	Director
1954	La desconocida	Director
1953	Love Me Because I Die	Director
1953	The Magnificent Beast	Director, Writer
1953	The Revived Monster	Director, Screenplay
1952	El cuarto cerrado	Director
1952	Música, mujeres y amor	Director
1952	Mi campeón	Director
1951	La estatua de carne	Director, Writer
1951	From Can-Can to Mambo	Writer, Director
1951	Manos de seda	Director, Writer
1951	Serenata en Acapulco	Director, Writer
1951	Peregrina	Director
1950	To the Sound of the Mambo	Director
1950	El desalmado	Director, Writer
1950	Mi preferida	Director
1950	La gota de sangre	Producer, Writer, Director
1949	Ventarrón	Director, Writer
1949	El abandonado	Director
1949	No me quieras tanto...	Director
1949	Dos almas en el mundo	Director
1949	Yo maté a Juan Charrasqueado	Director, Writer
1949	The Grand Champion	Director
1949	Rayito de luna	Screenplay, Director
1948	La santa del barrio	Director
1948	La norteña de mis amores	Director
1948	En los altos de Jalisco	Director
1948	Se la llevó el Remington	Director, Writer
1948	An Adventure in the Night	Writer
1948	Si Adelita se fuera con otro	Director
1948	La carne manda	Director
1948	El deseo	Director, Screenplay
1948	De pecado en pecado	Director
1948	La feria de Jalisco	Director
1947	Mujer	Director
1946	La noche y tú	Director
1946	El superhombre	Director
1945	El recuerdo de aquella noche	Director, Writer
1945	Camino de Sacramento	Director
1944	El camino de los gatos	Director, Screenplay
1944	El corsario negro	Director, Screenplay
1944	Viva Mi Desgracia	Screenplay
1943	Ave sin nido	Director
1943	No matarás	Director, Screenplay
1943	Guadalajara	Director
1942	El conde de Montecristo	Director
1942	El misterioso señor Marquina	Director
1941	La liga de las canciones	Director
1940	¡Que viene mi marido!	Director
1940	The Underdogs	Director, Writer
1939	The Sign of Death	Director, Screenplay
1939	The Night of the Mayans	Director, Writer
1938	Hombres del mar	Writer, Director
1938	Canción del alma	Director
1938	María	Director, Writer
1937	Mi candidato	Director
1937	Jalisco nunca pierde	Director
1935	Clemencia	Director
1934	Una mujer en venta	Director
1934	Desecration	Director
1934	Enemigos	Director
1934	El escándalo	Director
1928	El destino	Director

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