Antonio Espino 'Clavillazo'

Acting

August 14, 1910 — November 24, 1993

Teziutlán, Puebla, Mexico

32 movies

Biography

José Antonio Hipólito Espino Mora, Better Known as Clavillazo He was a Mexican comedian and actor, born on August 13, 1910, in Puebla, Mexico. Second of all Children, his parents installed a butcher shop in Teziutlán, which in a few years became a success, where the young José worked since he was 10 years old. Barely 20 years old, he experienced his first tragedy, when his sister Bertha, his confidant and almost his second mother, died from an epidemic of black pox. In his adolescence, he ran aw...

🎬 Antonio Espino 'Clavillazo''s Filmography

32 movies sorted by popularity

5.4

Hapless Melquiades arrives in the city and embarrasses his relatives.

Pura vida

1956

6.0

Solovino is called like that because no one knows where he came from. He is a miserable province man trying to improve his life, but sees himself forced to steal to survive. When he comes up with a large jewelry bounty a pair of cops offer him his freedom in exchange of the bounty and becomes the target of the police harassment.

Ratero

1979

6.3

A working-class man, left to raise his son after his wife’s death, makes a living as a street vendor. When he buys a set of car rims, he is wrongfully accused of dealing in stolen parts—and sentenced to a year behind bars.

Lágrimas de mi barrio

1973

5.7

A couple are forced to stay in a scary castle, and the castle is filled with monsters!

Castle of the Monsters

1958

5.8

Authorities close down a restaurant after a violent crime is committed on the premises; the employees look for new jobs and try to track down the murderer.

Here Come The Freeloaders

1953

5.8

Anthology-movie, series of anecdotes about the personal tragedies that lead people to take their values posessions to the state-run pawnshop.

Monte de piedad

1951

5.2

Humble craftsman runs afoul of a rich girl's father and ends up in prison; the ill-fated romance has repercussions over the course of twenty-odd years and ultimately drives him to a life of crime.

Chucho el Roto

1954

5.7

A millionaire's ghost watches while his heirs murder each other over his fortune.

The Phantom of the Red House

1956

5.8

A clumsy investigator must unravel a deadly mystery when a passenger is killed during a long-distance rail journey.

El genial Detective Peter Pérez

1952

5.7

Squatter neighborhood finds a wealthy sponsor.

Pobres millonarios

1957

6.0

Townsfolk expect that when the dead sheriff's son comes home, people will quit doing crimes... but he turns out to be an inept comedian type bozo guy.

Los bárbaros del norte

1962

6.0

When his father dies, a Colombin child decides to go to Mexico to find his grandfather. And become a ranchera singer.

Estoy sentenciado a muerte

1983

6.0

A family has their daughter marry a dying man in order to get an inheritance, but get into trouble when the man survives his illness.

On the dead the crowns

1961

6.5

Two fake fortune-tellers at a carnival accidentally conjure up some real ghosts.

The Mocking Ghosts

1965

5.5

Owner of an auto repair shop deals with marital problems and neighborhood gangsters running stolen cars and contraband electronics.

En las garras de la ciudad

1982

6.5

Called to the home of a scientist to deal with a simple electrical problem, bumbling electrician Bartolo finds himself aboard a rocket headed for the moon!

Conqueror of the Moon

1960

4.8

Working class family owns a restaurant: one brother's a rising star in local soccer, one's a priest/semi-pro boxer, sister's an aspiring ranchera singer and the other brother's a waterboy at the stadium.

Los fenómenos del fútbol

1964

5.8

A craftsman who sculpts religious figures goes deaf.

El sordo

1959

4.1

In this Mexican comedy, Mr. Lazaro's fashion house is on the brink of bankruptcy and in desperate need of a new model to replace his current business partner's wife, whose appearance is driving customers away. Lazaro's son, Raul, realizes what a diffucult dilemma his father faces and sets out to restore the integrity of the family-owned business by teaming up with his lovely fiancée to put on a fashion show. Domingo Soler and Sara Montiel star.