Rafael Portillo(1916-1995)

Director
Editor
Writer

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Rafael Portillo was born on 11 November 1916 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico. He was a director and editor, known for Cautivo del mas allá (1968), Un tipo dificil de matar (1967) and Emilio Varela vs Camelia la Texana (1980). He died on 30 November 1995 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico.

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Known for

Cautivo del mas allá (1968)

Cautivo del mas allá

5.2

Director

1968

Un tipo dificil de matar (1967)

Un tipo dificil de matar

5.8

Director

1967

Emilio Varela vs Camelia la Texana (1980)

Emilio Varela vs Camelia la Texana

6.5

Director

1980

El fantasma se enamora (1953)

El fantasma se enamora

Director

1953

Credits

Director

Mojado... pero caliente
- Director
- 1989
Misión venganza
- Director
- 1989
El chorizo del carnicero
6.0
- Director
- 1989
Mi pistola y tus esposas
- Director
- 1989
El pájaro muerto
- Director
- 1988
Una gallina muy ponedora
6.9
- Director
- 1982
El rey de los albures
5.9
- Director
- 1982
Emilio Varela vs Camelia la Texana
6.5
- Director
- 1980
Las tentadoras
6.5
- Director
- 1980
Muñecas de medianoche
7.1
- Director
- 1979
Tierra sangrienta
6.2
- Director
- 1979
Las cariñosas
5.0
- Director
- 1979
Noches de cabaret
7.1
- Director
- 1978
Mariachi - Fiesta de sangre
5.9
- Director
- 1977
Yo fui violada
5.5
- Director
- 1976

Editor

Misión venganza
- Editor (as Ralph Portillo)
- 1989
La montée au ciel
6.9
- Editor
- 1952
Mátenme porque me muero
7.2
- Editor
- 1951
¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?
7.6
- Editor
- 1951
A.T.M.: ¡¡A toda máquina!!
8.0
- Editor
- 1951
Doña Clarines
7.2
- Editor
- 1951
Muchachas de Uniforme
7.7
- Editor
- 1951
Yo quiero ser tonta
6.1
- Editor
- 1950
Pancho Villa Returns
5.2
- Editor
- 1950
El sol sale para todos
5.4
- Editor
- 1950
Mariachis
- Editor
- 1950
Vuelve Pancho Villa
6.5
- Editor
- 1950
El rencor de la tierra
5.5
- Editor
- 1949
Prisión de sueños
5.8
- Editor
- 1949
La casa embrujada
5.8
- Editor
- 1949

Writer

Hollywood Dreams
2.9
- story (as Ralph Portillo)
- 1994
En legítima defensa
- dialogue
- screenplay
- 1992
Misión venganza
- adaptation
- story
- 1989
El pájaro muerto
- writer
- 1988
El monje loco
4.8
- adaptation
- story
- 1984
Emilio Varela vs Camelia la Texana
6.5
- Writer
- 1980
Mariachi - Fiesta de sangre
5.9
- screenplay
- 1977
Sangre derramada
6.0
- adaptation
- 1975
Dos esposas en mi cama
6.3
- Writer
- 1970
Cautivo del mas allá
5.2
- writer
- 1968
Operación Tiburón
5.4
- adaptation
- 1967
Un tipo dificil de matar
5.8
- adaptation
- 1967
Mar sangriento
6.0
- adaptation
- 1965
La conquista de El Dorado
- adaptation
- 1965
Bello amanecer
3.8
- Writer
- 1964

Personal details

Alternative names
- Rafael Portillo Gomez
Born
- November 11, 1916
- Mexico, D.F., Mexico
Died
- November 30, 1995
- Mexico, D.F., Mexico

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Trivia
He was a prolific Mexican director who helmed about 40 films in an almost 45-year directing career. He is best remembered internationally for a trio of horror films made early in his career and are referred today as the "Aztec Mummy" trilogy. The three films were shot back to back and released in the 1957-1958 period.

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