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Víctor Parra

Víctor Parra

Acting

Biography

Víctor Parra Reyes (10 January 1920 – 20 February 1994), better known simply as Víctor Parra, was a Mexican actor and producer of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. During his career, he won three Ariel Awards.

Known For

Inspector Calzonzin
7.5

A rumor reaches a small town, San Garabato, that a government infiltrator will arrive to check the conditions of the community. Quickly, the municipal president, Don Perpetuo del Rosal, orders the imprisonment of those who might give a bad image. An indigenous man named Calzonzin arrives in town, pursued by two men. He is quickly taken as the infiltrated inspector, and protected by all the local authorities.

Inspector Calzonzin

1974
Espaldas mojadas
6.8

Mexican worker Rafael Améndola runs from the police and cross the Mexican-American border, helped by Frank Mendoza, a partner of an American called Mr. Sterling, who gives work to illegal migrants. Once in the United States, Rafael does not adapt to his new life. English translation of title is “Wet Backs”.

Espaldas mojadas

1955
Nostradamus: The Genie of Darkness
5.6

In order to stop a vampire from terrorizing the countryside, some locals decide to break into his coffin at night and steal his ashes. Complications ensue.

Nostradamus: The Genie of Darkness

1962
Reportaje
7.3

Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.

Reportaje

1953
Untouched
6.9

With the purpose of using barbasco roots in the production of cortisone, a pharmaceutical company sends a scientist to investigate the possibilities of exploitation in Veracruz, but the man gets lost in the jungle and lives a strange romantic adventure in a remote location called Paradise.

Untouched

1954
Diabolical Kidnapping
5.7

Second film in the Tigres del ring series.

Diabolical Kidnapping

1957
Get Off at the Next Corner!
6.4

Driver Gregorio del Prado and fare collector Regalito were suspended for deviating from their route to impress a young woman named Cholita.

Get Off at the Next Corner!

1948
Herencia trágica
5.5

Masked horseman avenges the deaths of family members and resolves questions about a contested inheritance. One of four in a series ("Relampago").

Herencia trágica

1960
The Suspect
6.7

After a trip to Europe, Regina de Alba comes home and finds out her mother is nowhere to be found. When her step-father's criminal past becomes known, her suspicions increase.

The Suspect

1955
El cuarto mandamiento
6.9

A Mexican family drama.

El cuarto mandamiento

1948
La fe en Dios
5.8

Criminal on the lam assumes the identity of a dead priest and takes his place in a rural parish.

La fe en Dios

1950
The Devil's Money
6.0

Los dineros del diablo (The Devil's Money) is a Mexican drama film directed by Alejandro Galindo. It was released in 1953 and starring Amalia Aguilar and Roberto Cañedo.

The Devil's Money

1953
Four Against the World
6.1

After ambushing a brewery’s money truck, four gangsters hide out in the attic of a gangster’s lover while the police search the city. As the heat closes in, jealousy, desire, and mistrust begin to fracture the gang from within.

Four Against the World

1950
Frontera norte
6.0

Two brothers: one's a cop, one's a gangster.

Frontera norte

1953
Soul of Steel
5.4

Inspired by Alexander Dumas's novel The Corsican Brothers, Alma de Acero presents a delightful spin on the classic story of twin brothers (both played by Luis Aguilar) and their contrasting lives. As a singer in a nightclub, one brother has chosen a life of peaceful simplicity; the other, however, has chosen a troublesome lifestyle that leads to numerous run-ins with the law, forcing the vocalist to risk his own life to save his sibling.

Soul of Steel

1957
The Soft One
5.3

Charming but unreliable, Roberto has earned his nickname "El Suavecito" through his constant flirtations and the easy way he moves through life, even when it causes pain to his devoted aging mother and his beautiful neighbor Lupita, who resists his overtures in the hopes he can learn to settle down and behave. When Lupita gains a steady and honest suitor in Carlos, El Suavecito can't resist trying to foul his chances with the help of the unscrupulous gambler "El Nene"--but it all goes badly wrong. This neglected noir asks whether a morally impoverished gangster is capable of redemption.

The Soft One

1951
El túnel 6
6.3

Engineering crew excavating a tunnel through a mountain, are trapped by a landslide.

El túnel 6

1955
La muerte en el desfiladero
5.8

Masked horseman avenges the deaths of family members and resolves questions about a contested inheritance. One of four in a series ("Relampago").

La muerte en el desfiladero

1963
La hija del ministro
6.5

A young bureaucrat's career takes off when it's believed he's keeping company with the daughter of a higher-ranking official.

La hija del ministro

1952
Morir de pie
5.7

A young woman gives herself to her boyfriend but is forced to marry an army officer, who takes revenge on him.

Morir de pie

1957