
Luis Manuel Pelayo
Acting
Biography
Luis Manuel Pelayo was born in 1922 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was an actor.
Known For

It is the story of a sportsman who is a little bit dumber than most people but nevertheless he succeeds in getting a job at a sports article saler's. Having this job is the beginning of a lot of funny problems he causes due to his dumbness.
Up and Down

Inocencio Prieto y Calvo receives a letter telling him he is the heir to his uncle's fortune of two million pesos. Not being able to read he has no idea of who sent the letter or its content. So he goes to the drugstore because the pharmacist can read the letter to him. But while waiting to be helped he sees that a young girl can read. He figures he has to be able to discover the letter's content by himself and decides he will save the letter and go to school, and wait to read the letter on his own.
El analfabeto

The classic story of the Red Riding Hood spiced up by a couple of funny characters like the dog Duke, companion to the girl in her adventures, and the stinky Skunk, henchman to the Wolf.
Little Red Riding Hood

Cantinflas is a man who hangs around the studios and helps anyone who needs his advice while at the same time envisioning his own versions of how certain scenes should be shot. Both angles provide ample opportunities for very witty, subtle barbs at the foibles of the industry.
El Extra

Lopitos, who is horribly inefficient but quick-witted, is invited (because of the current ambassador's superstition about 13 sitting down to a meal) to a banquet attended by the ambassadors of both superpowers. After the news of a series of coups d'état in Los Cocos arrives throughout the meal, Lopitos becomes the official ambassador. At a summit of world leaders, the representatives of the two world superpowers court the allegiances of third-world diplomats to tilt the balance of global power in their favor. The last diplomat to remain unaligned, Lopitos instead harangues the superpowers for infringing on the rights of developing countries to self determination, talking to them with his point of view as a citizen not as ambassador because he arranged his demise as ambassador one day before his speech.
Your Excellency

A mechanic takes his family to a car race and a series of events occur which brings problems, betrayals, violence and the unexpected death of an elderly person.
National Mechanics

Goofball inventor is working on x-ray binoculars for peeping with; meanwhile, his assistant seeks help for a medical condition and gets caught up in the drama between two philandering doctors and their wives.
Mujeres encantadoras

Cantinflas is the apprentice of a renowned scientist, Prof. Arquimides Monteagudo (Carlos Martinez Baena). But Cantinflas has the soul of a poet rather than a serious researcher, and he wants to find the formula that achieves the immortality of the roses. Nevertheless, after the death of Prof. Monteagudo, Cantinflas will be chased by a ferocious corporative group, who wants to steal the secret formula of a cheaper fuel named "carburex", because they think that our friend is the only person who knows the composition
El Supersabio
Mad scientist gives Atomic Powers to a 98 pound weakling.
El superflaco

A young teenage boy with a zest for sports and singing is seriously injured in a motorcycle accident. The story revolves around his shock at the way his life has changed and his difficulty in coping with his new reality. The boy, played by Latin singing star Luis Miguel at age 14, sings several songs in the movie.
Ya nunca más

A movie divided in two segments, the first "La puerta" (The Door) is about a high society gathering in which a door inside the mansion leads to a bizarre corridor where a naked and menacing human figure appears. The second "La mujer del carnicero" (The Butcher's Wife) is set during the Mexican revolution and is about horrifying hallucinations felt by a lieutenant after committing a murder.
The Door and the Butcher's Wife

A tailor is mistaken for the leader of an agricultural union and gets tangled up in a price-fixing conspiracy.
Manos arriba

A lawyer trying to fix everyone's problems, instead causes problems, which always end up in funny situations.
Un Quijote sin mancha

A man makes a pact with Lucifer in order to gain the love of a beautiful singer. To achieve his goal, the devil endows him with the ability to become invisible at will.
Ella, Lucifer y yo

Historia de un grupo de estafadores internacionales y sus artimañas.
Las Fieras

On Carnival Night, many people come together at a nightclub near the docks. The stories of an aging beauty and her cousin, a faded poet, young Marxists, corrupt politicians, and a group of dock workers cross in a night of ribald fun with a darker edge.
Carnival Night

(AKA: Ratero 2 or Cada quien su madre.) Innocent man forced to hide from the police, ends up taking refuge in a brothel.
Burdel

Pepito's father dies in rollover the Ferrari that is winning a race car, so Pepito is about his grandfather and asks him to equip a car to get him to compete.
Pepito as del volante

A young hunchbacked girl who sells newspapers and sings in the street is discovered by a music producer.
La jorobada

An alcoholic grandfather is seriously ill. His doctor suggests that experiencing a bad scare could cure him. His grandson volunteers to help him.