Manuel Medel

Manuel Medel
Medel, c. 1938
Born	5 January 1906 Monterrey, Mexico
Died	14 March 1997 (aged 91) Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1934 - 1986 (film)

Manuel Medel (1906 – 1997) was a Mexican film actor. A comedian, during the late 1930s he teamed up with the rising star Cantinflas for three films.

Selected filmography

• Such Is My Country (1937)
• Heads or Tails (1937)
• The Sign of Death (1939)
• The Spectre of the Bride (1943)
• The Headless Woman (1944)
• The Black Ace (1946)
• La vida inútil de Pito Pérez, The Useless Life of Pito Perez (1944)
• Madman and Vagabond (1946)

Bibliography

• Mraz, John. Looking for Mexico: Modern Visual Culture and National Identity. Duke University Press, 2010.

External links

• Manuel Medel at IMDb