Tito Novaro
Born: 1918-08-01 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Died: 1986-04-14
Known For: Acting
Biography
Augusto Novaro Vega (August 1st, 1918 – April 14th, 1986), better known simply as Tito Novaro, was a Mexican film actor, screenwriter, and director. He entered the industry in 1936 as an extra and developed a long career largely in supporting and ensemble roles while also writing story treatments and screenplays in the 1940s–1950s, later working as an assistant director. He moved into directing in the early 1960s, initially in co-direction, and made his solo directorial debut with “El dilema,” a segment of the anthology feature Trampas de amor. From the 1970s through the mid-1980s he directed a cycle of popular genre and melodrama features—often combining directing with writing or adaptation—including El robo de las momias de Guanajuato, El castillo de las momias de Guanajuato, and La hija de nadie, culminating in late-career films such as Lazos de sangre and El último disparo.
Filmography
1985
- El último disparo ... (Director)
1984
- Ni Chana Ni Juana ... (Writers' Assistant)
1983
- Lazos de sangre ... (Director)
- El gran moyocoyo ... (Director)
1981
- La jorobada ... (Director)
1980
- Tres contra el destino
- El perdon de la hija de nadie ... (Director)
1979
1976
- The Son of Alma Grande ... (Director)
1975
- Soy Chicano Y Mexicano ... (Director)
- ...And Woman Made Man
1973
- The Mansion of Madness ... (First Assistant Director)
- Las cautivas
- The Castle of Mummies of Guanajuato as Dr. Tanner
1972
- Apolinar
- Triángulo as Inspector Ojeda
- Jesús, María y José ... (Assistant Director)
- The Business of Hate
- Ni solteros, ni casados
- Robbery of the Mummies of Guanajuato as Conde Cagliostro
1971
- La Chamuscada - Tierra Y Libertad
- Alien Terror as Gen. Nord
- Departamento de soltero
- Jesús, nuestro Señor as Poncio Pilatos
- Jesús, el niño Dios ... (Assistant Director)
- Los dos hermanos ... (Director)
1969
- El Caballo Bayo ... (Assistant Director)
- Madame Death
- Love Traps ... (Story)
- Lauro Puñales ... (Co-Director)
- Patsy My Love
- The Dilemma ... (Director)
1968
- Los Asesinos as Hill Carter
- Lucio Vazquez ... (Director)
- Caballo prieto azabache as Coronel Jiménez
1967
- Crisol
- Crosses Over the Wasteland as Doctor
1966
- El cachorro
- Blue Demon vs. the Satanic Power
- The Clutching Hand as Gerente hotel
- Los Malditos ... (Director)
1965
- El Hijo De Gabino Barrera
- El asalto
- Neutron Battles the Karate Assassins ... (Co-Director)
- Cada oveja con su pareja ... (Director)
1964
- History of a Scoundrel
- Las dos galleras ... (Assistant Director)
- Vuelve el Norteño ... (Co-Director)
1963
- Vuelven los Argumedo ... (Co-Director)
- The Jade Mask as Gabacho
1962
- Asesinos de la lucha libre ... (Assistant Director)
- La tórtola del Ajusco
- Ahí vienen los Argumedo ... (Director)
- Un día de diciembre
1961
- My Son, the Hero as Quarreling Man
- Las cosas prohibidas
1960
- The Shadow of the Tyrant as Diputado
- Una estrella y dos estrellados as (uncredited)
- El Siete de Copas as Hombre de Cocula
1959
- La Cucaracha as Jacobo Méndez
- Two Ghosts and a Girl
- Vagabundo y Millonario as Hotel owner
1958
- Refifí entre las mujeres as Héctor Chávez
1957
- Teatro del crimen as Pepe
- Morir de pie
1955
- Drop the Curtain as Actor en teatro
1954
- La entrega as Enrique
- El hombre inquieto as Roque Barrios Pérez
- 3 citas con el destino as Sebastián (segmento "México")
1953
- Reportaje as Reporter
- Sombrero as Napoleon Lopez
- Cuatro horas antes de morir as Cómplice de Rosa
- Remember to Live as José Eduardo Pacheco
- Las cariñosas as Pedro Mendoza
- El mariachi desconocido as Don Manuel
1952
- Los hijos de María Morales as Tomás Gutiérrez
- The Martyr of Calvary as Malco
- Las locuras de Tin Tan as (uncredited)
- El Ceniciento as Marcelito
- El derecho de nacer as Alfredo Martínez
- El cuarto cerrado as Manuel
- Los tres alegres compadres as Jugador cantina
- Vuelve el lobo
- Las tres alegres comadres as Rafael
1951
- Kill Me Because I'm Dying!!! as Tenor Riverita
- Lost Love as Ernesto
1950
- Love for Life as Roberto Ancira
1946
- Mary Magdalene, Sinner of Magdala as Principe Ra-Ho-Tep
1944
- The Black Ace as Piloto avión (uncredited)
1943
- El circo as Ricardo (as Gustavo Novaro)
- Santa as Manuel de la Torre
- Wild Flower as Hijo de Esperanza (uncredited)
1940
- Cantinflas y su prima
- Pobre diablo as Amigo de Luisa
- Borrasca humana