Santiago Eduardo Urueta Sierra Rodríguez (Mineral de Cusihuiriachi, Chihuahua, Mexico, February 24, 1895-Mexico City, March 23, 1979), better known as Chano Urueta, was a film director, actor and writer who stood out since the first half of the 1930s as one of the most gifted adapters of great works of universal literature.
Known For
The Witch
(1954)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
El destino
(1928)
Director
Desecration
(1934)
Director
Enemigos
(1934)
Director
El escándalo
(1934)
Director
Jalisco nunca pierde
(1937)
Director
Mi candidato
(1937)
Director
Hombres del mar
(1938)
Director
Canción del alma
(1938)
Director
María
(1938)
Director
The Sign of Death
(1939)
Director
The Night of the Mayans
(1939)
Director
The Underdogs
(1940)
Director
¡Que viene mi marido!
(1940)
Director
La liga de las canciones
(1941)
Director
El conde de Montecristo
(1942)
Director
El misterioso señor Marquina
(1942)
Director
No matarás
(1943)
Director
Ave sin nido
(1943)
Director
Guadalajara
(1943)
Director
El corsario negro
(1944)
Director
El camino de los gatos
(1944)
Director
Camino de Sacramento
(1945)
Director
El recuerdo de aquella noche
(1945)
Director
La noche y tú
(1946)
Director
El superhombre
(1946)
Director
Mujer
(1947)
Director
El deseo
(1948)
Director
La santa del barrio
(1948)
Director
Si Adelita se fuera con otro
(1948)
Director
En los altos de Jalisco
(1948)
Director
Se la llevó el Remington
(1948)
Director
La carne manda
(1948)
Director
La norteña de mis amores
(1948)
Director
De pecado en pecado
(1948)
Director
No me quieras tanto
(1949)
Director
Dos almas en el mundo
(1949)
Director
El abandonado
(1949)
Director
The Grand Champion
(1949)
Director
Yo maté a Juan Charrasqueado
(1949)
Director
Ventarrón
(1949)
Director
Rayito de luna
(1949)
Director
To the Sound of the Mambo
(1950)
Director
El desalmado
(1950)
Director
La gota de sangre
(1950)
Director
Mi preferida
(1950)
Director
La estatua de carne
(1951)
Director
From Can-Can to Mambo
(1951)
Director
Serenata en Acapulco
(1951)
Director
Manos de seda
(1951)
Director
Mi campeón
(1952)
Director
Música, mujeres y amor
(1952)
Director
The Magnificent Beast
(1953)
Director
The Revived Monster
(1953)
Director
The Witch
(1954)
Director
La perversa
(1954)
Director
Se solicitan modelos
(1954)
Director
¿Por qué ya no me quieres?
(1954)
Director
El túnel 6
(1955)
Director
El vendedor de muñecas
(1955)
Director
El seductor
(1955)
Director
The Illegitimate
(1956)
Director
Serenata en México
(1956)
Director
El ratón
(1957)
Director
The Mark of Satan
(1957)
Director
The Head of Pancho Villa
(1957)
Director
The Headless Rider
(1957)
Director
Furias desatadas
(1957)
Director
Diabolical Kidnapping
(1957)
Director
El jinete negro
(1958)
Director
Del suelo no paso
(1959)
Director
Los hermanos Diablo
(1959)
Director
No soy monedita de oro
(1959)
Director
Cuando se quiere se quiere
(1959)
Director
Herencia trágica
(1960)
Director
Una bala es mi testigo
(1960)
Director
Los tigres del ring
(1960)
Director
Bala Perdida
(1960)
Director
Las canciones unidas
(1960)
Director
Luciano Romero
(1960)
Director
El torneo de la muerte
(1960)
Director
Revolver en guardia
(1960)
Director
Guantes de oro
(1961)
Director
El hombre de la ametralladora
(1961)
Director
Three Romeos and One Juliet
(1961)
Director
The Brainiac
(1962)
Director
The Witch's Mirror
(1962)
Director
Pilotos de la muerte
(1962)
Director
El asaltacaminos
(1962)
Director
Camino de la horca
(1962)
Director
The Living Head
(1963)
Director
La muerte en el desfiladero
(1963)
Director
Los chacales
(1963)
Director
El robo al tren correo
(1964)
Director
Lupe Balazos
(1964)
Director
Cinco asesinos esperan
(1964)
Director
El ciclón de Jalisco
(1964)
Director
Especialista en chamacas
(1965)
Director
Blue Demon
(1965)
Director
Blue Demon vs. the Satanic Power
(1966)
Director
Alma grande
(1966)
Director
Los gavilanes negros
(1966)
Director
Blue Demon vs. the Infernal Brains
(1968)
Director
Blue Demon vs. the Diabolical Women
(1968)
Director
El as de oros
(1968)
Director
The Door and The Butcher's Wife
(1969)
Director
Tu camino y el mio
(1973)
Director
Los leones del ring contra la Cosa Nostra
(1974)
Director
Los leones del ring
(1974)
Director
Acting
Chanoc
(1967)
Tsekub Baloyán
Everything In Vain
(1969)
Nicolás
The Wild Bunch
(1969)
Don Jose
The Door and The Butcher's Wife
(1969)
Cura (segment "La mujer del carnicero")
Super Colt 38
(1969)
El pueblo del terror
(1970)
El hermano Capulina
(1970)
El capitán Mantarraya
(1970)
Dos esposas en mi cama
(1970)
Emiliano Zapata
(1970)
Furias bajo el cielo
(1971)
The Fearmaker
(1971)
The Wrath of God
(1972)
Antonio
Kalimán, the Incredible Man
(1972)
Once Upon a Scoundrel
(1973)
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
(1974)
Manchot
La Choca
(1974)
Don Pomposo
Guns and Guts
(1974)
Fray José
Writing
Hombres del mar
(1938)
Writer
María
(1938)
Writer
The Sign of Death
(1939)
Screenplay
The Night of the Mayans
(1939)
Writer
The Underdogs
(1940)
Writer
¡Que viene mi marido!
(1940)
Writer
El conde de Montecristo
(1942)
Adaptation
Viva Mi Desgracia
(1944)
Screenplay
El corsario negro
(1944)
Screenplay
El camino de los gatos
(1944)
Screenplay
El deseo
(1948)
Writer
Se la llevó el Remington
(1948)
Writer
Una aventura en la noche
(1948)
Writer
The Grand Champion
(1949)
Adaptation
Yo maté a Juan Charrasqueado
(1949)
Writer
Ventarrón
(1949)
Writer
Rayito de luna
(1949)
Adaptation and Screenplay
El desalmado
(1950)
Writer
La gota de sangre
(1950)
Writer
Manos de seda
(1951)
Writer
La estatua de carne
(1951)
Writer
Serenata en Acapulco
(1951)
Writer
From Can-Can to Mambo
(1951)
Writer
The Revived Monster
(1953)
Screenplay
The Magnificent Beast
(1953)
Writer
La perversa
(1954)
Writer
The Witch
(1954)
Adaptation
Blue Demon vs. the Diabolical Women
(1968)
Writer
The Incredible Professor Zovek
(1972)
Writer
Production