Eric del Castillo

J. Eduardo Eric del Castillo-Negrete Galván (born 22 July 1930 in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico), is a Mexican actor of theatre, film and television who has dabbled as a screenwriter, director and arguer film, beginning his career in the cinema's golden era.

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The Exterminating Angel (1962)

After a lavish dinner party, the guests find themselves mysteriously unable to leave the room.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Buñuel
CAST:  Silvia Pinal  •  Enrique Rambal  •  Claudio Brook  •  José Baviera

After a lavish dinner party, the guests find themselves mysteriously unable to leave the room.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Buñuel
CAST:  Silvia Pinal  •  Enrique Rambal  •  Claudio Brook  •  José Baviera

The Blood of Nostradamus (1961)

Vampire hunters track down a vampire and attempt to steal the ashes from his coffin in order to stop him from reviving nightly.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Federico Curiel
CAST:  Germán Robles  •  Julio Alemán  •  Domingo Soler  •  Aurora Alvarado

Vampire hunters track down a vampire and attempt to steal the ashes from his coffin in order to stop him from reviving nightly.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Federico Curiel
CAST:  Germán Robles  •  Julio Alemán  •  Domingo Soler  •  Aurora Alvarado

Los fenómenos del fútbol (1964)

Working class family owns a restaurant: one brother's a rising star in local soccer, one's a priest/semi-pro boxer, sister's an aspiring ranchera singer and the other brother's a waterboy at the stadium.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Mariscal  •  Manuel Muñoz 'Torito'
CAST:  Antonio Espino 'Clavillazo'  •  Sara García  •  Kitty de Hoyos  •  Dacia González

Working class family owns a restaurant: one brother's a rising star in local soccer, one's a priest/semi-pro boxer, sister's an aspiring ranchera singer and the other brother's a waterboy at the stadium.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Mariscal  •  Manuel Muñoz 'Torito'
CAST:  Antonio Espino 'Clavillazo'  •  Sara García  •  Kitty de Hoyos  •  Dacia González

Pedro Paramo (1967)

When his mother Dolores dies, Juan Preciado, son of Pedro Páramo, goes to Comala to claim his inheritance; but when he arrives he finds an abandoned and sinister place, inhabited by mysterious voices and whispers…  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos Velo
CAST:  John Gavin  •  Ignacio López Tarso  •  Graciela Döring  •  Julissa

When his mother Dolores dies, Juan Preciado, son of Pedro Páramo, goes to Comala to claim his inheritance; but when he arrives he finds an abandoned and sinister place, inhabited by mysterious voices and whispers…  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos Velo
CAST:  John Gavin  •  Ignacio López Tarso  •  Graciela Döring  •  Julissa

Las grandes aguas (1980)

Public-works engineer entrusted with a big project faces problems in his home life and conflicts with a corrupt local businessman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Servando González
CAST:  Eric del Castillo  •  Tina Romero  •  Lucy Tovar  •  Alfredo Wally Barrón

Public-works engineer entrusted with a big project faces problems in his home life and conflicts with a corrupt local businessman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Servando González
CAST:  Eric del Castillo  •  Tina Romero  •  Lucy Tovar  •  Alfredo Wally Barrón

Perro callejero (1980)

An abandoned child steals to survive and has problems when he decides to steal from the priest who helps him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilberto Gazcón
CAST:  Valentín Trujillo  •  Ana Luisa Peluffo  •  Lyn May  •  Eric del Castillo

An abandoned child steals to survive and has problems when he decides to steal from the priest who helps him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilberto Gazcón
CAST:  Valentín Trujillo  •  Ana Luisa Peluffo  •  Lyn May  •  Eric del Castillo

Los camaroneros (1988)

Fisherman organized into a labor collective face opposition from the capitalists who own the boats and the processing plants.It gets violent, and there's a love story mixed in there as well.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raúl Araiza
CAST:  Eric del Castillo  •  Jorge Russek  •  Lourdes Munguía  •  Elsa Cárdenas

Fisherman organized into a labor collective face opposition from the capitalists who own the boats and the processing plants.It gets violent, and there's a love story mixed in there as well.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raúl Araiza
CAST:  Eric del Castillo  •  Jorge Russek  •  Lourdes Munguía  •  Elsa Cárdenas

Hot Snake (1978)

A psychopath named Jenkins is wanted by the law. There is a $5,000 reward for his capture but Jenkins has the supernatural help of a witch named Ramona, which gives it the power to see the future.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Durán Rojas
CAST:  Eric del Castillo  •  Christa Linder  •  Carlos East  •  Ricardo Noriega

A psychopath named Jenkins is wanted by the law. There is a $5,000 reward for his capture but Jenkins has the supernatural help of a witch named Ramona, which gives it the power to see the future.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Durán Rojas
CAST:  Eric del Castillo  •  Christa Linder  •  Carlos East  •  Ricardo Noriega

They Call Him Marcado (1971)

The Kid is a vicious psychopath given to laughing a lot, an actor manqué who leads a gang of looters and rapists, and is incestuous with his father to boot. The town’s resident Mater Dolorosa, madam of the brothel, hires her lover Marcado to kill the Kid, who is of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Mariscal
CAST:  Antonio Aguilar  •  Flor Silvestre  •  Eric del Castillo  •  Javier Ruán

The Kid is a vicious psychopath given to laughing a lot, an actor manqué who leads a gang of looters and rapists, and is incestuous with his father to boot. The town’s resident Mater Dolorosa, madam of the brothel, hires her lover Marcado to kill the Kid, who is of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Mariscal
CAST:  Antonio Aguilar  •  Flor Silvestre  •  Eric del Castillo  •  Javier Ruán

Amor en las nubes (1968)

Guatemalan-Mexican film about air hostesses.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Manuel Zeceña Diéguez
CAST:  Alejandro Algara  •  Barbara Angely  •  Fernando Curiel  •  Eric del Castillo

Guatemalan-Mexican film about air hostesses.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Manuel Zeceña Diéguez
CAST:  Alejandro Algara  •  Barbara Angely  •  Fernando Curiel  •  Eric del Castillo

The Sheriff's Strange Son (1986)

In a small western town, a father obliges a doctor to separate two conjoined twins in a very hazardous operation. One of the children dies but years after seems to have survived as his brother's second personality.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Durán Rojas
CAST:  Mario Almada  •  Eric del Castillo  •  Rosa Gloria Chagoyán  •  Luis Mario Quiroz

In a small western town, a father obliges a doctor to separate two conjoined twins in a very hazardous operation. One of the children dies but years after seems to have survived as his brother's second personality.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Durán Rojas
CAST:  Mario Almada  •  Eric del Castillo  •  Rosa Gloria Chagoyán  •  Luis Mario Quiroz

Arriba las manos Texano (1969)

Series western, sequel to Manuel Saldivar el Texano.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfredo B. Crevenna
CAST:  Rodolfo de Anda  •  Ofelia Montesco  •  Eric del Castillo  •  David Silva

Series western, sequel to Manuel Saldivar el Texano.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfredo B. Crevenna
CAST:  Rodolfo de Anda  •  Ofelia Montesco  •  Eric del Castillo  •  David Silva

El Extra (1962)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel M. Delgado
CAST:  Cantinflas  •  Alma Delia Fuentes  •  Carmen Molina  •  Guillermina Téllez Girón

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel M. Delgado
CAST:  Cantinflas  •  Alma Delia Fuentes  •  Carmen Molina  •  Guillermina Téllez Girón

Guadalupe (2006)

Jose Maria and his sister Mercedes are archaeologists who have been given a grant to study the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe, whom Juan Diego, an ordinary man living near the hill of Tepeyac, witnessed in December 1531.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Santiago Parra
CAST:  Angélica Aragón  •  Pedro Armendáriz Jr.  •  Eric del Castillo  •  José Carlos Ruiz

Jose Maria and his sister Mercedes are archaeologists who have been given a grant to study the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe, whom Juan Diego, an ordinary man living near the hill of Tepeyac, witnessed in December 1531.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Santiago Parra
CAST:  Angélica Aragón  •  Pedro Armendáriz Jr.  •  Eric del Castillo  •  José Carlos Ruiz

Fray Justicia (2009)

Maximiliano runs from the law after committing a robbery and seeks refuge in a town called San Pedro where, posing as a priest, he decides to get justice by defending the townspeople from the abuses of Don Oliverio, never imagining that this will lead him to a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Cardona III
CAST:  Eduardo Rivera  •  Eric del Castillo  •  Carlos Bonavides  •  Manuel Ojeda

Maximiliano runs from the law after committing a robbery and seeks refuge in a town called San Pedro where, posing as a priest, he decides to get justice by defending the townspeople from the abuses of Don Oliverio, never imagining that this will lead him to a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Cardona III
CAST:  Eduardo Rivera  •  Eric del Castillo  •  Carlos Bonavides  •  Manuel Ojeda

Mesa que más aplauda (2006)

A group of young women in a sleepy small town decide to open a strip club in the family business of one of them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Cardona III
CAST:  Eric del Castillo  •  Maribel Fernández  •  Sergio Corona  •  Hanny Saenz

A group of young women in a sleepy small town decide to open a strip club in the family business of one of them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Cardona III
CAST:  Eric del Castillo  •  Maribel Fernández  •  Sergio Corona  •  Hanny Saenz

Island of Lost Souls (1974)

Rene Cardona directs the film version of Jose Leon Sanchez's best-selling novel, which relates the author's 20 years of imprisonment on an island ruled by brutality. When a sadistic man declares himself the boss of an island pueblo, an innocent husband and wife ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Cardona
CAST:  Mario Almada  •  Eric del Castillo  •  Wolf Ruvinskis  •  Alejandro Ciangherotti Jr.

Rene Cardona directs the film version of Jose Leon Sanchez's best-selling novel, which relates the author's 20 years of imprisonment on an island ruled by brutality. When a sadistic man declares himself the boss of an island pueblo, an innocent husband and wife ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Cardona
CAST:  Mario Almada  •  Eric del Castillo  •  Wolf Ruvinskis  •  Alejandro Ciangherotti Jr.

Santo in the Vengeance of the Mummy (1971)

When Santo accompanies a troupe of archaeologists in the search for Aztec artifacts, they find the Mummy of an Aztec who leaves a warning to those who tamper with his resting place. The adventurers ignore the warning, and before long, the Mummy starts bumping them ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Cardona
CAST:  El Santo  •  Eric del Castillo  •  Mary Montiel  •  César del Campo

When Santo accompanies a troupe of archaeologists in the search for Aztec artifacts, they find the Mummy of an Aztec who leaves a warning to those who tamper with his resting place. The adventurers ignore the warning, and before long, the Mummy starts bumping them ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Cardona
CAST:  El Santo  •  Eric del Castillo  •  Mary Montiel  •  César del Campo

Shark Hunters (1963)

Aurelio is a shark fisherman who works very hard to send money to his family in the city and keep Manela, his young lover on the coast. One day, he decides to move to the big city.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Alcoriza
CAST:  Julio Aldama  •  Dacia González  •  Tito Junco  •  Amanda del Llano

Aurelio is a shark fisherman who works very hard to send money to his family in the city and keep Manela, his young lover on the coast. One day, he decides to move to the big city.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Alcoriza
CAST:  Julio Aldama  •  Dacia González  •  Tito Junco  •  Amanda del Llano
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