Roberto G. Rivera

Actor

April 1, 1927 (89 years)

† June 11, 2016

Mexico City, Mexico

Biography

Roberto Gutiérrez Rivera (April 1st, 1927 - June 11th, 2016), better known simply as Roberto G. Rivera, was a Mexican actor, singer, producer, story writer, screenwriter, and film director. He began his artistic career as a singer in 1945 after winning a contest, and by 1950 he was performing ranchera music on television programs such as Noches Tapatías, Así es mi Tierra, and Estudio Raleigh on XEWTV’s Canal 2. He studied medicine for a little over a year at UNAM before leaving to enter cinema f…

Filmography

8.0

The Vampire and Sex

Dr. Kur

El vampire y el sexy (or Santo in the Treasure of Dracula in its censored version) is a 1968 Mexican film starring El Santo and directed by René Cardona. The Vampire and Sex was filmed as the adult version of Santo in the Treasure of Dracula. While the censored family version was distributed in 1969, the uncensored version was not shown to the public until 2011 when it was discovered.

6.9

Untouched

Teniente

With the purpose of using barbasco roots in the production of cortisone, a pharmaceutical company sends a scientist to investigate the possibilities of exploitation in Veracruz, but the man gets lost in the jungle and lives a strange romantic adventure in a remote location called Paradise.

5.9

Santo in the Treasure of Dracula

Dr. Kur

A woman travels to her past life with the help of Santo's past life regression machine

5.7

The Gunslingers

Comisario Rogelio García

The Jiménez brothers and their allies lead an operation to combat a gang of criminals who have the region under a regime of terror. The bloody confrontations begin to produce the first fatalities.

5.6

The New Invisible Man

Detective Médez

A man is sentenced to prison for a murder he did not commit. Thanks to a serum invented by his brother, he manages to become invisible and escape from prison in order to prove his innocence, while his brother works feverishly to find an antidote. Theatrically released in USA in Spanish language only; later English-dubbed version syndicated directly to television.

5.6

Por qué peca la mujer

Working-class girl-next--door type is seduced into a high-glam lifestyle when an oily promoter helps launch her as a nightclub singer; she throws over her decent-simple-guy boyfriend and loses her moral compass.

7.5

El mil amores

Roque

Carmen has a daughter, Patricia, who attends a school for young ladies where they think Carmen is married to a sailor. Viviano is a friend of Carmen and when she needs it, he poses as the father of Patricia and she believes is her father. Actually, Viviano is engaged with Marilu

7.7

Gitana Tenias Que Ser

Mariachi (uncredited)

Pastora de los Reyes is a beautiful Spanish that goes to Mexico with a contract to film a movie. The main actors will receive her at the airport, among them is Paul, a little-known mariachi that has been chosen to become a new idol. Automatically, both had bad relations and during filming many discussions happens. This arguments gives way to a deep love.

5.7

Mexico, Mexico, ra, ra, ra!

Librado, an unemployed man, lives in a crowded small house with numerous children and relatives, is beaten for stealing a car antenna. His godmother and her children try to settle in his place. She then is arrested at a supermarket for stealing, however, she offers herself and volunteers a friend of hers for sex to the policemen so she can be released. She is a maid of an employee who acts subservient to his boss, a mid-level government employee at once servile who delivers speeches on sexuality in educational texts and then discusses the matter with his brother, a corrupt inspector.

5.8

La noche es nuestra

Jarocho, policía

Journalist meets an unforgettable woman, tracks her down and discovers all her tragic past.

7.6

School for Buglars

Agente de policía (uncredited)

The police plan to capture a killer by using a double that looks exactly as one of his victims.

6.3

Frankenstein, the Vampire and Company

Doctor

Two screwballs get mixed up with monsters, mad scientists and vampires.

5.4

Arrabalera

Cantante

Working-class girl marries rich playboy, gets implicated in his criminal activities.

6.2

El vestido de novia

Paco

A young professional hires a sex-worker to pass as his wife in a situation that requires him to seem married. Later they think about getting married for reals... but mostly they just recite monologues to each other.

5.2

Muñecas de medianoche

Two young men go into hiding to escape from a contract killer; they put on women's clothing and hang around in bars.

5.5

Amor a balazo limpio

Rogelio, comisario

Hired gunman tries and fails to kill The Sheriff. Then the gunman's kid brother coms to town, thinking The Sheriff is to blame for the gunman's death.

7.1

Simitrio

Capitán

A blind teacher is the victim of endless pranks and pranks from his students.

4.6

Las Tentadoras

The female employees at a nightclub go on a strike.

6.0

Cuatro pillos y un vivales

El tío Elías

The relatives of a recently deceased rich man are after his money, but his butler is trying to stop that from happening.

6.3

The Curse of the Doll People

Molinar

Four men are cursed by a voodoo priest for stealing a sacred idol from his temple. Soon a band of murderous "doll men" are after the men and their families.