Roberto Cobo
Date of birth: 1930-02-20
Place of birth: General Zuazua, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Calambres
Biography
Roberto Cobo was born on February 20, 1930 in General Zuazua, Nuevo Leon, Mexico as Roberto Garcia Romero. He was an actor, known for Los olvidados (1950), Dulces compañías (1996) and Subida al cielo (1952). His apartment collapsed during the 1985 Mexico City earthquake. Fortunately, he was rescued but his hip was damaged badly. He had to use a staff to walk after the earthquake. He died on August 2, 2002 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
Movie Credits
The Young and the Damned
1950-12-09
A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent life in the infamous slums of Mexico City; among them
Cabeza de Vaca
1991-10-11
In 1528, a Spanish expedition flounders off the coast of Florida with 600 lives lost. One survivor,
Mexican Bus Ride
1952-06-25
Newlywed Oliverio receives disturbing news that his mother is on her deathbed. He travels to a remot
Little Saints
1999-01-23
After St. Jude appears in Esperanza's oven, she sets out to find her daughter, who died under myster
The Image Book
2018-10-11
In Le Livre d’Image, Jean-Luc Godard recycles existing images (films, documentaries, paintings, tele
Life Sentence
1979-08-09
After being released from jail, "Tarzan" Lira seeks to rebuild his life as a bank employee. Unfortun
Speaking of Buñuel
2000-06-09
Surrealist master Luis Buñuel is a towering figure in the world of cinema history, directing such gr
Knock Out
1984-03-01
Rodrigo Zaracho, once a promising boxer, is in decline. While fleeing from a gang that is chasing hi
Dulce espiritu
1985-01-01
Mexican feature film
La leyenda de Rodrígo
1981-05-28
Rodrigo is a seminarist that soon will be a priest, but a demon woman seduce him. He doesn't know wh
Me alquilo por amor
1990-01-01
La Güera Chabela
1994-01-01
Without Destination
2002-03-27
Sin Destino follows the life of a 15 year old Mexican boy, Francisco, as he struggles to survive on
Estas ruinas que ves
1979-03-03
In this sexy romantic comedy from Mexico, the life of a college professor is turned upside down when
Una luz en la calle
2002-01-01
Mexican feature film
The Magic Hour
2000-10-01
Minerva, a middle age writer, decides to break the uncertainty that prevents her from creating the n
El secreto de Juan Palomo
1947-12-04
Se alquila marido
1961-11-30
Female CEO hires a man to pass as her husband and act as figurehead of her business concerns.
At a Lame Pace
1980-05-29
Ragtag crew of indigents from an asylum for the handicapped form a squadron to defend the Church dur
El ángel caído
1949-06-16
Two gangsters on the lam end up in Cuba.
Dancing, salón de baile
1952-02-05
Mambo nightclub is a front for gangster activity.
Dulces Compañías
1996-08-09
A geography teacher hires a male sex worker, yet the man is not what he appears to be.
The Glories of the Great Púas
1984-03-01
Journalist becomes a member of a boxing champion's entourage to write a book about the boxer's caree
Caribbean Rhythms
1950-12-06
A Cuban rumbera dancer undergoes an ordeal to fall in love with a married Mexican doctor.
Los enredos de una gallega
1951-10-11
Cándida is a Galician who lives in Mexico and has been selling lottery tickets. Her dream is to buy
Angel del barrio
1981-06-17
Patada de Mula, an old retired boxer, lives with the guilt of having killed his opponent in his last
Mujeres de teatro
1951-11-10
Esmeralda Comes by Night
1997-09-05
The husbands of a charismatic nurse devise a plan to free her from prison when she is arrested for b
Hembra o macho
1991-05-16
A lawyer fears he's gay after falling for a girl he thinks is a transvestite.
D.F./Distrito Federal
1981-10-29
Anthology film, six little anecdotes about life in the big city.
La casa colorada
1947-08-22
Mexican Revolution: rich man's son kills somebody over a woman, runs off to the war, goes home after
House of the Frights
1963-03-22
Half-dozen comic actors in a spooky house.
El águila descalza
1971-12-08
Shmuck makes a superhero costume, rides his bike to crime scenes. He gets involved with something bi
El agujero
1997-09-22
After twenty or thirty or forty unproductive years "up north" an emigrant gives up and goes home.
Free Love
1978-08-09
Two single women share an apartment, work together, and sometimes swap boyfriends. None of their rom
Deceitful Appearances
1983-03-24
The sexual misunderstandings caused by the real identity of a rich woman serve Hermosillo to satiriz
Pompeyo el conquistador
1953-01-21
Timid guy creates an alter-ego who will get tough with people while he continues being gentle and jo
Long live Tepito!
1981-01-15
Slice of life covering four or five days in a badly run-down neighborhood. Matriarch of a slum famil
Black Wind
1965-12-23
The building of a railroad under tough conditions from searing heat to freezing cold in the Sonora d
Vuelva el sábado
1951-09-23
Young woman loses her secretarial job, so she tries to become a bill-collector.
Slaughter Night
1990-01-01
Three part anthology with stories involving a Phantom of the Opera-style killer haunting a theater,
Bring Me the Vampire
1963-06-14
A group of would-be beneficiaries gather for the reading of a will, and discover that they must spen
Pancho cachuchas
1989-01-01
Donde nacen los pobres
1950-08-08
Working-class boy, pampered rich girl. She thinks their love is strong enough to overcome all the cl
The King of the Neighborhood
1950-02-04
A poor man becomes a modern Robin Hood, robbing the rich to give to the poor.
Jóvenes y bellas
1962-05-17
Five city boys and five country boys compete for the attentions of five city girls.
Pedro Páramo, el hombre de la Media Luna
1978-08-10
Juan Preciado, son of Pedro Páramo, goes to Comala to claim his inheritance; but when he arrives he
El Mil Usos II
1984-11-14
Transit must deal with his impulse to leave the country to go to the United States in search of the
Los hermanos Machorro
1988-11-23
Aging rancher reaches out to absorb an illegitimate son from long ago into his family. That son turn
A Beautiful Secret
2002-02-26
The beloved screen legend Katy Jurado, the lights one last time in the history of a special friendsh
El día del compadre
1983-03-10
The inhabitants of a condominium prepare to party and have a baile where various things happen cause
The Heart of the Night
1984-03-15
A young deaf-mute who lives and has intercourse with a blind man much older than she, inevitably att
La reina del mambo
1951-02-28
Nightclub performer escapes from her abusive manager and starts life over in a new city.
Long Sleepless Nights
2000-06-16
Bruno, a young prostitute on the streets of Mexico city, spends his free time yearning for his strai
Naná
1985-05-09
Based on the Émile Zola same name novel. The life of Nana, a French prostitute of the 19th century.
La niña de mis ojos
1947-05-02
Classic movie of Mexican cinema.
The Place Without Limits
1978-04-28
Family honor, greed, machismo, homophobia, and dreams collide in a small Mexican town.
Violent Stories
1985-08-29
Five surreal short stories make up this Mexican anthology film.
Una gringuita en México
1951-04-27
A USA girl decides to vacation in Mexico and experience first hand all the stereotypical scenes she'
Ahí viene Vidal Tenorio
1949-06-15
Two military goons slaughter a young man's parents and siblings. A few years later, the same guys ra
Los pasos de Ana
1993-03-05
A divorced mother decides to do in life what she always wanted: To become a movie director. So she s
Amsterdam Boulevard
1991-01-01
Gaby, a gay guy, lives with his sick father. One day Salvador, an ex-lover, appears in his apartment
Si fuera una cualquiera
1950-05-31
The Legend of a Mask
1991-02-21
A reporter starts investigating the life of the recently deceased wrestler "The Masked Angel"
Contigo en la distancia
1991-01-01
El hijo de Lamberto Quintero
1990-11-15
Lamberto Quintero is assassinated and his son intends to avenge him following in his footsteps. The
Nosotras, las taquígrafas
1950-12-28
Young women in the steno-pool have to balance work, romance, and touchy-feely bosses.
La combi asesina
1982-01-01
Mexican feature film
Caiman's Dream
2001-12-14
Iñaki, a petty thief, is forced to leave Spain because of a crime that got complicated. He decides t
Beso nocturno
2002-01-01
A young man witnesses the horrible death of his girlfriend. He then sells his sexual services to a w
A Mexican Buñuel
1997-01-01
A documentary covering the years Luis Buñuel spent in Mexico making films.
Pecado de ser pobre
1950-11-11
Ex-con rebuilds his life after being discharged from prison.