Jorge Humberto Robles
Date of birth: 1943-08-20
Place of birth: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Jorge Huberto Robles
Biography
Studying in high school at UNAM, he climbed onto his first stages. Then he tried to study Economics, while working as an employee in a furniture store. In 1968 he worked as a journalist in the newspaper El Día, and then in the AMEX agency, dissolved by the government after starting a strike. He returned to acting at the Teatro Del Bosque and at the Jiménez Rueda, put in a greater number of daily hours as a host at the station Radio Universidad. Rafael Corkidi hired him for a film that Carlos Illescas was writing: Angeles y querubines. Jorge Humberto Robles had his first starring role there. His work partner: Helena Rojo Around 1974 he worked as an actor in the Theater Company of the Universidad Veracruzana. In Xalapa he took part in few plays: he began to have problems with his eyesight and that year he lost an eye. -"What happened to Borges is happening to me," he used to joke very intimately, without petulance, without exaggerating the comment, "Anyway, there is not much to see". Then, shortly after, came the project of making a film and he and his friends made it, creating an independent work unit, which resulted in Bandera rota, directed by Gabriel Retes. On November 1, 1983, despite his success as a theater actor, he shot himself in the right temple.
Movie Credits
Constelaciones
1980-06-28
The lives of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and the astronomer Carlos de Singüenza y Góngora intersect wi
Guerilla from the North
1983-01-01
The Mexican Revolution in the state of Sonora.
The Holy Inquisition
1974-06-06
A plague is spreading through 16th century Mexico, and the Inquisition of the Roman Catholic Church
Semilla de muerte
1980-01-01
Persecución en Las Vegas: 'Volvere'
1987-01-01
The Evil That Men Do
1984-03-14
A former assassin (Charles Bronson) comes out of retirement to avenge the brutal murder of his frien
The flying pony
1982-01-01
Mythical and fantastic story on the wishes of a peasant boy, Diego, who become reality in the course
Tango
1976-01-01
Mexican feature film
Peregrina
1974-07-04
Biopic: the last year or so in the life of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Governor of Yucatan in the early
Desires
1977-01-01
Snippets of a family drama involving a rebellious son coming to his depressing home village, his fat
Everyone's Hell So Feared
1981-09-09
The inner demons of an aspiring writer, whose dissatisfaction has pushed him to alcohol and drugs, l
Angels and Cherubs
1972-12-08
A tragic celestial-western that explores Adam and Eve's paradise from a surreal point of view.
Holy Pafnucio
1977-10-27
Controversial, sexy and surreal tale of a messenger, his journey and encounters with many historical
Polvo De Luz
1989-06-08
A filmmaker spends his final days with his wife at his family's secluded hacienda.
The Diabolical
1977-11-24
Dave Boland (Carlos East) wears a strange medallion and robs the bank. He also takes the banker's da
Longitud de Guerra
1976-12-21
Based on the novel Tomochic by Heriberto Frías; tells the story of the rebellion of the inhabitants
Auandar Anapu
1975-03-06
People's hero is Anapu... He extracts the water from a rock, befriends, and baptize and get it to Ma
Figuras de la Pasión
1984-01-01
This fairy type of movie is divided in episodes (Figuras) that are settle either on a jail or an pla
New World
1978-08-10
Towards the end of the 16th century, the Spanish conquerors living in the New World faced a serious
Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary
1975-05-01
Mexican horror film about an American painter named Mary who is living in Mexico where she sells her
Savage Summer
1980-08-07
After a romantic betrayal, young Cecilia decides to sleep around with the men she grew up with.
Broken Flag
1979-06-21
When a group of young filmmakers witness and film a crime of passion, the most outrageous blackmail
Adriana del Rio, actriz
1979-10-04