Fernando Lamas
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Fernando Álvaro Lamas (January 9, 1915 – October 8, 1982) was an Argentine-born actor and director, and the father of actor Lorenzo Lamas.
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The Cheap Detective (1978)
As: Paul DuChard
Spoofing the entire 1940s detective genre, and his own performances as a bumbling private detective, Peter Falk plays Lou Pekinpaugh, a San Francisco private detective accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of his mistress, the partner's wife, Georgia Merkle.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Robert Moore
Stars: Stockard Channing | Ann-Margret | Peter Falk | Sid Caesar | Eileen Brennan
Murder on Flight 502 (1975)
As: Paul Barons
On a flight to London, a note is found stating that there will be murders taking place on the airliner before it lands.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: George McCowan
Stars: Theodore Bikel | Polly Bergen | Dane Clark | Ralph Bellamy | Sonny Bono
The Lonely Profession (1969)
As: Dominic Savarona
Private investigator Leo Gordon is hired to trail Karen Mendaros, the mistress of a reclusive billionaire. When they meet, Gordon and Mendaros hit it off and check in at a motel. Gordon wakes up the next morning and discovers that Mendaros had been murdered during the night. Gordon opens his own investigation of Mendaros' past in an attempt to determine who killed Mendaros and why he's been set up as the ...
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Douglas Heyes
Stars: Harry Guardino | Dean Jagger | Joseph Cotten | Ina Balin | Barbara McNair
Backtrack! (1969)
As: Capt. Estrada (archive footage)
Sent to Mexico to buy a bull, a Wyoming cowhand (Doug McClure) teams up with three Texas Rangers to solve a robbery/murder.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Earl Bellamy
Stars: William Smith | Doug McClure | James Drury | Neville Brand | Peter Brown
100 Rifles (1969)
As: General Verdugo
When half-breed Indian Yaqui Joe robs an Arizona bank, he is pursued by dogged lawman Lyedecker. Fleeing to Mexico, Joe is imprisoned by General Verdugo, who is waging a war against the Yaqui Indians. When Lyedecker attempts to intervene, he is thrown into prison as well. Working together, the two escape and take refuge in the hills, where Lyedecker meets beautiful Yaqui freedom fighter Sarita and begins ...
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Tom Gries
Stars: Raquel Welch | Burt Reynolds | Dan O'Herlihy | Jim Brown | Fernando Lamas
Kill a Dragon (1967)
As: Nico Patrai
Chinese villagers hire a mercenary and his team of karate experts to help rid them of a gangster and his henchman who are threatening their island.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Michael D. Moore
Stars: Jack Palance | Aldo Ray | Don Knight | Kam Tong | Fernando Lamas
The Violent Ones (1967)
As: Manuel Vega
When a girl in a town that's populated by Hispanics is attacked, the only thing she says before falling into a coma is that her attacker is an outsider, a Caucasian. So the sheriff arrests the only outsiders there are. All he can do is hope that one of them will admit to being the attacker or that the girl can wake up long enough to identify him. But at the same time her father is preparing a lynch mob.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Fernando Lamas
Stars: David Carradine | Aldo Ray | Fernando Lamas | Tommy Sands | Lisa Gaye
Valley of Mystery (1967)
As: Francisco Riviera
A Meridian Airlines flight from Miami to Caracas crashes in the Venezuelan jungle, stranding 130 passengers and crew in hostile surroundings.
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Joseph Lejtes
Stars: Lois Nettleton | Peter Graves | Julie Adams | Richard Egan | Joby Baker
D'Artagnan contro i 3 Moschettieri (1963)
As: D'Artagnan
Directed by: Fulvio Tului
Stars: Roberto Risso | Walter Barnes | Walter Barnes | Fernando Lamas | Gloria Milland
La fuente mágica (1963)
As: Alberto
A financier decides to take a vacation somewhere where nothing can disturb him. He travels to the south of Spain, to a small village where he lives a primitive life. A chance meeting with a young American sociologist who works to guide women towards a healthier and more comfortable life change the pace of his life.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Fernando Lamas | Malcolm Stuart Boylan
Stars: Ángel Ortiz | Esther Williams | Fernando Lamas | Marta Reves | María Soledad
Duel of Fire (1962)
As: Antonio Franco
Obscure historical adventure about a fugitive who is forced into an alliance with a band of robbers.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Umberto Lenzi
Stars: Armand Mestral | Lisa Gastoni | Fernando Lamas | Vincenzo Musolino | Liana Orfei
The Lost World (1960)
As: Manuel Gomez
Professor Challenger leads an expedition of scientists and adventurers to a remote plateau deep in the Amazonian jungle to verify his claim that dinosaurs still live there.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Irwin Allen
Stars: Michael Rennie | Claude Rains | Jill St. John | David Hedison | Fernando Lamas
The Girl Rush (1955)
As: Victor Monte
When her compulsive-gambler father dies, leaving her with an inheritance that amounts to zip, single gal Kim Halliday jumps at a caller's claim that she's part-owner of a Las Vegas "hotel." But hilarity ensues when she flies to Sin City to see it. While a wealthy casino owner eyes her dilapidated property, she takes a chance and tries to sell it to an hotelier's wealthy son.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Robert Pirosh
Stars: Eddie Albert | Gloria DeHaven | Rosalind Russell | Fernando Lamas | Marion Lorne
Rose Marie (1954)
As: James Severn Duval
An Indian chief's daughter loves a Mountie (Howard Keel) who loves a French Canadian (Ann Blyth) who loves a fugitive trapper (Fernando Lamas).
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy
Stars: Marjorie Main | Ann Blyth | Howard Keel | Bert Lahr | Fernando Lamas
Jivaro (1954)
As: Rio Galdez
At Rio Galdez's remote Brazilian trading post live assorted outcast Americans and Europeans, including Jerry Russell, ex-engineer who became obsessed with the Jivaro headhunters' treasure, quit his job, and took up with the bottle and local girl Maroa. But he still gets letters from his nominal fiancée in California, and unexpectedly the shapely, glamorous Alice Parker arrives, expecting to marry a rich ...
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Edward Ludwig
Stars: Brian Keith | Rhonda Fleming | Morgan Farley | Pascual García Peña | Fernando Lamas
The Diamond Queen (1953)
As: Jean Baptiste Tavernier
A French jeweler travels to India in search of a fabulous diamond.
Runtime: 80 min.
Directed by: John Brahm
Stars: Gilbert Roland | Arlene Dahl | Sheldon Leonard | Jay Novello | Fernando Lamas
Dangerous When Wet (1953)
As: André Lanet
The health conscious, dairy-farming Higgins family begin each day with an invigorating swim. One day, traveling health-tonic salesman, Windy Weebe, comes to town and suggests they could swim the English Channel. Sponsored by "Liquapep" and coached by Windy, the family arrive in Europe. There it is decided that daughter Katie is the only one strong enough to enter the contest. But while she should ...
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Charles Walters
Stars: Esther Williams | Henri Letondal | Jack Carson | Charlotte Greenwood | Fernando Lamas
Sangaree (1953)
As: Dr. Carlos Morales
Lamas plays an indentured servant who rises to power in Georgia shortly after the Revolutionary War.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Edward Ludwig
Stars: Francis L. Sullivan | Patricia Medina | Charles Korvin | Arlene Dahl | Fernando Lamas
The Girl Who Had Everything (1953)
As: Victor Y. Raimondi
Attorney's daughter falls for one of his gangster clients.
Runtime: 69 min.
Directed by: Richard Thorpe
Stars: James Whitmore | Elizabeth Taylor | Gig Young | William Powell | Fernando Lamas
The Merry Widow (1952)
As: Count Danilo
Marshovia, a small European kingdom, is on the brink of bankruptcy but the country may be saved if the wealthy American Crystal Radek, widow of a Marshovian, can be convinced to part with her money and marry the king's nephew count Danilo. Arriving to Marshovia on a visit, Crystal Radek change places with her secretary Kitty. Following them to Paris, Danilo has a hard time wooing the widow after meeting an ...
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Curtis Bernhardt
Stars: Richard Haydn | Una Merkel | Thomas Gomez | Lana Turner | Fernando Lamas
The Law and the Lady (1951)
As: Juan Dinas
A former housemaid (Garson) now works as a confidence trickster, but her plans for a big job in California go awry.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Edwin H. Knopf
Stars: Hayden Rorke | Marjorie Main | Michael Wilding | Greer Garson | Fernando Lamas
Rich, Young and Pretty (1951)
As: Paul Sarnac
A rancher's daughter visits Paris to meet her mother and find love.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Norman Taurog
Stars: Danielle Darrieux | Una Merkel | Jane Powell | Wendell Corey | Vic Damone
The Avengers (1950)
As: Andre LeBlanc
The attractive Argentine Don Careless is an adventurer and an excellent swordsman. Don is in love with Maria Moreno, since he had to emerge her jewels and had thereby to kill a shark. Don tries to prevent the forced marriage of Mary with the ruthless revolutionary Colonel Luis Corral. An armed clash between Don and Luis seems inevitable.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: John H. Auer
Stars: John Carroll | Adele Mara | Roberto Airaldi | Vicente Padula | Mona Maris
La rubia Mireya (1948)
As: Alberto
Runtime: 81 min.
Directed by: Manuel Romero
Stars: Fernando Lamas | Elena Lucena | Mecha Ortiz | Emilio de Grey | Severo Fernández
The Tango Returns to Paris (1948)
As: Flores
Obsessed by a Mexican singer, an Argentine doctor arrives in Paris; Far from his land he begins to find his true identity transforming into a singer of tangos.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Manuel Romero
Stars: Alberto Castillo | Elvira Ríos | Severo Fernández | Severo Fernández | Lilian Valmar
Navidad de los pobres (1947)
Runtime: 71 min.
Directed by: Manuel Romero
Stars: Niní Marshall | Irma Córdoba | Osvaldo Miranda | Fernando Lamas | Tito Lusiardo