Antonio R. Frausto (1897–1954) was a Mexican film actor. A leading character actor he became a familiar face during the Golden age of Mexican cinema, appearing more than ninety films. He played the nineteenth century dictator of MexicoPorfirio Díaz on screen several times.

KNOWN FOR

Shark
1933
Huapango
1938
You’re Missing the Point
1940
El Siete Machos
1951
The Woman I Lost
1949
Así es mi tierra
1937
The Treasure of Pancho Villa
1935
By the False Door
1950
La calandria
1933
Amanecer ranchero
1942
Monja, casada, virgen y mártir
1935
Shadow of Pancho Villa
1933

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
68
1952
El enamorado
1952
Four Nights With You
as Marinero
1952
Far from Heaven
as Tachito
1951
María Montecristo
as Tomás
1951
El Siete Machos
as Jefe municipal
1951
Canasta Uruguaya
as Notario
1951
El Cristo de mi Cabecera
as Señor alcalde
1950
Over the Waves
as Porfirio Díaz
1950
Anacleto Gets Divorced
1950
The Possession
as Simón Oceguera
1950
By the False Door
as Tirso
1949
The Black Sheep
as Nicho
1949
Midnight
as Onofre, director de orquesta
1949
La hija del penal
as Carcelero penal
1949
The Woman I Lost
as Jefe Político
1949
Arriba El Norte
as Gumersindo
1948
Rosenda
as Chema, Bandido
1948
Mystery in Mexico
as Señor Gómez
1948
Los tres huastecos
as Don Damián
1948
Black Angels
as Laureano
1948
The Cockfighter
1948
Yo soy tu padre
as Inspector
1947
Vuelven los García
as Mayor Don Cosme
1947
The Three Garcías
as Mayor Don Cosme
1947
When the Brave Cry
as Don Isauro
1946
Tragic Weddings
as Juan de Dios
1946
It’s Not Enough to Be a Charro
as Prospero
1944
México de mis recuerdos
as Don Porfirio Díaz
1944
La fuga
as Baldomero
1943
A Letter of Love
as Aguirre
1943
Doña Bárbara
as Antonio Sandoval
1943
El padre Morelos
1943
El rayo del sur
1943
De Nueva York a Huipanguillo
1943
Adiós juventud
as (uncredited)
1942
Así se quiere en Jalisco
1942
Alejandra
as Tomás
1942
Amanecer ranchero
1941
La Vuelta Del Charro Negro
1941
When the Children are Gone
as Francisco Paz (Pancho)
1940
You’re Missing the Point
as Defensor
1940
Los apuros de Narciso
1939
Every Madman to His Specialty
as Serafin del Monte
1939
La bestia negra
as Manrique
1939
El cobarde
as Juancho
1938
The Girls Aunt
as Chema
1938
México lindo
as Mamerto
1938
Hombres del mar
as Nicanor
1938
Canción del alma
1938
Huapango
1937
El impostor
1937
Así es mi tierra
as General
1937
La Adelita
1936
Let's Go with Pancho Villa!
as Don Tiburcio Maya
1935
The Treasure of Pancho Villa
as Chema
1935
El rayo de Sinaloa
1935
Monja, casada, virgen y mártir
as Martín Garatuza
1934
El compadre Mendoza
as Gen. Felipe Nieto
1934
Juarez and Maximilian
1934
Enemigos
as Mayordomo
1933
Prisoner 13
as Enrique Madariaga
1933
The Crying Woman
as Francisco - criado
1933
The Tiger of Yautepec
as El Rayado
1933
La calandria
as Tacho Ramírez
1933
Shadow of Pancho Villa
as Pantaleón
1933
Shark
1932
Santa
as Fabián
1932
Hand to Hand
as Antonio (as A. Frausto)