Carlos Martinez Baena was a character actor who was born in Spain At an early age he moved with his family to Mexico where he became a journalist By 1920 he decided to become an actor while he was living in Argentina and shortly afterward moved to Spain where he worked as a stage actor eventually ppearing in films in Argentina Spain and the US in Spanish language films made in the early and mid 1930s In 1940 he returned to Mexico escaping the fascist Franco goverment in Spain The following year he began appearing in Mexican films in character parts he was often cast as kindly old men teachers priests and appeared in many character parts He was also very involved in the actors union during his career he also wrote and adapted sceenplays as well as writing poetry In 1970 he completed his last film at the age 80 also a character part
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