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Roberto Contreras is a Actor American born on 12 december 1928 at St. Louis (USA)
Roberto Contreras was an American actor best known for playing Pedro in the TV western series The High Chaparral. His film and television career spanned nearly 40 years from 1954 to 1993, including featured roles in Topaz and Scarface.
The son of director Jaime Contreras, he was born on December 12, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri. He is also the father of actor Luis Contreras. Contreras died on July 18, 2000, in Los Angeles, California.
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Roberto Contreras
Nationality USA
Birth 12 december 1928 at St. Louis (USA)
Death 18 july 2000 (at 71 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 12 december 1928 at St. Louis (USA)
Death 18 july 2000 (at 71 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
The son of director Jaime Contreras, he was born on December 12, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri. He is also the father of actor Luis Contreras. Contreras died on July 18, 2000, in Los Angeles, California.
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Bound by Honor (1993)
, 3hDirected by Taylor Hackford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Prison films, Films about drugs, Hip hop films, Gangster films
Actors Damian Chapa, Jesse Borrego, Benjamin Bratt, Enrique Castillo, Delroy Lindo, Victor Rivers
Roles Cruz's Grandfather
Rating79%
Miklo is a man of Mexican and Caucasian ethnicity who grew up in El Pico Aliso barrio in east Los Angeles. Upon moving back home from Las Vegas, Nevada, Miklo goes to stay with his two cousins Paco and Cruz. Miklo tells Cruz that he wants to join their gang Vatos Locos. While Paco is initially skeptical, Miklo later proves himself when he performs an attack on a rival gang, Tres Puntos. Afterwards he is made a member of Vatos Locos.
Blue City (1986)
, 1h23Directed by Michelle Manning
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Political films
Actors Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, David Caruso, Paul Winfield, Scott Wilson, Anita Morris
Rating44%
Returning to the small Florida town where he grew up, Billy Turner (Judd Nelson) learns that his father has been killed. With little help from the police, Billy will take matters into his own hands and go up against a ruthless local mob in a desperate search to find the killer.
Scarface (1983)
, 2h50Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Mob film, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about families, Films about immigration, Mafia films, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, La précarité, Gangster films
Actors Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia, Paul Shenar
Roles Emilio Rebenga
Rating82%
In 1980, Cuban refugee Antonio "Tony" Montana (Al Pacino) arrives in Miami, where he is sent to a refugee camp with his best friend Manny Ribera (Steven Bauer) and their associates Angel (Pepe Serna) and Chi-Chi (Ángel Salazar). The four are released from the camp in exchange for assassinating a former Cuban government official at the request of wealthy drug dealer Frank Lopez (Robert Loggia), and they are given green cards. They become dishwashers in a diner.
The Day Time Ended (1980)
, 1h19Directed by John Cardos
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, La préhistoire, Time travel films, Animaux préhistoriques, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Jim Davis, Dorothy Malone, Christopher Mitchum, Marcy Lafferty, Scott Kolden, Roberto Contreras
Roles Gas Station Attendant
Rating35%
A small family relocates to the Sonoran Desert, to be closer to the grandparents of the family. Though there are news reports of a spectacular triple supernova, and the young granddaughter has seen a glowing alien construction behind the barn, the family is at ease until, one night, a UFO soars overhead and appears to land in the nearby hills. Apparently, the triple supernova has opened a rift in space and time.
The Dark (1979)
Directed by Tobe Hooper, John Cardos
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Actors William Devane, Cathy Lee Crosby, Richard Jaeckel, Keenan Wynn, Jacquelyn Hyde, Biff Elliot
Roles Max
Rating42%
Un terrifiant alien, le Mangler, parcourt les rues de Los Angeles, la nuit, tuant et mutilant des victimes humaines choisies au hasard. Un journaliste, par ailleurs père de l'une des victimes, associé à un détective, mène l'enquête mais ne trouve pas grand-chose si ce n'est les révélations d'une mystérieuse médium qui prétend savoir qui est le tueur et comment l'arrêter…
Black Samurai (1977)
, 1h28Directed by Al Adamson
Origin USA
Genres Martial arts, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Jim Kelly, Marilyn Joi, Roberto Contreras, Felix Silla, Essie Lin Chia, Regina Carrol
Roles Chavez
Rating47%
Robert Sand, agent of D.R.A.G.O.N. (Defense Reserve Agency Guardian Of Nations), is playing tennis on his vacation with a beautiful black girl, when his commanding officers ask him to save a Chinese girl named Toki who happens to be Sand's girlfriend, and the daughter of a top Eastern Ambassador. The ransom for the abduction was the secret for a terrific new weapon - the freeze bomb - but the 'Warlock' behind the deed is also into the business of drug dealing and Voodoo ritual murders. The search takes him from Hong Kong to California through Miami, and plenty of action, against bad men, bad girls, and bad animals.
Pets (1973)
Directed by Raphael Nussbaum
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Ed Bishop, Joan Blackman, Frank Parker, K. T. Stevens, Roberto Contreras, Berry Kroeger
Roles The Gardener
Rating57%
A la suite d'une violente altercation avec son frère dans les faubourgs de Los Angeles, Bonnie s'enfuit dans les rues désertes en pleine nuit. Son escapade va l'amener à rencontrer diverses personnes. D'abord Pat, une black qui voit en Bonnie, belle bonde plantureuse, l'instrument idéal pour piéger le premier homme riche venu.Mais Pat double sa complice d'un jour et file à l'anglaise. Bonnie, seule et sans argent, est un peu plus tard prise sur le fait pour vol à l'étalage. Mais heureusement pour elle, une femme lui sauve la mise, Geraldine, qui est artiste peintre. Celle-ci l'invite chez elle. Les deux femmes sympathisent, elles ont même une liaison. Bonnie pose pour Geraldine, et le tableau, une fois achevé, est exposé dans la galerie d'art de Vincent Stackman, un personnage pour le moins étrange, qui achète le tableau et tombe sous le charme de Bonnie.
Topaz (1969)
, 2h7Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Politique, Transport films, Political films
Actors Frederick Stafford, Dany Robin, Claude Jade, Michel Subor, John Forsythe, Karin Dor
Roles Muñoz
Rating61%
In Copenhagen in 1962, a high-ranking Soviet intelligence officer, Boris Kusenov (Per-Axel Arosenius), defects to the West with his wife and daughter after a chase through the streets to the US embassy. In Washington DC, CIA agent Mike Nordstrom (John Forsythe) debriefs him and learns that Russian ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads are to be placed in Cuba. Needing physical evidence of the missiles, he contacts an old friend, French agent André Devereaux (Frederick Stafford), at his house in Georgetown. Nordstrom discloses Kusenov's name to Devereaux, asking him to bribe Luis Uribe, a member of Cuba's U.N. delegation, to provide photographs of documents confirming the missile bases in Cuba (knowing that Uribe hates the United States and would never cooperate with an American agent). Devereaux decides to accompany his daughter Michèle (Claude Jade) on her honeymoon with journalist François Picard (Michel Subor) as a reason to go to New York City. His wife Nicole (Dany Robin) is worried and tries to dissuade him.
The Last Challenge (1967)
, 1h45Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Glenn Ford, Angie Dickinson, Chad Everett, Jack Elam, Robert Horton, Kevin Hagen
Roles Hotelero (uncredited)
Rating60%
A cocky young man from Tennessee, Lot McGuire (Chad Everett), seeks to back up his notion that he's the fastest gun there is. "If a man is second best, he might as well be dead," says McGuire. He travels to a town with the intention of forcing a duel with Marshal Dan Blaine (Ford), who's renowned for his skill with a gun.
The Last Challenge (1967)
, 1h45Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Glenn Ford, Angie Dickinson, Chad Everett, Gary Merrill, Jack Elam, Delphi Lawrence
Roles Hotelero (uncredited)
Rating60%
Depuis qu'il a décidé de passer du côté de la loi, le shérif Dan Blaine fait tout pour oublier son passé de pistolero. Pourtant, sa réputation de fin tireur attire l'attention de jeunes hors-la-loi qui aimeraient se mesurer à lui dans un duel. Cette même ambition pousse Lot McGuire à s'installer dans la ville. Malgré la solide amitié qui s'est construite entre le shérif et le jeune voyou et les multiples tentatives de Lisa, la propriétaire du saloon, pour l'empêcher, le duel a finalement lieu...
Alvarez Kelly (1966)
, 1h45Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres War, Action, Western
Themes Political films
Actors William Holden, Richard Widmark, Janice Rule, Patrick O'Neal, Roger C. Carmel, Harry Carey, Jr.
Rating62%
Cattleman Alvarez Kelly (William Holden) is contracted to deliver a herd to the Union Army in Virginia. As he nears the end of his long cattle drive, Kelly is captured by Confederate raiders led by Colonel Tom Rossiter (Richard Widmark). The Confederacy desperately needs the beef to feed its soldiers besieged in Richmond.
The Professionals (1966)
, 1h57Directed by Richard Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Political films
Actors Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Carlos Romero, Claudia Cardinale, Robert Ryan, Woody Strode
Roles Bandit (uncredited)
Rating72%
In the latter period of the Mexican Revolution, Rancher and Oil Tycoon J.W. Grant (Ralph Bellamy) hires four men, who are all experts in their respective fields, to rescue his kidnapped wife, Maria (Claudia Cardinale) from Jesus Raza (Jack Palance), a former Mexican Revolutionary leader turned bandit.
Mara of the Wilderness (1965)
, 1h30Directed by Frank McDonald
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Actors Adam West, Lori Saunders, Theo Marcuse, Roberto Contreras, Denver Pyle, Ed Kemmer
Roles Friday
Rating55%
In the contemporary areas of Alaska, Mara Wade (Lori Saunders) is a wild woman whose parents are killed in a Bear attack. Raised by wolves and wearing only a fur dress, she rescues and befriends an anthropologist named Ken Williams (Adam West) who is interested in teaching her what is in the world. But she is hunted as well by a ruthless carnival worker named Jarnagan (Theodore Marcuse) causing Ken to work to keep her safe.
Brainstorm (1965)
Directed by William Conrad
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Actors Jeffrey Hunter, Anne Francis, Dana Andrews, Viveca Lindfors, Stacy Harris, Kathie Browne
Roles Asylum Inmate (uncredited)
Rating65%
On a lonely highway, Jim Grayam spots a car stopped on the tracks of a railroad crossing. Inside he finds a sleeping or unconscious woman with the car doors locked. Unable to wake her, Grayam smashes a window and drives the car to safety just ahead of a speeding train.
Marriage on the Rocks (1965)
, 1h49Directed by Jack Donohue, Richard Lang
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Frank Sinatra, Deborah Kerr, Dean Martin, Cesar Romero, Hermione Baddeley, Tony Bill
Roles l'assistant de Miguel Santos
Rating57%
Après plus de vingt ans de mariage Valérie se demande si elle ne va pas se séparer de Dan.... mais un juge prononce leur divorce par erreur. Valérie décide alors de reconquérir le cœur de Dan.