Benjamín Morales

Benjamín Morales

Benjamín Morales was born in the Cubuy neighborhood of Canóvanas on August 25, 1926. He married Ana María Morales with whom he fathered two children, Jaime E. and Ana Carmen, from whom he was born five grandchildren. He began his artistic career in 1953. He has worked as an actor, declamator and announcer for more than fifty years. In theater he has performed more than forty works for the festivals sponsored by the Puerto Rican Institute of Culture, such as "La Zorra y las Uvas" (G. Figueiredo), "Crime on the Island of Las Cabras" (H. Betti), "The Heroic of Buenos Aires" (O. Dragún), "The Man in the Skin of a Viper", "Our People" (Thorton Myler), "Dress Naked" (Pirandelo), "The House without a Clock" (René Marqués). He has also participated in works in New York, such as "Welcome Don Goyito" (M. Ballester) and "The Son of Angela Maria" (Jarnés). He has made more than a hundred soap operas and specials, on local channels, among which are some hits such as: "El Hijo de Angela María", "Tomico", "Cristina Bazán", "La Gata", "El Regreso" and "El Cuarto Mandamiento". On the radio he has worked as a narrator and actor for more than fifty years. In the cinema he has participated in films in local and foreign productions, such as "El Hijo de Angela María", in which he is a co-star; in "Dios los Cría", as a co-star and in "El año terrible del 87", protagonist; among which he won an award in "Linda Sara" by Jacobo Morales. Other recognitions and awards he has received are Agueybaná de Oro in 1974 at the "Codazos Festival" as a Character Actor. In 1971, for three consecutive years, he received the Golden Lamb Award at the "Grewardity Festival", as a Theater Actor. In 1970 he was awarded a Golden Agueybaná at the "Codazos Festival" as Actor of the Year.

  • Title: Benjamín Morales
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  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1926-08-25
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Benjamín Morales Movies

  • 1979
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    Dios los cría...

    Dios los cría...

    5 1979 HD

    Film consisting of five stories: "Dios los cría...", dealing with brothers' rivalry for an inheritance; "Negocio redondo", about a lawyer...

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  • 1979
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    Dios los cría...

    Dios los cría...

    5 1979 HD

    Film consisting of five stories: "Dios los cría...", dealing with brothers' rivalry for an inheritance; "Negocio redondo", about a lawyer...

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  • 1995
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    Linda Sara

    Linda Sara

    6 1995 HD

    Facing financial ruin, four siblings decide to sell the valuables within their mother's house, without telling her and by embellishing their history.

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  • 1967
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    La buena herencia

    La buena herencia

    1 1967 HD

    Meant to inform rural communities about the legacy of the Taínos, the indigenous inhabitants of Puerto Rico, or Borikén, as they called...

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  • 1996
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    El poder del Shakti

    El poder del Shakti

    6 1996 HD

    Joseph Lando, the Hercolobus man himself, fights all sorts of mystical mayhem in this over-the-top yet delightful Puerto Rican classic.

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  • 2004
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    And God Created Them 2

    And God Created Them 2

    1 2004 HD

    Three stories ("Lo mismo de otra manera", "Félix", and "Te tengo una sorpresa") that delve deeply into issues such as human solidarity,...

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  • 1990
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    La Charca

    La Charca

    1 1990 HD

    Based on Manuel Zeno Gandía's novel about peasant life in late nineteenth-century Puerto Rico.

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  • 1969
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    El escuadrón del pánico

    El escuadrón del pánico

    1 1969 HD

    The story of the 65th Infantry Regiment of the US Army composed almost entirely of Puerto Ricans and who participated in the Korean War, suffering...

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  • 1974
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    El hijo de Ángela María

    El hijo de Ángela María

    5 1974 HD

    The love of two young people is prevented by the envy and resentment of a greedy man and his evil son.

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  • 1998
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    Cuentos para despertar

    Cuentos para despertar

    1 1998 HD

    Recreates aspects of the life of Abelardo Díaz Alfaro as a rural teacher in Puerto Rico during 1940's, integrating three of his stories "El josco",...

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  • 1989
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    Yuyo

    Yuyo

    1 1989 HD

    Based on Miguel Meléndez Muñoz's novel.

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