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José Manuel Martín

José Manuel Martín

Actor · Died April 12, 2006, aged 81 · Casavieja, Ávila, Castilla y León, Spain

Interpretation takes its first steps in the TEU, with José Luis López Vázquez, María Jesús Valdés and Valeriano Andrés. After obtaining a scholarship at the Lope de Rueda, starts as a professional theater under the command of Alejandro Ulloa with simultaneous functions broadcaster Radio Nacional of Spain, an entity for which remains linked to 1942. Author of numerous poems and the argument of "A pair of 32", led by Rafael Romero screens Marchent. Detached from the screens since the late 70s, has entered the history of Spanish cinema as a typical villain of the 50 and 60.

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Biography from IMDb.

Born
May 24, 1924
Died
April 12, 2006 (aged 81)
From
Casavieja, Ávila, Castilla y León, Spain
Works as
Actor
Titles
38 on MovieCove · 94 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 132% in 30 days

What are José Manuel Martín's films like?

Across their 23 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Power.

Genres

Drama10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 36th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 19th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 4th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 65th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 22nd percentile
: browse their Horror movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
40%
Power
21%
Survival
17%
Bonds
10%
Self
10%
Society
1%
Ideas
1%
Justice8 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom5 titles, browse their movies with this themeViolence4 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 23 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 8 · Serious 4 · Dark 11

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 4 · Stylized 11 · Heightened 8

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 11 · Intense 11

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 5 · Shifting 13 · Whiplash 5

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 17 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 13 · Relentless 2

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 13 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 8 · Affecting 10 · Heavy 5

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 17 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

6 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 3 of 6 analyzed roles.

Shadow
3 of 6
Ally
1 of 6
Shapeshifter
1 of 6
Trickster
1 of 6

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
19
Thrilling
13
Melancholic
8
Dread
4
Absurd
4
Other
10

How their films linger

Fun11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet7
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous5

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch José Manuel Martín's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 30 of their 38 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (22).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for José Manuel Martín's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

94 credits, 38 with a MovieCove page.

  • Chill Out! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Actor

  • Self Esteem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Quico

  • The Brother from Space (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Actor

  • Dragon Rapide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Oficial ayudante del General Franco (as José Manuel Martí)

  • East of West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Bad Milk

  • Adiós, querida mamá (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as David (as Pepe Martín)

  • Red Gold (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Empleador

  • A Dog Called... Vengeance(1977)

    as Cuatrero

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Del amor y de la muerte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Actor

  • Curro Jiménez (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 1 episode · as Guindo

  • La espada negra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Actor

  • Witness to Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Writer

  • El último viaje (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Manolo

  • Curse of the Devil(1973)

    as Bela

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Count Dracula's Great Love(1973)

    as Porteador

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Albert Mathews

  • Antony and Cleopatra(1972)

    as Guard (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Death Walks on High Heels(1971)

    as Smith

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Cut-Throats Nine(1972)

    as John Weasel McFarland

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Bad Man's River(1971)

    as Mexican Soldier

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • The Christ of the Ocean (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Lidio

  • Bastard, Go and Kill(1971)

    as Cherokee

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • The Wind's Fierce(1970)

    as García

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • No desearás al vecino del quinto(1970)

    as Taxista

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Arizona Colt, Hired Gun(1970)

    as Jose Gonzalez Moreno

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Juan Pedro the Scyther (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Actor

  • The Long Agony of Fish Out of Water (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Hombre de la pistola

  • Fortunata y Jacinta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Tío de Fortunata

  • A Bullet for Sandoval(1969)

    as Cross-Eyed Guy

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • The Castle of Fu Manchu(1969)

    as Omar Pashu

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Marquis de Sade's Justine(1969)

    as Victor

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • 100 Rifles(1969)

    as Sarita's Father

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Day After Tomorrow(1968)

    as Espartero

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • I Want Him Dead(1968)

    as Jack Blood

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Seven Into Hell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Actor

  • A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die(1967)

    as El Bailarin

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • 40 grados a la sombra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Actor

  • 15 Scaffolds for a Murderer(1967)

    as Benny

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • God Forgives... I Don't!(1967)

    as Bud

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Operation Delilah(1967)

    as Joe

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • With the East Wind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Zafra

  • Bewitched Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Lorenzo

  • A Bullet for the General(1967)

    as Raimundo

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Django Shoots First(1966)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Man from Nowhere(1966)

    as Watch's Henchman

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Taste of Killing(1966)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Seven Dollars to Kill(1966)

    as El Gringo

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • 4 Dollars of Revenge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Manuel de Losa

  • Five for Revenge(1966)

    as Ramon

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Julio César (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Casca

  • Operation Double Cross (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Jaime

  • Operation Atlantis(1965)

    as Nailawi

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Man from Canyon City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Esteban

  • Fall of the Mohicans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Cunning Fox

  • A Pistol for Ringo(1965)

    as Pedro

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Weeping for a Bandit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as El Tuerto

  • Bullets Don't Argue(1964)

    as Ramon

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Rueda de sospechosos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Camarero del Manzanilla

  • The Pitiless Three (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Richard

  • The Ceremony(1963)

    as Gendarme

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Scorching Sands(1963)

    as Abdallah

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Girl from La Mancha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Posadero

  • Cristo Negro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Charles

  • The Castilian(1963)

    as Centinela

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • The Four Truths (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Aveugle (segment "La mort et le bûcheron")

  • Cupido contrabandista (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Walter

  • Mentirosa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Tomás

  • Viridiana(1961)

    as El Cojo

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Savage Guns(1961)

    as Segura

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Conqueror of Maracaibo(1961)

    as Patcheye Pirate

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • La paz empieza nunca (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Karazo

  • El hombre de la isla (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Pescador

  • Leap to Fame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Cholera patient

  • Der Löwe von Babylon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Aftab

  • Sonatas(1959)

    as Primer centinela

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • La vida alrededor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Actor

  • Molokai: la isla maldita (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Actor

  • Die Sklavenkarawane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Miralei

  • El aprendiz de malo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Socio de Bautista

  • Spanish Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Fernando

  • La mestiza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Joe

  • Los ladrones somos gente honrada (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Antón, el mayordomo

  • Ha pasado un hombre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Savatierra

  • El canto del gallo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Preso

  • Juicio final (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Actor

  • Duelo de pasiones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Actor

  • The Other Life of Captain Contreras (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Dr. Rad

  • Murió hace quince años (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Muñoz

  • Judas' Kiss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Joven miserable

  • I Was a Parish Priest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Actor

  • Airport (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Aduanero (uncredited)

  • A dos grados del Ecuador (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Actor

  • La llamada de África(1952)

    as Sargento

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Reckless (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Sargento

Career shape

Star power in the 92nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 94 titles from 1951 to 2003; peak year 1966.

Biggest box office

Count Dracula's Great Love (1973)

$286K worldwide

Highest rated

Viridiana (1961)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

100 Rifles (1969)

Film career

19512003

Peak 1966 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1962Screen debut· Viridiana
  • 1967Career best· God Forgives... I Don't!

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting93 of 94: 93 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score30thWriting1 of 94: 1 only writing, 0 with another role

By decade

1950s22 · acting1960s44 · acting1970s22 · 21 acting · 1 crew1980s4 · acting1990s1 · acting2000s1 · acting

Billing

usually 8th · top billed in 0% of 15 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do José Manuel Martín's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 30th percentile, the median of all 38; across their 23 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 34th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

34thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Approval · how many liked their films

27thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Reach · how many have seen their films

42ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Midcredits score across 38 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th15
  • Below 25th16

Shape of the crowd

16 of their 38 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Broadly Agreed14
  • Mixed16

Most divisive · actor

Operation Delilah (1967)

93rd percentile spread · 50% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Viridiana (1961)

Midcredits 97th · 88% liked

Reviewers score the acting 60/100 in their films, across 20 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 39. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is José Manuel Martín's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 67 · intenseMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles33–58 · median 43 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does José Manuel Martín work with?

People who share at least 2 of José Manuel Martín's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Aldo Sambrell shares the most, 4.

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers