--- name: "Arturo Soto Rangel" canonical: "https://film.one/person/arturo-soto-rangel" fi1m_id: "arturo-soto-rangel" imdb_id: "nm0815495" tmdb_id: 30305 wikidata_id: "Q2865959" roles: ["Actor"] born: "12 March 1882" died: "25 May 1965" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T23:27:20.814272+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Arturo Soto Rangel ## Identity Arturo Soto Rangel - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/arturo-soto-rangel - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** arturo-soto-rangel - **IMDb ID:** nm0815495 - **TMDB ID:** 30305 - **Wikidata ID:** Q2865959 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arturo_Soto_Rangel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2865959, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0815495/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30305 Actor. Born 12 March 1882 in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico. Died 25 May 1965. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 12 March 1882, Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico - **Died:** 25 May 1965 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arturo_Soto_Rangel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2865959, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0815495/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30305 ## Biography Arturo Soto Rangel (12 March 1882 – 25 May 1965) was a Mexican film, television and stage actor. Born in León, Guanajuato, he appeared in more than 250 Mexican films from the late 1930s until the early 1960s, often in supporting or uncredited roles such as doctors, priests and judges. He is known for work in titles including *Maclovia* (1948), *The Big Steal* (1949), *Garden of Evil* (1954) and *Enamorada* (1946). Soto Rangel played El Presidente in the American film *The Treasure of the Sierra Madre* (1948). He won an Ariel Award for Best Actor in a Minor Role for *Maclovia* (1949) and received a nomination for the same category for *Las Abandonadas* (1945). His final screen appearance was in the 1963 television production *Voy de gallo*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Treasure of the Sierra Madre* (1948), Fi1m 88, as El Presidente — [page](https://film.one/film/the-treasure-of-the-sierra-madre.md) ## Complete filmography (199) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Voy de gallo* (1963), Actor - *La sombra blanca* (1963), Actor - *La barranca sangrienta* (1962), as Señor cura - *The Black Whip vs. the Impostors* (1962), Actor - *Revenge of the Resurrected* (1962), Actor - *The Avenging Fox* (1962), Actor - *Los encapuchados del infierno* (1962), Actor - *Enterrado vivo* (1961), Actor - *Duelo indio* (1961), as Huascapili / abuelo Chon - *Una pasión me domina* (1961), Actor - *The Black Horseman* (1961), as Don Mateo, juez - *The Shadow of the Tyrant* (1960), as Director de la Cooperativa - *Miracle Roses* (1960), as Juan Bernardino - *¡Qué bonito amor!* (1960), Actor - *Rebelde Sin Casa* (1960), Actor - *Los tigres del ring* (1960), Actor - *El sordo* (1959), Actor - *El zarco* (1959), Actor - *Acapulcan* (1959), Actor - *Pistolas de oro* (1959), Actor - *3 Lessons of Love* (1959), as Señor juez - *Love of a Cabaret Singer* (1958), as Señor cura - *La marca del cuervo* (1958), Actor - *Las tres pelonas* (1958), Actor - *Una cita de amor* (1958), as Priest - *School for Buglars* (1958), as Banquero (uncredited) - *Cuando Mexico canta* (1958), as Señor cura - *Here is Heraclius Bernal* (1958), Actor - *Horas de agonía* (1958), Actor - *El caudillo* (1957), Actor - *Pepito as del volante* (1957), as Pancho - *La pantera negra* (1957), Actor - *Pablo y Carolina* (1957), Actor - *Good Love* (1957), Actor - *El ratón* (1957), Actor - *La adúltera* (1956), Actor - *Vivir a todo dar* (1956), as Señor Cura - *Forbidden Kisses* (1956), as Director del penal - *El vividor* (1956), Actor - *Historia de un amor* (1956), as Señor Juez - *Una Movida Chueca* (1956), as Doctor - *Ultraje al amor* (1956), as Sacerdote - *El gavilan vengador* (1955), Actor - *El plagiario* (1955), Actor - *X Murderer* (1955), as Padre Juan - *Frente al Pecado de Ayer* (1955), Actor - *Pecado Mortal* (1955), as Benito - *What a Man* (1955), Actor - *Morir para vivir* (1954), Actor - *Watch Out for Love* (1954), as Don Hilario - *El hombre inquieto* (1954), as Don Fausto - *Si volvieras a mi* (1954), as Papá de Alejandra - *La entrega* (1954), as Doctor Silva - *La sobrina del señor cura* (1954), Actor - *La rosa blanca* (1954), as José María Izaguirre - *Cain y Abel* (1954), Actor - *Garden of Evil* (1954), as Priest (uncredited) - *Magdalena* (1954), Actor - *Un minuto de bondad* (1954), as Padre Anselmo - *The Proud and the Beautiful* (1953), as Priest - *Reportaje* (1953), as Police secretary who draws naked women - *Dos tipos de cuidado* (1953), as Doctor - *Anxiety* (1953), as Don Lorenzo - *The Devil's Money* (1953), as Don Teodoro - *The Ghost falls in Love* (1953), Actor - *The Three Perfect Wives* (1953), as Francisco - *La extraña pasajera* (1953), as Auditor Camacho - *Sombrero* (1953), as Professor - *Remember to Live* (1953), as Juez - *When the Fog Lifts* (1952), as Tío Carlos - *A Place Close to Heaven* (1952), as Don Tenen - *Two Faces Have the Destiny* (1952), as Chiclero anciano - *Far from Heaven* (1952), as Zapatero - *Hay un niño en su futuro* (1952), Actor - *Siempre tuya* (1952), Actor - *With all my heart* (1952), Actor - *Oh, Love… How Have You Put Me!* (1951), as Don Manuel - *The Hell of the Poor* (1951), Actor - *Loving Was His Sin* (1951), as Juez - *Las Islas Marias* (1951), as Miguel - *Monte de piedad* (1951), as Padre Gabriel - *My General's Wives* (1951), as Don Jelipe - *Hell Road* (1951), as Dr. Fausto - *Los pobres van al cielo* (1951), Actor - *Desired* (1951), as Don Anselmo - *¡… Y murío por nosotros!* (1951), as Don Júlio, patrón - *La reina del mambo* (1951), Actor - *Victims of Sin* (1951), as Director de prisión - *El Cristo de mi Cabecera* (1951), as Padre Cruz - *Radio Patrulla* (1951), as Sargento Roberto Nava - *Love for Life* (1950), as Presidente Juan Vicente Gómez - *One Day of Life* (1950), Actor - *La fe en Dios* (1950), Actor - *Dangerous Curves* (1950), Actor - *Yo también soy de Jalisco* (1950), Actor - *Primero soy Mexicano* (1950), Actor - *Nuestras vidas* (1950), Actor - *Duelo en las montañas* (1950), Actor - *The Love Nest* (1950), as Dr. Carrasco - *Tú, solo tú* (1950), Actor - *Love Pays for Love* (1950), Actor - *La mujer del puerto* (1949), as Don Antonio Méndez - *The Seminarian* (1949), as Don Pancho - *Rondalla* (1949), as Pedro - *La venenosa* (1949), as Dr. Koll - *Tierra muerta* (1949), Actor - *El embajador* (1949), Actor - *El hijo del bandido* (1949), as Don Santiago - *Dos almas en el mundo* (1949), Actor - *Pueblerina* (1949), as Priest - *The Big Steal* (1949), as Pedro (uncredited) - *Eterna agonía* (1949), as Don Pio - *La vorágine: abismos de amor* (1949), Actor - *Dicen que soy mujeriego* (1949), as Priest - *Rincón brujo* (1949), Actor - *La norteña de mis amores* (1948), Actor - *El último chinaco* (1948), Actor - *Maclovia* (1948), as Don Justo - *¡Ay, Palillo, no te rajes!* (1948), Actor - *Algo flota sobre el agua* (1948), as Sabio - *An Adventure in the Night* (1948), as Capitán de policía - *In the Shadow of the Bridge* (1948), as Juez Salazar - *Cortesana* (1948), as (uncredited) - *Si Adelita se fuera con otro* (1948), Actor - *Hidden River* (1948), as Maestro Monroy - *El muchacho alegre* (1948), Actor - *The Treasure of the Sierra Madre* (1948), as El Presidente — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-treasure-of-the-sierra-madre.md) - *Yo soy tu padre* (1948), as Don Victorio Fernández - *Los Cristeros* (1947), Actor - *Fantasía ranchera* (1947), Actor - *El príncipe del desierto* (1947), as Sr Albornoz - *Enamorada* (1946), as Juez (uncredited) - *Guadalajara pues* (1946), as Don Atilano (as A. Soto Rangel) - *La reina del trópico* (1946), as Don Anselmo Gómez - *The Last Adventure* (1946), as Don Sebastián - *Mary Magdalene, Sinner of Magdala* (1946), as Joseph - *El puente del castigo* (1946), as Don José María - *La Devoradora* (1946), as Don Manuel Ortega - *Cantaclaro* (1946), as Don Aquilino - *Everybody's Woman* (1946), as General - *Los buitres sobre el tejado* (1946), Actor - *Bugambilia* (1945), as Señor Cura - *Canaima* (1945), as Manuel Ladera - *La señora de enfrente* (1945), Actor - *Vertigo* (1945), Actor - *Yours and Body in Soul* (1945), as Obispo de Worcester - *The Abandoned* (1945), as Director colegio - *Cadetes de la naval* (1945), Actor - *Amok* (1944), as Don Eduardo - *The Mexican* (1944), Actor - *The Useless Life of Pito Perez* (1944), Actor - *La trepadora* (1944), Actor - *Cuando escuches este vals* (1944), as Cura - *La pequeña madrecita* (1944), Actor - *The Headless Woman* (1944), as Guia de museo (uncredited) - *Caminito alegre* (1944), Actor - *Maria Candelaria* (1944), as Doctor (uncredited) - *San Francisco de Asís* (1944), as Pedro Bernardone - *Viva Mi Desgracia* (1944), as Don Marcial - *Porfirio Díaz* (1944), Actor - *Miguel Strogoff* (1944), as Agente - *Viejo nido* (1944), Actor - *Cuando Habla El Corazon* (1943), Actor - *How Beautiful is Michoacan!* (1943), as Licenciado - *El rayo del sur* (1943), Actor - *El ametralladora* (1943), as Sr. Salas - *Doña Bárbara* (1943), as Coronel Pernalete - *¡Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra!* (1943), as Sandoval - *Los miserables* (1943), as Monsignor Bienvenido Myriel - *De Nueva York a Huipanguillo* (1943), Actor - *Hooray for Women!* (1943), as Juez Leobardo (as A. Soto Rangel) - *Noches de ronda* (1943), Actor - *Tierra De Pasiones* (1943), Actor - *Morenita clara* (1943), as Don Juan, abuelo - *The Red Virgin* (1943), Actor - *Passion Island* (1942), as Pescador (uncredited) - *Seda Sangre Y Sol* (1942), Actor - *La abuelita* (1942), Actor - *El conde de Montecristo* (1942), as (uncredited) - *Jesus of Nazareth* (1942), as Sacerdote - *Regalo de reyes* (1942), Actor - *The Prodigious Barber* (1942), as Sr. Cura - *La virgen morena* (1942), Actor - *Ay, Jalisco, Don't Give Up!* (1941), Actor - *The Unknown Policeman* (1941), as Doctor (uncredited) - *Lo que el viento trajo* (1941), as Comisario (as Arturo Soto) - *El rápido de las 9.15* (1941), as Papá de novia (uncredited) - *Neither Blood Nor Sand* (1941), as Juez - *The Mad Monk* (1940), Actor - *Love of my loves* (1940), Actor - *Madre a la fuerza* (1940), as Santiago - *¡Que viene mi marido!* (1940), as Señor juez (uncredited) - *Pobre diablo* (1940), as Ricardo - *Los olvidados de Dios* (1940), as Alcaide - *La bestia negra* (1939), as Doctor - *El cobarde* (1939), as Doctor - *El Capitan Aventurero* (1939), as Sacerdote (uncredited) - *Hombres del mar* (1938), as Don Benjamin - *Los millones de Chaflán* (1938), as Notario (uncredited) ## Gallery - ![Fotografía de Arturo Soto Rangel en el Directorio de Artistas mexicanos de 1954.](https://film.one/media/person/105298/gallery-e8f60054540f.jpg) Fotografía de Arturo Soto Rangel en el Directorio de Artistas mexicanos de 1954. — Asociación Nacional de Actores, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Arturo_Soto_Rangel_en_1954.jpg/1280px-Arturo_Soto_Rangel_en_1954.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Arturo Soto Rangel](https://film.one/media/person/105298/gallery-c948884da81f.jpg) Arturo Soto Rangel — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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