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name: "Luis Beristáin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/luis-beristain"
fi1m_id: "luis-beristain"
imdb_id: "nm0075251"
tmdb_id: 975213
wikidata_id: "Q18590588"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 June 1918"
died: "1 April 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T14:42:25.838725+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."
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# Luis Beristáin

## Identity

Luis Beristáin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/luis-beristain
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** luis-beristain
- **IMDb ID:** nm0075251
- **TMDB ID:** 975213
- **Wikidata ID:** Q18590588
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Berist%C3%A1in, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18590588, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0075251/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/975213

Actor. Born 20 June 1918 in Mexico City, Mexico. Died 1 April 1962.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 June 1918, Mexico City, Mexico
- **Died:** 1 April 1962
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Berist%C3%A1in, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18590588, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0075251/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/975213

## Biography

Luis Beristáin (1918–1962) was a Mexican actor and director. He made his stage debut in 1943 and his film debut in 1945, later working extensively in film and television.

He is known for his role as Cristián Ugalde in Luis Buñuel’s *The Exterminating Angel* (1962) and for appearances in films including *Él* (1953). He also directed television series such as *La herida del tiempo* (1962).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, es.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Exterminating Angel* (1962), Fi1m 87, as Cristián Ugalde — [page](https://film.one/film/the-exterminating-angel.md)

## Complete filmography (46)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Exterminating Angel* (1962), as Cristián Ugalde — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/the-exterminating-angel.md)
- *The White Rose* (1961), as Lic. Pérez
- *Teresa* (1961), as José Antonio Meyer
- *Chicas casaderas* (1961), Actor
- *Mi madre es Culpable* (1960), Actor
- *Café Colón* (1959), Actor
- *El dinamitero* (1958), Actor
- *Vanilla, Bronze and to Die* (1957), as Manuel
- *Closed Doors* (1957), Actor
- *Encrucijada* (1956), Actor
- *A Woman's Pride* (1956), as Miguel Salcedo
- *Ultraje al amor* (1956), as Luis Padilla
- *Las engañadas* (1955), as Felipe Torres Arjona
- *El monstruo en la sombra* (1955), Actor
- *Los paquetes de Paquita* (1955), Actor
- *Pobre huerfanita* (1955), Actor
- *El jinete* (1954), Actor
- *La calle de los amores* (1954), Actor
- *The Intruder* (1954), as Francisco Salvatierra
- *Un minuto de bondad* (1954), as Mario Duarte
- *Sandunga para tres* (1953), Actor
- *Él* (1953), as Raúl Conde
- *Meat in Prison* (1952), as José - el estudiante
- *The Martyr of Calvary* (1952), as Jefe Sinagoga
- *La huella de unos labios* (1952), as Manuel Andrade
- *¡Acá las Tortas!* (1951), as Vicente
- *El marido de mi novia* (1951), as Gustavo
- *Cárcel de mujeres* (1951), as Júlio
- *Crimen y castigo* (1951), as Carlos
- *Todos son mis hijos!...* (1951), Actor
- *Entre abogados te veas* (1951), as El Defensor (Ricardo Cossío)
- *Apartment house* (1951), as Dr. Guevara
- *By the False Door* (1950), as Santitos
- *La loca de la casa* (1950), as Daniel
- *Médico de guardia* (1950), as El Investigador (Dr. Jaime Prieto)
- *Vagabunda* (1950), as Padre Miguel: Carlos
- *Vino el remolino y nos alevantó* (1950), as Alejandro Ramírez
- *Doña Diabla* (1950), as Cura
- *Las puertas del presidio* (1949), as Rafael
- *Hipócrita..!* (1949), as Gerardo
- *El secreto de Juan Palomo* (1947), Actor
- *El amor abrió los ojos* (1947), Actor
- *Los siete niños de Écija* (1947), Actor
- *La niña de mis ojos* (1947), Actor
- *Tragic Weddings* (1946), as Carlos Alatorre
- *The Jungle of Fire* (1945), as Mike

## Gallery

- ![Luis Beristáin](https://film.one/media/person/3908598/gallery-eaf103b157e0.jpg) Luis Beristáin — Asociación Nacional de Actores, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Luis_Berist%C3%A1in_en_1954_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Luis Beristáin](https://film.one/media/person/3908598/gallery-dc8790d2d71e.jpg) Luis Beristáin — Image via TMDB

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