Novaro, Tito

(Octavio Novaro)

(1918-1985? or '86)

   the handsome Tito Novaro started working in Mexican cinema in the 1930s as an extra and bit player, then progressed to featured player status by the mid-1940s. His acting career suffered a setback when he worked in an "illegal" (STIC) feature in 1947 and was subsequently suspended from films for two years. In the late 1950s Novaro became an assistant director at the América studios (he continued to act, although in smaller roles), and got his chance to direct in 1968 (one episode of a multi-story feature). In the 1970s and 1980s he directedn more than a dozen films; he also wrote scripts (including some under his real name), often in collaboration with Laura H. de Marchetti (his wife?).