Miguel Contreras Torres
Born	September 28, 1899 Morelia,Michoacán Mexico
Died	June 5, 1981 (aged 81) Mexico City Mexico
Occupation(s)	Film actor, screenwriter, film producer, film director
Years active	1920 -1967
Spouse	Medea de Novara ​ (m. 1936)​

Miguel Contreras Torres (September 28, 1899 – June 5, 1981) was a Mexican-born actor,screenwriter,film producer anddirector. He was married to Liechtensteiner-born actressMedea de Novara.

From 1951 to 1979, he and his wife ownedGutenberg Castle inBalzers.^[1]

• Juárez y Maximiliano (1934)
• No te engañes corazón (1936)
• La paloma (1937)
• The Mad Empress (1939)
• Simón Bolívar (1942)
• Father Morelos (1943)
• Lightning in the South (1943)
• María Magdalena: Pecadora de Magdala (1946)
• Pancho Villa Returns (1950)
• Vuelve Pancho Villa (1950) (alternate version ofPancho Villa Returns, but withPedro Armendariz replacingLeo Carrillo in the title role
• Under the Sky of Spain (1953)
• Tehuantepec (1954)

• Madman and Vagabond (1946)

• Noble, Andrea.Mexican National Cinema. Routledge, 2005.

• Miguel Contreras Torres atIMDb

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