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Carlos Tobalina
Peru
Efrain "Carlos" Tobalina was born on April 5, 1925 in Peru. Tobalina emigrated to Brazil prior to moving to America in the early 1950's and eventually settling in California in 19…
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Efrain "Carlos" Tobalina was born on April 5, 1925 in Peru. Tobalina emigrated to Brazil prior to moving to America in the early 1950's and eventually settling in California in 1956. Carlos worked as a used car salesman at various automobile dealerships and had a second moonlight gig as an announcer on a Spanish language radio station. Tobalina started his own film business C. Tobalina Productions, Inc. as well as married bookkeeper Maria Pia in 1964. Tobalina was a stepfather to Maria's daughter Gloria. Maria gave birth to another daughter named Linda in 1966. Carlos made his first adult movie with the softcore feature Infrasexum (1969). Tobalina became the owner of the Mayan Theater on Hill Street in downtown Los Angeles two years later (the Mayan Theater was the primary theatrical venue that Tobalina's films were shown at). Moreover, Carlos not only owned two homes in Corona Del Mar, but also owned both the Star Theater in La Puente and the X Theater on Hollywood Boulevard. A lot of Tobalina's explicit hardcore pictures were made at his house on 14930 Corona Del Mar. Carlos made well over forty X-rated movies starting from the early 1970's up until 1987. In addition, Carlos had several run-ins with the law about his constitutional right to make and distribute explicit hardcore fare and even went as far as to fight for his First Amendment rights in court. Tobalina committed suicide at age 63 on March 31, 1989. He explained in a suicide note that the reason he took his own life was because he was suffering from terminal liver cancer.
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1988
The Kulies
Movie Director
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1987
Boiling Desires
Movie Director
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1987
What's Love
Movie
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1986
Pulsating Flesh
Movie TV Producer (uncredited)
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1986
Wild Nurses in Lust
Movie Doctor
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1986
Super Sex
Movie Director of Photography
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1985
Love Champions
Movie Dr. Carlos
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1985
Flesh and Bullets
Movie Editor
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1985
Sexual Odyssey
Movie Dr. Karloff
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1983
Marathon
Movie
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1983
Carnal Olympics
Movie Cinematography
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1983
Flesh and Laces 2
Movie Dr. Carlos
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1983
Lady Dynamite
Movie Doctor
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1983
My Sinful Life
Movie Gino (uncredited)
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1983
Flesh and Laces
Movie Dr. Carlos
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1983
Flesh Pond
Movie Rancher
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1982
Lust Inferno
Movie Director
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1982
Anticipation
Movie Director of Photography
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1982
Mai Lin vs. Serena
Movie Self
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1982
Oriental Hawaii
Movie Director
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1982
The New Erotic Adventures of Casanova 2
Movie El Conde de la Riva
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1981
Sexual Heights
Movie Director
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1981
Undulations
Movie Director
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1981
Las Vegas Girls
Movie Lopez
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1981
Interlude of Lust
Movie Daddy
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1980
Uschi
Movie Screenplay
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1980
Carnal Highways
Movie Professor
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1980
American Way of Love
Movie Director
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1979
Come Under My Spell
Movie Doctor
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1979
Three Ripening Cherries
Movie Director
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1979
Sensual Fire
Movie Father Carlos
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1978
Champagne Orgy
Movie
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1978
Over Easy
Movie
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1978
Jungle Blue
Movie Director
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1978
Carnal Haven
Movie Director
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1978
I Am Always Ready
Movie Director
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1978
Lusty Princess
Movie
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1977
Fantastic Orgy
Movie Producer
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1977
The Ultimate Pleasure
Movie Director
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1977
The New Erotic Adventures of Casanova
Movie Director
