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Carlos Tobalina(1925-1989)

  • Director
  • Actor
  • Cinematographer
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Efrain "Carlos" Tobalina was born on April 5, 1925 in Peru. Tobalina emigrated to Brazil prior to moving to the United States 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 Tobalina 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.
BornApril 5, 1925
DiedMarch 31, 1989(63)
BornApril 5, 1925
DiedMarch 31, 1989(63)
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Flesh and Laces
5.1
  • Director(as Troy Benny)
  • 1983
Marilyn and the Senator
5.3
  • Director
  • 1975
Tell Them Johnny Wadd Is Here
4.7
  • Capt. Torres
  • 1976
Carnal Haven
4.9
  • Director(as Troy Benny)
  • 1975

Credits

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Director

  • What's Love
  • Boiling Desires
    • (as Troy Benny)
  • Sexual Odyssey
    • (as Troy Benny)
  • Pulsating Flesh
    • (as Troy Benny)
  • Super Sex
    • (as Troy Benny)
  • My Sinful Life
    • (as Troy Benny)
  • Love Champions
    • (as Troy Benny)
  • Flesh and Bullets (1985)
    Flesh and Bullets
    • (as Efrain Tobalina)
  • Las Vegas Girls
    • (as Troy Benny)
  • Flesh Pond
    • (as Troy Benny)
  • Carnal Olympics
    • (as Troy Benny)
  • Lady Dynamite
    • (as Troy Benny)
  • Marathon
    • (as Troy Benny)
  • Flesh and Laces: Part II
    • (as Troy Benny)
  • Flesh and Laces
    • (as Troy Benny)

Actor

  • Sexual Odyssey
  • Pulsating Flesh
    • (uncredited)
  • Wild Nurses in Lust
  • My Sinful Life
    • (uncredited)
  • Love Champions
  • Las Vegas Girls
    • (uncredited)
  • Flesh Pond
  • Lady Dynamite
  • Marathon
  • Flesh and Laces: Part II
  • Flesh and Laces
  • Casanova II
  • Interlude of Lust
  • Carnal Highways
    • (uncredited)
  • Mike Cartel in Bitter Heritage (1979)
    Bitter Heritage

Cinematographer

  • Boiling Desires
  • Pulsating Flesh
  • Super Sex
  • Flesh and Bullets (1985)
    Flesh and Bullets
    • (as E. Tobalina)
  • Flesh Pond
  • Carnal Olympics
    • (as C. Tobalina)
  • Marathon
  • Flesh and Laces: Part II
  • Flesh and Laces
  • Mai Lin vs. Serena
  • Oriental Hawaii
  • Casanova II
  • Lust Inferno
  • Anticipation
  • One of a Kind
    • (as Troy Benny, filmed by)

Personal details

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    • April 5, 1925
    • March 31, 1989
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(suicide by gunshot)
    • Maria Tobalina1964 - March 31, 1989 (his death, 1 child)

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    [1975 quote on making explicit hardcore movies] I am not ashamed of the films I have made. I have made films that show the beauty of sex.

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