Known For
Directing
Born
Apr 05, 1925
Died
Mar 31, 1989
Place of Birth
Peru
Credits
56 titles
Carlos Tobalina
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Kulies
Director
Boiling Desires
Director
What's Love
Pulsating Flesh
TV Producer (uncredited)
Wild Nurses in Lust
Doctor
Super Sex
Director of Photography
Love Champions
Dr. Carlos
Flesh and Bullets
Editor
Sexual Odyssey
Dr. Karloff
Marathon
Carnal Olympics
Cinematography
Flesh and Laces 2
Dr. Carlos
Lady Dynamite
Doctor
My Sinful Life
Gino (uncredited)
Flesh and Laces
Dr. Carlos
Flesh Pond
Rancher
Lust Inferno
Director
Anticipation
Director of Photography
Mai Lin vs. Serena
Self
Oriental Hawaii
Director
The New Erotic Adventures of Casanova 2
El Conde de la Riva
Undulations
Director
Sexual Heights
Director
Las Vegas Girls
Lopez
Interlude of Lust
Daddy
Uschi
Director of Photography
Carnal Highways
Professor
Come Under My Spell
Doctor
Three Ripening Cherries
Director
Sensual Fire
Father Carlos
Champagne Orgy
Over Easy
Lusty Princess
Jungle Blue
Director
I Am Always Ready
Director
Carnal Haven
Director
Fantastic Orgy
Producer
The Ultimate Pleasure
Director
The New Erotic Adventures of Casanova
Director
Her Last Fling
Executive Producer
One of a Kind
Purchaser in Leather Coat
Tell Them Johnny Wadd Is Here
Capt. Torres
Annie Sprinkle Triple Feature 3
Director
The Last Tango in Acapulco
Impresario Carlos
Marilyn and the Senator
Producer
Sexual Kung Fu in Hong Kong
Orgy American Style
Director
Pornography in New York
Skinflick director (uncredited)
The Jekyll and Hyde Portfolio
Second Unit
Affaire in Rio de Janeiro
Claude Mattel