- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 7, 1885
- Place of Birth
- Valparaíso, Chile
- Died
- February 20, 1951
Alfredo del Diestro
Actor and film director, born in Valparaíso Chile, October 7, 1885, died in Mexico City in 1951. Son of Spanish merchant Juan del Diestro and Italian pianist Matilde Cavaletti, Alfredo del Diestro spent his adolescence in Havana with his parents. In 1900 he returned to Colombia with the theatrical company Juan del Diestro, formed by him and his younger brother Juan. The company remained in the country until 1903, when it resumed its transhumance through Central America and the Caribbean. In Havana he met the Mexican actress Emma Roldán, and married her. In 1920, when he was doing a season at the Municipal Theater of Cali, he met Francisco Antonio Posada, who proposed him to co-direct with the Spaniard Máximo Calvo the silent feature film María. Del Diestro did the art direction, directed the dialogues and the staging. He returned to Mexico in 1924, where he continued working in film. Hi…
Filmography
movieX Murderer
1955 · Writer
movieUn milagro de amor
1949
movieAhí viene Vidal Tenorio
1949
movieLa norteña de mis amores
1948
movieSe la llevó el Remington
1948 · Don Eusebio
Adam, Eve and the Devil
movieAdam, Eve and the Devil
1945
movieEl padre Morelos
1943
movieMi viuda alegre
1942
El rápido de las 9.15
movieEl rápido de las 9.15
1941 · El Incurable (Don Atanasio)
Adios mi chaparrita
movieAdios mi chaparrita
1941 · Andrés
movieNi sangre ni arena
1941 · Don Ramón
movieEl jefe máximo
1940
movieMadre a la fuerza
1940 · Gustavo Reynoso
movieThe Underdogs
1940 · El güero Margarito
movieLa casa del ogro
1939 · El médico (Doctor Gutiérrez)
movieHombres del aire
1939
movieNoches de gloria
1938 · Don Federico
movieNobleza ranchera
1938
movieLas mujeres mandan
1937 · Isidro Rodríguez
movieLa paloma
1937 · Mariscal Bazaine
movieSor Juana Inés de la Cruz
1935 · Padre Antonio Núñez de Miranda
movieJuarez and Maximilian
1934
movieEl compadre Mendoza
1934 · Rosalio Mendoza
movieTribu
1934
movieLa noche del pecado
1933
moviePrisoner 13
1933 · Colonel Julián Carrasco
movieThe Crying Woman
1933 · Jefe de policía
movieShadow of Pancho Villa
1933 · Medrano
movieLaw of the Harem
1931
movieLa dama atrevida
1931 · Fleming
movieThose Who Dance
1930 · Benson, Director
movieMaría
1922 · Salomón, Director, Writer, Art Direction