Alfredo del Diestro
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 7, 1885
- Died
- February 20, 1951
- Birthplace
- Valparaíso, Chile
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. His most outstanding performance was in the feature film Allá en el rancho grande, made in 1936.
Filmography
Nobleza ranchera TBA
Actor
X Murderer 1955
Writer
Un milagro de amor 1949
Actor
Ahí viene Vidal Tenorio 1949
Actor
La norteña de mis amores 1948
Actor
Se la llevó el Remington 1948
as Don Eusebio
Mary Magdalene, Sinner of Magdala 1946
as Joaquín
Como yo te quería 1945
as Don Antonio
- Adam, Eve and the Devil
Adam, Eve and the Devil 1945
Actor
El camino de los gatos 1944
as Don Alberto de la Fuente
Viejo nido 1944
Actor
- Adiós, Mariquita linda
Adiós, Mariquita linda 1944
Actor
Tribunal de Justicia 1944
Actor
El padre Morelos 1943
Actor
Mi viuda alegre 1942
Actor
El rápido de las 9.15 1941
as El Incurable (Don Atanasio)
- Adios mi chaparrita
Adios mi chaparrita 1941
as Andrés
Neither Blood Nor Sand 1941
as Don Ramón
El jefe máximo 1940
Actor
Madre a la fuerza 1940
as Gustavo Reynoso
The Underdogs 1940
as El güero Margarito
La casa del ogro 1939
as El médico (Doctor Gutiérrez)
Hombres del aire 1939
Actor
Alarma 1938
as Pedro Alvarez
Padre de más de cuatro 1938
as Don Francisco Fernández de la Vuente y Villar de las Alpujarras
Noches de gloria 1938
as Don Federico
Las mujeres mandan 1937
as Isidro Rodríguez
La paloma 1937
as Mariscal Bazaine
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 1935
as Padre Antonio Núñez de Miranda
Silencio sublime 1935
as Antonio Rodríguez
Juarez and Maximilian 1934
Actor
El compadre Mendoza 1934
as Rosalio Mendoza
Tribu 1934
Actor
Chucho el Roto 1934
as Don Diego de Frizac
Oro y plata 1934
as Don Ridrigo
La noche del pecado 1933
Actor
Prisoner 13 1933
as Colonel Julián Carrasco
The Crying Woman 1933
as Jefe de policía
Shadow of Pancho Villa 1933
as Medrano
- Soñadores de gloria
Soñadores de gloria 1932
as Don Manuel
Una vida por otra 1932
as Agente del ministerio público
El pasado acusa 1931
as Detective Palmer
Law of the Harem 1931
Actor
La dama atrevida 1931
as Fleming
Those Who Dance 1930
as Benson, Director
María 1922
as Salomón, Director, Writer, Art Direction
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