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Alfredo del Diestro
Actor

Alfredo del Diestro

7 Oct 1885Born
20 Feb 1951Died
65Age at death
32Credits

Biography

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.

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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.

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Filmography

  1. TBANobleza rancheraFilm
  2. 1955X MurdererFilm: Writer
  3. 1949Un milagro de amorFilm
  4. 1949Ahí viene Vidal TenorioFilm
  5. 1948La norteña de mis amoresFilm
  6. 1948Se la llevó el RemingtonFilm: Don Eusebio
  7. 1945Adam, Eve and the DevilFilm
  8. 1943El padre MorelosFilm
  9. 1942Mi viuda alegreFilm
  10. 1941El rápido de las 9.15Film: El Incurable (Don Atanasio)
  11. 1941Adios mi chaparritaFilm: Andrés
  12. 1941Neither Blood Nor SandFilm: Don Ramón
  13. 1940El jefe máximoFilm
  14. 1940Madre a la fuerzaFilm: Gustavo Reynoso
  15. 1940The UnderdogsFilm: El güero Margarito
  16. 1939La casa del ogroFilm: El médico (Doctor Gutiérrez)
  17. 1939Hombres del aireFilm
  18. 1938Noches de gloriaFilm: Don Federico
  19. 1937Las mujeres mandanFilm: Isidro Rodríguez
  20. 1937La palomaFilm: Mariscal Bazaine
  21. 1935Sor Juana Inés de la CruzFilm: Padre Antonio Núñez de Miranda
  22. 1934Juarez and MaximilianFilm
  23. 1934El compadre MendozaFilm: Rosalio Mendoza
  24. 1934TribuFilm
  25. 1933La noche del pecadoFilm
  26. 1933Prisoner 13Film: Colonel Julián Carrasco
  27. 1933The Crying WomanFilm: Jefe de policía
  28. 1933Shadow of Pancho VillaFilm: Medrano
  29. 1931Law of the HaremFilm
  30. 1931La dama atrevidaFilm: Fleming
  31. 1930Those Who DanceFilm: Benson, Director
  32. 1922MaríaFilm: Salomón, Director, Writer

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