About

Known credits:
32
Birthday:
1885-10-07
Place of birth:
Valparaíso, Chile
Website:
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Alfredo del Diestro

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting

1949 Un milagro de amor Actor 59
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1949 Ahí viene Vidal Tenorio Actor 59
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1948 La norteña de mis amores Actor 59
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1948 Se la llevó el Remington Actor Don Eusebio 58
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1945 Adam, Eve and the Devil Actor 58
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1943 El padre Morelos Actor 58
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1942 Mi viuda alegre Actor 58
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1941 El rápido de las 9.15 Actor El Incurable (Don Atanasio) 58
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1941 Ni sangre ni arena Actor Don Ramón 59
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1941 Adios mi chaparrita Actor Andrés 59
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1940 El jefe máximo Actor 58
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1940 Madre a la fuerza Actor Gustavo Reynoso 59
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1940 The Underdogs Actor El güero Margarito 59
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1939 La casa del ogro Actor El médico (Doctor Gutiérrez) 58
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1939 Hombres del aire Actor 58
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1937 Las mujeres mandan Actor 58
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1937 La paloma Actor Mariscal Bazaine 59
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1935 Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Actor 58
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1934 Juarez and Maximilian Actor 59
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1934 El compadre Mendoza Actor Rosalio Mendoza 59
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1933 La noche del pecado Actor N/A
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1933 Prisoner 13 Actor Colonel Julián Carrasco 59
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1933 The Crying Woman Actor Jefe de policía 58
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1933 Shadow of Pancho Villa Actor Medrano 58
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1931 Law of the Harem Actor N/A
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1930 Those Who Dance Actor Benson N/A
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1922 María Actor Salomón 58
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Directing

1930 Those Who Dance Directing Director N/A
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1922 María Directing Director 58
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Writing

1955 X Murderer Writing Writer 59
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1922 María Writing Writer 58
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Art

1922 María Art Art Direction 58
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