Alfredo del Diestro

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0.9131

Gender

Male

Birthday

07-Oct-1885

Age

(141 years old)

Place of Birth

Valparaíso, Chile

Also Known As
  • Alfredo del Diestro Cavallté

Alfredo del Diestro

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. 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.


Credits

Un milagro de amor Un milagro de amor (1949) Character: N/A
Young man goes to Mexico City in search of opportunity and gets framed for another person's embezzlement at their place of employ. Meanwhile, back home, his fiancée the blind woman...
Ahí viene Vidal Tenorio Ahí viene Vidal Tenorio (1949) Character: N/A
Two military goons slaughter a young man's parents and siblings. A few years later, the same guys rape and murder his wife, then use their young son for target practice. Enough is enough.
El rápido de las 9.15 El rápido de las 9.15 (1941) Character: El Incurable (Don Atanasio)
It tells the stories of the passengers aboard a nonstop train. Each character is portrayed one by one, and the only thing they have in common is the journey they will take that night.
Madre a la fuerza Madre a la fuerza (1940) Character: Gustavo Reynoso
A 1940 film directed by Robert Quigley.
La ley del harem La ley del harem (1931) Character: N/A
When Renée Duval, a Frenchwoman who had been on her way to Venice, is discovered by Al-Hadi, an Arabian prince in the wreckage of an ambushed caravan it is just the beginning of a breathless adventure that will put both their lives at risk!
La dama atrevida La dama atrevida (1931) Character: Fleming
A blackmailer falls in love with his female victim. Alternate-language version of The Lady Who Dared (1930).
Mi viuda alegre Mi viuda alegre (1942) Character: N/A
A 1942 film directed by Miguel M. Delgado.
El jefe máximo El jefe máximo (1940) Character: N/A
A 1940 film directed by Fernando de Fuentes.
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1935) Character: Padre Antonio Núñez de Miranda
A biopic that narrates the life of the novohispanic poetess.
La noche del pecado La noche del pecado (1933) Character: N/A
La noche del pecado is a Mexican and North American co-production directed by Miguel Contreras Torres with Ernesto Vilches, Ramón Pereda, Medea de Novara and produced by Contreras Torres in 1933.
La norteña de mis amores La norteña de mis amores (1948) Character: N/A
Child whose father was murdered grows up and seeks revenge, also falling in love with a new victim of the same bad guy.
Las mujeres mandan Las mujeres mandan (1937) Character: Isidro Rodríguez
Tired of being mistreated by his wife and children, Isidro (Del Diestro) leaves his family and follows young variety dancer Chayito (Tamayo) to Mexico City. After becoming lovers, Chayito asks Isidro to steal money from the bank he used to work in the small town of San Jacinto. After commiting the robbery, Isidro is accused of murder and things get more complicated.
El padre Morelos El padre Morelos (1943) Character: N/A
Biography of early-1800s Mexican priest/statesman.
Juárez y Maximiliano: la caída de un imperio Juárez y Maximiliano: la caída de un imperio (1934) Character: N/A
The story of Mexican President Benito Juárez and the emperor Maximilian of Habsburg and the empress Carlota.
Se la llevó el Remington Se la llevó el Remington (1948) Character: Don Eusebio
While tracking down the three men that killed his father, a notorious bad-ass commits other misdeeds, seemingly based on his desire to wreck as many lives as possible. Doesn't really have anything to do with the historical figure known as Remington, though they used his name for the character here.
Los que Danzan Los que Danzan (1930) Character: Benson
Undercover police officer Dan Hogan infiltrates a ruthless gangster mob. Hogan’s main objective is to identify the real criminals responsible for the murder of his younger brother. Along the way, he teams up with a woman named Nora Brady, whose own brother was falsely convicted of the same murder. Spanish version of Those Who Dance (1930).
La paloma La paloma (1937) Character: Mariscal Bazaine
Dazzled by the Empress Carlotta's graciousness, magnanimity and charm, a young officer in the Mexican army switches his allegiance to the Imperial government with Maximilian as figurehead. Bad move, space cadet.
La casa del ogro La casa del ogro (1939) Character: El médico (Doctor Gutiérrez)
Lives of the tenants in a shabby-genteel apartment house. Miserly landlord learns valuable life lessons.
María María (1922) Character: Salomón
María tells the tragic love story of María, a beautiful young woman, and her half brother Efraín, a handsome young man from Valle del Cauca. They both fall in love and live their romance on the farm "El Paraíso", in Valle del Cauca, but not everything is rosy, since Efraín must go to Bogotá because of study reasons leaving María with pain in her soul. Some time later, María becomes ill and Emma tells her brother about the situation.
Los de abajo Los de abajo (1940) Character: El güero Margarito
During the Mexican Revolution, the people tired of living in poverty and enduring the atrocities committed by the federals, decide to follow one of their own, General Demetrio Macias, a thief with tricks he learned in jail and who along with "La Pintada" decides to take his people to victory. Led by Captain Anastacio Montañez, the newly formed army fight and honor their code at the same time as they loot houses to spread the wealth.
El compadre Mendoza El compadre Mendoza (1934) Character: Rosalio Mendoza
In the midst of the Mexican Revolution, the landowner Mendoza manages to get along with both the government and the revolutionary group. For the former, he is a supporter of Huerta. For the latter, he is a Zapata supporter. Depending on the political preference of whoever visits him at his hacienda, he has portraits of Huerta or Zapata put up, and organizes a party in honor of his visitors. However, time goes by and the situation becomes untenable. For whom will he take sides?
La Llorona La Llorona (1933) Character: Jefe de policía
In modern Mexico, a malevolent spirit targets a family, linking tragic past events of abandoned, infanticidal mothers to a possessed intruder's attempt to sacrifice their son.
Revolución Revolución (1933) Character: Medrano
A 1933 film.
El prisionero 13 El prisionero 13 (1933) Character: Colonel Julián Carrasco
Colonel Carrasco's wife Marta leaves him taking his young son. The child, Juan, grows into an admirable and well-mannered young man. Having been promoted to a higher rank of power amidst the Mexican Revolution, the indulgent and corrupt Colonel accepts a bribe to free a revolutionary, Felipe Martinez, from his prison. Martinez has been sentenced to execution at the hands of a firing squad. Carrasco asks to have the revolutionary replaced by absolutely anyone. In a twist of fate, that anyone turns out to be his own long lost son Juan. Upon receiving this news, Marta races to the prison and explains the predicament to Carrasco. He subsequently desperately attempts to prevent the gunning down of his son by his very own government officials.
Ni sangre ni arena Ni sangre ni arena (1941) Character: Don Ramón
Cantinflas enjoys the bullfight show, and wants to crash in every of these spectacles. Also, there's a professional bullfighter, Manolete, who is identical to Cantinflas. Manolete has to give a bullfight show in a village, but Cantinflas arrives first as a stowaway in a train, and he'll be mistake by the real bullfighter. Cantinflas will give us a demonstration of courage.



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