Alfredo del Diestro
Known for Acting · 30 credits
- Born
- 1885-10-07
- Died
- 1951-02-20
- Place of birth
- Valparaíso, Chile
- Also known as
- Alfredo del Diestro Cavallté
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.
Known For
Movies (30)
Ni sangre ni arena
1941
as Don Ramón
The Crying Woman
1933
as Jefe de policía
Those Who Dance
1930
as Benson
Mi viuda alegre
1942
Ahí viene Vidal Tenorio
1949
Se la llevó el Remington
1948
as Don Eusebio
The Underdogs
1940
as El güero Margarito
Shadow of Pancho Villa
1933
as Medrano
Adam, Eve and the Devil
1945
Law of the Harem
1931
El jefe máximo
1940
Las mujeres mandan
1937
María
1922
as Salomón
La casa del ogro
1939
as El médico (Doctor Gutiérrez)
El compadre Mendoza
1934
as Rosalio Mendoza
La norteña de mis amores
1948
Noches de gloria
1938
as Don Federico
Prisoner 13
1933
as Colonel Julián Carrasco
Hombres del aire
1939
Un milagro de amor
1949
La paloma
1937
as Mariscal Bazaine
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
1935
as Padre Antonio Núñez de Miranda
El padre Morelos
1943
Juarez and Maximilian
1934
Adios mi chaparrita
1941
as Andrés
El rápido de las 9.15
1941
as El Incurable (Don Atanasio)
Tribu
1934
La noche del pecado
1933
Madre a la fuerza
1940
as Gustavo Reynoso
La dama atrevida
1931
as Fleming
About 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 ma… With 30 credits spanning from 1922 to 1949, Alfredo del Diestro has appeared in 30 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Alfredo del Diestro Movies
- Ni sangre ni arena (1941) — as Don Ramón
- The Crying Woman (1933) — as Jefe de policía
- Those Who Dance (1930) — as Benson
- Mi viuda alegre (1942)
- Ahí viene Vidal Tenorio (1949)
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