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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Un milagro de amor
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Release Date:09/12/1949
Ahí viene Vidal Tenorio
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Release Date:15/06/1949
La norteña de mis amores
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Release Date:25/12/1948
Se la llevó el Remington
Character:Don Eusebio
Release Date:04/11/1948
Adam, Eve and the Devil
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Release Date:10/08/1945
El padre Morelos
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Release Date:22/04/1943
Mi viuda alegre
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Release Date:22/02/1942
El rápido de las 9.15
Character:El Incurable (Don Atanasio)
Release Date:11/09/1941
Ni sangre ni arena
Character:Don Ramón
Release Date:22/05/1941
Adios mi chaparrita
Character:Andrés
Release Date:01/01/1941
El jefe máximo
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Release Date:01/10/1940
Madre a la fuerza
Character:Gustavo Reynoso
Release Date:01/08/1940
The Underdogs
Character:El güero Margarito
Release Date:01/06/1940
La casa del ogro
Character:El médico (Doctor Gutiérrez)
Release Date:20/01/1939
Hombres del aire
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Release Date:01/01/1939
Noches de gloria
Character:Don Federico
Release Date:01/01/1938
Las mujeres mandan
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Release Date:28/09/1937
La paloma
Character:Mariscal Bazaine
Release Date:20/08/1937
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
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Release Date:20/06/1935
Juarez and Maximilian
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Release Date:28/06/1934
El compadre Mendoza
Character:Rosalio Mendoza
Release Date:05/04/1934
Tribu
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Release Date:09/01/1934
La noche del pecado
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Release Date:25/12/1933
Prisoner 13
Character:Colonel Julián Carrasco
Release Date:31/05/1933
The Crying Woman
Character:Jefe de policía
Release Date:31/03/1933
Shadow of Pancho Villa
Character:Medrano
Release Date:08/02/1933
Law of the Harem
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Release Date:09/10/1931
La dama atrevida
Character:Fleming
Release Date:20/03/1931
Those Who Dance
Character:Benson
Release Date:05/12/1930
María
Character:Salomón
Release Date:20/10/1922
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