Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1885-10-07
Day of Death
1951-02-20
Place of Birth
Valparaíso, Chile
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.
Filmography (30)
Un milagro de amor
1949
Ahí viene Vidal Tenorio
1949
La norteña de mis amores
1948
Se la llevó el Remington
1948Adam, Eve and the Devil
1945
El padre Morelos
1943
Mi viuda alegre
1942El rápido de las 9.15
1941
Ni sangre ni arena
1941Adios mi chaparrita
1941
El jefe máximo
1940
Madre a la fuerza
1940
The Underdogs
1940
La casa del ogro
1939
