Alfredo del Diestro [1002705] Gender: Male Popularity: 0.2065 Birthplace: Valparaíso, Chile Birthday: 1885-10-07 Deathday: 1951-02-20 Age: 65 years Movies: 28 Links: Homepage, IMDB 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. Un milagro de am1949-12-09 Ahí viene Vidal1949-06-15 La norteña de m1948-12-25 Se la llevó el 1948-11-04 Adam, Eve and th1945-08-10 El padre Morelos1943-04-22 Mi viuda alegre1942-02-22 El rápido de la1941-09-11 Ni sangre ni are1941-05-22 Adios mi chaparr1941-01-01 El jefe máximo1940-10-01 Madre a la fuerz1940-08-01 The Underdogs1940-06-01 La casa del ogro1939-01-20 Hombres del aire1939-01-01 Noches de gloria1938-01-01 Las mujeres mand1937-09-28 La paloma1937-08-20 Sor Juana Inés 1935-06-20 Juarez and Maxim1934-06-28 El compadre Mend1934-04-05 La noche del pec1933-12-25 Prisoner 131933-05-31 The Crying Woman1933-03-31 Shadow of Pancho1933-02-08 Law of the Harem1931-10-09 Those Who Dance1930-12-05 María1922-10-20