Ernesto Alonso

Personal Info

Birthday

March 1, 1917

Day of Death

2007-08-07

(90 years old)

Place of Birth

Aguascalientes, Mexico

Also Known As

El señor telenovela

Ernesto Alonso

Biography

Ernesto Alonso (February 28, 1917 – August 7, 2007) was a Mexican producer, director, cinematographer and actor. He was nicknamed "El Señor Telenovela" ("Mr. Soap Opera") because most of his work centered on telenovelas known around the world.

Known For

Bajo un Mismo Rostro

The Young and the Damned

The White Monk

Marina

The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz

Wuthering Heights

La cobarde

Tragic Weddings

Filmography

2000
Speaking of Buñuel
as Self
1997
A Mexican Buñuel
as Self
1986
The Hex 2: Messengers of Hell
as Enrique de Martino
1976
Coronation
as Andrés Avalos
1955
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
as Archibaldo de la Cruz
1954
Wuthering Heights
as Eduardo
Orquídeas para mi esposa
as Ricardo del Río
1953
Reportaje
as Doctor
La cobarde
as Arturo
1951
The Port of the Seven Sins
as El Mirlo
Streetwalker
as Rodolfo
Girls in Uniform
as Novio de Lucila (voz)
1950
The Young and the Damned
as Narrator (uncredited)
1949
Felipe de Jesús
as Felipe de las Casas
La dama del velo
as Lic. Cristobal Gómez Peña
Price of Glory
as Alberto Reyes
1946
Crimen en la alcoba
as Federico Alarcón
Tragic Weddings
as Octavio
Everybody’s Woman
as Carlos
1945
The White Monk
as Fray Can
Marina
as Pascual
1944
The Pharaoh's Court
as Micerino
1942
The Virgin who Forged a Fatherland
as Ignacio Allende
Story of a Great Love
as Sacristán
1941
La gallina clueca
as Roberto (uncredited)