Ernesto Alonso

Born: 1917-03-01

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.


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The Young and the Damned

as Narrator (uncredited)
Released: 1950-12-09

A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent life in the infamous slums of Mexico City; among...

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The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz

as Archibaldo de la Cruz
Released: 1955-05-19

A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned...

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Wuthering Heights

as Eduardo
Released: 1954-06-30

Gone several years, the brooding Alejandro returns to the hacienda of his foster sister,...

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Reportaje

as Doctor
Released: 1953-11-13

Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.

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Streetwalker

as Rodolfo
Released: 1951-06-22

In Mexico City, two sisters, Maria and Elena, fight over the love of pimp Rodolfo. Elena escapes...

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La cobarde

as Arturo
Released: 1953-03-05

A stranded ship. A man and two boys go to its rescue - uncle Arturo and his two nephews. The...

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The White Monk

as Fray Can
Released: 1945-10-06

In an Italian monastery during the XIII century, a white image appears sculpted by Fray...

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La dama del velo

as Lic. Cristobal Gómez Peña
Released: 1949-06-01

Andrea loves Esteban. Esteban murders his wife and goes go jail. Andrea marries Esteban's...

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Coronation

as Andrés Avalos
Released: 1976-06-03

The traumatic story of an old bourgueoise in Mexico City, his relationship with his crazy...

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The Pharaoh's Court

as Micerino
Released: 1944-06-08

The wise men of the kingdom interpret a dream of Pharaoh and decide that Putifar, a victorious...

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Maternidad imposible

as uncredited
Released: 1955-05-05

Mother and child are separated during the Spanish Civil War. Believing the mother to be dead,...

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La mujer de todos

as Carlos
Released: 1946-01-11

A beautiful woman of affairs falls in love with a handsome young man of great promise. Fearing...

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The Hex 2: Messengers of Hell

as Enrique de Martino
Released: 1986-10-01

Raul Araiza's chilling Spanish-language supernatural thriller tells the tale of two powerful...

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El Jorobado

as uncredited
Released: 1943-05-05

Historical drama/swashbuckler: Spain during the Inquisition.

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The Virgin who Forged a Fatherland

as Ignacio Allende
Released: 1942-12-11

On the eve of the Grito de Dolores and faced with the threat of being arrested by the viceregal...

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The Cockfighter

as uncredited
Released: 1948-10-27

In Michoacan in the 1920s, Gabriel, a young farmer and champion cockfighter, finds himself in...

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Girls in Uniform

as Novio de Lucila (voz)
Released: 1951-05-31

Orphan Manuela's passionate crush on her teacher Lucila scandalizes their all-girl Catholic school.

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El globo de Cantolla

as uncredited
Released: 1944-07-07

Three boys and three girls in the 1890s.

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La gallina clueca

as Roberto (uncredited)
Released: 1941-12-04

Divorced mother struggles to raise her large family.

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Marina

as Pascual
Released: 1945-06-21

Adaptation of a Spanish operetta about a love triangle between two fisherman and a human female.

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Tragic Weddings

as uncredited
Released: 1946-05-30

Romantic triangles, rural/hacienda setting.

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Mujer de medianoche

as uncredited
Released: 1952-05-28

Young woman elopes with her fiancé; during their honeymoon, things happen that cause them to be...

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Price of Glory

as Alberto Reyes
Released: 1949-01-15

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Story of a Great Love

as Sacristán
Released: 1942-09-20

Manuel leaves town leaving Soledad in deep sadness. After several years of absence, the young...

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The Port of the Seven Sins

as El Mirlo
Released: 1951-11-11

Career criminals vie for ownership of a disreputable waterfront dive and for the love of the...

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Una mujer en la calle

as uncredited
Released: 1955-02-03

An implausible accident causes a street prostitute to become close friends with an aristocratic...

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Felipe de Jesús

as Felipe de las Casas
Released: 1949-08-05

Biography of the first Catholic Saint to be born in Mexico.

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Crimen en la alcoba

as Federico Alarcón
Released: 1946-10-16

A man's on trial for murder; a friend who could prove his innocence chooses not to come forward....

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Orquídeas para mi esposa

as Ricardo del Río
Released: 1954-06-01

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Otra primavera

as uncredited
Released: 1950-04-27

His wife dies and now he's free to marry his mistress and adopt their children officially. How...

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La torre de marfil

as uncredited
Released: 1958-04-11

Philandering husband drives wife to the brink of suicide.

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El padre Morelos

as uncredited
Released: 1943-04-22

Biography of early-1800s Mexican priest/statesman.

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A Doll's House

as uncredited
Released: 1954-03-04

Adaptation of the play by Henrik Ibsen. Mexican version of " A Doll's House." A spendthrift wife...

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Bajo un Mismo Rostro

as Melchor Saldívar
First aired: 1995-04-17

After the murder of her father and brother, Irene Saldivar travels to Greece. There she meets...

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Las Lunas del Auditorio

as Himself
First aired: 2002-09-04

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