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

La antorcha encendida
1996
Un rostro en mi pasado
1989
El Derecho de Nacer
1981
Atrapada
1991
El vuelo del águila
1994
My Love, My Sin
2004
El milagro de vivir
1975
El Maleficio
2023
Mañana Será Otro Día
1976
Las Lunas del Auditorio
2003
Triángulo
1992
Bajo un Mismo Rostro
1995

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
44
Directing
1
Producing
19
Crew
1
2023
El Maleficio
as Bael
2003
Las Lunas del Auditorio
as Self
2000
Speaking of Buñuel
as Self
1997
A Mexican Buñuel
as Self
1995
Bajo un Mismo Rostro
as Melchor Saldívar
1994
LA HEREDERA
1989
Lo blanco y lo negro
as Ángel de Castro/Silvio de Castro
1986
The Hex 2: Messengers of Hell
as Enrique de Martino
1980
Aprendiendo a amar
as Cesar
1979
México de mis amores
1976
Coronation
as Andrés Avalos
1958
La torre de marfil
1955
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
as Archibaldo de la Cruz
1955
Una mujer en la calle
as José Luis
1955
Maternidad imposible
1954
Wuthering Heights
as Eduardo
1954
A Doll's House
1954
Orquídeas para mi esposa
as Ricardo del Río
1953
Reportaje
as Doctor
1953
The Coward
as Arturo
1952
Mujer de medianoche
as Hugo
1951
The Port of the Seven Sins
as El Mirlo
1951
El cardenal
1951
Streetwalker
as Rodolfo
1951
Girls in Uniform
as Novio de Lucila (voz)
1951
La mujer sin lagrimas
as Carlos
1950
The Young and the Damned
as Narrator (uncredited)
1950
Otra primavera
as Arturo Montesinos
1949
Price of Glory
as Alberto Reyes
1949
La dama del velo
as Lic. Cristobal Gómez Peña
1949
Felipe de Jesús
as Felipe de las Casas
1948
The Cockfighter
1946
Tragic Weddings
as Octavio
1946
Crimen en la alcoba
as Federico Alarcón
1946
Everybody's Woman
as Carlos
1945
The White Monk
as Fray Can
1945
Marina
as Pascual
1944
The Pharaoh's Court
as Micerino
1944
El globo de Cantolla
1943
El Jorobado
1943
El padre Morelos
1942
The Virgin who Forged a Fatherland
as Ignacio Allende
1942
Story of a Great Love
as Sacristán
1941
La gallina clueca
as Roberto (uncredited)