Manuel Noriega
Born: 1880-07-24 in Colombres, Asturias, España
Died: 1961-08-12
Known For: Acting
Biography
Manuel "Manolo" Noriega, (July 24, 1880 - August 12, 1961) was a stage and film actor, screenwriter, and film director. Born Manolo Noriega Ruiz in Spain, he worked in live theatre for many years, performing in his native Spain as well in Mexico, Cuba, and the United States. A pioneer in silent film, he made his first screen appearance in 1907. It is believed some of his early silent films have been lost but his main body of work began in talkies in the early 1930s, performing in close to two hundred sound films. Noriega earned an Ariel Award nomination for "Best Actor in a minor role" for his performance in the 1946 film, "Pepita Jiménez." Married to Hortensia Castañeda, their daughter Carmen became a singer who married Tito Guízar. Manuel Noriega died in Mexico City in 1961.
Filmography
1960
- Macario as Abuelo enfermo (uncredited)
1955
- Melodías de amor as Pedrito (no acreditado)
1954
- The River and Death as Pueblerino (uncredited)
- Illusion Travels by Streetcar as Don Julio (uncredited)
- The Abduction as Don Gonzalo (uncredited)
- La entrega as Pepe (uncredited)
1953
- Dos tipos de cuidado as Rosario's Doctor
- Reportaje as Police secretary (uncredited)
1952
- Mexican Bus Ride as Licenciado Figueroa
- Cuatro noches contigo as Don Nico, gerente hotel
- Two Faces Have the Destiny as Doctor (uncredited)
1951
1950
- Esposa o amante
- Vagabunda as Don Filemon
1949
- El Mago as Profesor escuela, cliente mago (uncredited)
- Conozco a los dos
- Prisión de sueños
1948
- Tarzan and the Mermaids as Older Aquitanian
- El Supersabio as Profesor (uncredited)
- In the Shadow of the Bridge as Pedro Nájera
- El cuarto mandamiento as Don Eusebio Echeverria
- The Cockfighter
1947
- ¡A volar, joven! as Doctor (uncredited)
- El ladrón as Viejito portero
- Quite a Gentleman as Ernesto Fournier
- Encadenada (El yugo) as Dr. Ferrer
- Cinco rostros de mujer as Pedro, mayordomo (as Manolo Noriega)
- A media luz as Juan Pitas
1946
- Pepita Jiménez as Ceferino
- Tragic Weddings as Padre Muñoz
- Cantaclaro
- La reina de la opereta as Don Luis de la Fuente
1945
- The Barracks as Tío Tomba
- Twilight as Papá de Lucía (as Manolo Noriega)
- La mujer que engañamos as Padre Ramírez (as Manolo Noriega)
1944
- El sombrero de tres picos
- Cuando escuches este vals as General Manuel Pavia
- San Francisco de Asís
- Cruel destino
1943
- Romeo y Julieta as (uncredited)
- Los miserables as Guillernormand
- El ametralladora as Inspector
- Hooray for Women! as Don Próspero (as Manolo Noriega)
- Morenita clara as Notario (as Manolo Noriega)
1942
- Alejandra as Cuñado de Elena
- Mil estudiantes y una muchacha as Don Amador
- El que tenga un amor
1941
- When the Children are Gone as Don Claudio
- El milagro de Cristo
1940
- Viviré otra vez as Dr. Guzman (as Manolo Noriega)
- El jefe máximo
- The Hawk as Don Felipe Sandoval
- Mi madrecita
- Los últimos días de Pompeyo
- Con su amable permiso
- Hombre o demonio
- You’re Missing the Point as Juez
- El charro Negro as Don Pedro
- In the Times of Don Porfirio
- El hipnotizador
- Al son de la marimba as Acreedor
- Odio
1939
- El crimen del expreso ... (Director)
1938
- Ojos tapatios as Chefo
- El beso mortal as Don Maximino
- La zandunga as Don Eulogio (as Manolo Noriega)
1937
- No basta ser madre
- Las cuatro milpas
- Ave sin rumbo as Doctor Alvarez
- ¡Esos hombres! as José
- Eterna mártir as Jaime
- El impostor
- La honradez es un estorbo as Pepe Alcántara
- Novillero
- Honrarás a tus padres as Dr. Fernando
1936
- Marihuana (El monstruo verde) as Dr. Bueno
- Allá en el Rancho Grande as Don Rosendo
- El calvario de una esposa as Juez
- Malditas sean las mujeres as Señor de Velasco
- Mater nostra as Don Julián
- The Macabre Trunk as Dr. Monroy
1935
- The Treasure of Pancho Villa as Pedro (uncredited)
- Mystery of the Ghastly Face as Justo
- Beyond Death as Amigo de Enrique (uncredited)
- The Dead Speak as Profesor Jiménez
1934
- Venganza suprema as Bank employer
- Two Monks
1933
1926
- José ... (Director)
1925
- Don Quintín el amargao ... (Director)
- La casa de la Troya ... (Director)
- Madrid en el año 2000 ... (Director)
1924
- La mala ley ... (Director)
1923
- Problema resuelto ... (Director)
- Los guapos ... (Director)
- Alma de Dios ... (Screenplay)
- Venganza isleña