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
- Illusion Travels by Streetcar as Don Julio (uncredited)
- The River and Death as Pueblerino (uncredited)
- The Abduction as Don Gonzalo (uncredited)
- La entrega as Pepe (uncredited)
- La rosa blanca as Médico de Nueva York
1953
- Dos tipos de cuidado as Rosario's Doctor
- Reportaje as Police secretary (uncredited)
1952
- Mexican Bus Ride as Licenciado Figueroa
- Four Nights With You as Don Nico, gerente hotel
- Two Faces Have the Destiny as Doctor (uncredited)
1951
- El Papelerito as El cajero (uncredited)
- Los hijos de la calle
- ¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer? as Señor Cura
- Los apuros de mi ahijada
1950
- Esposa o amante
- Una mujer decente as Doctor (uncredited)
- Vagabunda as Don Filemon
1949
- El Mago as Profesor escuela, cliente mago (uncredited)
- Prisión de sueños as Don Pepe (uncredited)
- Conozco a los dos
1948
- Tarzan and the Mermaids as Older Aquitanian
- El Supersabio as Profesor (uncredited)
- The Cockfighter
- El deseo as Doctor (uncredited)
- In the Shadow of the Bridge as Pedro Nájera
- El cuarto mandamiento as Don Eusebio Echeverria
1947
- El ladrón as Viejito portero
- ¡A volar, joven! as Doctor (uncredited)
- Cinco rostros de mujer as Pedro, mayordomo (as Manolo Noriega)
- Encadenada (El yugo) as Dr. Ferrer
- A media luz as Juan Pitas
- Quite a Gentleman as Ernesto Fournier
1946
- Pepita Jiménez as Ceferino
- Cantaclaro
- La reina de la opereta as Don Luis de la Fuente
- Tragic Weddings as Padre Muñoz
1945
- Soltera y con gemelos as Juez registro civil
- La mujer que engañamos as Padre Ramírez (as Manolo Noriega)
- Twilight as Papá de Lucía (as Manolo Noriega)
- The Barracks as Tío Tomba
1944
- El rosario as Fred
- Cuando escuches este vals as General Manuel Pavia
- San Francisco de Asís
- El sombrero de tres picos
- Cruel destino
- The Headless Woman as Manuel (mayordomo)
1943
- Romeo y Julieta as (uncredited)
- El ametralladora as Inspector
- Los miserables as Guillernormand
- Morenita clara as Notario (as Manolo Noriega)
- Hooray for Women! as Don Próspero (as Manolo Noriega)
1942
- El conde de Montecristo as Abuelo de Valentina (uncredited)
- Mil estudiantes y una muchacha as Don Amador
- Alejandra as Cuñado de Elena
- El que tenga un amor
1941
- When the Children are Gone as Don Claudio
- El milagro de Cristo
1940
- The Hawk as Don Felipe Sandoval
- Viviré otra vez as Dr. Guzman (as Manolo Noriega)
- Los últimos días de Pompeyo
- Mi madrecita
- El jefe máximo
- You’re Missing the Point as Juez
- Con su amable permiso
- El charro Negro as Don Pedro
- Hombre o demonio
- Al son de la marimba as Acreedor
- El hipnotizador
- Odio
- In the Times of Don Porfirio
1939
- El crimen del expreso ... (Director)
1938
- Ojos tapatios as Chefo
- El beso mortal as Don Maximino
- Huapango
- La zandunga as Don Eulogio (as Manolo Noriega)
1937
- No basta ser madre
- ¡Esos hombres! as José
- El impostor
- Honrarás a tus padres as Dr. Fernando
- Eterna mártir as Jaime
- La honradez es un estorbo as Pepe Alcántara
- Las cuatro milpas
- Ave sin rumbo as Doctor Alvarez
- Novillero
1936
- Marihuana (El monstruo verde) as Dr. Bueno
- El calvario de una esposa as Juez
- Allá en el Rancho Grande as Don Rosendo
- The Macabre Trunk as Dr. Monroy
- Malditas sean las mujeres as Señor de Velasco
- Mater nostra as Don Julián
1935
- Mystery of the Ghastly Face as Justo
- Beyond Death as Amigo de Enrique (uncredited)
- The Treasure of Pancho Villa as Pedro (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)
- Madrid en el año 2000 ... (Director)
- La casa de la Troya ... (Director)
1924
- La mala ley ... (Director)
1923
- Problema resuelto ... (Director)
- Los guapos ... (Director)
- Alma de Dios ... (Screenplay)
- Venganza isleña