Manuel Noriega
Acting · Directing · Writing
Born July 24, 1880, Colombres, Asturias, España
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
- 1960Macario — Abuelo enfermo (uncredited)
- 1955Melodías de amor — Pedrito (no acreditado)
- 1954Illusion Travels by Streetcar — Don Julio (uncredited)
- 1954La entrega — Pepe (uncredited)
- 1954La rosa blanca — Médico de Nueva York
- 1954The Abduction — Don Gonzalo (uncredited)
- 1954The River and Death — Pueblerino (uncredited)
- 1953Dos tipos de cuidado — Rosario's Doctor
- 1953Reportaje — Police secretary (uncredited)
- 1952Four Nights With You — Don Nico, gerente hotel
- 1952Mexican Bus Ride — Licenciado Figueroa
- 1952Two Faces Have the Destiny — Doctor (uncredited)
- 1951El Papelerito — El cajero (uncredited)
- 1951Los apuros de mi ahijada
- 1951Los hijos de la calle
- 1951¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer? — Señor Cura
- 1950Esposa o amante
- 1950Una mujer decente — Doctor (uncredited)
- 1950Vagabunda — Don Filemon
- 1949Conozco a los dos
- 1949Prisión de sueños — Don Pepe (uncredited)
- 1949The Magician — Profesor escuela, cliente mago (uncredited)
- 1948El Supersabio — Profesor (uncredited)
- 1948El cuarto mandamiento — Don Eusebio Echeverria
- 1948El deseo — Doctor (uncredited)
- 1948In the Shadow of the Bridge — Pedro Nájera
- 1948Tarzan and the Mermaids — Older Aquitanian
- 1948The Cockfighter
- 1947A media luz — Juan Pitas
- 1947Cinco rostros de mujer — Pedro, mayordomo (as Manolo Noriega)
- 1947El ladrón — Viejito portero
- 1947Encadenada (El yugo) — Dr. Ferrer
- 1947Fly Away, Young Man! — Doctor (uncredited)
- 1947Quite a Gentleman — Ernesto Fournier
- 1946Cantaclaro
- 1946It’s Not Enough to Be a Charro — Don Antonio
- 1946La reina de la opereta — Don Luis de la Fuente
- 1946Pepita Jiménez — Ceferino
- 1946Tragic Weddings — Padre Muñoz
- 1945La mujer que engañamos — Padre Ramírez (as Manolo Noriega)
- 1945Soltera y con gemelos — Juez registro civil
- 1945The Barracks — Tío Tomba
- 1945Twilight — Papá de Lucía (as Manolo Noriega)
- 1944Cruel destino
- 1944Cuando escuches este vals — General Manuel Pavia
- 1944El rosario — Fred
- 1944El sombrero de tres picos
- 1944San Francisco de Asís
- 1944The Headless Woman — Manuel (mayordomo)
- 1943El ametralladora — Inspector
- 1943Hooray for Women! — Don Próspero (as Manolo Noriega)
- 1943Los miserables — Guillernormand
- 1943Morenita clara — Notario (as Manolo Noriega)
- 1943Romeo y Julieta — (uncredited)
- 1942Alejandra — Cuñado de Elena
- 1942El conde de Montecristo — Abuelo de Valentina (uncredited)
- 1942El que tenga un amor
- 1942Mil estudiantes y una muchacha — Don Amador
- 1941El milagro de Cristo
- 1941El secreto del sacerdote — Doctor
- 1941When the Children are Gone — Don Claudio
- 1940Al son de la marimba — Acreedor
- 1940Con su amable permiso
- 1940El charro Negro — Don Pedro
- 1940El hipnotizador
- 1940El jefe máximo
- 1940Hombre o demonio
- 1940In the Times of Don Porfirio
- 1940Los últimos días de Pompeyo
- 1940Mi madrecita
- 1940Odio
- 1940The Hawk — Don Felipe Sandoval
- 1940Viviré otra vez — Dr. Guzman (as Manolo Noriega)
- 1940You’re Missing the Point — Juez
- 1939El crimen del expreso — Director
- 1938El beso mortal — Don Maximino
- 1938Huapango
- 1938La zandunga — Don Eulogio (as Manolo Noriega)
- 1938Ojos tapatios — Chefo
- 1937Ave sin rumbo — Doctor Alvarez
- 1937El impostor
- 1937Eterna mártir — Jaime
- 1937Honrarás a tus padres — Dr. Fernando
- 1937La honradez es un estorbo — Pepe Alcántara
- 1937Las cuatro milpas
- 1937No basta ser madre
- 1937Novillero
- 1937¡Esos hombres! — José
- 1936Allá en el Rancho Grande — Don Rosendo
- 1936El calvario de una esposa — Juez
- 1936Malditas sean las mujeres — Señor de Velasco
- 1936Marihuana (El monstruo verde) — Dr. Bueno
- 1936Mater nostra — Don Julián
- 1936The Macabre Trunk — Dr. Monroy
- 1935Beyond Death — Amigo de Enrique (uncredited)
- 1935Mystery of the Ghastly Face — Justo
- 1935The Dead Speak — Profesor Jiménez
- 1935The Treasure of Pancho Villa — Pedro (uncredited)
- 1934Two Monks
- 1934Venganza suprema — Bank employer
- 1933Yo, tú y ella
- 1926José — Director
- 1925Don Quintín el amargao — Director
- 1925La casa de la Troya — Director, Writer
- 1925Madrid en el año 2000 — Director, Writer
- 1924La mala ley — Director, Writer
- 1923Alma de Dios — Screenplay, Director
- 1923Los guapos — Director
- 1923Problema resuelto — Director
- 1923Venganza isleña — Director