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.

Filmography

• El Maleficio — Bael
• My Love, My Sin — Executive Producer
• El precio de tu amor — Executive Producer
• Labyrinth of Passion — Executive Producer
• Desencuentro — Executive Producer
• La antorcha encendida — Executive Producer
• Bajo un Mismo Rostro — Melchor Saldívar
• El vuelo del águila — Executive Producer
• 1994LA HEREDERA
• La sonrisa del Diablo — Executive Producer
• Triángulo — Executive Producer
• Atrapada — Executive Producer
• Lo blanco y lo negro — Ángel de Castro/Silvio de Castro
• Un rostro en mi pasado — Producer
• 1986The Hex 2: Messengers of Hell — Enrique de Martino
• At the end of the rainbow — Producer
• El Derecho de Nacer — Creator
• Aprendiendo a amar — Cesar, Producer
• Amor prohibido — Executive Producer
• Muchacha de barrio — Director, Executive Producer
• 1979México de mis amores
• 1976Coronation — Andrés Avalos
• Mañana Será Otro Día — Cinematography, Producer
• El milagro de vivir — Executive Producer
• El chofer — Executive Producer
• El manantial del milagro — Executive Producer
• Extraño en su pueblo — Executive Producer
• El derecho de nacer — Creator
• 1958La torre de marfil
• 1955Maternidad imposible
• 1955The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz — Archibaldo de la Cruz
• 1955Una mujer en la calle — José Luis
• 1954A Doll's House
• 1954Orquídeas para mi esposa — Ricardo del Río
• 1954Wuthering Heights — Eduardo
• 1953Reportaje — Doctor
• 1953The Coward — Arturo
• 1952Mujer de medianoche — Hugo
• 1951El cardenal
• 1951Girls in Uniform — Novio de Lucila (voz)
• 1951La mujer sin lagrimas — Carlos
• 1951Streetwalker — Rodolfo
• 1951The Port of the Seven Sins — El Mirlo
• 1950Otra primavera — Arturo Montesinos
• 1950The Young and the Damned — Narrator (uncredited)
• 1949Felipe de Jesús — Felipe de las Casas
• 1949La dama del velo — Lic. Cristobal Gómez Peña
• 1949Price of Glory — Alberto Reyes
• 1948The Cockfighter
• 1946Crimen en la alcoba — Federico Alarcón
• 1946Everybody's Woman — Carlos
• 1946Tragic Weddings — Octavio
• 1945Marina — Pascual
• 1945The White Monk — Fray Can
• 1944El globo de Cantolla
• 1944The Pharaoh's Court — Micerino
• 1943El Jorobado
• 1943El padre Morelos
• 1942Story of a Great Love — Sacristán
• 1942The Virgin who Forged a Fatherland — Ignacio Allende
• 1941La gallina clueca — Roberto (uncredited)

Appearances as themselves (3)

• Las Lunas del Auditorio — Self
• 2000Speaking of Buñuel — Self
• 1997A Mexican Buñuel — Self