Manuel "Manolo" Noriega, (June 24, 1880 – August 12, 1961) was a Spanish-born Mexican stage and film actor, screenwriter, and film director. Born Manuel Noriega Ruiz in Colombres, Spain, he worked in live theatre for many years, performing in his native Spain as well as 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 Avila, their daughter Carmen became a singer who married Tito Guízar. Noriega died of gastric ulcer in Mexico City on August 12, 1961, and is buried at the Panteón Jardín in Mexico City. Selected filmography Heart of Gold (1923) These Men (1937) Here's the Point (1940) Jesusita in Chihuahua (1942) Beautiful Michoacán (1943) El Ametralladora (1943) The Two Orphans (1944) Porfirio Díaz (1944) My Memories of Mexico (1944) The White Monk (1945) Twilight (1945) Tragic Wedding (1946) The Lost Child (1947) The Thief (1947) Five Faces of Woman (1947) Fly Away, Young Man! (1947) The Desire (1948) The Genius (1948) The Magician (1949) What Has That Woman Done to You? (1951) María Montecristo (1951) Tehuantepec (1954) External links 1880 births 1961 deaths Spanish male film actors Spanish male silent film actors Spanish male stage actors Spanish film directors 20th-century Spanish screenwriters 20th-century Spanish male actors Mexican male film actors Mexican male silent film actors Mexican film directors 20th-century Mexican male actors Actors from Asturias Spanish emigrants to Mexico 20th-century Mexican screenwriters 20th-century Mexican male writers 20th-century Spanish male writers