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Ernesto Alonso

Ernesto Alonso

Actor and producer · Died August 7, 2007, aged 90 · Aguascalientes, Mexico

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.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 1, 1917
Died
August 7, 2007 (aged 90)
From
Aguascalientes, Mexico
Works as
Actor and producer
Titles
8 on MovieCove · 62 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 24% in 30 days

What are Ernesto Alonso's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
35%
Bonds
26%
Morality
19%
Survival
15%
Society
4%
Revenge2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 2

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 0

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
5
Tense
3
Romantic
2
Dread
1
Absurd
1
Other
2

How their films linger

Cathartic2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet1
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Ernesto Alonso's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Ernesto Alonso's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

62 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Curse(2023)

    Show 82 episodes · as Bael

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows

  • My Love, My Sin(2004)

    Show 95 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • El precio de tu amor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 95 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Labyrinth of Passion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 80 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Desencuentro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 100 episodes · Executive Producer

  • La antorcha encendida (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 140 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Bajo un Mismo Rostro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 100 episodes · as Melchor Saldívar

  • El vuelo del águila (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 140 episodes · Executive Producer

  • LA HEREDERA (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Actor

  • Triángulo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 80 episodes · Executive Producer

  • La sonrisa del Diablo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 115 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Atrapada (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 180 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Yo compro esa mujer(1990)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Un rostro en mi pasado (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 160 episodes · Producer

  • Lo blanco y lo negro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 140 episodes · as Ángel de Castro/Silvio de Castro

  • The Hex 2: Messengers of Hell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Enrique de Martino

  • At the end of the rainbow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 180 episodes · Producer

  • El Derecho de Nacer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show Creator

  • Aprendiendo a amar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 200 episodes · Producer · as Cesar

  • México de mis amores (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Actor

  • Muchacha de barrio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 202 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

  • Amor prohibido (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 190 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Mañana Será Otro Día (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 253 episodes · Cinematographer · Producer

  • Coronation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Andrés Avalos

  • El milagro de vivir (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 230 episodes · Executive Producer

  • El chofer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 186 episodes · Executive Producer

  • El manantial del milagro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 209 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Extraño en su pueblo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 190 episodes · Executive Producer

  • El derecho de nacer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Show Creator

  • La torre de marfil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Actor

  • The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz(1955)

    as Archibaldo de la Cruz

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Maternidad imposible(1955)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Una mujer en la calle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as José Luis

  • Wuthering Heights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Eduardo

  • Orquídeas para mi esposa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Ricardo del Río

  • A Doll's House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Actor

  • Reportaje(1953)

    as Doctor

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • The Coward (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Arturo

  • Mujer de medianoche (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Hugo

  • El cardenal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Actor

  • The Port of the Seven Sins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as El Mirlo

  • La mujer sin lagrimas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Carlos

  • Streetwalker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Rodolfo

  • Girls in Uniform (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Novio de Lucila (voz)

  • The Young and the Damned(1950)

    as Narrator (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Otra primavera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Arturo Montesinos

  • Felipe de Jesús (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Felipe de las Casas

  • La dama del velo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Lic. Cristobal Gómez Peña

  • El precio de la gloria(1949)

    as Alberto Reyes

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Cockfighter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Actor

  • Crimen en la alcoba (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Federico Alarcón

  • Tragic Weddings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Octavio

  • Everybody's Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Carlos

  • The White Monk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as Fray Can

  • Marina (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as Pascual

  • El globo de Cantolla (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Actor

  • The Pharaoh's Court (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Micerino

  • El Jorobado (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Actor

  • El padre Morelos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Actor

  • The Virgin who Forged a Fatherland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Ignacio Allende

  • Story of a Great Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Sacristán

  • La gallina clueca (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Roberto (uncredited)

Career shape

Star power in the 85th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 61 titles from 1941 to 2023.

Highest rated

The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955)

Midcredits 94th

Most popular right now

My Love, My Sin (2004)

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting41 of 61: 40 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score61stDirecting1 of 61: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleProducing19 of 61: 16 only producing, 3 with another roleCinematography1 of 61: 0 only cinematography, 1 with another roleOther crew2 of 61: 2 only other crew, 0 with another role

61 titles, 3 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

1940s16 · acting1950s17 · acting1960s1 · crew1970s9 · 2 acting · 7 crew1980s6 · 3 acting · 4 crew1990s9 · 2 acting · 7 crew2000s2 · crew2020s1 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Ernesto Alonso's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 80th percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 30th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

30thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

1stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 8 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

3 of their 8 titles are Universally Loved.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Universally Panned1
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive1
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · actor

The Curse (2023)

99th percentile spread · 46% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Young and the Damned (1950)

Midcredits 99th · 88% liked

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Ernesto Alonso work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ernesto Alonso's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Liliana Abud shares the most, 2.

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers