Héctor Ortega

Héctor Ortega Gómez (12 January 1939 — 3 June 2020) was a Mexican film, television, and theater actor. He was also a screenwriter and a director.[2]

Héctor Ortega Gómez
Born	(1939-01-12)12 January 1939 Mexico City, Mexico
Died	3 June 2020(2020-06-03) (aged 81)[1]
Nationality	Mexican
Occupation	Actor
Spouse(s)	María Asunción Stoupignan
Children	one son, Damián Ortega

Early life

In 1967 Ortega and María Asunción Stoupignan had a son, Damián Ortega, an artist who began his career as a cartoonist in the newspaper, La Jornada.[3]

Career

Ortega's early work as an actor was primarily in the theatrical field, his first work as an actor was in the film There are no thieves in this village (En este pueblo no hay ladrones) 1964 in which he portrayed an effeminate waiter. After his film debut he appeared in a multitude of films that include Los días del amor, La montaña sagrada, El hombre del puente.[4]

He has appeared in many telenovelas, among them were: Colorina, Cicatrices del alma, Cenizas y diamantes, La última esperanza, La sombra del otro, El privilegio de amar, Mi destino eres tú, Aventuras en el tiempo, Alegrijes y rebujos, La verdad oculta and Querida enemiga.

Ortega has also had an extensive career in theater, both acting and directing.[5]

He has appeared in productions such as ¡Ay Cuauhtémoc no te rajes!, El huevo de Colón, works that he also directed; and in 1822: El año que fuimos imperio for which he received the Best Actor Award by the Mexican Association of Theater Critics (Asociación Mexicana de Críticos Teatrales). He directed works such as Silencio: locos trabajando in which Mexican acting legends such as Héctor Suárez, Fernando Luján, Martha Navarro and Susana Alexander also participated. He directed the theater production Ensalada de locos with Manuel "El Loco" Valdés, Héctor Lechuga and Alejandro Suárez, as well as The accidental death of an anarchist (La muerte accidental de un anarquista) 1983 which was one of the most important works of his career, a production that he also appeared in.

He has also stood out as a scriptwriter and playwright, together with Alfonso Arau[6], Francisco Córdova and Emilio Carballido he co-wrote the original plot and screenplay for El aguila descalza[7] in 1969. Working together with Arau , Alfonso de la Cabada and the caricaturist Eduardo del Río "Rius", and the comic book Los supermachos for the film Calzonzin Inspector in 1973. In 1976 for the film Cuartelazo, he wrote the original plot and together with Alberto Isaac and María Antonieta Domínguez wrote the screenplay.

In 1976 Ortega made his directing film debut with La palomilla al rescate. The following year he directed his second film Vacaciones misteriosas.

Union of Cinema Production Workers

In April 1994 Ortega was elected General Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Union of Cinema Production Workers, a four-year position that would last only 10 months. He had been part of the union for 17 years (STPC), a union comprised not only of people who work in cinema, but theater, night clubs and clowns as well. Ortega was dismissed in January 1995 after being accused by a sector of the union of a lack of commitment to its members.[8][9][10]

In 2012 Ortega participated in the Bellas Artes reading promotional program "Leo… luego existo" (I read, therefore I exist) at the El Cubo in the Tijuana Cultural Center, where he read from his book "Revistas políticas" (Political Magazines).[2]

Filmography

Film

Film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	No eres tú, soy yo	Edmundo
2006	El Cobrador: In God We Trust	Periodista 1
2003	La hija del caníbal	El Caníbal
2003	Lucía, Lucía[11]	The Cannibal
2002	Francisca
2001	Otaola o la república del exilio	Indalecio
2000	Por la libre	Felipe
1999	La paloma de Marsella
1999	Las delicias del poder	Santos Barboza
1996	Cuestión de gustos	Tío Eustaquio
1995	'Mujeres insumisas	Urtiz
1995	Algunas nubes	Writer
1993	Fray Bartolomé de las Casas
1991	La leyenda de una máscara	Juan J. Luna
1990	¡Maten a Chinto!	Inés
1990	Tú decides sobre el sida
1990	El motel de la muerte
1989	Santa sangre	Doctor
1989	El costo de la vida
1988	Punto de arroz
1987	El misterio de la casa abandonada	Librero
1987	Mariana, Mariana	Priest
1987	Cuentos de Principes y Princesas
1979	Adriana del Río, actriz
1978	Duro pero seguro
1977	Cuartelazo	Belisarío Domínguez
1976	La palomilla al rescate		Uncredited
1976	El hombre del puente	Secretario del presidente
1975	Las fuerzas vivas	Leandro
1975	Tívoli	Lic. Félix Pantoja
1974	Calzonzin Inspector	Periodista
1974	Cinco mil dólares de recompensa
1973	El profeta Mimi	Padre de Mimi
1973	Those Years
1973	El premio Nobel del amor
1973	The Holy Mountain	Drug Master
1972	Los cacos
1972	El rincón de las vírgenes	Gobernador
1972	El vals sin fin
1972	Los días del amor[12]	General Terrazas
1972	El águila descalza	Factory worker/Transit police
1971	The Garden of Aunt Isabel
1971	Pubertinaje		(segment "Una cena de navidad")
1965	There Are No Thieves in This Village

Telenovelas

Telenovela roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018	Hijas de la luna	Padre Camilo
2015–2016	Simplemente María	Priest
2013–2014	Por siempre mi amor	Doctor
2012	Por ella soy Eva (2012)	Richard Fairbanks
2011–2012	Amorcito corazón	Padre Crisóstomo
2010	Zacatillo, un lugar en tu corazón	Abundio Zárate
2008	Querida enemiga	Toribio Ugarte
2006–2007	Las dos caras de Ana	Leopoldo "Polo" Ribadavia
2006	La verdad oculta (2006)	Santiago Guzmán / Fausto Guillén / Mario Genovés
2003–2004	Alegrijes y rebujos[13]	Don Darvelio Granados
2001	Navidad sin fin	Gregorio
2001	Aventuras en el tiempo	Kent Wolf
2000	Mi destino eres tú	Anselmo Sánchez Pérez
2000	Amigos para siempre	Crispín Ávila
1998–1999	El privilegio de amar	Valentín Fonseca
1997	No tengo madre	Ezequiel
1996	La sombra del otro	Dr. Frank Gluck
1993	La última esperanza	Don Moy
1990	Cenizas y diamantes	Gabino
1987	Herencia maldita
1986	Cicatrices del alma	Padre René
1984	Los años felices	El Padrino
1980	Colorina	Toribio
1978	No todo lo que brilla es oro

TV series

Television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Como dice el dicho	Don Laco
2010	Gritos de muerte y libertad	Don Agustín Pomposo	Ep. "Retrato de una Leona"
2009	Hermanos y detectives
2007	Vecinos	Don Severiano	Ep. "La última conquista"
2001	Diseñador ambos sexos	Papá de Jean Phillipe	Ep. 8: ¿Quién diablos es Jordy? Ep. 9 Cita a ciegas
1998	Qué nos pasa?
1997	Mujer, casos de la vida real
1989	Hora marcada	Lalo	Ep. "El motel"
1983	Mi colonia la esperanza
1973	Detective de hotel

Awards and nominations

• Mexican Association of Theater Critics – Best Actor Award for 1822: El Año en que Fuimos Imperio in 2002[14]
• Ariel Award – Best Picture Award for Mariana, Mariana in 1987
• 19th Ariel Awards – Best Actor Nomination for Cuartelazo in 1977
• 15th Ariel Awards – Best Supporting Actor Nomination for El Rincón de las Vírgenes as Gobernador in 1972
• Ariel Award – Best Original Story for El águila descalza in 1972[15]
• Ariel Award - Best Picture for El águila descalza in 1972[15]

Stage

• Para leer Cien años de Soledad 2008, Ortega also directed[16][17]
• 1822, el año que fuimos imperio 1996[18][19]

Bibliography

2006 – Revistas Políticas. Las últimas revistas cómico políticas del siglo y del milenio[20]

1994 - El cómico proceso de José K.: adaptación de la obra El proceso de Franz Kafka[21]

References

1. "Fallece el actor mexicano Héctor Ortega a los 81 años". www.diariodemorelos.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 June 2020.
2. "Héctor Ortega gives life to the characters of Ay Cuauhtémoc no te rajes in the CECUT". Poder Edomex. Mexico. 24 May 2012. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
3. Villoro, Juan. "Damián Ortega: How to disarm the world". Gatopardo. Mexico. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
4. "Se Presenta Libro de Héctor Ortega". Secretaria de Cultura del Gobierno del Distrito Federal. Mexico City. 27 June 2006. Archived from the original on 1 October 2010.
5. Navarrete Maya, Laura (12 January 2018). "Héctor Ortega". Enciclopedia de la literatura en México. Fundación para las Letras Mexicanas.
6. Olivas, Basilio (27 May 2018). "Deja novelas para hacer LECTURAS". El Mexicano, Gran Diario Regional.
7. "Recibe Alfonso Arau medalla al mérito cinematográfico". El Siglo de Torreón. Matamoros. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
8. "PRIMERO SE REFORMARAN LOS ESTATUTOS DEL STPC, Y LUEGO VENDRAN LAS ELECCIONES, DICE SU SECRETARIO INTERINO". Proceso. Mexico City, Mexico. 1 May 1995. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
9. Bojórquez, Alberto; Rivera J., Héctor (20 February 1995). "Contra Héctor Ortega". Proceso. Mexico City, Mexico. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
10. "Para el actor Héctor Ortega, fue un complot el que lo destituyó de la Secretaría del Sindicato de la Producción cinematográfica; acusa a Elizondo". Proceso. Mexico City, Mexico. 13 February 1995.
11. Mitchell, Elvis (25 July 2003). The New York Times. New York https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/25/movies/film-review-her-husband-disappears-so-she-must-find-herself.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
12. "50th Directors Fortnight May 9–19, 2018, Los Dias Del Amor FORTNIGHT 1972, FEATURE FILM, 89". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Quinzaine des Réalisateurs. May 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
13. "¿Se acerca un reencuentro de Alegrijes y Rebujos? esta fotografía desató todo". Mundo TKM. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
14. Martínez Arias, Eunice. "No añora el pasado". El Siglo de Torreón. Matamoros, Mexico. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
15. Bentley Hammer, Tad (1991). International film prizes: an encyclopedia. University of Michigan: Garland. p. 352. ISBN 0824070992.
16. "Arranca Para leer Cien años de Soledad en la Feria del Libro del Zócalo". artesehistoria.mx. Artes e Historia. 10 October 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
17. Vargas, Ángel (14 June 2008). "Héctor Ortega persiste en fomentar el gusto por la lectura mediante el teatro". .jornada.unam.mx. La Jornada. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
18. Estrada, Oswaldo; Mar Nogar, Anna (2014). Colonial Itineraries of Contemporary Mexico: Literary and Cultural Inquiries. University of Arizona Press. p. 264. ISBN 978-0816531080.
19. "1822, el año que fuimos imperio, retrata las coincidencias políticas con la época actual". La Jornada. 29 March 1996. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
20. Ortega, Hector (2006). Revistas Políticas. University of Texas: Escenología A.C. ISBN 9687881402.
21. Ortega, Héctor; Kafka, Franz (1994). El cómico proceso de José K.: adaptación de la obra El proceso de Franz Kafka. Universidad Autónoma de Baja California. ISBN 9789687326108.

External links

• Héctor Ortega on IMDb