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 | |
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| Born | 12 January 1939 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Died | 3 June 2020 (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
| 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
| 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
| 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
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
- "Fallece el actor mexicano Héctor Ortega a los 81 años". www.diariodemorelos.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- "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.
- Villoro, Juan. "Damián Ortega: How to disarm the world". Gatopardo. Mexico. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- "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.
- Navarrete Maya, Laura (12 January 2018). "Héctor Ortega". Enciclopedia de la literatura en México. Fundación para las Letras Mexicanas.
- Olivas, Basilio (27 May 2018). "Deja novelas para hacer LECTURAS". El Mexicano, Gran Diario Regional.
- "Recibe Alfonso Arau medalla al mérito cinematográfico". El Siglo de Torreón. Matamoros. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
- "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.
- Bojórquez, Alberto; Rivera J., Héctor (20 February 1995). "Contra Héctor Ortega". Proceso. Mexico City, Mexico. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- "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.
- 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) - "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.
- "¿Se acerca un reencuentro de Alegrijes y Rebujos? esta fotografía desató todo". Mundo TKM. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- Martínez Arias, Eunice. "No añora el pasado". El Siglo de Torreón. Matamoros, Mexico. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- Bentley Hammer, Tad (1991). International film prizes: an encyclopedia. University of Michigan: Garland. p. 352. ISBN 0824070992.
- "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.
- 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.
- Estrada, Oswaldo; Mar Nogar, Anna (2014). Colonial Itineraries of Contemporary Mexico: Literary and Cultural Inquiries. University of Arizona Press. p. 264. ISBN 978-0816531080.
- "1822, el año que fuimos imperio, retrata las coincidencias políticas con la época actual". La Jornada. 29 March 1996. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- Ortega, Hector (2006). Revistas Políticas. University of Texas: Escenología A.C. ISBN 9687881402.
- 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.