Don Alvarado

Don Alvarado (born José Ray Paige, November 4, 1904 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Studio head Jack L. Warner developed a relationship with Alvarado's wife and convinced her to file for divorce using what used to be called a "quickie divorce" conveniently available in Mexico. She did so by August 1932.

Alvarado got his first uncredited silent film part in the 1924 film, Mademoiselle Midnight. With the studio capitalizing on his "Latin Lover" looks, Alvarado was quickly cast in secondary and then leading roles. With the advent of talkies, this all but ended his starring roles. He did, however, manage to work regularly, usually cast in secondary Spanish character roles, such as in the 1929 Thornton Wilder adaptation of The Bridge of San Luis Rey. Alvarado appeared on stage in Dinner At Eight at the Belasco Theatre in Los Angeles in 1933.

In 1939, using the name "Don Page" for screen credit purposes, he began working as an assistant director for Warner Bros. and a few years later as a production manager. In these capacities he was part of the team that made a number of highly successful films including The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), East of Eden and Rebel Without a Cause in 1955, and in 1958 his final film work, The Old Man and the Sea.

Death Alvarado died of cancer on March 31, 1967, aged 62, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Hollywood Hills.

For his contributions to the film industry, Alvarado has a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6504 Hollywood Boulevard.

Filmography

Mademoiselle Midnight (1924) - Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited) (unbilled) The Spaniard (1925) - Matador (uncredited) The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted (1925) - Theo Satan in Sables (1925) - Student The Pleasure Buyers (1925) - Tommy Wiswell His Jazz Bride (1926) The Night Cry (1926) - Pedro A Hero of the Big Snows (1926) - Ed Nolan The Monkey Talks (1927) - Sam Wick The Loves of Carmen (1927) - José Breakfast at Sunrise (1927) - Lussan Drums of Love (1928) - Count Leonardo de Alvia No Other Woman (1928) - Maurice The Scarlet Lady (1928) - Prince Nicholas The Battle of the Sexes (1928) - Babe Winsor Driftwood (1928) - Jim Curtis The Apache (1928) - Pierre Dumont The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929) - Manuel Rio Rita (1929) - Roberto Ferguson The Bad One (1930) - The Spaniard Estrellados (1930) - Larry Mitchell Captain Thunder (1930) - Juan To oneiron tou glyptou (1930) Forever Yours (1930) Free and Easy (1930) Beau Ideal (1931) - Ramon Gonzales Reputation (1931) Lady with a Past (1932) - Carlos Santiagos The Bachelor's Affairs (1932) - Ramon Alvarez La Cucuracha (1932) The King Murder (1932) - Jose Moreno Contraband (1933) Black Beauty (1933) - Renaldo Morning Glory (1933) - Pepi Velez Under Secret Orders (1933) - Don Frederico Red Wagon (1933) - Davey Heron On Secret Service (1933) - Conte Valenti No Sleep on the Deep (1934, Short) - Prince Enrico A Demon for Trouble (1934) - Golinda Once to Every Bachelor (1934) - Rocco Sweet Adeline (1934) - Renaldo (uncredited) The Devil is a Woman (1935) - Morenito I Live for Love (1935) - Rico Cesaro Rosa DeFrancia (1935) - El marqués de Magny Rose of the Rancho (1936) - Don Luis Espinosa Federal Agent (1936) - Armand Recard Rio Grande Romance (1936) - Jack Carter Put on the Spot (1936) - Jack Carter (archive footage) Nobody's Baby (1937) - Tony Cortez The Lady Escapes (1937) - Antonio Love Under Fire (1937) - Lieutenant Cabana Rose of the Rio Grande (1938) - Don Jose del Torre A Trip to Paris (1938) - Gigolo (uncredited) Cafe Society (1939) - Don Jose Monterico (uncredited) One Night in the Tropics (1940) - Rudolfo The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) The Big Steal (1949) - Lt. Ruiz East of Eden (1955) Rebel Without a Cause (1955) The Old Man and the Sea (1958) - Waiter (uncredited) (final film role)