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.

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.

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.

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.

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, Francisco Córdova and Emilio Carballido he co-wrote the original plot and screenplay for El aguila descalza 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.

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). General Terrazas 1972 The Garden of Aunt Isabel 1972 El vals sin fin Francisco Madero 1972 El rincón de las vírgenes Gobernador 1972 Los cacos 1973 The Holy Mountain Drug Master 1973 El premio Nobel del amor 1973 Those Years Estrada 1973 El profeta Mimi Padre de Mimi 1974 Cinco mil dólares de recompensa 1974 Calzonzin Inspector Periodista 1975 Tívoli Lic. Félix Pantoja 1975 Las fuerzas vivas Leandro 1976 El hombre del puente Secretario del presidente 1976 La palomilla al rescate Uncredited 1977 Cuartelazo Belisarío Domínguez 1978 Duro pero seguro Periodista 1979 Adriana del Río, actriz 1981 Cuentos de Principes y Princesas 1986 Outra Vez 1987 Mariana, Mariana Priest 1987 Herencia maldita 1987 El misterio de la casa abandonada Librero 1988 Punto de arroz Short 1989 El costo de la vida 1989 Santa sangre Doctor 1990 ¡Maten a Chinto! Inés 1990 Tú decides sobre el sida Short 1991 La leyenda de una máscara Juan J. Luna 1993 Fray Bartolomé de las Casas Emperador Carlos V 1995 Algunas nubes Writer 1995 Mujeres insumisas Urtiz 1996 Cuestión de gustos Tío Eustaquio Short 1999 Las delicias del poder Santos Barboza 1999 La paloma de Marsella 2000 Por la libre Felipe 2001 Otaola o la república del exilio Indalecio 2002 Francisca 2003 Lucía, Lucía The Cannibal 2003 La hija del caníbal El Caníbal 2006 El Cobrador: In God We Trust Periodista 1 2010 No eres tú, soy yo Edmundo Telenovelas + Telenovela roles Year Title Role Notes 1978 No todo lo que brilla es oro 1980-1981 Colorina Toribio 4 episodes 1984 Los años felices El Padrino 3 episodes 1986 Cicatrices del alma Padre René 3 episodes 1987 Herencia maldita Episode: " El motel" 1990 Cenizas y diamantes Gabino 3 episodes 1993 La última esperanza Don Moy 3 episodes 1996 La sombra del otro Dr. Frank Gluck 1997 No tengo madre Ezequiel 3 episodes 1998–1999 El privilegio de amar Valentín Fonseca 52 episodes 2000 Amigos para siempre Crispín Ávila 2 episodes 2000 Mi destino eres tú Anselmo Sánchez Pérez 3 episodes 2001 Aventuras en el tiempo Kent Wolf 2001 Navidad sin fin Gregorio 1 episode 2003–2004 Alegrijes y rebujos Don Darvelio Granados 5 episodes 2006 La verdad oculta Santiago Guzmán / Fausto Guillén / Mario Genovés 121 episodes 2006–2007 Las dos caras de Ana Leopoldo "Polo" Ribadavia 1 episode 2008 Querida enemiga Toribio Ugarte 1 episode 2010 Zacatillo, un lugar en tu corazón Abundio Zárate 129 episodes 2011–2012 Amorcito corazón Padre Crisóstomo 2012 Por ella soy Eva Richard Fairbanks Episode: "Pierde un negocio importante" 2013–2014 Por siempre mi amor Doctor 8 episodes 2015–2016 Simplemente María Priest 2018 Hijas de la luna Padre Camilo 20 episodes, (final appearance)

TV series + Television roles Year Title Role Notes 1973 Detective de hotel 1983 Mi colonia la esperanza 1989 Hora marcada Lalo Ep. "El motel" 1990 El motel de la muerte TV movie 1997 Mujer, casos de la vida real 1998 Qué nos pasa? 2001 Diseñador ambos sexos Papá de Jean Phillipe Ep. 8: ¿Quién diablos es Jordy? Ep. 9 Cita a ciegas 2007 Vecinos Don Severiano Ep. "La última conquista" 2009 Hermanos y detectives 2010 Gritos de muerte y libertad Don Agustín Pomposo Ep. "Retrato de una Leona" 2013 Como dice el dicho Don Laco

Awards and nominations Mexican Association of Theater Critics – Best Actor Award for 1822: El Año en que Fuimos Imperio in 2002 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 Ariel Award - Best Picture for El águila descalza in 1972 1822, el año que fuimos imperio 1996