Héctor Eugenio Noguera Illanes (July 8, 1937 – October 28, 2025) was a Chilean television, theatre and film actor, and also a theatre director.
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Life and career
Noguera was the son of Héctor Noguera Prieto (grandson of José Joaquín Prieto Vial and Yolanda Illanes Benítez). He studied at Colegio San Ignacio school and graduated from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He was married to Isidora Portales and they had two daughters, Amparo and Piedad. Later, he married Claudia Berger and had three children with her, Diego, Emilia and Damián. Héctor debuted on the fotonovelas "Ecran" and "Cine Amor" in the 1960s and on the film El Chacal de Nahueltoro (1969) directed by Miguel Littín.
Noguera is best known for his telenovelas at TVN like "Sucupira", "Romané", "Pampa ilusión", and others. In 2003, he joined Canal 13 with Machos, which was a great success. He won the APES (Asociación de Periodistas de Espectáculos) award for "Best Actor" in 1996, 2000 and 2003 for his roles in "Sucupira", "Romané" and "Machos", respectively. In 2015, the Havana Film Festival New York awarded him the Havana Star Prize for "Best Actor" for his role in the Uruguayan film Mr. Kaplan. He was part of Chilevisión where he recorded "Sin Anestesia" (2009) and "Mujeres de Lujo" (2010).
In 2015 he received Chile's National Prize for Performing and Audiovisual Arts.
Noguera died from cancer on October 28, 2025, at the age of 88.
Filmography
Films
1961 – Deja que los perros ladren, directed by Naúm Kramarenco
1969 – El chacal de Nahueltoro, directed by Miguel Littín – Chaplain
1970 – El fin del juego, directed by Luis Cornejo
1972 – State of Siege, directed by Costa-Gavras – Tupamaro leader (uncredited)
1975 – La pérgola de las flores, directed by Hugo Miller
1983 – The Compass Rose, directed by Patricio Guzmán
1985 – Sexto A 1965, directed by Claudio Di Girolamo
1988 – Imagen latente, directed by Pablo Perelman
1991 – La frontera, directed by Ricardo Larraín – Father Patricio
1992 – Archipiélago, directed by Pablo Perelman
1999 – La chica del Crillón, directed by Alberto Daiber
2000 – 30 ans, directed by Laurent Perrin – Luis Miguel Suerte
2003 – Sub Terra, directed by Marcelo Ferrari – Luis Cousiño
2006 – Fuga, directed by Pablo Larraín – Klaus Roth
2008 – Desierto sur, directed by Shawn Garry – Iñaki Martiarena
2008 – El regalo, directed by Cristián Galaz and Andrea Ugalde – Nicolás
Telenovelas and television series
1963 – El invernadero (Canal 13) Jaime Callifer
1965 – El litre 4196 (Canal 13) Gerardo Olivares
1967 – Los días jóvenes (Canal 13) – Álvaro Arrau
1972 – La sal del desierto (TVN) – Bernardo Covarrubias
1975 – Parejas de trapo (Canal 13)
1975 – La pérgola de las flores (TVN) – Carlucho
1977 – Padre Gallo (Canal 13) – Patricio
1985 – Matrimonio de papel (Canal 13) – Javier Moyano
1988 – Semidiós (Canal 13) – Ponce
1991 – Volver a empezar (TVN) – Ignacio Urmeneta
1992 – Trampas y caretas (TVN) – Américo
1993 – Ámame (TVN) – Américo de Bantes
1994 – Rompecorazón (TVN) – Alvaro Sulivan/Mario Barrientos
1995 – Estúpido Cupido (TVN) – Obispo
1996 – Sucupira (TVN) – Federico Valdivieso
1997 – Oro verde (TVN) – Ignacio Meyer
1998 – Sucupira, la comedia (TVN) – Federico Valdivieso
2000 – Romané (TVN) – Melquiades Antich
2001 – Pampa ilusión (TVN) – William Clark