Alberto Granado Alberto Granado Alberto Granado Jiménez (August 8, 1922March 5, 2011) was an Argentine–Cuban biochemist, doctor, writer, and scientist. He was also the youthful friend and traveling companion of Che Guevara during their 1952 motorcycle tour in Latin America. Granado later founded the University of Santiago de Cuba School of Medicine. He authored the memoir "Traveling with Che Guevara: The Making of a Revolutionary", which served as a reference for the 2004 film "The Motorcycle Diaries", in which he was played by Rodrigo de la Serna. An elderly Alberto Granado makes a short appearance at the end of the film. Granado
Alexander Korda Olivier and Vivien Leigh, and produced "Lydia" (1941) with Oberon. He supervised "Jungle Book" (1942), a live action version of the Kipling story, directed by Zoltán Korda. He also had minor involvement in "To Be or Not to Be" (1942). Korda was appointed Knight Bachelor in the 1942 Birthday Honours. On 22 September 1942, Korda was knighted at an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace by George VI for his contribution to the war effort, the first film director to receive the honour. He returned to Britain in 1943 as production chief of MGM-London films, with a £35 million, 10-year programme.