René Cardona
René Cardona (October 8, 1905 – April 25, 1988) was a Mexican director, actor, producer, screenwriter, and film editor, who was prominent during part of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. René Cardona was born in Havana, Cuba, on October 8, 1905, and began medical school in Cuba, but due to the political problems of the island, he and his family moved to New York City in 1926, where he continued his studies. Economic circumstances experienced by his family caused him to leave his studies. He befriended famous actor Rodolfo Valentino and obtained work as an extra in several films, until 1929 when he produced, wrote, directed and starred in the first Spanish-language film made in Hollywood, Sombras habaneras (Havana Shadows). He also had the opportunity to work in various positions in the film industry such as second assistant, technical advisor and first assistant director, and learned film and lighting technique. In 1932, he moved to Mexico, where he debuted as an actor and met Julieta Zacarías, sister of the director Miguel Zacarías, and soon after married her. His wife's support would be central to his career in Mexican cinema, in films Mano a mano (1932) directed by Ramón Peón and Sobre las olas (1932) directed by Zacarías. At this early stage as an actor, Cardona participated in three key Mexican films Marihuana (1936), El baúl macabro (1936) and Allá en el Rancho Grande (1936), which officially inaugurate the golden age of Mexican cinema and made stars of its protagonists: Esther Fernández, Tito Guízar, and Cardona.
Known For
Credits
- 1989 · Viva la risa II as
- 1987 · Las Limpias as Don Ignacio
- 1987 · Yo el ejecutor as
- 1986 · ¡Maten al fugitivo! as
- 1985 · La Casa Que Arde de Noche as American
- 1984 · Siempre en domingo as
- 1983 · La banda de la sotana negra as
- 1982 · The Fury of the Karate Experts as Professor Williams
- 1980 · Savage Summer as Papá
- 1979 · Crónica roja as
- 1978 · El Llanto de los Pobres as
- 1978 · Cyclone as
- 1978 · The Children of Sanchez as
- 1978 · Raza de viboras as
- 1978 · Tempestad as
- 1977 · La casta divina as Consul Cubano
- 1977 · Prisión de mujeres as Mr. Williams
- 1976 · La folle de Chaillot as Le rentier
- 1975 · Fantastic Voyage in a Baloon as
- 1975 · El pequeño Robin Hood as
- 1975 · El valle de los miserables as Don Luis Aguirre
- 1974 · La disputa as
- 1974 · The Vengeance of the Crying Woman as Severo Segovia
- 1974 · Guns and Guts as Monk
- 1973 · Zindy, the Swamp Boy as Abuelo
- 1973 · Masajista de señoras as
- 1973 · Peluquero de señoras as
- 1972 · Manuel Saldivar, el texano as
- 1971 · Jesús, el niño Dios as Baltazar (as René Cardona Sr.)
- 1971 · Santo vs. the Head Hunters as
- 1971 · La mula de Cullen Baker as Capitán
- 1970 · Chanoc en las garras de las fieras as Gang Member (as René Cardona Sr.)
- 1970 · La hermana Trinquete as Inspector
- 1969 · El deseo llega de noche as Pitanguelli
- 1968 · El día de la boda as Ramón
- 1968 · Stranger in the House as Tomas
- 1968 · Operación carambola as Scorpio Leader
- 1967 · Un par de robachicos as
- 1967 · Un novio para dos hermanas as Sr. Mateos
- 1967 · La leyenda del bandido as
- 1967 · El matrimonio es como el demonio as Ramón
- 1966 · La vida de Pedro Infante as Director
- 1964 · The Diabolical Duchess as
- 1964 · Dos caballeros de espada as
- 1964 · El revólver sangriento as Comisario
- 1963 · Aventuras de las hermanas X as
- 1963 · La Bandida as General Robles
- 1962 · Santo vs. the King of Crime as Sr. Roberto de la Llata
- 1962 · The Brainiac as Baltasar de Meneses / Luis Meneses
- 1962 · Los encapuchados del infierno as
- 1961 · Juana Gallo as Capitán Esquivel
- 1959 · La ley del más rápido as
- 1959 · El puma as
- 1959 · Night Dance Hall as
- 1959 · Milagros de San Martín de Porres as
- 1957 · Girl Merchants as
- 1956 · La faraona as (uncredited)
- 1956 · Los hijos de Rancho Grande as Don Felipe
- 1956 · ¡Que seas feliz! as Duarte
- 1955 · A los cuatro vientos as
- 1954 · As negro as
- 1954 · Mulata as Guevara
- 1954 · La desconocida as
- 1954 · Nuevo amanecer as
- 1953 · The Three Perfect Married as Jorge
- 1952 · El genial Detective Peter Pérez as
- 1949 · La vorágine: abismos de amor as
- 1948 · Cartas Marcadas as
- 1948 · Pito Pérez se va de bracero as
- 1947 · Soledad as Roberto Covarrubias
- 1947 · Soy charro de Rancho Grande as Felipe
- 1947 · La barca de oro as
- 1947 · Si me han de matar mañana as
- 1946 · ¡Ay qué rechula es Puebla! as Mauricio Gómez
- 1946 · Los buitres sobre el tejado as
- 1944 · El abanico de Lady Windermere as
- 1943 · Divorciadas as
- 1943 · Ave sin nido as
- 1943 · The Spirit's Canyon as Manuel
- 1942 · Jesusita en Chihuahua as
- 1942 · El conde de Montecristo as Fernando Mondego / Conde de Morcef
- 1942 · El misterioso señor Marquina as
- 1941 · La casa del rencor as Hugo
- 1941 · El secreto del sacerdote as
- 1940 · Con su amable permiso as
- 1940 · Mala yerba as Don Julián Andrade
- 1938 · La cuna vacía as
- 1937 · Don Juan Tenorio as Don Juan Tenorio
- 1937 · Honrarás a tus padres as Conde de los Pinares
- 1936 · Allá en el Rancho Grande as Felipe
- 1936 · El calvario de una esposa as Sebastián Urquizo
- 1936 · The Macabre Trunk as Dr. Armando del Valle
- 1936 · Malditas sean las mujeres as Conde Osvaldo de Valdemar
- 1936 · Marihuana El Monstruo Verde as
- 1932 · Hand to Hand as Manuel Chávez
- 1931 · Carne de Cabaret as Eddie Miller
- 1930 · When Love Laughs as
- 1930 · Common Clay as