René Cardona
Biography
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
Cyclone
The Children of Sanchez
Fantastic Voyage in a Baloon
Crónica roja
The Brainiac
Jesús, el niño Dios
La casta divina
Guns and Guts
All Movies (103)
- Viva la risa II1989
- La Casa Que Arde de Noche1987 · as American
- Las Limpias1987 · as Don Ignacio
- Yo el ejecutor1987
- ¡Maten al fugitivo!1986
- Siempre en domingo1984
- La Banda De La Sotana Negra1983
- The Fury of the Karate Experts1982 · as Professor Williams
- Savage Summer1980 · as Papá
- Crónica roja1979
- El Llanto de los Pobres1978
- Cyclone1978
- The Children of Sanchez1978
- Brood of Vipers1978
- Tempestad1978
- La casta divina1977 · as Consul Cubano
- Prisión de mujeres1977 · as Mr. Williams
- La Folle de Chaillot1976 · as Le rentier
- Fantastic Voyage in a Baloon1975
- El pequeño Robin Hood1975
- El valle de los miserables1975 · as Don Luis Aguirre
- La disputa1974
- The Vengeance of the Crying Woman1974 · as Severo Segovia
- Guns and Guts1974 · as Monk
- Masajista de señoras1973
- Zindy, the Swamp Boy1973 · as Abuelo
- Peluquero de señoras1973
- Manuel Saldivar, el texano1972
- Jesús, el niño Dios1971 · as Baltazar (as René Cardona Sr.)
- Santo vs. the Head Hunters1971
- La mula de Cullen Baker1971 · as Capitán
- Chanoc en las garras de las fieras1970 · as Gang Member (as René Cardona Sr.)
- La hermana Trinquete1970 · as Inspector
- El deseo llega de noche1969 · as Pitanguelli
- El día de la boda1968 · as Ramón
- Stranger in the House1968 · as Tomas
- Operación carambola1968 · as Scorpio Leader
- Un par de robachicos1967
- Un novio para dos hermanas1967 · as Sr. Mateos
- La leyenda del bandido1967
- El matrimonio es como el demonio1967 · as Ramón
- La vida de Pedro Infante1966 · as Director
- The Diabolical Duchess1964
- Dos caballeros de espada1964
- El revólver sangriento1964 · as Comisario
- Adventures of the X Sisters1963
- La Bandida1963 · as General Robles
- Santo vs. the King of Crime1962 · as Sr. Roberto de la Llata
- The Brainiac1962 · as Baltasar de Meneses / Luis Meneses
- Los encapuchados del infierno1962
- Juana Gallo1961 · as Capitán Esquivel
- La ley del más rápido1959
- El puma1959
- Night Dance Hall1959
- Milagros de San Martín de Porres1959
- Girl Merchants1957
- La faraona1956 · as (uncredited)
- Los hijos de Rancho Grande1956 · as Don Felipe
- ¡Que seas feliz!1956 · as Duarte
- A los cuatro vientos1955
- As negro1954
- Mulata1954 · as Guevara
- La desconocida1954
- Nuevo amanecer1954
- The Three Perfect Married1953 · as Jorge
- El genial Detective Peter Pérez1952
- La vorágine: abismos de amor1949
- Cartas Marcadas1948
- Pito Pérez se va de bracero1948
- Soledad1947 · as Roberto Covarrubias
- Soy charro de Rancho Grande1947 · as Felipe
- La barca de oro1947
- Si me han de matar mañana1947
- El príncipe del desierto1947 · as Omar
- El socio1946 · as Corredor de bolsa (uncredited)
- ¡Ay qué rechula es Puebla!1946 · as Mauricio Gómez
- Los buitres sobre el tejado1946
- El abanico de Lady Windermere1944
- Divorciadas1943
- Ave sin nido1943
- The Rock of Souls1943 · as Manuel
- Jesusita en Chihuahua1942
- Unidos por el eje1942
- El conde de Montecristo1942 · as Fernando Mondego / Conde de Morcef
- El misterioso señor Marquina1942
- La casa del rencor1941 · as Hugo
- El secreto del sacerdote1941
- Con su amable permiso1940
- Mala yerba1940 · as Don Julián Andrade
- Una luz en mi camino1939
- La cuna vacía1938
- Don Juan Tenorio1937 · as Don Juan Tenorio
- Honrarás a tus padres1937 · as Conde de los Pinares
- Allá en el Rancho Grande1936 · as Felipe
- El calvario de una esposa1936 · as Sebastián Urquizo
- The Macabre Trunk1936 · as Dr. Armando del Valle
- Malditas sean las mujeres1936 · as Conde Osvaldo de Valdemar
- Marihuana (El monstruo verde)1936 · as Antonio Pedroza
- Over the Waves1933 · as Raúl
- Hand to Hand1932 · as Manuel Chávez
- Carne de Cabaret1931 · as Eddie Miller
- When Love Laughs1930
- Common Clay1930