Occupation Actor Name Pedro Cordoba Resting place Holy Cross Cemetery | Years active 1915–1951 Role Actor | |
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Born September 28, 1881 ( 1881-09-28 ) New York City, USA Died September 16, 1950, Sunland Spouse Eleanor M. Nolan (m. 1928–1950), Antoinette Glover (m. 1917–1921) Children Colette de Cordoba, Michael de Cordoba Movies Saboteur, Carmen, The Ghost Breakers, Condemned to Live, Blood and Sand Similar People William C deMille, Kathryn Adams Doty, Cecil B DeMille, Billy Curtis, Lew Landers | ||
Pedro de Cordoba (September 28, 1881 – September 16, 1950) was an American actor.
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Biography
De Cordoba was born in New York City to parents who were French and Cuban in origin. He was a classically trained theatre actor who confessed he did not enjoy appearing in silent films nearly as much as he liked working on stage, but his career during the silent film era was extensive. His first film was Cecil B. DeMille's version of Carmen (1915), and he soon became a popular leading man in Hollywood. His Broadway career cast him with such stage actresses as Jane Cowl and Katharine Cornell.
Later, his deeply resonant speaking voice made him perfectly suited to talking pictures, and his film career continued, unlike many silent film stars. He enjoyed a career as a busy character actor in Hollywood, from the 1930s through to the end of his life. He was most often cast as aristocratic, or clerical characters of Hispanic origin, as in The Keys of the Kingdom (1944), because of his last name as well as his royal bearing. On rare occasions, he would be cast in the role of a villain. His "living skeleton" sideshow character hides fugitive Robert Cummings (and Priscilla Lane) in his carnival wagon overnight in the Alfred Hitchcock film Saboteur (1942).
He was a devout Catholic and was very well read and knowledgeable about the Catholic faith, and served for a time as president of the Catholic Actors Guild of America. The last film in which he appeared, a political drama set in an unnamed South American dictatorship, Crisis (1950), was released shortly after his death.
Silent
Sound
Filmography
Actor
1951
When the Redskins Rode as
Chief Shingiss
1951
Cuban Fireball as
Don Perez
1951
Oh! Susanna as
Pactola (uncredited)
1950
Crisis as
Father Del Puento (uncredited)
1950
The Lawless as
Mr. Garcia
1950
Comanche Territory as
Quisima
1949
The Lone Ranger (TV Series) as
Jose Medrano / King Kelvin
- Sheep Thieves (1950) - Jose Medrano (as Pedro de Cordova)
- Finders Keepers (1949) - King Kelvin
1949
Samson and Delilah as
Bar Simon (as Pedro De Cordoba)
1949
Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch as
Museum Caretaker (uncredited)
1949
The Daring Caballero as
Padre Leonardo
1949
Omoo-Omoo the Shark God as
Chief Tari (as Pedro deCordoba)
1949
Daughter of the West as
Chief Wykomas
1948
Mexican Hayride as
Señor Martinez
1948
Public Prosecutor (TV Series) as
Virgil Redgrave
- The Case of the Thousand Terrors (1948) - Virgil Redgrave
1948
Adventures of Don Juan as
Pachecho (uncredited)
1948
The Time of Your Life as
Arab Philosopher
1947
Green Dolphin Street as
Priest (uncredited)
1947
Robin Hood of Monterey as
Don Carlos Belmonte (as Pedro DeCordoba)
1947
Carnival in Costa Rica as
Papa Castro
1946
The Beast with Five Fingers as
Horatio
1946
Swamp Fire as
Tim Rousseau
1946
Cuban Pete as
Perez
1946
Night in Paradise as
Magus (uncredited)
1946
A Scandal in Paris as
Priest
1946
Two Years Before the Mast as
Don Sebastian (uncredited)
1945
Adventure as
Felipe (unconfirmed)
1945
San Antonio as
Ricardo Torreon (as Pedro De Cordoba)
1945
The Little Witch (Short) as
Don Ramon Castillo
1945
They Were Expendable as
Priest (scenes deleted)
1945
Club Havana as
Charles, Headwaiter
1945
The Cisco Kid in Old New Mexico as
Father Angelo
1945
Isle of Tabu (Short) as
The Chief
1945
The Picture of Dorian Gray as
Blue Gate Fields Pianist (uncredited)
1944
Tahiti Nights as
Tonga (uncredited)
1944
The Keys of the Kingdom as
Father Gomez (scenes deleted)
1944
Kismet as
Meuzin (uncredited)
1944
The Falcon in Mexico as
Don Carlos Ybarra (as Pedro De Cordoba)
1944
Once Upon a Time as
Prof. Van Dorn - Lepidopterist (uncredited)
1944
Uncertain Glory as
Executioner (uncredited)
1944
Gun to Gun (Short) as
Don Diego (as Pedro de Cordova)
1943
The Song of Bernadette as
Dr. LeCramps (as Pedro De Cordoba)
1943
For Whom the Bell Tolls as
Colonel Miranda
1943
Background to Danger as
Baba (uncredited)
1943
White Savage as
Candlemaker (uncredited)
1943
Tarzan Triumphs as
Patriarch
1942
Saboteur as
Bones - Circus Troupe
1942
The First Swallow (Short) as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1942
Shut My Big Mouth as
Don Carlos Montoya
1942
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake as
Feenou
1941
Paris Calling as
Speaker (uncredited)
1941
The Corsican Brothers as
Count Gravini
1941
Aloma of the South Seas as
Raaiti
1941
Million Dollar Baby as
Verali, Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)
1941
Blood and Sand as
Don Jose Alvarez (as Pedro deCordoba)
1940
Romance of the Rio Grande as
Don Fernando de Vega
1940
The Phantom Submarine as
Henri Jerome
1940
The Mark of Zorro as
Don Miguel
1940
Before I Hang as
Victor Sondini
1940
The Sea Hawk as
Captain Mendoza
1940
South of Pago Pago as
Chief
1940
The Ghost Breakers as
Havez (as Pedro De Cordoba)
1940
Earthbound as
Minister
1940
My Favorite Wife as
Dr. Kohlmar
1939
The Light That Failed as
Monsieur Binat
1939
Escape to Paradise as
Don Miguel
1939
City in Darkness as
Antoine (as Pedro De Cordoba)
1939
Law of the Pampas as
Jose Valdez
1939
Range War as
Padre Jose (as Pedro De Cordoba)
1939
Five Came Back as
Latin Ambassador (uncredited)
1939
Chasing Danger as
Gurra Din
1939
Man of Conquest as
Oolooteka
1939
Juarez as
Riva Palacio
1939
Winner Take All as
Pantrelli
1939
Devil's Island as
Marcal
1938
Heart of the North as
Father Claverly
1938
Dramatic School as
LeMaistre in "Joan of Arc" (uncredited)
1938
Storm Over Bengal as
Abdul Mir
1938
Keep Smiling as
J. Howard Travers
1938
Gold Diggers in Paris as
Mons. Cambret (uncredited)
1938
International Settlement as
Maurice Zabello
1937
The Firefly as
Spanish General (uncredited)
1937
Damaged Goods as
Dr. Edward B. Walker
1937
Girl Loves Boy as
Signor Montefiori
1937
Maid of Salem as
Mr. Morse
1936
The Garden of Allah as
Gardener (uncredited)
1936
Ramona as
Father Salvierderra
1936
His Brother's Wife as
Dr. Capolo
1936
The Devil-Doll as
Charles Matin
1936
Trouble for Two as
Sergei
1936
Anthony Adverse as
Brother Francois
1936
Frankie and Johnnie as
Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited)
1936
Moonlight Murder as
Swami
1936
Robin Hood of El Dorado as
Hacendado Wanting to Cooperate (uncredited)
1936
Rose of the Rancho as
Gomez
1935
Professional Soldier as
Stefan Bernaido
1935
Captain Blood as
Don Diego
1935
Condemned to Live as
Dr. Anders Bizet
1935
The Crusades as
Karakush
1929
Hunt the Tiger (Short)
1925
The New Commandment as
Picard
1924
The Bandolero as
Dorando - The Bandolero
1924
The Desert Sheik as
Prince Ibrahim
1924
Swords and the Woman as
Paul Déroulède
1923
The Purple Highway as
Joe Renard
1923
Fires of Fate as
Prince Ibrahim
1923
Enemies of Women as
Atilio Castro
1922
When Knighthood Was in Flower as
Duke of Buckingham
1922
The Young Diana as
Dr. Dimitrius
1921
The Inner Chamber as
Dr. Geoge Danilo
1920
The Sin That Was His as
Father Aubert
1920
The World and His Wife as
Don Severo
1920
The Dark Mirror as
Mario
1919
The New Moon as
Prince Michail Koloyar
1918
A Daughter of the Old South as
Pedro de Alvarez
1917
Runaway Romany as
Zinga
1917
Barbary Sheep as
Benchaalal
1917
One Law for Both as
Count de Fernac
1917
Sapho as
Flamant
1916
Just a Song at Twilight as
Carlysle Turner
1916
Maria Rosa as
Ramon
1915
Temptation as
Julian
1915
Carmen as
Escamillo
1915
Jeanne of the Woods (Short) as
Hugh Travers N.W.M.P.
1915
The Little White Violet (Short) as
Phillip Randall
Self
1949
La Kermesse aux chansons (Short) as
Self
1934
The First World War (Documentary) as
Narrator (voice)
1933
Through the Centuries (Documentary) as
Narrator
Archive Footage
1953
Étoiles au soleil (Documentary short) as
Self
1939
Land of Liberty
References
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