Pedro de Cordoba
Cordoba, c. 1909
Born
Pietro de Cordoba

(1881-09-28)September 28, 1881
New York City, US
DiedSeptember 16, 1950(1950-09-16) (aged 68)
Resting placeHoly Cross Cemetery, Culver City
OccupationActor
Years active1901–1951
Spouses
Antoinette Glover
(m. 1917; died 1921)
    Eleanor M. Nolan
    (m. 1928)

    Pedro de Cordoba (September 28, 1881 – September 16, 1950) was an American actor.

    Biography

    Katharine Cornell and Pedro de Cordoba in the 1924 Broadway production of George Bernard Shaw's Candida

    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 regular leading man in Hollywood. His Broadway career cast him with such stage actresses as Jane Cowl and Katharine Cornell.

    In the sound era, his deeply resonant speaking voice made him perfectly suited to talking pictures and was active as a character actor in Hollywood, from the mid-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 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.

    Selected filmography

    With Marjorie Rambeau in the play Sadie Love by Avery Hopwood (1915), later made into a 1919 film starring Billie Burke.
    Pedro de Cordoba, Marion Davies, and Forrest Stanley in a scene still from the 1922 silent drama The Young Diana.
    As Antoine in Escape to Paradise (1939)
    Year Film Role Director Notes
    1915 The Little White Violet Phillip Randall Silent; Short
    1915 Jeanne of the Woods Hugh Travers N.W.M.P. Silent; Short
    1915 Carmen Escamillo Cecil B. DeMille Silent
    1915 Temptation Julian Cecil B. DeMille Silent
    1916 Maria Rosa Ramon Cecil B. DeMille Silent
    1916 Just a Song at Twilight Carlysle Turner Silent
    1917 Sapho Flamant Hugh Ford Silent
    1917 One Law for Both Count de Fernac Ivan Abramson Silent
    1917 Barbary Sheep Benchaalal Maurice Tourneur Silent
    1917 Runaway Romany Zinga George W. Lederer Silent
    1918 A Daughter of the Old South Pedro de Alvarez Émile Chautard Silent
    1919 The New Moon Prince Michail Koloyar Chester Withey Silent
    1919 The Dark Mirror Mario Silent
    1920 The World and His Wife Don Severo Robert G. Vignola Silent
    1920 The Sin That Was His Father Aubert Hobart Henley Silent
    1921 The Inner Chamber Dr. George Danilo Edward José Silent
    1922 The Young Diana Dr. Dimitrius Robert G. Vignola Silent
    1922 When Knighthood Was in Flower Duke of Buckingham Robert G. Vignola Silent
    1923 Enemies of Women Atilio Castro Alan Crosland Silent
    1923 Fires of Fate Prince Ibrahim Silent
    1923 The Purple Highway Joe Renard Henry Kolker Silent
    1923 I Will Repay Paul Deroulede Henry Kolker Silent
    1924 The Desert Sheik Prince Ibrahim Tom Terriss Silent
    1924 The Bandolero Dorando Tom Terriss Silent
    1925 The New Commandment Picard Howard Higgin Silent
    1929 Hunt the Tiger short
    1935 The Crusades Karakush Cecil B. DeMille
    1935 Condemned to Live Dr. Anders Bizet Frank R. Strayer
    1935 Captain Blood Don Diego Michael Curtiz
    1935 Professional Soldier Stefan Bernaido Tay Garnett
    1936 Rose of the Rancho Gomez Marion Gering
    1936 Robin Hood of El Dorado Hacendado Wanting to Cooperate William A. Wellman uncredited
    1936 Moonlight Murder Swami Edwin L. Marin
    1936 Frankie and Johnny Undetermined Supporting Role Chester Erskine[1]
    John H. Auer[1]
    uncredited
    1936 Trouble for Two Sergei J. Walter Ruben
    1936 The Devil-Doll Charles Matin Tod Browning
    1936 Anthony Adverse Brother Francois Mervyn LeRoy
    1936 His Brother's Wife Dr. Capolo W. S. Van Dyke
    1936 Ramona Father Salvierderra Henry King
    1936 The Garden of Allah Gardener Richard Boleslawski uncredited
    1937 Maid of Salem Mr. Morse Frank Lloyd
    1937 Girl Loves Boy Signor Montefiori W. Duncan Mansfield
    1937 Damaged Goods Dr. Edward B. Walker Phil Goldstone
    1937 The Firefly Spanish General Robert Z. Leonard uncredited
    1938 International Settlement Maurice Zabello Eugene Forde
    1938 Gold Diggers in Paris Mons. Cambret Busby Berkeley uncredited
    1938 Keep Smiling J. Howard Travers Monty Banks
    1938 Storm Over Bengal Abdul Mir Sidney Salkow
    1938 Dramatic School LeMaistre in "Joan of Arc" Robert B. Sinclair uncredited
    1938 Heart of the North Father Claverly Lewis Seiler
    1939 Devil's Island Marcal William Clemens
    1939 Winner Take All Pantrelli Otto Brower
    1939 Juarez Riva Palacio William Dieterle
    1939 Man of Conquest Oolooteka George Nicholls Jr.
    1939 Chasing Danger Gurra Din Ricardo Cortez
    1939 Five Came Back Latin Ambassador John Farrow uncredited
    1939 Range War Padre Jose Lesley Selander
    1939 Law of the Pampas Jose Valdez Nate Watt
    1939 Charlie Chan in City in Darkness Antoine Herbert I. Leeds
    1939 Escape to Paradise Don Miguel Erle C. Kenton
    1939 The Light That Failed Monsieur Binat William A. Wellman
    1940 My Favorite Wife Dr. Kohlmar Garson Kanin
    1940 Earthbound Minister Irving Pichel
    1940 The Ghost Breakers Havez George Marshall
    1940 The Sea Hawk Capt. Mendoza Michael Curtiz
    1940 South of Pago Pago Chief Alfred E. Green
    1940 Before I Hang Victor Sondini Nick Grinde (ad Nick Grindé)
    1940 The Mark of Zorro Don Miguel Rouben Mamoulian
    1940 The Phantom Submarine Henri Jerome Charles Barton
    1941 Romance of the Rio Grande Don Fernando de Vega Herbert I. Leeds
    1941 Blood and Sand Don Jose Alvarez Rouben Mamoulian
    1941 Million Dollar Baby Verali, Orchestra Conductor Curtis Bernhardt uncredited
    1941 Aloma of the South Seas Raaiti Alfred Santell
    1941 The Corsican Brothers Count Gravini Gregory Ratoff
    1941 Paris Calling Speaker Edwin L. Marin uncredited
    1942 Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake Feenou John Cromwell
    1942 Shut My Big Mouth Don Carlos Montoya Charles Barton
    1942 Saboteur Circus Troupe Alfred Hitchcock
    1942 The Falcon Takes Over Irving Reis
    1943 Tarzan Triumphs Patriarch Wilhelm Thiele
    1943 White Savage Candlemaker Arthur Lubin
    1943 Background to Danger Old Turk Raoul Walsh uncredited
    1943 For Whom the Bell Tolls Colonel Miranda Sam Wood
    1943 The Song of Bernadette Dr. LeCramps Henry King
    1944 Uncertain Glory Executioner Raoul Walsh uncredited
    1944 Once Upon a Time Lepidopterist Alexander Hall uncredited
    1944 The Falcon in Mexico Don Carlos Ybarra William Berke
    1944 Kismet Meuzin William Dieterle uncredited
    1944 The Keys of the Kingdom Father Gomez John M. Stahl scenes deleted
    1944 Tahiti Nights Tonga Will Jason uncredited
    1945 The Picture of Dorian Gray Blue Gate Fields Pianist Albert Lewin uncredited
    1945 In Old New Mexico Father Angelo Phil Rosen
    1945 Club Havana Charles, Headwaiter Edgar G. Ulmer
    1945 They Were Expendable Priest John Ford scenes deleted
    1945 San Antonio Ricardo Torreon David Butler
    Robert Florey (uncredited)
    Raoul Walsh (uncredited)
    1945 Adventure Felipe Victor Fleming
    1946 Night in Paradise Magus Arthur Lubin uncredited
    1946 Cuban Pete Perez Jean Yarbrough
    1946 A Scandal in Paris Priest Douglas Sirk
    1946 Swamp Fire Tim Rousseau William H. Pine
    1946 Two Years Before the Mast Don Sebastian John Farrow uncredited
    1946 The Beast with Five Fingers Horatio Robert Florey
    1947 Carnival in Costa Rica Papa Castro Gregory Ratoff
    1947 Robin Hood of Monterey Don Carlos Belmonte Christy Cabanne
    1947 Green Dolphin Street Priest Victor Saville uncredited
    1948 The Time of Your Life Arab Philosopher H. C. Potter
    1948 Mexican Hayride Señor Martinez Charles Barton
    1948 Adventures of Don Juan Pachecho Vincent Sherman uncredited
    1949 Daughter of the West Chief Wykomas Harold Daniels
    1949 Omoo-Omoo, the Shark God Chief Tari Leon Leonard
    1949 The Daring Caballero Padre Leonardo Wallace Fox
    1949 Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch Museum Caretaker uncredited
    1949 Samson and Delilah Bar Simon Cecil B. DeMille
    1950 Comanche Territory Quisima George Sherman
    1950 The Lawless Mr. Garcia Joseph Losey
    1950 Crisis Father Del Puento Richard Brooks uncredited
    1951 Oh! Susanna Pactola Joseph Kane uncredited
    1951 Cuban Fireball Don Perez William Beaudine
    1951 When the Redskins Rode Chief Shingiss Lew Landers final film role

    Radio appearances

    YearProgramEpisode/source
    1937Lux Radio TheatreMadame Butterfly
    1946Hollywood Star TimeThe Song of Bernadette[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 "Frankie and Johnnie Credits". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29.
    2. "Those Were the Days". Nostalgia Digest. 41 (2): 32–41. Spring 2015.
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