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: Directing

Born: Havana, Cuba, 1905-10-09

Died: 1988-04-25

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1930	Common Clay		0
2	1930	When Love Laughs		0
3	1931	Carne de Cabaret	Eddie Miller	20
4	1932	Hand to Hand	Manuel Chávez	50
5	1936	Marihuana El Monstruo Verde		50
6	1936	Malditas sean las mujeres	Conde Osvaldo de Valdemar	50
7	1936	The Macabre Trunk	Dr. Armando del Valle	54
8	1936	El calvario de una esposa	Sebastián Urquizo	50
9	1936	Allá en el Rancho Grande	Felipe	53
10	1937	Honrarás a tus padres	Conde de los Pinares	50
11	1937	Don Juan Tenorio	Don Juan Tenorio	44
12	1938	La cuna vacía		42
13	1940	Mala yerba	Don Julián Andrade	45
14	1940	Con su amable permiso		50
15	1941	El secreto del sacerdote		55
16	1941	La casa del rencor	Hugo	50
17	1942	El misterioso señor Marquina		50
18	1942	El conde de Montecristo	Fernando Mondego / Conde de Morcef	53
19	1942	Jesusita en Chihuahua		50
20	1943	The Rock of Souls	Manuel	58
21	1943	Ave sin nido		50
22	1943	Divorciadas		50
23	1944	El abanico de Lady Windermere		50
24	1946	Los buitres sobre el tejado		50
25	1946	¡Ay qué rechula es Puebla!	Mauricio Gómez	50
26	1947	Si me han de matar mañana		50
27	1947	La barca de oro		60
28	1947	Soy charro de Rancho Grande	Felipe	55
29	1947	Soledad	Roberto Covarrubias	50
30	1948	Pito Pérez se va de bracero		50
31	1948	Cartas Marcadas		60
32	1949	La vorágine: abismos de amor		53
33	1952	El genial Detective Peter Pérez		55
34	1953	The Three Perfect Married	Jorge	44
35	1954	La desconocida		50
36	1954	Nuevo amanecer		50
37	1954	Mulata	Guevara	44
38	1954	As negro		53
39	1955	A los cuatro vientos		55
40	1956	¡Que seas feliz!	Duarte	50
41	1956	Los hijos de Rancho Grande	Don Felipe	50
42	1956	La faraona	(uncredited)	35
43	1957	Girl Merchants		10
44	1959	Milagros de San Martín de Porres		50
45	1959	Night Dance Hall		0
46	1959	El puma		53
47	1959	La ley del más rápido		50
48	1961	Juana Gallo	Capitán Esquivel	63
49	1962	Los encapuchados del infierno		50
50	1962	The Brainiac	Baltasar de Meneses / Luis Meneses	54
51	1962	Santo vs. the King of Crime	Sr. Roberto de la Llata	45
52	1963	La Bandida	General Robles	46
53	1963	Aventuras de las hermanas X		57
54	1964	El revólver sangriento	Comisario	52
55	1964	Dos caballeros de espada		50
56	1964	The Diabolical Duchess		50
57	1966	La vida de Pedro Infante	Director	47
58	1967	El matrimonio es como el demonio	Ramón	60
59	1967	La leyenda del bandido		50
60	1967	Un novio para dos hermanas	Sr. Mateos	74
61	1967	Un par de robachicos		68
62	1968	Operación carambola	Scorpio Leader	66
63	1968	Stranger in the House	Tomas	61
64	1968	El día de la boda	Ramón	50
65	1969	El deseo llega de noche	Pitanguelli	35
66	1970	La hermana Trinquete	Inspector	64
67	1970	Chanoc en las garras de las fieras	Gang Member (as René Cardona Sr.)	45
68	1971	La mula de Cullen Baker	Capitán	50
69	1971	Santo vs. the Head Hunters		52
70	1971	Jesús, el niño Dios	Baltazar (as René Cardona Sr.)	55
71	1972	Manuel Saldivar, el texano		50
72	1973	Peluquero de señoras		50
73	1973	Masajista de señoras		50
74	1973	Zindy, the Swamp Boy	Abuelo	50
75	1974	Guns and Guts	Monk	51
76	1974	The Vengeance of the Crying Woman	Severo Segovia	51
77	1974	La disputa		50
78	1975	El valle de los miserables	Don Luis Aguirre	42
79	1975	El pequeño Robin Hood		50
80	1975	Fantastic Voyage in a Baloon		56
81	1976	La folle de Chaillot	Le rentier	0
82	1977	Prisión de mujeres	Mr. Williams	52
83	1977	La casta divina	Consul Cubano	66
84	1978	Tempestad		50
85	1978	Raza de viboras		40
86	1978	The Children of Sanchez		57
87	1978	Cyclone		51
88	1978	El Llanto de los Pobres		50
89	1979	Crónica roja		52
90	1980	Savage Summer	Papá	48
91	1982	The Fury of the Karate Experts	Professor Williams	50
92	1983	La banda de la sotana negra		57
93	1984	Siempre en domingo		42
94	1985	La Casa Que Arde de Noche	American	58
95	1986	¡Maten al fugitivo!		40
96	1987	Yo el ejecutor		47
97	1987	Las Limpias	Don Ignacio	52
98	1989	Viva la risa II		50

René Cardona

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