Cast
René Cardona
Directing
Cast
René Cardona
Known for
Directing
Born
1905-10-09
From
Havana, Cuba
Died
1988-04-25
Also known as René Cardona Sr., Рене Кардона, Рене Кардона-старший
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.
★6.1
MOVIE1979
Crónica roja
★6.3
MOVIE1959
El puma
★6.3
MOVIE1975
El pequeño Robin Hood
★6.5
MOVIE1949
La vorágine: abismos de amor
★5.3
MOVIE1977
Prisión de mujeres
as Mr. Williams
★5.2
MOVIE1978
Cyclone
★5.6
MOVIE1974
The Vengeance of the Crying Woman
as Severo Segovia
★6.0
MOVIE1941
El secreto del sacerdote
★5.8
MOVIE1975
Fantastic Voyage in a Baloon
★5.6
MOVIE1940
Mala yerba
as Don Julián Andrade
★4.2
MOVIE1969
El deseo llega de noche
as Pitanguelli
★6.3
MOVIE1947
El príncipe del desierto
as Omar
★6.5
MOVIE1978
The Children of Sanchez
★5.5
MOVIE1936
Marihuana (El monstruo verde)
as Antonio Pedroza
★6.7
MOVIE1942
Unidos por el eje
★8.0
MOVIE1959
Night Dance Hall
★6.2
MOVIE1943
Divorciadas
as Luis Reiner
★6.9
MOVIE1967
Un par de robachicos
★5.8
MOVIE1942
El misterioso señor Marquina
★6.4
MOVIE1971
Jesús, el niño Dios
as Baltazar (as René Cardona Sr.)
★5.4
MOVIE1933
Over the Waves
as Raúl
★5.5
MOVIE1931
Carne de Cabaret
as Eddie Miller
★5.6
MOVIE1972
Manuel Saldivar, el texano
★5.4
MOVIE1982
The Fury of the Karate Experts
as Professor Williams
★6.0
MOVIE1940
Con su amable permiso
★2.5
MOVIE1957
Girl Merchants
★5.2
MOVIE1974
Guns and Guts
as Monk
★6.0
MOVIE1932
Hand to Hand
as Manuel Chávez
★6.9
MOVIE1947
Soy charro de Rancho Grande
as Felipe
★5.6
MOVIE1962
The Brainiac
as Baltasar de Meneses / Luis Meneses
★5.0
MOVIE1973
Zindy, the Swamp Boy
as Abuelo
★6.0
MOVIE1959
Milagros de San Martín de Porres
★5.7
MOVIE1971
La mula de Cullen Baker
as Capitán
★5.0
MOVIE1963
La Bandida
as General Robles
★6.6
MOVIE1968
Operación carambola
as Scorpio Leader
★6.2
MOVIE1964
El revólver sangriento
as Comisario
★5.4
MOVIE1987
Yo el ejecutor
★7.5
MOVIE1967
Un novio para dos hermanas
as Sr. Mateos
★5.3
MOVIE1966
La vida de Pedro Infante
as Director
★6.0
MOVIE1939
Una luz en mi camino
★4.3
MOVIE1938
La cuna vacía
★4.4
MOVIE1956
La faraona
as (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1970
La hermana Trinquete
as Inspector
★4.7
MOVIE1980
Savage Summer
as Papá
★5.4
MOVIE1968
El día de la boda
as Ramón
★6.7
MOVIE1977
La casta divina
as Consul Cubano
★5.8
MOVIE1973
Peluquero de señoras
★5.0
MOVIE1962
Santo vs. the King of Crime
as Sr. Roberto de la Llata
★6.0
MOVIE1978
El Llanto de los Pobres
★5.6
MOVIE1942
El conde de Montecristo
as Fernando Mondego / Conde de Morcef
★5.8
MOVIE1964
The Diabolical Duchess
★6.1
MOVIE1963
Adventures of the X Sisters
★5.8
MOVIE1971
Santo vs. the Head Hunters
as Don Alonso Grijalva
★6.6
MOVIE1956
¡Que seas feliz!
as Duarte
★4.3
MOVIE1975
El valle de los miserables
as Don Luis Aguirre
★5.0
MOVIE1954
Mulata
as Guevara
★7.0
MOVIE1976
La Folle de Chaillot
as Le rentier
★4.8
MOVIE1984
Siempre en domingo
★6.2
MOVIE1943
The Rock of Souls
as Manuel
★5.8
MOVIE1952
El genial Detective Peter Pérez
★5.8
MOVIE1946
El socio
as Corredor de bolsa (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1942
Jesusita en Chihuahua
★6.3
MOVIE1968
Stranger in the House
as Tomas
★6.8
MOVIE1967
El matrimonio es como el demonio
as Ramón
★6.0
MOVIE1936
El calvario de una esposa
as Sebastián Urquizo
★5.5
MOVIE1967
La leyenda del bandido
★5.7
MOVIE1987
La Casa Que Arde de Noche
as American
★5.8
MOVIE1946
¡Ay qué rechula es Puebla!
as Mauricio Gómez
★6.4
MOVIE1947
Si me han de matar mañana
★4.7
MOVIE1953
The Three Perfect Married
as Jorge
★5.0
MOVIE1970
Chanoc en las garras de las fieras
as Gang Member (as René Cardona Sr.)
★5.7
MOVIE1954
Nuevo amanecer
★6.5
MOVIE1948
Cartas Marcadas
★6.0
MOVIE1987
Las Limpias
as Don Ignacio
★6.5
MOVIE1961
Juana Gallo
as Capitán Esquivel
★6.7
MOVIE1973
Masajista de señoras
★5.7
MOVIE1978
Tempestad
★6.2
MOVIE1947
La barca de oro
★6.2
MOVIE1955
A los cuatro vientos
★5.7
MOVIE1943
Ave sin nido
★6.0
MOVIE1954
La desconocida
★5.9
MOVIE1947
Soledad
as Roberto Covarrubias
★5.8
MOVIE1959
La ley del más rápido
★6.7
MOVIE1956
Los hijos de Rancho Grande
as Don Felipe
★5.6
MOVIE1964
Dos caballeros de espada
★6.7
MOVIE1946
Los buitres sobre el tejado
★5.7
MOVIE1974
La disputa
★6.6
MOVIE1954
As negro
★5.6
MOVIE1962
Los encapuchados del infierno
★6.7
MOVIE1989
Viva la risa II
★4.9
MOVIE1986
¡Maten al fugitivo!
★6.0
MOVIE1983
La Banda De La Sotana Negra
★5.8
MOVIE1941
La casa del rencor
as Hugo
★5.7
MOVIE1936
The Macabre Trunk
as Dr. Armando del Valle
★6.0
MOVIE1936
Allá en el Rancho Grande
as Felipe
★6.3
MOVIE1937
Honrarás a tus padres
as Conde de los Pinares
★6.3
MOVIE1936
Malditas sean las mujeres
as Conde Osvaldo de Valdemar
★4.8
MOVIE1978
Brood of Vipers
★6.7
MOVIE1944
El abanico de Lady Windermere
★5.6
MOVIE1948
Pito Pérez se va de bracero
★7.0
MOVIE1930
When Love Laughs
★9.0
MOVIE1930
Common Clay
★5.3
MOVIE1937
Don Juan Tenorio
as Don Juan Tenorio