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.
Juana Gallo
as Capitán Esquivel
La ley del más rápido
Cyclone
Mulata
as Guevara
The Vengeance of the Crying Woman
as Severo Segovia
Operación carambola
as Scorpio Leader
The Children of Sanchez
El secreto del sacerdote
La vorágine: abismos de amor
Tempestad
El pequeño Robin Hood
Soledad
as Roberto Covarrubias
La Casa Que Arde de Noche
as American
Savage Summer
as Papá
Marihuana (El monstruo verde)
as Antonio Pedroza
Un novio para dos hermanas
as Sr. Mateos
Cartas Marcadas
La disputa
Guns and Guts
as Monk
El socio
as Corredor de bolsa (uncredited)
Stranger in the House
as Tomas
El conde de Montecristo
as Fernando Mondego / Conde de Morcef
Prisión de mujeres
as Mr. Williams
La casta divina
as Consul Cubano
Jesús, el niño Dios
as Baltazar (as René Cardona Sr.)
Night Dance Hall
El deseo llega de noche
as Pitanguelli
Fantastic Voyage in a Baloon
La faraona
as (uncredited)
Un par de robachicos
El puma
Los buitres sobre el tejado
La vida de Pedro Infante
as Director
The Brainiac
as Baltasar de Meneses / Luis Meneses
La Bandida
as General Robles
La hermana Trinquete
as Inspector
Hand to Hand
as Manuel Chávez
Zindy, the Swamp Boy
as Abuelo
Si me han de matar mañana
Divorciadas
La Banda De La Sotana Negra
The Rock of Souls
as Manuel
Crónica roja
The Fury of the Karate Experts
as Professor Williams
Siempre en domingo
Nuevo amanecer
El revólver sangriento
as Comisario
Una luz en mi camino
Dos caballeros de espada
The Three Perfect Married
as Jorge
Carne de Cabaret
as Eddie Miller
The Diabolical Duchess
Allá en el Rancho Grande
as Felipe
Girl Merchants
Las Limpias
as Don Ignacio
El valle de los miserables
as Don Luis Aguirre
¡Ay qué rechula es Puebla!
as Mauricio Gómez
Santo vs. the King of Crime
as Sr. Roberto de la Llata
Manuel Saldivar, el texano
El calvario de una esposa
as Sebastián Urquizo
As negro
La casa del rencor
as Hugo
El matrimonio es como el demonio
as Ramón
El Llanto de los Pobres
La leyenda del bandido
¡Maten al fugitivo!
Yo el ejecutor
Los hijos de Rancho Grande
as Don Felipe
El príncipe del desierto
as Omar
Unidos por el eje
El genial Detective Peter Pérez
La Folle de Chaillot
as Le rentier
Soy charro de Rancho Grande
as Felipe
Los encapuchados del infierno
Aventuras de las hermanas X
Chanoc en las garras de las fieras
as Gang Member (as René Cardona Sr.)
¡Que seas feliz!
as Duarte
When Love Laughs
Mala yerba
as Don Julián Andrade
Common Clay
La desconocida
Viva la risa II
Ave sin nido
Brood of Vipers
El día de la boda
as Ramón
The Macabre Trunk
as Dr. Armando del Valle
Malditas sean las mujeres
as Conde Osvaldo de Valdemar
La cuna vacía
La mula de Cullen Baker
as Capitán
Masajista de señoras
Santo vs. the Head Hunters
Honrarás a tus padres
as Conde de los Pinares
Don Juan Tenorio
as Don Juan Tenorio
Milagros de San Martín de Porres
Con su amable permiso
El misterioso señor Marquina
Pito Pérez se va de bracero
Peluquero de señoras
Jesusita en Chihuahua
A los cuatro vientos
El abanico de Lady Windermere
La barca de oro
Over the Waves
as Raúl