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Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthday
October 9, 1905
Died
April 25, 1988
Place of Birth
Havana, Cuba
Also Known As
- René Cardona Sr.
- Рене Кардона
- Рене Кардона-старший
- Рене Кардона-ст.
- René Cardona Andre
René Cardona
1.9 Popularity
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.
Known For
Credits
Viva la risa II
1989
5.0
Las Limpias
as Don Ignacio
1987
5.2
Yo el ejecutor
1987
4.7
¡Maten al fugitivo!
1986
4.0
La Casa Que Arde de Noche
as American
1985
5.5
🎬
Siempre en domingo
1984
4.2
La banda de la sotana negra
1983
5.7
The Fury of the Karate Experts
as Professor Williams
1982
5.0
Savage Summer
as Papá
1980
4.3
Crónica roja
1979
5.9
El Llanto de los Pobres
1978
5.0
Cyclone
1978
5.1
The Children of Sanchez
1978
6.1
Brood of Vipers
1978
3.5
Tempestad
1978
5.0
La casta divina
as Consul Cubano
1977
6.6
Prisión de mujeres
as Mr. Williams
1977
4.8
La folle de Chaillot
as Le rentier
1976
0.0
Fantastic Voyage in a Baloon
1975
5.6
El pequeño Robin Hood
1975
5.0
El valle de los miserables
as Don Luis Aguirre
1975
3.8
La disputa
1974
5.0
The Vengeance of the Crying Woman
as Severo Segovia
1974
5.4
Guns and Guts
as Monk
1974
5.1
Masajista de señoras
1973
5.0
Zindy, the Swamp Boy
as Abuelo
1973
4.8
Peluquero de señoras
1973
5.0
Manuel Saldivar, el texano
1972
5.0
Jesús, el niño Dios
as Baltazar (as René Cardona Sr.)
1971
5.5
Santo vs. the Head Hunters
1971
5.2
La mula de Cullen Baker
as Capitán
1971
5.0
Chanoc en las garras de las fieras
as Gang Member (as René Cardona Sr.)
1970
4.5
La hermana Trinquete
as Inspector
1970
6.4
🎬
El deseo llega de noche
as Pitanguelli
1969
3.5
El día de la boda
as Ramón
1968
5.0
Stranger in the House
as Tomas
1968
6.1
Operación carambola
as Scorpio Leader
1968
6.6
Un par de robachicos
1967
6.8
Un novio para dos hermanas
as Sr. Mateos
1967
7.4
🎬
La leyenda del bandido
1967
5.0
El matrimonio es como el demonio
as Ramón
1967
6.0
La vida de Pedro Infante
as Director
1966
4.7
The Diabolical Duchess
1964
5.0
Dos caballeros de espada
1964
5.0
El revólver sangriento
as Comisario
1964
5.2
🎬
Aventuras de las hermanas X
1963
5.7
La Bandida
as General Robles
1963
4.6
Santo vs. the King of Crime
as Sr. Roberto de la Llata
1962
4.5
The Brainiac
as Baltasar de Meneses / Luis Meneses
1962
5.5
🎬
Los encapuchados del infierno
1962
5.0
Juana Gallo
as Capitán Esquivel
1961
6.3
🎬
La ley del más rápido
1959
5.0
El puma
1959
5.3
Night Dance Hall
1959
0.0
Milagros de San Martín de Porres
1959
5.0
Girl Merchants
1957
1.0
La faraona
as (uncredited)
1956
3.5
Los hijos de Rancho Grande
as Don Felipe
1956
5.0
¡Que seas feliz!
as Duarte
1956
6.0
A los cuatro vientos
1955
5.5
As negro
1954
6.3
Mulata
as Guevara
1954
4.4
Nuevo amanecer
1954
5.0
La desconocida
1954
5.0
The Three Perfect Married
as Jorge
1953
4.0
El genial Detective Peter Pérez
1952
5.5
La vorágine: abismos de amor
1949
5.3
Cartas Marcadas
1948
6.0
🎬
Pito Pérez se va de bracero
1948
5.0
Soledad
as Roberto Covarrubias
1947
5.5
Soy charro de Rancho Grande
as Felipe
1947
5.6
La barca de oro
1947
6.0
Si me han de matar mañana
1947
6.0
El príncipe del desierto
as Omar
1947
5.0
¡Ay qué rechula es Puebla!
as Mauricio Gómez
1946
5.0
Los buitres sobre el tejado
1946
5.0
El abanico de Lady Windermere
1944
5.0
Divorciadas
1943
5.0
Ave sin nido
1943
5.0
The Rock of Souls
as Manuel
1943
5.8
Jesusita en Chihuahua
1942
5.0
El conde de Montecristo
as Fernando Mondego / Conde de Morcef
1942
5.2
El misterioso señor Marquina
1942
5.0
La casa del rencor
as Hugo
1941
5.0
El secreto del sacerdote
1941
5.5
Con su amable permiso
1940
5.0
Mala yerba
as Don Julián Andrade
1940
4.5
La cuna vacía
1938
3.7
Don Juan Tenorio
as Don Juan Tenorio
1937
4.4
Honrarás a tus padres
as Conde de los Pinares
1937
5.0
Allá en el Rancho Grande
as Felipe
1936
5.7
El calvario de una esposa
as Sebastián Urquizo
1936
5.0
The Macabre Trunk
as Dr. Armando del Valle
1936
5.4
Malditas sean las mujeres
as Conde Osvaldo de Valdemar
1936
5.0
Marihuana El Monstruo Verde
1936
5.0
Hand to Hand
as Manuel Chávez
1932
5.0
Carne de Cabaret
as Eddie Miller
1931
2.0
When Love Laughs
1930
0.0
Common Clay
1930
0.0