René Cardona
Directing
🎂 1905-10-09
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 ZacarÃas, sister of the director Miguel ZacarÃas, 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 ZacarÃas. 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 GuÃzar, and Cardona.
Cast credits(98)
1978
Monk
1974
Severo Segovia
1974
1978
Director
1966
American
1985
Ramón
1967
Scorpio Leader
1968
Fernando Mondego / Conde de Morcef
1942
Tomas
1968
1949
Capitán Esquivel
1961
Felipe
1936
Papá
1980
Comisario
1964
Manuel
1943
1941
Roberto Covarrubias
1947
1975
(uncredited)
1956
General Robles
1963
Mr. Williams
1977
Baltasar de Meneses / Luis Meneses
1962
Don Luis Aguirre
1975
1975
1987
Baltazar (as René Cardona Sr.)
1971
Consul Cubano
1977
1973
1978
Professor Williams
1982
Guevara
1954
1959
Dr. Armando del Valle
1936
Jorge
1953
1974
Manuel Chávez
1932
1943
Abuelo
1973
1967
Ramón
1968
Mauricio Gómez
1946
1959
1947
Sr. Mateos
1967
1947
Sr. Roberto de la Llata
1962
1943
1964
Duarte
1956
Don Ignacio
1987
1962
1942
1971
Le rentier
1976
1978
1954
1983
Sebastián Urquizo
1936
Conde Osvaldo de Valdemar
1936
1955
1952
1948
1989
Hugo
1941
1954
Don Juan Tenorio
1937
Felipe
1947
1959
1979
1967
1944
1959
Capitán
1971
1984
1957
Gang Member (as René Cardona Sr.)
1970
Don Julián Andrade
1940
1986
Don Felipe
1956
1940
1972
1930
1973
1954
1978
1936
Eddie Miller
1931
Pitanguelli
1969
Inspector
1970
1948
1964
1963
1938
Conde de los Pinares
1937
1930
1942
1946
Directing (143)
Second Unit Director
1970
Director
1976
Director
1959
Director
1968
Director
1970
Director
1960
Director
1969
Director
1973
Director
1969
Director
1964
Director
1980
Director
1957
Director
1974
Director
1973
Director
1960
Director
1963
Director
1944
Director
1971
Director
1964
Director
1969
Director
1939
Director
1969
Director
1963
Director
1967
Director
1954
Director
1975
Director
1956
Director
1969
Director
1962
Director
1944
Director
1977
Director
1973
Director
1969
Director
1974
Director
1954
Director
1965
Director
1957
Director
1954
Director
1970
Director
1968
Director
1950
Director
1979
Director
1965
Director
1966
Director
1969
Director
1968
Director
1951
Director
1959
Director
1968
Director
1959
Director
1967
Director
1968
Director
1971
Director
1972
Director
1955
Director
1959
Director
1951
Director
1965
Director
1952
Director
1946
Director
1975
Director
1971
Director
1943
Director
1951
Director
1966
Director
1957
Director
1956
Director
1965
Director
1965
Director
1950
Director
1971
Director
1950
Director
1970
Director
1982
Director
1978
Director
1975
Director
1970
Director
1938
Director
1959
Director
1966
Director
1949
Director
1981
Director
1948
Director
1967
Director
1949
Director
1944
Director
1941
Director
1969
Director
1939
Director
1948
Director
1955
Director
1960
Director
1958
Director
1952
Director
1982
Director
1957
Director
1945
Director
1961
Director
1965
Director
1958
Director
1947
Director
1977
Director
1937
Director
1971
Director
1959
Director
1950
Director
1958
Director
1951
Director
1971
Director
1959
Director
1953
Director
1945
Director
1964
Director
1944
Director
1951
Director
1945
Director
1949
Director
1960
Director
1958
Director
1952
Director
1969
Director
1972
Director
1938
Director
1965
Director
1966
Director
1948
Director
1950
Director
1974
Director
1956
Director
1958
Director
1948
Director
1942
Director
1950
Director
1961
Director
1940
Director
1954
Director
1955
Director
1942
Director
1938
Director
1963
Director
1938
Director
1938
Director
1956