René Cardona
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.
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Acting
1930
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1930
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1973
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1974
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1931
asEddie Miller
1989
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1963
asGeneral Robles
1978
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1971
asBaltazar (as René Cardona Sr.)
1974
asMonk
1975
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1971
asCapitán
1978
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1947
asRoberto Covarrubias
1973
asAbuelo
1943
asManuel
1975
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1982
asProfessor Williams
1971
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1966
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1942
asFernando Mondego / Conde de Morcef
1942
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1955
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1936
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1941
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1962
asSr. Roberto de la Llata
1947
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1947
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1948
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1959
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1964
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1985
asAmerican
1943
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1944
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1962
asBaltasar de Meneses / Luis Meneses
1979
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1936
asDr. Armando del Valle
1957
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1967
asSr. Mateos
1956
asDon Felipe
1952
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1947
asFelipe
1954
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1936
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1964
asComisario
1940
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1962
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asPitanguelli
1967
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1970
asInspector
1970
asGang Member (as René Cardona Sr.)
1972
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1946
asMauricio Gómez
1948
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1940
asDon Julián Andrade
1946
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1954
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1954
asGuevara
1977
asMr. Williams
1978
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1964
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1967
asRamón
1968
asRamón
1968
asScorpio Leader
1967
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1959
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1977
asConsul Cubano
1953
asJorge
1968
asTomas
1941
asHugo
1987
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1956
asDuarte
1943
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1983
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1932
asManuel Chávez
1974
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1973
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1976
asLe rentier
1937
asDon Juan Tenorio
1942
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1936
asConde Osvaldo de Valdemar
1961
asCapitán Esquivel
1938
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1978
as1984
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1959
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1978
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1987
asDon Ignacio
1980
asPapá
1956
as(uncredited)
1936
asSebastián Urquizo
1937
asConde de los Pinares
1975
asDon Luis Aguirre
1986
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1949
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1954
asProduction
1945
asCrew
Directing
1951
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1969
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1948
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1965
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1964
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1969
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1962
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1964
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1960
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1968
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1957
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1970
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1981
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1966
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1945
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1940
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1973
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1957
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1960
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1976
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1977
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1968
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1969
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1968
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1967
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1951
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1965
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1973
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1954
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1966
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1963
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1954
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1950
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1972
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1975
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1947
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1955
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1949
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1954
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1960
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1957
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1949
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1950
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1959
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1970
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1963
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1963
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1950
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1973
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1974
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1974
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1974
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1970
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1971
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1944
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1951
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1950
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1982
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1969
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1953
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1955
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1968
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1969
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1969
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1951
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1971
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1975
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1952
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1951
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1967
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1938
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1965
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1970
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1944
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1943
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1980
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1964
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1968
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1967
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1959
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1969
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1939
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1938
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1942
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1938
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1938
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1970
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1971
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1956
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1950
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1938
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1966
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1958
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1965
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1965
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1952
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1948
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1965
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1958
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1949
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1952
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1979
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1958
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1939
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1954
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1950
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1944
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1969
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