René Cardona

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-10-09 (83 years old)

Deathday

1988-04-25

Place of Birth

Havana, Cuba

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 th...

Acting

1931

Carne de Cabaret

as Eddie Miller

1963

La Bandida

as General Robles

1971

Jesús, el niño Dios

as Baltazar (as René Cardona Sr.)

1974

1947

Soledad

as Roberto Covarrubias

1943

1982

The Fury of the Karate Experts

as Professor Williams

1942

El conde de Montecristo

as Fernando Mondego / Conde de Morcef

1962

Santo vs. the King of Crime

as Sr. Roberto de la Llata

1962

The Brainiac

as Baltasar de Meneses / Luis Meneses

1936

The Macabre Trunk

as Dr. Armando del Valle

1964

1969

1970

1970

Chanoc en las garras de las fieras

as Gang Member (as René Cardona Sr.)

1946

1940

Mala yerba

as Don Julián Andrade

1954

Mulata

as Guevara

1977

Prisión de mujeres

as Mr. Williams

1968

1968

Operación carambola

as Scorpio Leader

1977

La casta divina

as Consul Cubano

1956

1932

Hand to Hand

as Manuel Chávez

1976

1937

Don Juan Tenorio

as Don Juan Tenorio

1936

Malditas sean las mujeres

as Conde Osvaldo de Valdemar

1961

Juana Gallo

as Capitán Esquivel

1987

Las Limpias

as Don Ignacio

1980

1956

La faraona

as (uncredited)

1936

El calvario de una esposa

as Sebastián Urquizo

1937

Honrarás a tus padres

as Conde de los Pinares

1975

El valle de los miserables

as Don Luis Aguirre

Production

1944

1951

1948

Lazos de fuego

as Director

1948

Lazos de fuego

as Adaptation

1964

1968

The Bat Woman

as Director

1957

Tom Thumb

as Screenplay

1957

Tom Thumb

as Director

1970

Two Mules for Sister Sara

as Second Unit Director

1981

Visita al Pasado

as Director

1975

1940

Love of my loves

as Director

1941

1957

The Living Idol

as Director

1960

The Crying Woman

as Director

1976

Survive!

as Director

1977

1956

La faraona

as Director

1968

1967

Operation 67

as Director

1969

1955

Love From Afar

as Director

1951

Canasta Uruguaya

as Director

1942

1960

A tiro limpio

as Director

1945

1959

1948

Cartas Marcadas

as Director

1966

El mexicano

as Director

1963

Doctor of Doom

as Director

1950

1975

Noche de muerte

as Director

1947

1961

El globero

as Director

1955

1954

Cain y Abel

as Director

1960

Juan Polainas

as Director

1957

Pancho López

as Director

1958

1958

Las tres pelonas

as Director

1949

1956

Los margaritos

as Director

1950

Red Rain

as Director

1959

1959

El sordo

as Director

1959

Santa Claus

as Writer

1959

Santa Claus

as Director

1970

1963

María Pistolas

as Director

1950

Gema

as Director

1974

1974

1974

Son of the Town

as Director

1974

1969

1970

1944

Mis hijos!

as Director

1948

Cartas Marcadas

as Screenplay

1944

1951

1950

1982

Las computadoras

as Director

1969

1957

Un mundo nuevo

as Director

1977

1944

Mis hijos!

as Writer

1945

1945

1968

Lucio Vázquez

as Director

1969

Lauro Puñales

as Director

1951

1961

1975

1952

Póker de ases

as Director

1951

1967

1938

Tierra brava

as Director

1944

1971

1959

El puma

as Director

1980

1967

1959

Angel from Hell

as Director

1969

1939

1938

Alarma

as Director

1942

1938

Estrellita

as Director

1937

Don Juan Tenorio

as Director

1950

Gemma

as Director

1938

Dos cadetes

as Director

1958

1965

1965

1952

1978

Raza de viboras

as Director

1948

La última noche

as Director

1974

Son of the Town

as Screenplay

1958

Tú y la mentira

as Director

1952

Vive como sea

as Director

1937

Don Juan Tenorio

as Screenplay

1958

1958

Maratón de baile

as Screenplay

1939

El cobarde

as Director

1956

1950

1944

Hotel de verano

as Director

1945

1944

The Black Ace

as Director

1959

El puma

as Writer

1948

Mi madre adorada

as Director

1969

El Caballo Bayo

as Director

1965

Gabino Barrera

as Director

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