Pedro de Cordoba (September 28, 1881 – September 16, 1950) was an American actor.
De Cordoba was born in New York City to parents who were French and Cuban in origin. He was a classically trained theatre actor who confessed he did not enjoy appearing in silent films nearly as much as he liked working on stage, but his career during the silent film era was extensive. His first film was Cecil B. DeMille's version of Carmen (1915), and he soon became a popular leading man in Hollywood. His Broadway career cast him with such stage actresses as Jane Cowl and Katharine Cornell.
Later, his deeply resonant speaking voice made him perfectly suited to talking pictures, and his film career continued, unlike many silent film stars. He enjoyed a career as a busy character actor in Hollywood, from the 1930s through to the end of his life. He was most often cast as aristocratic, or clerical characters of Hispanic origin, as in The Keys of the Kingdom (1944), because of his last name as well as his royal bearing. On rare occasions, he would be cast in the role of a villain. His "living skeleton" sideshow character hides fugitive Robert Cummings (and Priscilla Lane) in his carnival wagon over night in the Alfred Hitchcock film Saboteur (1942).
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- Alfred Hitchcock
- Aristocracy (class)
- Billie Burke
- Broadway theatre
- Catholic
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Character actor
- Crisis (1950 film)
- Cuba
- Enemies of Women
- France
- Hispanic
- Hollywood
- I Will Repay (film)
- Jane Cowl
- Juarez (film)
- Katharine Cornell
- Kismet (1944 film)
- Maid of Salem
- Maria Rosa
- Marjorie Rambeau
- New York City
- One Law for Both
- Pedro de Cordoba
- Priscilla Lane
- Ramona (1936 film)
- Robert Cummings
- Saboteur (film)
- Sadie Love
- Silent film
- Temptation (film)
- The Inner Chamber
- The Young Diana
- Theatre
- United States
- White Savage
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'Pedro De Cordoba' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
Knight of the Plains (1938)
Actors: Jimmy Aubrey (actor), Bob Burns (actor), Budd Buster (actor), Steve Clark (actor), Richard Cramer (actor), Jack Evans (actor), Olin Francis (actor), James Sheridan (actor), Al St. John (actor), Emma Tansey (actress), Stan Laurel (producer), Fred Myton (writer), Sam Newfield (director), Frank LaRue (actor), Cactus Mack (actor),
Plot: Peterson has a plan to obtain all the ranches in the valley. He gives Carson a phony Spanish land grant and has him pose as the Mexican owner. When Fred and Fuzzy have their cattle stolen by Peterson's men, they quickly become involved in the scheme.
Keywords: cattle, land-swindle, rustlerGenres: Western,
The Coming of the Padres (1914)
Actors: Lorimer Johnston (director), Perry Banks (actor), Jacques Jaccard (actor), Jack Richardson (actor), Harry von Meter (actor), Edith Borella (actress), Caroline Frances Cooke (actress), Sydney Ayres (actor), Louise Lester (actress), Vivian Rich (actress), Lorimer Johnston (writer), Violet Knights (actress),
Plot: When, in 1782, the Rev. Junipero Serra celebrated the first mass in Santa Barbara he little dreamed that almost a century and a half later the incident would be perpetuated to posterity by moving pictures. At the bi-centennial of the birth of Father Serra, recently held at Santa Barbara, facsimile of the "Hermita," in which the founder had celebrated mass, was erected and used for solemn High Mass. The religious rites are simply incident to the dramatic production, portraying the conflict that raged between civil and military authorities. The costuming is historically correct and has been passed upon by competent authorities. Traveler and student alike will be interested in this absorbing production. The Santa Barbara Mission was not completed during the life of Father Serra and proved a great disappointment to him, but his confidence was so great, that the work was taken up by his loyal successors and executed most faithfully.
Genres: Short, Western,Cordoba, Pedro de Filmography
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1951, role: actor , character name: Don Perez
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1951, role: actor , character name: Pactola
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1951, role: actor , character name: Chief Shingiss
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1950, role: actor , character name: Father Del Puento
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1950, role: actor , character name: Mr. Garcia
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1950, role: actor , character name: Quisima
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1949, role: actor , character name: Museum Caretaker
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1949, role: actor , character name: Chief Wykomas
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1949, role: actor , character name: Bar Simon
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1949, role: actor , character name: Padre Leonardo
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1949, role: actor , character name: Chief Tari
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1948, role: actor , character name: Señor Martinez
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1948, role: actor , character name: Pachecho
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1948, role: actor , character name: Arab Philosopher
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1947, role: actor , character name: Don Carlos Belmonte
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1947, role: actor , character name: Papa Castro
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1947, role: actor , character name: Priest
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1946, role: actor , character name: Magus
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1946, role: actor , character name: Priest
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1946, role: actor , character name: Horatio - sidewalk cafe waiter
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1946, role: actor , character name: Perez
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1946, role: actor , character name: Don Sebastian
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1946, role: actor , character name: Tim Rousseau
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1945, role: actor , character name: Blue Gate Fields Pianist
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1945, role: actor , character name: Don Ramon Castillo
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1945, role: actor , character name: Father Angelo
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1945, role: actor , character name: Undetermined Supporting Role
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1945, role: actor , character name: The Chief
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1945, role: actor , character name: Ricardo Torreon
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1945, role: actor , character name: Felipe
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1945, role: actor , character name: Charles, Headwaiter
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1945, role: actor , character name: Priest
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1944, role: actor , character name: Don Carlos Ybarra
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1944, role: actor , character name: Father Gomez
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1944, role: actor , character name: Meuzin
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1944, role: actor , character name: Tonga
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1944, role: actor , character name: Prof. Van Dorn - Lepidopterist
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1944, role: actor , character name: Don Diego
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1944, role: actor , character name: Executioner
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1943, role: actor , character name: Colonel Miranda
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1943, role: actor , character name: Baba - Old Turk
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1943, role: actor , character name: Candlemaker
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1943, role: actor , character name: Dr. LeCramps
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1943, role: actor , character name: Oman
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1942, role: actor , character name: Narrator
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1942, role: actor , character name: Don Carlos Montoya
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1942, role: actor , character name: Bones - Circus Troupe
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1942, role: actor , character name: Feenou
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1941, role: actor , character name: Don Fernando de Vega
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1941, role: actor , character name: Verali, Orchestra Conductor
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