Portrait of Arturo de Córdova

Arturo de Córdova

Acting

Biography

Arturo de Córdova (Mérida, May 8, 1908 - Mexico City, November 3, 1973) was a Mexican actor. He made over one hundred films in all. Arturo García Rodríguez was born in Mérida, Yucatán. Most of Córdova's films were made in Mexico and he became a major motion picture actor in Latin America and Spain winning three Silver Ariel's and received four other nominations. Córdova starred in the several American films during the 1940s including For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), Frenchman's Creek (1944), Incendiary Blonde (1945), and New Orleans (1947).

Born: May 8, 1908

Place of Birth: Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico

Filmography

1971
El profe

as Señor Gobernador

1970
1966
Matar es fácil

as Ángel Urquiza

1966
¿Qué haremos con papá?

as Juan José Gómez

1966
1966
La recta final

as Narrator

1965
The Gangster

as Antonio Paredes / Tony Wall

1965
Lawless Youth

as Licenciado Luis Ordorica

1964
Cuando acaba la noche

as Doctor Mario Salinas

1963
This was Pedro Infante

as Arturo de Córdova

1962
1961
My Son, the Hero

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1960
The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales

as Dr. Pablo Morales

1960
El amor que yo te dí

as Andres Banister

1959
Isla para dos

as Miguel Reyes

1958
Love Your Neighbor

as Nicolás Ramiro Diez

1958
Ash Wednesday

as Dr. Federico Lamadrid

1956
La herida luminosa

as Dr. Enrique Molinos

1956
1955
Red Fish

as Hugo

1955
Love in Four Parts

as Arturo Celis

1955
Bloody Hands

as Adriano

1955
A Stranger on the Stairs

as Alberto Nuñez

1955
1953
Reportaje

as Bernardo, newspaper's owner

1953
Él

as Francisco Galván de Montemayor

1953
The Three Perfect Married

as Gustavo Ferran

1953
Fruto prohibido

as Marcos Villarreal

1952
Soledad's Shawl

as Doctor Alberto Robles

1952
The Absentee

as Jorge de la Cueva

1951
Furia roja

as Don Pedro Álvarez

1951
Stronghold

as Don Pedro Alvarez

1951
Stolen Heaven

as Doctor Carlos de la Vega

1951
In the Palm of Your Hand

as Professor Jaime Karin

1951
María Montecristo

as Hugo Galarza

1950
The Man Without a Face

as Juan Carlos Lozano

1949
Yo no elegí mi vida

as Ernesto Ramírez

1949
Midnight

as Daniel Benitez

1948
Passport to Rio

as Ramón Machado

1948
God Bless You

as Mario Álvarez

1948
1947
1947
New Orleans

as Nick Duquesne (as Arturo De Cordova)

1946
The Last Adventure

as Raúl Llanos

1945
1945
Masquerade in Mexico

as Manolo Segovia

1945
Duffy's Tavern

as Arturo de Cordova

1945
Incendiary Blonde

as Bill Romero Kilgannon

1945
A Medal for Benny

as Joe Morales

1945
Twilight

as Alejandro Mangino

1944
Frenchman's Creek

as Jean Benoit Aubrey

1943
Hostages

as Paul Breda

1942
Alejandra

as Ricardo Ibáñez

1942
El conde de Montecristo

as Edmundo Dantés / Conde de Montecristo

1942
1942
¿Quién te quiere a tí?

as Manolo / Manuel San Juan

1941
Cinco minutos de amor

as Rafael de la Torre

1941
El milagro de Cristo

as Rolando Miguel

1940
Mala yerba

as Gertrudis

1940
¡Que viene mi marido!

as Lázaro Bermejo

1940
1939
1939
La casa del ogro

as El gato encerrado (Fermín Pérez Garibay)

1938
Canto a mi tierra

as Cameo (uncredited)

1938
Mientras México duerme

as Federico La Cierva

1938
1938
La zandunga

as Juancho

1937
La paloma

as Capitán Montero

1937
Ave sin rumbo

as Fernando Noriega 'Juan Torres'

1937
¡Esos hombres!

as Fernando de la Peña

1936
Cielito lindo

as Felipe Vélez

1936
Celos

as Federico