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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1908-05-08 (116 years old)

Place of Birth

Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico

Arturo de Córdova

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).

Known For

Acting

1997

1971

El profe as Señor Gobernador

1970

La agonía de ser madre as Luis García

1967

1966

¿Qué haremos con papá? as Juan José Gómez
La recta final as Narrator
Matar es fácil as Ángel Urquiza

1965

Lawless Youth as Licenciado Luis Ordorica
The Gangster as Antonio Paredes / Tony Wall

1964

Cuando acaba la noche as Doctor Mario Salinas

1963

This was Pedro Infante as Arturo de Córdova

1962

Wedding Dinner as Carlos

1961

My Son, the Hero as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1960

The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales as Dr. Pablo Morales
El amor que yo te dí as Andres Banister

1959

Isla para dos as Miguel Reyes
My Parents Are Divorced as Fernando Guerrero

1958

Love Your Neighbor as Nicolás Ramiro Diez
Ash Wednesday as Dr. Federico Lamadrid

1957

1956

La herida luminosa as Dr. Enrique Molinos
Basket of Mexican Tales as Pierre Duval

1955

Red Fish as Hugo
Love in Four Parts as Arturo Celis
A Stranger on the Stairs as Alberto Nuñez
Bloody Hands as Adriano

1954

1953

Él as Francisco Galván de Montemayor
Reportaje as Bernardo, newspaper's owner
Fruto prohibido as Marcos Villarreal
The Three Perfect Married as Gustavo Ferran

1952

Soledad's Shawl as Doctor Alberto Robles
The Absentee as Jorge de la Cueva

1951

In the Palm of Your Hand as Professor Jaime Karin
Stronghold as Don Pedro Alvarez
María Montecristo as Hugo Galarza
Furia roja as Don Pedro Álvarez
Stolen Heaven as Doctor Carlos de la Vega

1950

The Man Without a Face as Juan Carlos Lozano

1949

Yo no elegí mi vida as Ernesto Ramírez
Midnight as Daniel Benitez

1948

God Bless You as Mario Álvarez
Passport to Rio as Ramón Machado

1947

New Orleans as Nick Duquesne (as Arturo De Cordova)
The Kneeling Goddess as Antonio Ituarte

1946

The Last Adventure as Raúl Llanos

1945

A Medal for Benny as Joe Morales
Incendiary Blonde as Bill Romero Kilgannon
Twilight as Alejandro Mangino
Masquerade in Mexico as Manolo Segovia
Duffy's Tavern as Arturo de Cordova

1944

Frenchman's Creek as Jean Benoit Aubrey

1943

Hostages as Paul Breda

1942

El conde de Montecristo as Edmundo Dantés / Conde de Montecristo
Alejandra as Ricardo Ibáñez
¿Quién te quiere a tí? as Manolo / Manuel San Juan

1941

Cinco minutos de amor as Rafael de la Torre
El milagro de Cristo as Rolando Miguel

1940

¡Que viene mi marido! as Lázaro Bermejo
Mala yerba as Gertrudis

1939

La casa del ogro as El gato encerrado (Fermín Pérez Garibay)

1938

La zandunga as Juancho
Hombres del mar as Emilio
Mientras México duerme as Federico La Cierva
Canto a mi tierra as Cameo (uncredited)

1937

La paloma as Capitán Montero
Ave sin rumbo as Fernando Noriega 'Juan Torres'
¡Esos hombres! as Fernando de la Peña

1936

Celos as Federico
Cielito lindo as Felipe Vélez