Pedro de Cordoba

Pedro de Cordoba (September 28, 1881 – September 16, 1950) was an American actor.

Early life De Cordoba was born in New York City to Cuban and French parents.

Career De Cordoba 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.

In 1913 he was a member of the resident summer stock cast at Elitch Theatre in Denver, Colorado. In 1921 he starred as Mr. Jovaine in Augustus Thomas's Nemesis at the Garrick Theatre in Philadelphia and on Broadway at the Hudson Theatre.

Hollywood His first film was Cecil B. DeMille's version of Carmen (1915), and he soon became a regular leading man in Hollywood. His Broadway career cast him with such stage actresses as Jane Cowl and Katharine Cornell.

In the sound era, his deeply resonant speaking voice made him perfectly suited to talking pictures and was active as a character actor in Hollywood, from the mid-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 overnight in the Alfred Hitchcock film Saboteur (1942).

In 1932 he portrayed Collatine in the Broadway production of Lucrece.

Personal life Cordoba was married Antoinette Glover in 1917, until her death in 1921. He married Eleanor M. Nolan in 1928, and they had six children together.

He was a devout Catholic and served for a time as president of the Catholic Actors Guild of America.

Death Cordoba died in his home in the Sunland neighborhood of Los Angeles in 1950, aged 68. His remains are interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City.

Selected filmography With Marjorie Rambeau in the play Sadie Love by Avery Hopwood (1915), later made into a 1919 film starring Billie Burke. Pedro de Cordoba, Marion Davies, and Forrest Stanley in a scene still from the 1922 silent drama The Young Diana.

Silent film Year Film Role Director Notes 1915 The Little White Violet Phillip Randall Lucius J. Henderson Short Jeanne of the Woods Hugh Travers N.W.M.P. Carmen Escamillo Cecil B. DeMille Temptation Julian 1916 Maria Rosa Ramon Just a Song at Twilight Carlysle Turner Burton L. KingCarlton S. King 1917 Sapho Flamant Hugh Ford One Law for Both Count de Fernac Ivan Abramson Barbary Sheep Benchaalal Maurice Tourneur Runaway Romany Zinga George W. Lederer 1918 A Daughter of the Old South Pedro de Alvarez Émile Chautard 1919 The New Moon Prince Michail Koloyar Chester Withey1920 The Dark Mirror Mario Charles Giblyn The World and His Wife Don Severo Robert G. Vignola The Sin That Was His Father Aubert Hobart Henley 1921 The Inner Chamber Dr. George Danilo Edward José 1922 The Young Diana Dr. Dimitrius Robert G. Vignola When Knighthood Was in Flower Duke of Buckingham 1923 Enemies of Women Atilio Castro Alan Crosland Fires of Fate Prince Ibrahim Tom Terriss The Purple Highway Joe Renard Henry Kolker I Will Repay Paul Deroulede 1924 The Desert Sheik Prince Ibrahim Tom Terriss The Bandolero Dorando 1925 The New Commandment Picard Howard Higgin

Sound film Year Film Role Director Notes 1935 The Crusades Karakush Cecil B. DeMille Condemned to Live Dr. Anders Bizet Frank R. Strayer Captain Blood Don Diego Michael Curtiz Professional Soldier Stefan Bernaido Tay Garnett 1936 Rose of the Rancho Gomez Marion Gering Robin Hood of El Dorado Hacendado Wanting to Cooperate William A. Wellman uncredited Moonlight Murder Swami Edwin L. Marin Frankie and Johnny Bit part Chester Erskine uncredited Trouble for Two Sergei J. Walter Ruben The Devil-Doll Charles Matin Tod Browning Anthony Adverse Brother Francois Mervyn LeRoy His Brother's Wife Dr. Capolo W. S. Van Dyke Ramona Father Salvierderra Henry King The Garden of Allah Gardener Richard Boleslawski uncredited 1937 Maid of Salem Mr. Morse Frank Lloyd Girl Loves Boy Signor Montefiori W. Duncan Mansfield Damaged Goods Dr. Edward B. Walker Phil Goldstone The Firefly Spanish General Robert Z. Leonard uncredited 1938 International Settlement Maurice Zabello Eugene Forde Gold Diggers in Paris Mons. Cambret Busby Berkeley uncredited Keep Smiling J. Howard Travers Monty Banks Storm Over Bengal Abdul Mir Sidney Salkow Dramatic School LeMaistre in "Joan of Arc" Robert B. Sinclair uncredited Heart of the North Father Claverly Lewis Seiler 1939 Devil's Island Marcal William Clemens Winner Take All Pantrelli Otto Brower Juarez Riva Palacio William Dieterle Man of Conquest Oolooteka George Nicholls Jr. Chasing Danger Gurra Din Ricardo Cortez Five Came Back Latin Ambassador John Farrow uncredited Range War Padre Jose Lesley Selander Law of the Pampas Jose Valdez Nate Watt Charlie Chan in City in Darkness Antoine Herbert I. Leeds Escape to Paradise Don Miguel Erle C. Kenton The Light That Failed Monsieur Binat William A. Wellman 1940 My Favorite Wife Dr. Kohlmar Garson Kanin Earthbound Minister Irving Pichel The Ghost Breakers Havez George Marshall The Sea Hawk Capt. Mendoza Michael Curtiz South of Pago Pago Chief Alfred E. Green Before I Hang Victor Sondini Nick Grinde The Mark of Zorro Don Miguel Rouben Mamoulian The Phantom Submarine Henri Jerome Charles Barton 1941 Romance of the Rio Grande Don Fernando de Vega Herbert I. Leeds Blood and Sand Don Jose Alvarez Rouben Mamoulian Million Dollar Baby Verali, Orchestra Conductor Curtis Bernhardt uncredited Aloma of the South Seas Raaiti Alfred Santell The Corsican Brothers Count Gravini Gregory Ratoff Paris Calling Speaker Edwin L. Marin uncredited 1942 Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake Feenou John Cromwell Shut My Big Mouth Don Carlos Montoya Charles Barton Saboteur Circus Troupe Alfred Hitchcock The Falcon Takes Over Irving Reis 1943 Tarzan Triumphs Patriarch Wilhelm Thiele White Savage Candlemaker Arthur Lubin Background to Danger Old Turk Raoul Walsh uncredited For Whom the Bell Tolls Colonel Miranda Sam Wood The Song of Bernadette Dr. LeCramps Henry King 1944 Uncertain Glory Executioner Raoul Walsh uncredited Once Upon a Time Lepidopterist Alexander Hall The Falcon in Mexico Don Carlos Ybarra William Berke Kismet Meuzin William Dieterle uncredited The Keys of the Kingdom Father Gomez John M. Stahl scenes deleted Tahiti Nights Tonga Will Jason uncredited 1945 The Picture of Dorian Gray Blue Gate Fields Pianist Albert Lewin In Old New Mexico Father Angelo Phil Rosen Club Havana Charles Edgar G. Ulmer They Were Expendable Priest John Ford scenes deleted San Antonio Ricardo Torreon David Butler Adventure Felipe Victor Fleming 1946 Night in Paradise Magus Arthur Lubin uncredited Cuban Pete Perez Jean Yarbrough A Scandal in Paris Priest Douglas Sirk Swamp Fire Tim Rousseau William H. Pine Two Years Before the Mast Don Sebastian John Farrow uncredited The Beast with Five Fingers Horatio Robert Florey 1947 Carnival in Costa Rica Papa Castro Gregory Ratoff Robin Hood of Monterey Don Carlos Belmonte Christy Cabanne Green Dolphin Street Priest Victor Saville uncredited 1948 The Time of Your Life Arab Philosopher H. C. Potter Mexican Hayride Señor Martinez Charles Barton Adventures of Don Juan Pachecho Vincent Sherman uncredited 1949 Daughter of the West Chief Wykomas Harold Daniels Omoo-Omoo, the Shark God Chief Tari Leon Leonard The Daring Caballero Padre Leonardo Wallace Fox Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch Museum Caretaker Reginald LeBorg uncredited Samson and Delilah Bar Simon Cecil B. DeMille 1950 Comanche Territory Quisima George Sherman The Lawless Mr. Garcia Joseph Losey Crisis Father Del Puento Richard Brooks uncredited 1951 Oh! Susanna Pactola Joseph Kane Cuban Fireball Don Perez William Beaudine When the Redskins Rode Chief Shingiss Lew Landers

Radio Year Program Episode/source 1937 Lux Radio Theatre Madame Butterfly 1946 Hollywood Star Time The Song of Bernadette