About Rudolph de Cordova
Lived 1859 – 1941 (aged 81). Rudolph de Cordova was a British writer, screenwriter, actor and film actor.
Rudolph de Cordova (10 June 1859 – 11 January 1941) was a Jamaican-born British writer, screenwriter and actor. Cordova was born in Kingston, the son of Altamont de Cordova, a prominent merchant, and Katherine Lewis. He went to London to study medicine in the 1880s, but soon abandoned his studies in order to become an actor. His brother was the actor and film director Leander de Cordova. He was also the grandnephew of Jacob de Cordova, and great grandnephew of Raphael de Cordova, a coffee brewer and president of the first synagogue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was also the cousin of Julian de Cordova, former president of Union Glass Company, and founder of the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum.
He was married to the writer Alicia Ramsey and collaborated with her on several plays.
Selected filmography Actor The Greatest Power (1917) The Trail of the Shadow (1917) The Glorious Adventure (1922) The Secret Kingdom (1925)
Screenwriter Romeo and Juliet (1916) Trumpet Island (1920)
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Who was Rudolph de Cordova?
British writer (1859-1941)
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Rudolph de Cordova was born on 10 June 1859 in Kingston.
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Rudolph de Cordova died on 11 January 1941 in London.
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Rudolph de Cordova was a writer, screenwriter, actor and film actor.
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Rudolph de Cordova was British.
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