René Cardona
René Cardona (October 8, 1905 – April 25, 1988) was a Mexican director, actor, producer, screenwriter, and film editor, who was prominent during part of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. René Cardona was born in Havana, Cuba, on October 8, 1905, and began medical school in Cuba, but due to the political problems of the island, he and his family moved to New York City in 1926, where he continued his studies. Economic circumstances experienced by his family caused him to leave his studies. He befriended famous actor Rodolfo Valentino and obtained work as an extra in several films, until 1929 when he produced, wrote, directed and starred in the first Spanish-language film made in Hollywood, Sombras habaneras (Havana Shadows). He also had the opportunity to work in various positions in the film industry such as second assistant, technical advisor and first assistant director, and learned film and lighting technique. In 1932, he moved to Mexico, where he debuted as an actor and met Julieta Zacarías, sister of the director Miguel Zacarías, and soon after married her. His wife's support would be central to his career in Mexican cinema, in films Mano a mano (1932) directed by Ramón Peón and Sobre las olas (1932) directed by Zacarías. At this early stage as an actor, Cardona participated in three key Mexican films Marihuana (1936), El baúl macabro (1936) and Allá en el Rancho Grande (1936), which officially inaugurate the golden age of Mexican cinema and made stars of its protagonists: Esther Fernández, Tito Guízar, and Cardona.
When Love Laughs
Common Clay
Masajista de señoras
The Vengeance of the Crying Woman
(Severo Segovia)
Carne de Cabaret
(Eddie Miller)
Viva la risa II
La Bandida
(General Robles)
Tempestad
Jesús, el niño Dios
(Baltazar (as René Cardona Sr.))
Guns and Guts
(Monk)
El pequeño Robin Hood
La mula de Cullen Baker
(Capitán)
El Llanto de los Pobres
Soledad
(Roberto Covarrubias)
Zindy, the Swamp Boy
(Abuelo)
The Spirit's Canyon
(Manuel)
Fantastic Voyage in a Baloon
The Fury of the Karate Experts
(Professor Williams)
Santo vs. the Head Hunters
La vida de Pedro Infante
(Director)
El conde de Montecristo
(Fernando Mondego / Conde de Morcef)
Jesusita en Chihuahua
A los cuatro vientos
Marihuana El Monstruo Verde
El secreto del sacerdote
Santo vs. the King of Crime
(Sr. Roberto de la Llata)
Si me han de matar mañana
La barca de oro
Cartas Marcadas
Milagros de San Martín de Porres
Dos caballeros de espada
La Casa Que Arde de Noche
(American)
Divorciadas
El abanico de Lady Windermere
The Brainiac
(Baltasar de Meneses / Luis Meneses)
Crónica roja
The Macabre Trunk
(Dr. Armando del Valle)
Girl Merchants
Un novio para dos hermanas
(Sr. Mateos)
Los hijos de Rancho Grande
(Don Felipe)
El genial Detective Peter Pérez
Soy charro de Rancho Grande
(Felipe)
As negro
Allá en el Rancho Grande
(Felipe)
El revólver sangriento
(Comisario)
Con su amable permiso
Los encapuchados del infierno
Aventuras de las hermanas X
La ley del más rápido
El deseo llega de noche
(Pitanguelli)
La leyenda del bandido
La hermana Trinquete
(Inspector)
Chanoc en las garras de las fieras
(Gang Member (as René Cardona Sr.))
Manuel Saldivar, el texano
¡Ay qué rechula es Puebla!
(Mauricio Gómez)
Pito Pérez se va de bracero
Mala yerba
(Don Julián Andrade)
Los buitres sobre el tejado
La desconocida
Mulata
(Guevara)
Prisión de mujeres
(Mr. Williams)
Cyclone
The Diabolical Duchess
El día de la boda
(Ramón)
Operación carambola
(Scorpio Leader)
El matrimonio es como el demonio
(Ramón)
Un par de robachicos
El puma
La casta divina
(Consul Cubano)
The Three Perfect Married
(Jorge)
Stranger in the House
(Tomas)
La casa del rencor
(Hugo)
Yo el ejecutor
¡Que seas feliz!
(Duarte)
Ave sin nido
La banda de la sotana negra
Hand to Hand
(Manuel Chávez)
La disputa
Peluquero de señoras
La folle de Chaillot
(Le rentier)
Don Juan Tenorio
(Don Juan Tenorio)
El misterioso señor Marquina
Malditas sean las mujeres
(Conde Osvaldo de Valdemar)
Juana Gallo
(Capitán Esquivel)
La cuna vacía
Raza de viboras
Siempre en domingo
Night Dance Hall
The Children of Sanchez
Las Limpias
(Don Ignacio)
Savage Summer
(Papá)
La faraona
((uncredited))
Honrarás a tus padres
(Conde de los Pinares)
El calvario de una esposa
(Sebastián Urquizo)
El valle de los miserables
(Don Luis Aguirre)
¡Maten al fugitivo!
La vorágine: abismos de amor
Nuevo amanecer
La mujer sin cabeza
(Writer)
El enmascarado de plata
(Story)
Port of Temptation
(Director)
Night of the Bloody Apes
(Director)
Night of the Bloody Apes
(Writer)
Lazos de fuego
(Director)
Lazos de fuego
(Adaptation)
Neutron Traps the Invisible Killers
(Director)
The Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy
(Director)
Santo in the Treasure of Dracula
(Director)
La edad de piedra
(Director)
¡En peligro de muerte!
(Director)
Adventures of Joselito and Tom Thumb
(Director)
The Bat Woman
(Director)
The Incredible Professor Zovek
(Writer)
Tom Thumb
(Screenplay)
Tom Thumb
(Director)
Two Mules for Sister Sara
(Second Unit Director)
Visita al Pasado
(Director)
El pequeño Robin Hood
(Director)
Santo vs. the Ghost of the Strangler
(Director)
Love of my loves
(Director)
Adios mi chaparrita
(Director)
Una canción en la noche
(Director)
La mula de Cullen Baker
(Director)
La mula de Cullen Baker
(Writer)
The Invasion of the Dead
(Director)
The Living Idol
(Director)
The Crying Woman
(Director)
Survive!
(Director)
Una noche embarazosa
(Director)
La faraona
(Director)
Valentín de la Sierra
(Director)
Santo vs. Capulina
(Director)
Operation 67
(Director)
The Treasure of Moctezuma
(Director)
Love From Afar
(Director)
Canasta Uruguaya
(Director)
Jesusita en Chihuahua
(Director)
A tiro limpio
(Director)
El museo del crimen
(Director)
Una señora movida
(Director)
Entre monjas anda el Diablo
(Director)
Aquella Rosita Alvírez
(Director)
Cartas Marcadas
(Director)
De ranchero a empresario
(Director)
El mexicano
(Director)
Burlesque
(Director)
El alazán y el rosillo
(Director)
Doctor of Doom
(Director)
El enmascarado de plata
(Director)
They also sing of pain
(Director)
The Incredible Professor Zovek
(Director)
Night of Death
(Director)
El tigre de Jalisco
(Director)
El globero
(Director)
El pueblo sin Dios
(Director)
Una canción a la vírgen
(Director)
Santo vs. the Strangler
(Writer)
Santo vs. the Ghost of the Strangler
(Writer)
Cain y Abel
(Director)
Juan Polainas
(Director)
Pancho López
(Director)
La marca del cuervo
(Director)
Las tres pelonas
(Director)
El Charro del Cristo
(Director)
Los margaritos
(Director)
Red Rain
(Director)
La ley del más rápido
(Director)
El joven del carrito
(Director)
El sordo
(Director)
Santa Claus
(Director)
Santa Claus
(Writer)
El pueblo del terror
(Director)
Fuerte, audaz y valiente
(Director)
María Pistolas
(Director)
Gema
(Director)
El derecho de los pobres
(Director)
¡Ay qué rechula es Puebla!
(Director)
Jalisco nunca pierde
(Director)
Island of Lost Souls
(Screenplay)
Son of the Town
(Director)
Island of Lost Souls
(Director)
Duelo en El Dorado
(Director)
El asesino enmascarado
(Director)
Capulina vs. the Vampires
(Director)
Manuel Saldivar, el texano
(Director)
Mis hijos!
(Director)
Hotel de verano
(Writer)
Cartas Marcadas
(Screenplay)
Mujeres de teatro
(Director)
Yo quiero ser hombre
(Director)
Las computadoras
(Director)
La maestra inolvidable
(Director)
Un mundo nuevo
(Director)
Pompeyo el conquistador
(Director)
Una gallega en La Habana
(Director)
Prisión de mujeres
(Director)
Mis hijos!
(Writer)
El museo del crimen
(Writer)
El museo del crimen
(Producer)
Lucio Vázquez
(Director)
Lauro Puñales
(Director)
Wrestling Women vs. the Killer Robot
(Director)
Santo vs. the Head Hunters
(Director)
Carnaval en mi barrio
(Director)
El marido de mi novia
(Director)
The Revenge of Gabino Barrera
(Director)
La mafia amarilla
(Director)
Póker de ases
(Director)
Vuelva el sábado
(Director)
The Panther Women
(Director)
Tierra brava
(Director)
Santo vs. The Riders of Terror
(Screenplay)
Santo vs. the Strangler
(Director)
La mujer sin cabeza
(Director)
Santo vs. The Riders of Terror
(Director)
Capulina vs. the Vampires
(Screenplay)
El espectro de la novia
(Director)
El puma
(Director)
Carlos el terrorista
(Director)
El corrido de María Pistolas
(Director)
Caballo prieto azabache
(Director)
La vuelta del Mexicano
(Director)
Angel from Hell
(Director)
The Vampire and Sex
(Director)
La reina del río
(Director)
Alarma
(Director)
Unidos por el eje
(Director)
Estrellita
(Director)
Allá en el rancho chico
(Director)
The Capture of Gabino Barrera
(Director)
Santo in the Vengeance of the Mummy
(Director)
Don Juan Tenorio
(Director)
Los tres amores de Lola
(Director)
Gemma
(Director)
Dos cadetes
(Director)
El jinete justiciero en retando a la muerte
(Director)
De ranchero a empresario
(Writer)
La cama de piedra
(Director)
She-Wolves of the Ring
(Director)
Pistoleros del oeste
(Director)
Por qué peca la mujer
(Director)
Raza de viboras
(Director)
La última noche
(Director)
Son of the Town
(Screenplay)
Viva México y sus corridos
(Director)
The Son of Gabino Barrera
(Director)
Tú y la mentira
(Director)
Ahí viene Vidal Tenorio
(Director)
Vive como sea
(Director)
La Guerra de los Pasteles
(Director)
Don Juan Tenorio
(Screenplay)
Maratón de baile
(Screenplay)
Maratón de baile
(Director)
The Coward
(Director)
Las zapatillas verdes
(Director)
Yo quiero ser mala
(Director)
Sindicato de telemirones
(Director)
Hotel de verano
(Director)
El precio de una vida
(Director)
The Black Ace
(Director)
Siete muertes para el texano
(Director)
Por qué peca la mujer
(Writer)
El puma
(Writer)
La hermana Trinquete
(Story)
Mi madre adorada
(Director)
El Caballo Bayo
(Director)
Gabino Barrera
(Director)