Personal Info
Birth date
1905-10-09 (119 Years)
Day of death
1988-04-25
Gender
Male
Known for
Directing
Place of birth
Havana, Cuba
Also known as
René Cardona Sr.
Рене Кардона
Рене Кардона-старший
Рене Кардона-ст.
René Cardona Andre
René Cardona
Biography
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.
Filmography
Two Mules for Sister Sara
7
Overview:
When a wandering mercenary named Hogan rescues a nun called Sister Sara from the unwanted attentions of a band of rogues on the Mexican plains, he has no idea what he has let himself in for. Their chance encounter results in the blowing up of a train and a French garrison, as well as igniting a spark between them that survives a shocking discovery.La maestra inolvidable
4
Overview:
Idealistic young teacher takes a post in a small, backwoods town and dedicates her life to schooling the village's children.Tom Thumb
7.042
Overview:
A young boy born extraordinarily small must rescue his older brothers from a wicked ogre.The Vengeance of the Crying Woman
5.2
Overview:
Santo and Mantequilla Nápoles team up to end the curse of La Llorona by getting ahold of a special medallion. Unfortunately, La Llorona escapes in the process.Cyclone
5.074
Overview:
An airplane goes down in the ocean during a storm and a few survivors find refuge on a small tour boat. Swept out to sea, these people slowly starve to death in the hot sun with barely any food or clean water. With no place to turn, the boat survivors resort to cannibalism to stay alive...that is ..until the rescue planes come to pick them up and the man eating sharks decide its time to eat as well.Un novio para dos hermanas
7.391
Overview:
Pili and uncle Angel travel to Mexico to see Mili dancing at her debut in a theater in the capital. When Mili finds out the bad economic situation of her uncle, she decides to seek work. Meanwhile, Pili works in a department store and meets Rodolfo, the grandson of Mrs. Caceres, owner of the store, which she takes for the chauffeur of the lady. In turn, Ms. Caceres hires Mili to dance at her party, where she meets and falls for Rodolfo. Rodolfo, who does not know of the existence of a twin sister, is convinced that the girl in the party is Pili. And the sisters do not know they are in love with the same man, which will lead to an unexpected conflict.Operación carambola
6.6
Overview:
Two clumsy and absent-minded spies (Capulina and Chespirito) are hired to save the world from a nuclear attack.Santo in the Vengeance of the Mummy
4.567
Overview:
When Santo accompanies a troupe of archaeologists in the search for Aztec artifacts, they find the Mummy of an Aztec who leaves a warning to those who tamper with his resting place. The adventurers ignore the warning, and before long, the Mummy starts bumping them off one-by-one with his bow & arrow.Santa Claus
6.915
Overview:
Pitch, the mean-spirited devil, is trying to ruin Christmas. Santa Claus teams up with Merlin the Magician and the children of the world in order to save the day!The Children of Sanchez
5.7
Overview:
Hall Bartlett directs the rural drama The Children of Sanchez, based on the tome The Children of Sanchez: Autobiography of a Mexican Family written by Oscar Lewis in the '60s. Anthony Quinn stars as the widowed Jesus Sanchez, a poor farmer struggling to provide for his family in Mexico City. Also starring Lupita Ferrer as Consuelo and Stathis Giallelis as Roberto. This is the last film in the 50-year career of international star Dolores del Rio, who plays the Grandma. Jazz-pop performer Chuck Mangione was nominated for a Golden Globe and won a Grammy award for his original musical score.Girl Merchants
1
Overview:
A young French woman travels to South America for a job offer and ends up a prisoner in a slave camp for women by a sadistic gangster.La Casa Que Arde de Noche
5.765
Overview:
A prostitute enters a brothel and establishes a rivalry faking love with the old owner.La disputa
5
Overview:
The wife of a philandering husband tries to engineer a situation in which she can photograph him in a compromising position in order to file for divorce. Meanwhile, subplots.La casta divina
6.6
Overview:
Chronicle Caste War in Yucatan held in the nineteenth century, where the land and the people were the property of the landowners, who called themselves " divine caste ". On one hand, General Salvador Alvarado organized the revolution; on the other, the landowners hire Colonel Ortiz Argumedo to organized the defense of their autonomy. Don Wilfrido, one of the masters, do not hesitate to send his son to fight to maintain their wealth and privileges.Survive!
5.8
Overview:
A Uruguayan rugby team crashes in the Andes Mountains and has to survive the extremely cold temperatures and rough climate. As some of the people die, the survivors are forced to make a terrible decision between starvation and cannibalism.El matrimonio es como el demonio
6
Overview:
The story of a Playboy bachelor who does not know the good that is, until he is married. Slowly, the man discovers that having a woman is not easy, but sometimes ... being faithful recomended. After sympathetic experiences and funny situations, he realizes that there are two uncorrectable errors committed by the man in your life: Being born and married!Prisión de mujeres
5.2
Overview:
'Prisión de Mujeres' is a film by Fernando A. Rivero that narrates a harsh reality: the strength of women in a prison, how they lose their dignity and do not stop for anything.Savage Summer
4.8
Overview:
After a romantic betrayal, young Cecilia decides to sleep around with the men she grew up with.Pistoleros del oeste
5
Overview:
Timid city-boy hires two cowboy roughnecks to help him get out of an arranged marriage.Las computadoras
4.2
Overview:
Diana secretly owns a nightclub and has a son named Arturo. When Arturo gets his college degree, he decides to celebrate and goes to the nightclub he does not know his mother owns. There, he meets and falls in love with a lady of the night. When he takes her home to meet his mother, both women are embarrassed. Diana offers the girl money to leave Arturo alone, and the young girl takes it and gives it to Arturo with a letter saying she’s leaving. Arturo is upset with his mother and drifts away from her. Diana, tired of the nightclub business and of the double life she has led, decides to retire and gives the nightclub to the women who have worked for her. She intends to patch things up with her son and to welcome the woman that Arturo has chosen to marry.Acting
1989Viva la risa II as Unknown
1987Las Limpias as Don Ignacio
1987Yo el ejecutor as Unknown
1986¡Maten al fugitivo! as Unknown
1985La Casa Que Arde de Noche as American
1984Siempre en domingo as Unknown
1983La banda de la sotana negra as Unknown
1982The Fury of the Karate Experts as Professor Williams
1980Savage Summer as Papá
1979Crónica roja as Unknown
1978El Llanto de los Pobres as Unknown
1978Cyclone as Unknown
1978The Children of Sanchez as Unknown
1978Raza de viboras as Unknown
1978Tempestad as Unknown
1977La casta divina as Consul Cubano
1977Prisión de mujeres as Mr. Williams
1976La folle de Chaillot as Le rentier
1975Fantastic Voyage in a Baloon as Unknown
1975El pequeño Robin Hood as Unknown
1975El valle de los miserables as Don Luis Aguirre
1974La disputa as Unknown
1974The Vengeance of the Crying Woman as Severo Segovia
1974Guns and Guts as Monk
1973Masajista de señoras as Unknown
1973Zindy, the Swamp Boy as Abuelo
1973Peluquero de señoras as Unknown
1972Manuel Saldivar, el texano as Unknown
1971Jesús, el niño Dios as Baltazar (as René Cardona Sr.)
1971Santo vs. the Head Hunters as Unknown
1971La mula de Cullen Baker as Capitán
1970Chanoc en las garras de las fieras as Gang Member (as René Cardona Sr.)
1970La hermana Trinquete as Inspector
1969El deseo llega de noche as Pitanguelli
1968El día de la boda as Ramón
1968Stranger in the House as Tomas
1968Operación carambola as Scorpio Leader
1967Un par de robachicos as Unknown
1967Un novio para dos hermanas as Sr. Mateos
1967La leyenda del bandido as Unknown
1967El matrimonio es como el demonio as Ramón
1966La vida de Pedro Infante as Director
1964The Diabolical Duchess as Unknown
1964Dos caballeros de espada as Unknown
1964El revólver sangriento as Comisario
1963Aventuras de las hermanas X as Unknown
1963La Bandida as General Robles
1962Santo vs. the King of Crime as Sr. Roberto de la Llata
1962The Brainiac as Baltasar de Meneses / Luis Meneses
1962Los encapuchados del infierno as Unknown
1961Juana Gallo as Capitán Esquivel
1959La ley del más rápido as Unknown
1959El puma as Unknown
1959Night Dance Hall as Unknown
1959Milagros de San Martín de Porres as Unknown
1957Girl Merchants as Unknown
1956La faraona as (uncredited)
1956Los hijos de Rancho Grande as Don Felipe
1956¡Que seas feliz! as Duarte
1955A los cuatro vientos as Unknown
1954As negro as Unknown
1954Mulata as Guevara
1954La desconocida as Unknown
1954Nuevo amanecer as Unknown
1953The Three Perfect Married as Jorge
1952El genial Detective Peter Pérez as Unknown
1949La vorágine: abismos de amor as Unknown
1948Cartas Marcadas as Unknown
1948Pito Pérez se va de bracero as Unknown
1947Soledad as Roberto Covarrubias
1947Soy charro de Rancho Grande as Felipe
1947La barca de oro as Unknown
1947Si me han de matar mañana as Unknown
1946¡Ay qué rechula es Puebla! as Mauricio Gómez
1946Los buitres sobre el tejado as Unknown
1944El abanico de Lady Windermere as Unknown
1943Divorciadas as Unknown
1943Ave sin nido as Unknown
1943The Rock of Souls as Manuel
1942Jesusita en Chihuahua as Unknown
1942El conde de Montecristo as Fernando Mondego / Conde de Morcef
1942El misterioso señor Marquina as Unknown
1941La casa del rencor as Hugo
1941El secreto del sacerdote as Unknown
1940Con su amable permiso as Unknown
1940Mala yerba as Don Julián Andrade
1938La cuna vacía as Unknown
1937Don Juan Tenorio as Don Juan Tenorio
1937Honrarás a tus padres as Conde de los Pinares
1936Allá en el Rancho Grande as Felipe
1936El calvario de una esposa as Sebastián Urquizo
1936The Macabre Trunk as Dr. Armando del Valle
1936Malditas sean las mujeres as Conde Osvaldo de Valdemar
1936Marihuana El Monstruo Verde as Unknown
1932Hand to Hand as Manuel Chávez
1931Carne de Cabaret as Eddie Miller
1930When Love Laughs as Unknown
1930Common Clay as Unknown
Directing
1982Viva México y sus corridos ... Director
1982Las computadoras ... Director
1981Visita al Pasado ... Director
1980Carlos el terrorista ... Director
1979La Guerra de los Pasteles ... Director
1978Raza de viboras ... Director
1977Una noche embarazosa ... Director
1977Prisión de mujeres ... Director
1976Survive! ... Director
1975El pequeño Robin Hood ... Director
1975Noche de muerte ... Director
1975La mafia amarilla ... Director
1974Jalisco nunca pierde ... Director
1974Island of Lost Souls ... Director
1974Son of the Town ... Director
1973The Invasion of the Dead ... Director
1973Entre monjas anda el Diablo ... Director
1973El derecho de los pobres ... Director
1972Manuel Saldivar, el texano ... Director
1972The Incredible Professor Zovek ... Director
1971Capulina vs. the Vampires ... Director
1971Santo in the Vengeance of the Mummy ... Director
1971Santo vs. the Head Hunters ... Director
1971La mula de Cullen Baker ... Director
1971The Revenge of Gabino Barrera ... Director
1971Siete muertes para el texano ... Director
1970Lepers and Sex ... Director
1970Santo vs. The Riders of Terror ... Director
1970El pueblo del terror ... Director
1970El asesino enmascarado ... Director
1970The Capture of Gabino Barrera ... Director
1970Two Mules for Sister Sara ... Second Unit Director
1969Santo vs. Capulina ... Director
1969La maestra inolvidable ... Director
1969Santo in the Treasure of Dracula ... Director
1969The Vampire and Sex ... Director
1969Duelo en El Dorado ... Director
1969Lauro Puñales ... Director
1969Night of the Bloody Apes ... Director
1969Wrestling Women vs. the Killer Robot ... Director
1969El Caballo Bayo ... Director
1968Valentín de la Sierra ... Director
1968The Treasure of Moctezuma ... Director
1968Lucio Vázquez ... Director
1968The Bat Woman ... Director
1968Caballo prieto azabache ... Director
1967Operation 67 ... Director
1967La vuelta del Mexicano ... Director
1967The Panther Women ... Director
1966El mexicano ... Director
1966El alazán y el rosillo ... Director
1966Santo vs. the Ghost of the Strangler ... Director
1966El jinete justiciero en retando a la muerte ... Director
1965The Son of Gabino Barrera ... Director
1965Pistoleros del oeste ... Director
1965Santo vs. the Strangler ... Director
1965Aquella Rosita Alvírez ... Director
1965She-Wolves of the Ring ... Director
1965Neutron Traps the Invisible Killers ... Director
1965Gabino Barrera ... Director
1964La edad de piedra ... Director
1964The Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy ... Director
1964El corrido de María Pistolas ... Director
1963María Pistolas ... Director
1963Fuerte, audaz y valiente ... Director
1963Doctor of Doom ... Director
1962¡En peligro de muerte! ... Director
1961Carnaval en mi barrio ... Director
1961El globero ... Director
1960The Crying Woman ... Director
1960Juan Polainas ... Director
1960Adventures of Joselito and Tom Thumb ... Director
1960A tiro limpio ... Director
1959Una señora movida ... Director
1959La ley del más rápido ... Director
1959Santa Claus ... Director
1959El joven del carrito ... Director
1959El puma ... Director
1959El sordo ... Director
1959Angel from Hell ... Director
1958Maratón de baile ... Director
1958La marca del cuervo ... Director
1958Las tres pelonas ... Director
1958Tú y la mentira ... Director
1958La cama de piedra ... Director
1957The Living Idol ... Director
1957Pancho López ... Director
1957Tom Thumb ... Director
1957Un mundo nuevo ... Director
1956La faraona ... Director
1956Las zapatillas verdes ... Director
1956Los margaritos ... Director
1956Los tres amores de Lola ... Director
1955El pueblo sin Dios ... Director
1955Love From Afar ... Director
1955Una gallega en La Habana ... Director
1954De ranchero a empresario ... Director
1954Sindicato de telemirones ... Director
1954Cain y Abel ... Director
1954El enmascarado de plata ... Director
1953Pompeyo el conquistador ... Director
1952Póker de ases ... Director
1952Por qué peca la mujer ... Director
1952Vive como sea ... Director
1951Mujeres de teatro ... Director
1951Canasta Uruguaya ... Director
1951El marido de mi novia ... Director
1951Vuelva el sábado ... Director
1951Port of Temptation ... Director
1950They also sing of pain ... Director
1950Yo quiero ser hombre ... Director
1950Gemma ... Director
1950Gema ... Director
1950Red Rain ... Director
1950Yo Quiero Ser Mala ... Director
1949Una canción a la vírgen ... Director
1949El Charro del Cristo ... Director
1949Ahí viene Vidal Tenorio ... Director
1948La última noche ... Director
1948Cartas Marcadas ... Director
1948Lazos de fuego ... Director
1948Mi madre adorada ... Director
1947El tigre de Jalisco ... Director
1946¡Ay qué rechula es Puebla! ... Director
1945Una canción en la noche ... Director
1945El museo del crimen ... Director
1945El precio de una vida ... Director
1944The Black Ace ... Director
1944Hotel de verano ... Director
1944La mujer sin cabeza ... Director
1944Mis hijos! ... Director
1943El espectro de la novia ... Director
1942Jesusita en Chihuahua ... Director
1942Unidos por el eje ... Director
1941Adios mi chaparrita ... Director
1940Love of my loves ... Director
1939El cobarde ... Director
1939La reina del río ... Director
1938Tierra brava ... Director
1938Dos cadetes ... Director
1938Alarma ... Director
1938Allá en el rancho chico ... Director
1938Estrellita ... Director
1937Don Juan Tenorio ... Director
Writing
1974Island of Lost Souls ... Screenplay
1974Son of the Town ... Screenplay
1972The Incredible Professor Zovek ... Writer
1971Capulina vs. the Vampires ... Screenplay
1971La mula de Cullen Baker ... Writer
1970Santo vs. The Riders of Terror ... Screenplay
1970La hermana Trinquete ... Story
1969Night of the Bloody Apes ... Writer
1966Santo vs. the Ghost of the Strangler ... Writer
1965Santo vs. the Strangler ... Writer
1959Santa Claus ... Writer
1959El puma ... Writer
1958Maratón de baile ... Screenplay
1957Tom Thumb ... Screenplay
1954De ranchero a empresario ... Writer
1954El enmascarado de plata ... Story
1952Por qué peca la mujer ... Writer
1948Cartas Marcadas ... Screenplay
1948Lazos de fuego ... Adaptation
1945El museo del crimen ... Writer
1944Hotel de verano ... Writer
1944La mujer sin cabeza ... Writer
1944Mis hijos! ... Writer
1937Don Juan Tenorio ... Screenplay
Crew
1970Lepers and Sex ... Script
Production
1945El museo del crimen ... Producer