Pedro de Cordoba

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

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September 28 - 1881 - September 16 - 1950 - American - Actor

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Pedro de Cordoba, who appeared in his first film, a 1913

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version of Carmen, was actually a classically trained

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theatre actor who confessed he did not enjoy

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appearing in silent films nearly as much as he liked

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working on stage. However, de Cordoba's career during the early silent film era was prolific and he soon became a popular leading man in early Hollywood motion pictures. His Broadway career cast him with such legendary stage actresses as Jane Cowl and

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Broadway - Jane Cowl

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Katharine Cornell.

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His deeply?resonant speaking voice made him

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perfectly suited to talking pictures, unlike many silent

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film stars who had neither foreseen, nor prepared for,

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the day when sound would meet celluloid.

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He enjoyed a career as one of the busiest character actors

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in Hollywood, from the 1930?s through the ?50?s.

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He was most often cast as aristocratic, or clerical

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characters of Hispanic origin, because of his last name,

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as well as his royal bearing.

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In actuality he was born in New York City of parents

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who were French and Cuban in origin. He was a

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French - Cuban

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devout Catholic, which no doubt contributed to his

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priest-like demeanor. He was very well read and

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knowledgeable about the Catholic faith, and even

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served for a time as president of the Catholic Actors

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Guild of America. On rare occasions he would be cast

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in the role of a villain, but most of the characters he

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portrayed were as refined as was the man himself, in

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real life.

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De Cordoba?s most memorable part is probably his

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portrayal of the "living skeleton" sideshow character

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who hides fugitive Robert Cummings in his carnival

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wagon in the Alfred Hitchcock film, Saboteur (1942).

Related Topics:
Alfred Hitchcock - Saboteur - 1942

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The last film in which the actor appeared, a political

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drama set in an unnamed South American dictatorship,

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Crisis (1950), was released shortly after his death.

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