PEDRO DE CORDOBA BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Pedro De Cordoba was born on September 28th, 1881 in New York City, New York. His mother was French and his father was Cuban, however he was mistaken many times for being Latino.
His career in the industry began as a stage and radio actor as well as appearing in a number of silent films. Some of his early film roles included, "Version of Carmen" (1915) starring Geraldine Farrar, Wallace Reid, Raymond Hatton, William Elmer, Horace B. Carpenter and Jeanie Macpherson, "Maria Rosa" (1916) co-starring Geraldine Farrar, Wallace Reid, James Neill, Ernest Joy, Anita King and Horace B. Carpenter, "Barbary Sheep" (1917) starring Elsie Ferguson, Lumsden Hare and Maude George, "The Dark Mirror" (1920) starring Dorothy Dalton, Huntley Gordon, Walter D. Nealand and Jessie Arnold and "The Young Diana" (1922) starring Marion Davies, Macklyn Arbuckle, Forrest Stanley and Gypsy O'Brien.
Making the transition from silent films to talkies was no issue for him and his success continued with appearances in, Alfred Hitchcock's "Saboteur" (1942) starring Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings, Otto Kruger, Clem Bevans, Alan Baxter and Norman Lloyd, "White Savage" (1943) starring Maria Montez, Jon Hall, Turhan Bey, Sidney Toler, Thomas Gomez, Paul Guilfoyle and Sabu Dastagir, "The Keys of the Kingdom" (1944) starring alongside Gregory Peck, Thomas Mitchell, Vincent Price, Rose Stradner, Edmund Gwenn, Benson Fong, Roddy McDowall, Philip Ahn, Ruth Ford, Anne Revere, Benson Fong, James Gleason, Sara Allgood, Leonard Strong, Arthur Shields, Richard Loo, Peggy Ann Garner, Edith Barrett, Dennis Hoey and Sir Cedric Hardwicke, John Ford's "They Were Expendable" (1945) starring alongside John Wayne, Donna Reed, Robert Montgomery, Ward Bond, Jack Holt, Marshall Thompson, Leon Ames, Cameron Mitchell, Jeff York, Charles Trowbridge, Russell Simpson and Louis Jean Heydt, "Mexican Hayride" (1948) starring Abbott and Costello, John Hubbard and Virginia Grey, "The Time of Your Life" (1948) starring James Cagney, William Bendix, Jeanne Cagney, Wayne Morris, Broderick Crawford, James Lydon, Natalie Schafer, Richard Erdman and Ward Bond, "Crisis" (1950) starring Cary Grant, Jose Ferrer, Signe Hasso, Paula Raymond, Gilbert Roland, Ramon Novarro and Leon Ames and "Cuban Fireball" (1951) starring Estelita Rodriguez, Warren Douglas and Mimi Aguglia.
Hel also had a few television shows added to his resume such as "The Lone Ranger" and "Oh! Susanna".
Along with his acting career, Pedro served for a time as president of the Catholic Actors Guild of America. Cordoba married twice throughout his lifetime. His first wife was Antoinette Glover whom he remained married to until she passed away in 1921. He was then briefly married to Eleanor M. Nolan. He never had any children and passed away on, September 16th, 1950 in Sunland, California after suffering from a heart attack.
Filmography
1951 When the Redskins Rode
1951 Cuban Fireball
1951 Oh! Susanna
1950 Crisis
1950 The Lawless
1950 Comanche Territory
1949-1950 The Lone Ranger
1949 Samson and Delilah
1949 Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch
1949 The Daring Caballero
1949 Omoo-Omoo the Shark God
1949 Daughter of the West
1948 Mexican Hayride
1948 Adventures of Don Juan
1948 The Time of Your Life
1947 Green Dolphin Street
1947 Robin Hood of Monterey
1947 Carnival in Costa Rica
1946 The Beast with Five Fingers
1946 Swamp Fire
1946 A Scandal in Paris
1946 Cuban Pete
1946 Night in Paradise
1946 Two Years Before the Mast
1945 San Antonio
1945 The Little Witch
1945 Adventure
1945 They Were Expendable
1945 Club Havana
1945 The Cisco Kid in Old New Mexico
1945 Isle of Tabu
1945 The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945 The Cisco Kid Returns
1944 Tahiti Nights
1944 The Keys of the Kingdom
1944 Kismet
1944 The Falcon in Mexico
1944 Once Upon a Time
1944 Uncertain Glory
1944 Gun to Gun
1943 The Song of Bernadette
1943 For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943 Background to Danger
1943 White Savage
1943 Tarzan Triumphs
1942 Saboteur
1942 The First Swallow
1942 Shut My Big Mouth
1942 Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1941 Paris Calling
1941 The Corsican Brothers
1941 Aloma of the South Seas
1941 Million Dollar Baby
1941 Blood and Sand
1941 Romance of the Rio Grande
1940 The Phantom Submarine
1940 The Mark of Zorro
1940 Before I Hang
1940 South of Pago Pago
1940 The Sea Hawk
1940 The Ghost Breakers
1940 Earthbound
1940 My Favorite Wife
1939 The Light That Failed
1939 Escape to Paradise
1939 Charlie Chan in City in Darkness
1939 Law of the Pampas
1939 Range War
1939 Five Came Back
1939 Chasing Danger
1939 Man of Conquest
1939 Juarez
1939 Winner Take All
1939 Devil's Island
1938 Heart of the North
1938 Dramatic School
1938 Storm Over Bengal
1938 Keep Smiling
1938 Gold Diggers in Paris
1938 International Settlement
1937 The Firefly
1937 Damaged Goods
1937 Girl Loves Boy
1937 Maid of Salem
1936 The Garden of Allah
1936 Ramona
1936 His Brother's Wife
1936 Anthony Adverse
1936 The Devil-Doll
1936 Trouble for Two
1936 Frankie and Johnni
1936 Moonlight Murder
1936 Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936 Rose of the Rancho
1935 Professional Soldier
1935 Captain Blood
1935 Condemned to Live
1935 The Crusades
1929 Hunt the Tiger
1925 The New Commandment
1924 The Bandolero
1924 The Desert Sheik
1923 The Purple Highway
1923 Fires of Fate
1923 Enemies of Women
1923 Swords and the Woman
1922 When Knighthood Was in Flower
1922 The Young Diana
1921 The Inner Chamber
1920 The Sin That Was His
1920 The World and His Wife
1920 The Dark Mirror
1919 The New Moon
1918 A Daughter of the Old South
1917 Runaway, Romany
1917 Barbary Sheep
1917 One Law for Both
1917 Sapho
1916 Just a Song at Twilight
1916 Maria Rosa
1915 Temptation
1915 Carmen
1915 Jeanne of the Woods
1915 The Little White Violet
