Arturo de Córdova

Acting

Arturo de Córdova

Born 1908-05-08 · Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico

Arturo de Córdova (May 8, 1908 – November 3, 1973) was a Mexican actor. He made over one hundred films in all. Arturo García Rodríguez was born in Mérida, Yucatán. Most of Córdova's films were made in Mexico and he became a major motion picture actor in Latin America and Spain winning three Silver Ariel's and received four other nominations. Córdova starred in the several American films during the 1940s including For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), Frenchman's Creek (1944), Incendiary Blonde (1945), and New Orleans (1947).

Acting credits

The Gangster poster
6.8

An old gangster returns from the United States to Mexico City to live with his sister-in-law and his two nephews, where he will face the daily life of a middle-class family.

The Gangster

1965

For Whom the Bell Tolls poster
6.5

Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan—who has joined up on the side that appeals most to idealists of that era—has been given a high-risk assignment up in the mountains. He awaits the right time to blow up a crucial bridge in order to halt the enemy's progress.

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1943

Matar es fácil poster
5.7

Among Delia, a socialite, and Jorge a bohemian cabaret pianist, begins a relationship that ends in tragedy.

Matar es fácil

1966

This was Pedro Infante poster
6.8

The life of Pedro Infante, with scenes from his best films and the chaos that his tragic death caused in the public.

This was Pedro Infante

1963

Mientras México duerme poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Mientras México duerme

1938

La agonía de ser madre poster
5.8

She has an incurable heart condition, her son's a shoplifter, her husband's an alcoholic, her daughter runs away from home...

La agonía de ser madre

1970

Stolen Heaven poster
6.5

A young woman loses her mind when she finds out that her uncle and his boyfriend met in a train accident.

Stolen Heaven

1951

Los Perversos poster
5.7

Priest is sympathetic and understanding toward mod-era young folks and their new world-view... but he gets in trouble with a biker gang and with a young woman who crushes unhealthily on him.

Los Perversos

1967

El profe poster
8.0

Mario Moreno portrays a professor in this movie. A small town in the middle of no where requests the school Mario Moreno is working in for a teacher. He ends up going to give the town a hand. When he arrives he comes to know the corrupt leaders who through out the movie try to make him leave. Although he is being harassed you can see how much he cares for the kids and their circumstances. He deals with problems by using his hilarious comments.

El profe

1971

Incendiary Blonde poster
5.1

Paramount's highly-fictionalized 1945 musical biography of Texas Guinan, the Roaring '20s New York nightclub owner and celebrity with alleged underworld connections who famously greeted her customers with the phrase, "Hello, suckers!"

Incendiary Blonde

1945

New Orleans poster
6.6

A gambling hall owner relocates from New Orleans to Chicago and entertains his patrons with hot jazz by Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Woody Herman, and others.

New Orleans

1947

Mala yerba poster
5.6

Plantation owner is way too much into his peasant girls. It causes problems.

Mala yerba

1940

Red Fish poster
7.1

Ivón, a chorus girl, Hugo, a failed writer, and Carlos, Hugo's young son, arrive at a seaside hotel on a stormy night.

Red Fish

1955

Soledad's Shawl poster
6.5

Alberto Robles, a young doctor, is faced with the decision to surrender to a life full of comforts and luxuries or to continue dedicating himself body and soul to serving those who need it most.

Soledad's Shawl

1952

Leonora of the Seven Seas poster
5.5

A great mystery surrounds Leonora, and it becomes even more mysterious when a stranger arrives from Buenos Aires looking for her, saying he knows her. In love with her, he is desperate when they say she is dead. Not believing what they say, he continues his search. But upon finding her, he is faced with a cruel and unexpected enigma.

Leonora of the Seven Seas

1955

Él poster
7.7

Gloria encounters Francisco, a man whose social veneer betrays a truer self burrowed underneath.

Él

1953

The Kneeling Goddess poster
6.8

Antonio, a millionaire, gifts his wife a statue of a naked, kneeling woman for their wedding anniversary.

The Kneeling Goddess

1947

Frenchman's Creek poster
5.8

An English lady falls in love with a French pirate after he kidnaps her from her ancestral home on the coast of Cornwall and sweeps her off her feet into a world of adventure.

Frenchman's Creek

1944

Duffy's Tavern poster
6.4

The staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner faces threats of bankruptcy.

Duffy's Tavern

1945

My Son, the Hero poster
8.0

Northern Mexico, early 20th century. Reynaldo del Hierro is murdered while riding with his sons Reynaldo and Martín, whose mother instills in them the need for revenge.

My Son, the Hero

1961

Furia roja poster
4.0

Mother and daughter return to Mexico to escape the US Civil War... and get caught up in the conflict between the French army and the fighters for independence.

Furia roja

1951

México de mis amores poster
6.0

Anthology of clips from classic-era Mexican films, with reality-footage of elderly actors discussing their memories of the period.

México de mis amores

1979

Fascination poster
6.5

The wife of a hypnotist lives in a state of uncertainty over whether she's with her husband out of love or if she's been a victim of his influence.

Fascination

1949

The Man Without a Face poster
6.4

A faceless killer who hunts women can only be stopped by a detective with a disturbing past.

The Man Without a Face

1950