Joaquín Cordero
Joaquín Cordero (Spanish pronunciation: [xoaˈkiŋ koɾˈðeɾo]; August 16, 1922 – February 19, 2013)[1] was a Mexican actor of the cinema, theatre and telenovelas.[2]
Biography
Shortly after his birth, Cordero's family moved to Mexico City. In the following years he studied in a seminary and even considered becoming a priest, but eventually he decided to pursue a law career. After three years of law classes he decided to become an actor against his family's wishes. [citation needed]
He initially appeared in small roles but by his early fifties he was getting much larger roles. Eventually he became one of the most popular actors in Mexican cinema.[citation needed]
Cordero also shown appeared in theatre and on television and in the latter medium in numerous telenovelas and winning numerous awards.[2] His most recent telenovelas included La Madrastra and Destilando Amor.[citation needed]
Death
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According to his family, the actor died of heartbreak, facing a deep depression over the death of his beloved wife, Alma Guzmán, which occurred on July 18, 2012.
Family
Joaquín was son of Don Rafael Cordero Pita[3] and Rosario Aurrecoechea and brother of Víctor Cordero Aurrecoechea.[citation needed]
Joaquín's wife was Alma Guzmán, half-sister of journalist Maxine Woodside. Alma bore a son named David.[4]
Filmography
- El Corsario Negro (1944) as Pirata (uncredited)
- Una Gitana en México (1945)
- No Te Cases con mi Mujer (1947)
- Mujer (1947) as Ricardo González (uncredited)
- Fly Away, Young Man! (1947) as Soldado mensajero (uncredited)
- A Vênus de Fogo (1948)
- Se la llevó el Remington (1948) as Rodrigo
- En los altos de Jalisco (1948) as Hermano de Valentina (uncredited)
- La santa del barrio (1948)
- La rebelian de los fantasmas (1949) as Romeo
- El gran campeón (1949) as Jorge
- Yo maté a Juan Charrasqueado” (1949)
- No me quieras tanto (1949) as Reynaldo (Chamaco)
- Quinto patio (1950) as El rorro
- Azahares para tu boda (1950) as Eduardo - adulto
- Yo tambien soy de Jalisco (1950)
- The Two Orphans (1950) as Morete
- Arrabalera (1951) as Luis
- Monte de piedad (1951) as El nene
- Peregrina (1951) as Marcos Obregón
- Tercio de quites (1951) as Luis Ponce
- Todos son mis hijos (1951) as Juan Salgado
- Con todo el corazón (1952) as Felipe
- Mamá nos quita los novios (1952) as Casimiro
- Una Mujer sin amor (1952) as Carlos
- Las tres alegres Comadres (1952) as Alberto
- Prefiero a tu papá..! (1952) as Héctor del Puente
- Una calle entre tú y yo (1952) as Padre Carlos
- Acuérdate de vivir (1953) as Jorge
- Yo soy gallo dondequiera!.. (1953) as Jimmy; Joaquín
- Pepe el Toro (1953) as Lalo Gallardo
- El gran mentiroso (1953) as Fernanado Palmerin
- Venganza en el Circo (1954) as Fernando
- El gran autor (1954) as Fernando Medina
- Romance de Fieras (1954) as Javier Ponce
- Sandunga para tres (1954) as Antonio Ugalde
- Prisionera del pasado (1954)
- Los aventureros (1954) as Margarito
- El Río y la muerte (1954) as Gerardo Anguiano
- ¡Vaya tipos! (1955)
- La gaviota (1955) as Antonio
- Tres bribones (1955) as Margarito Santos
- ¡Que bravas son las costeñas!... (1955) as Pedro
- Valentes e Indomáveis (1955) as Miguelón Villalobos
- Fuerza de los humildes (1955)
- La Venganza de los Villalobos (1955) as Miguelón Villalobos
- Fugitivos: Pueblo de Proscritos (1955) as Carlos / Licenciado
- Tres Valientes Camaradas (1956)
- La Faraona (1956) as Alberto Prim
- Tierra de hombres (1956) as Fernando
- Cinco vidas y un destino (1957) as Marrcos Navarro
- La dulce enemiga (1957) as Nicolás
- Al compás del rock and roll (1957)
- La mujer marcada (1957) as Germán Álvarez
- The Boxer (1958) as Natalio Sanchez / Kid Relampago
- Música de siempre (1958)
- It Happened in Mexico (1958) as Aurelio
- El derecho a la vida (1959) as Enrique
- Las aventuras de Carlos Lacroix (1959)
- Kermesse (1959) as Alberto Torres
- Flor de canela (1959)
- Manicomio (1959) as Dr. Ricardo Andrade
- La reina del cielo (1959) as Bartolome
- Un chico valiente (1960)
- El Tesoro de Chucho el Roto (1960) as Antonio Rioja
- ¡Qué bonito amor! (1960) as Miguel Rivadeneira
- Orlak, el infierno de Frankenstein (1960) as Jaime Rojas / Orlak
- Mi amor frente al pasado (1960, TV Series)
- El Gato (1961) as El Gato
- En carne propia (1961) as Gabriel Lozano
- Suerte te dé Dios (1961) as Lupe
- Ay Chabela...! (1961)
- ¡Que padre tan padre! (1961) as Julián Barroso
- Santo contra cerebro del mal (1961) as Dr. Campos
- Tres tristes tigres (1961) as Lorenzo
- Bonitas las tapatías (1961)
- Santo contra hombres infernales (1961)
- Juventud sin Dios (1962) as Lambert J. Dehner
- Asesinos de la lucha libre (1962) as Joaquin
- Los cinco halcones (1962) as Trini
- Las recién casadas (1962) as Fernando
- La moneda rota (1962)
- Monte Escondido o Leonardo Moncada (1962) as Leonardo Moncada
- El rey de la pistola (1962) as Juan Rosales
- El asesino enmascarado (1962)
- Atrás de las nubes (1962) as Bandido
- Los forajidos (1962)
- La herencia (1962, TV Series)
- El terrible gigante de las nieves (1963) as Jorge Méndez
- La risa de la ciudad (1963) as Beto
- En la vieja California (1963) as Antonio / Don Pedro
- México de mis recuerdos (1963) as Pablo Flores
- Herencia maldita (1963) as Leonardo Moncada
- Los bravos de California (1963)
- Unpar de sinvergüenzas (1963)
- El río de las ánimas (1964) as Leonardo Moncada
- La sombra de los hijos (1964) as Lauro
- Los Amores de Marieta - Los Fabulosos 20s (1964)
- Museo del horror (1964) as Luis
- Así amaron nuestros padres (1964)
- 'Campeón del barrio' (Su última canción) (1964) as Arturo
- El río de las ánimas (1964) as Leonardo Moncada
- Historia de un cobarde (1964, TV Series)
- Desencuentro (1964, TV Series)
- El Pecador (1965) as César Domínguez
- Cien gritos de terror (1965) as Julio (segment "Panico")
- Los tres calaveras (1965) as Miguel Bermejo
- La loba (1965) as Dr. Alejandro Bernstein
- El rescate (1965)
- Las tapatías nunca pierden (1965) as Manuel
- Esta noche no (1966) as Carlos Martínez
- El hijo del diablo (1966) as Víctor Rincón
- Sangre en el Bravo (1966) as Rafael
- Matar es fácil (1966) as Jorge Campos
- Estrategia matrimonio (1966) as Germán Andrade
- Dr. Satan (1966) as Dr. Satan[5]
- Pánico (1966) (segment "Soledad")
- Mi caballo prieto rebelde (1967) as Valentín Romero
- Los tres mosqueteros de Dios (1967) as Padre Ignacio
- Un novio para dos hermanas (1967) as Rodolfo Cáceres / 'Mil Usos'
- Los hombres de Lupe Alvírez (1967)
- Seis días para morir (1967) as Carlos Garibay
- Cómo pescar marido (1967) as Pablo
- El centauro Pancho Villa (1967) as Santos Patricio
- La Duda (1967, TV Series)
- Dr. Satán y la magia negra (1968) as Dr. Satan
- Requiem por un canalla (1968) as Jorge
- Las luchadoras vs el robot asesino (1969) as Arturo
- No juzgarás a tus padres (1969)
- El deseo llega de noche (1969) as Dr. Mario Lara
- El Libro De Piedra (1969) as Eugenio Ruvalcaba
- Una noche bajo la tormenta (1969)
- 24 horas de placer (1969) as Ruben
- La marcha de Zacatecas (1969) as Aparición especial (uncredited)
- Patsy, mi amor (1969) as Patsy's father
- Trampas de amor (1969) as Mauricio (segment "El dilema")
- Lío de faldas (1969) as Daniel
- La muñeca perversa (1969) as Ricardo Montenegro
- Los problemas de mamá (1970) as Lorenzo
- Una señora estupenda (1970) as Fernando
- El manantial del amor (1970) as Dr. Armando Suárez
- Dos esposas en mi cama (1970)
- Los años vacios (1970)
- Los corrompidos (1971) as Raúl
- Bajo el ardiente sol (1971)
- Papa en onda (1971) as Ricardo del Valle
- Una vez en la noche (1971)
- Las máscaras (1971, TV Series)
- El amor tiene cara de mujer (1971, TV Series)
- Me llaman Martina Sola (1972, TV Series)
- Eva y Dario (1973) as Papá de Dario
- ¿Quien? (1973, TV Series)
- La justicia tiene doce años (1973) as Vicente
- Ha llegado una intrusa (1974, TV Series) as Carlos Moran
- Fantoche (1977) as Augusto
- Cuchillo (1978) as Demonio Azul
- El Ardiente Secreto (1978) as Eduardo
- Te quiero (1979)
- J. J. Juez (1979, TV Series)
- Fieras contra fieras (1982)
- La voz de la tierra (1982, TV Series)
- La niña de los hoyitos (1984) as Alberto
- Perros salvajes (1984) as Marcos 'El Gitano'
- Eclipse (1984, TV Series) as Emmanuel
- Braceras y mojados (1984)
- El Cafre (1986) as Pedro Rojas
- Ratas de la ciudad (1986)
- Conexión criminal (1987)
- Como duele callar (1987, TV Series) as Rosendo Cisneros
- Amor en silencio (1987, TV Series) as Miguel
- Secta satanica (1990)
- Un rostro en mi pasado (1990, TV Series) as Armando Estrada
- A gozar, a gozar, que el mundo se va acabar (1990)
- Triste juventud (1990)
- Commando judicial (1990)
- Amor de nadie (1990-1991, TV Series) as Raúl
- Vacaciones de terror 2 (1991) as Roberto Mondragón
- Jóvenes perversos (1991) as Licenciado
- Baila conmigo (1993, TV Series) as German De La Reguera
- Los Parientes Pobres (1993, TV Series) as Evaristo Olmos
- La Pura (1994) as Bernardo
- Canción de amor (1996, TV Series) as Aníbal
- Reclusorio (1997) as Juez (segment 'La prostituta violada")
- El Sexenio de la muerte (1997) as Dr. Julian Bonaparte
- Por tu amor (1999, TV Series) as Lazaro Robledo
- Para matar al presidente (1999)
- Mi Destino Eres Tú (2000) as José Ignacio Rivadeneira Orendain
- Abrázame muy fuerte (2000) as Don Severiano Álvarez
- Carita de ángel (2000–2001) as Don Adolfo Valle
- Padres culpables (2001) as Ramon
- Entre el amor y el odio (2002) as Fernando Villareal
- ¡Vivan los niños! (2002–2003) as Don Joaquín Castillo
- Doble secuestro (2003) as Fernando Cortéz
- La Madrastra (2005) as Father Belisario
- Destilando Amor (2007) as Don Amador Montalvo
- Amor sin maquillaje (2007) as Himself
- Fuego en la sangre (2008) as Don Agustín Acevedo
- Los Inadaptados (2011) as Don Luis (final film role)
References
- ^ "Festeja Joaquín Cordero 87 años a la espera de nuevos proyectos en TV". Archived from the original on 2012-03-06. Retrieved 2010-06-18.
- ^ a b Joaquin Cordero, 87 de ani si noi proiecte
- ^ Revista de revistas
- ^ "Life of Joaquín Cordero". Archived from the original on 2013-02-05. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
- ^ Robert Michael Cotter (2008). The Mexican Masked Wrestler and Monster Filmography. McFarland. P. 190.
External links
- Joaquín Cordero at IMDb