Leander de Cordova (5 December 1877 – 19 September 1969) was a Jamaican-born American actor and film director. He was the brother of Rudolph de Cordova. He was the son of Altamont de Cordova and Katherine Lewis. He was also the grandnephew of Jacob de Cordova.

Selected filmography

Acted

* '' The Penal Code'' (1932) – Isaac Lewin * ''

Dick Tracy ''Dick Tracy'' is an American comic strip featuring Dick Tracy (character), Dick Tracy (originally Plainclothes Tracy), a tough and intelligent police detective created by Chester Gould. It made its debut on Sunday, October 4, 1931, in the ''De ...

'' (1937, Serial) – Stevens (uncredited) * ''

The Emperor's Candlesticks ''The Emperor's Candlesticks'' is an 1899 historical novel by Baroness Orczy. Written soon after the birth of her son John, it is her first book as an author rather than translator and was a commercial failure. As in the Scarlet Pimpernel, the ...

'' (1937) – Bidder (uncredited) * ''

Midnight Midnight is the transition time from one day to the next – the moment when the date changes, on the local official clock time for any particular jurisdiction. By clock time, midnight is the opposite of noon, differing from it by 12 hours ...

'' (1939) – Footman (uncredited) * ''

Torture Ship ''Torture Ship'' is a 1939 American science fiction horror film directed by Victor Halperin, based on Jack London's 1899 short story " A Thousand Deaths". The film stars Lyle Talbot as a mad scientist who performs experiments regarding "the crimi ...

'' (1939) – Ezra Matthews * ''

Zorro's Fighting Legion ''Zorro's Fighting Legion'' is a 1939 Republic Pictures film serial consisting of twelve chapters starring Reed Hadley as Zorro and directed by William Witney and John English. The plot revolves around his alter-ego Don Diego's fight against ...

'' (1939, Serial) – Felipe * '' The Phantom Cowboy'' (1941) – Don Jose Toreno (uncredited) * ''

Prairie Pioneers ''Prairie Pioneers'' is a 1941 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by Lester Orlebeck. Cast * Robert Livingston as Stony Brooke * Bob Steele as Tucson Smith * Rufe Davis as Lullaby Joslin * Esther Estrella as Dolores Orte ...

'' (1941) – Father Garcia (uncredited) * '' Mission to Moscow'' (1943) – Heckler (uncredited) * '' The Laramie Trail'' (1944) – Esteban * '' The Gay Senorita'' (1945) – Padre Anselmo (uncredited) * '' Yolanda and the Thief'' (1945) – Elderly Butler (uncredited) * '' Gilda'' (1946) – Servant (uncredited) * ''

Big Town ''Big Town'' is a popular long-running radio drama featuring a corruption-fighting newspaper editor initially played from 1937 to 1942 by Edward G. Robinson in his first radio role, with echoes of the conscience-stricken tabloid editor he had ...

'' (1946) – Minor Role (uncredited) * '' Fear in the Night'' (1947) – Man (uncredited) * '' Danger Street'' (1947) – Minor Role (uncredited) * '' A Double Life'' (1947) – Audience Member (uncredited) * ''

Albuquerque Albuquerque ( ; ), ; kee, Arawageeki; tow, Vakêêke; zun, Alo:ke:k'ya; apj, Gołgéeki'yé. abbreviated ABQ, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Its nicknames, The Duke City and Burque, both reference its founding i ...

'' (1948) – Townsman (uncredited) * ''

Casbah A kasbah (, also ; ar, قَـصَـبَـة, qaṣaba, lit=fortress, , Maghrebi Arabic: ), also spelled qasba, qasaba, or casbah, is a fortress, most commonly the citadel or fortified quarter of a city. It is also equivalent to the term ''alca ...

'' (1948) – Doorman (uncredited) * ''

The Mysterious Desperado ''The Mysterious Desperado'' is a 1949 American Western film.Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, ''The RKO Story.'' New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982, p. 239. The ''Los Angeles Times'' reported that "Tim Holt Westerns have attained a goo ...

'' (1949) – Padre * ''

Tough Assignment ''Tough Assignment'' is a 1949 American crime film directed by William Beaudine and starring Don Barry, Marjorie Steele and Steve Brodie. It is regarded as a film noir.Spicer p.421 Plot A Los Angeles reporter and his photographer wife investi ...

'' (1949) – Schultz * '' According to Mrs. Hoyle'' (1951) – Pastor J. Berland

Directed

* '' A Scream in the Night'' (1919) * '' Polly With a Past'' (1920) * ''

Love, Honor and Obey ''Love, Honor and Obey'' is a 1920 American silent drama film. Directed by Leander de Cordova, the film stars Wilda Bennett, Claire Whitney, and Henry Harmon. It was released on September 6, 1920. Cast list * Wilda Bennett as Conscience Willi ...

'' (1920) * ''

She She most commonly refers to: *She (pronoun), the third person singular, feminine, nominative case pronoun in modern English. She or S.H.E. may also refer to: Literature and films *'' She: A History of Adventure'', an 1887 novel by H. Rider Hagga ...

'' (1925) * '' After the Fog'' (1929) * ''

Trails of the Golden West ''Trails of the Golden West'' is a 1931 American Western film directed by Leander De Cordova and starring Jay Wilsey, Wanda Hawley and Tom London. Cast * Jay Wilsey * Wanda Hawley * Tom London * George Reed * Horace B. Carpenter * Merrill M ...

'' (1931)

References

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* 1877 births 1979 deaths 20th-century Jamaican male actors Jamaican film directors People from Kingston, Jamaica Jamaican male film actors Expatriate male actors in the United States Emigrants from British Jamaica to the United States {{Jamaica-stub