Leander de Cordova explained

Leander de Cordova (5 December 1877  - 19 September 1969) was a Jamaican-born American actor and film director.^[1] 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 (1937, Serial) – Stevens (uncredited)
• The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937) – Bidder (uncredited)
• Midnight (1939) – Footman (uncredited)
• Torture Ship (1939) – Ezra Matthews
• Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939, Serial) – Felipe
• The Phantom Cowboy (1941) – Don Jose Toreno (uncredited)
• Prairie Pioneers (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 (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 (1948) – Townsman (uncredited)
• Casbah (1948) – Doorman (uncredited)
• The Mysterious Desperado (1949) – Padre
• Tough Assignment (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 (1920)
• She (1925)
• After the Fog (1929)
• Trails of the Golden West (1931)

Notes and References

1. Web site: BFI | Film & TV Database | CORDOVA, Leander de . 6 November 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090912084834/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/19905 . 12 September 2009 . dead .