Pancho Córdova

Pancho Córdova

Birth : 1916-08-17, Pichucalco, Chiapas, Mexico

Death : 1990-03-07

History

Francisco Amado Córdova Ramírez  (n. 17 de agosto de 1916 - m. 7 de marzo de 1990), better known as Pancho Córdova, was a Mexican character actor who appeared in numerous films of United States and Mexico.d de Cuernavaca,Morelos, México.

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Pancho Córdova

Movies

La capilla ardiente
Anciano
A young man with telekinetic powers comes to stay in an old house inhabited by two sisters and there he has to face supernatural phenomena that reach their culmination when he is saved from dying by an old man murdered some time ago.
El rediezcubrimiento de México
Writer
El rediezcubrimiento de México
Don Melitón Samaniego Teocaltiche
Rocky Carambola
Don Damián
Matar por matar
El viejo
The Nights of Paloma
While being shuttled from her convent/boarding school to her wedding, a young lady of the upper classes is kidnapped by bandits. She gets to see the world and meet interesting people.
La plaza de Puerto Santo
The town's leading families decide to step down and let average citizens take responsibility for city government, from Mayor on down.
Duro pero seguro
Doctor Luis Frey
Nicolasa sells tacos near a movie studio and her popularity threatens the restaurant's own studies. She drops the food when seeing actor Armando performing and the director expels her out.
La coquito
La Coquito is a Cuban cuplés, coveted by men for her beauty and sensuality. After great hardship in Cuba, she accepts the proposal of a Spanish businessman to work in Madrid. There she meets various men who will compete for her love.
Acto de posesión
Pedro
Raquel's not able to have children, so she and her boyfriend manipulate another young woman into bearing his child.
Las ficheras (Bellas de noche II)
Psicologo
Bellas de noche continues. The ex-fichera who bought the cabaret continues to work with several of her former companions, the waiter Fabian, the pugilist Bronco who returns to boxing, Carmen, his wife, who returns to booking, the drunk “La Corcholata”, in love with an old man, and a French woman and the pimp “El Vaselinas”, whose favors are disputed by all the women, but who loses his virility and fights to regain it.
Pantaleón y las visitadoras
Pantaleón and the visitors is a peruvian film made in 1975 and based on the book of the same name by Mario Vargas Llosa. Directed by the novelist himself along with José María Gutiérrez Santos, it was released in Puerto Rico. Among its protagonists, José Sacristán, the Mexican Katy Jurado and Rosa Carmina and the Peruvian Camucha Negrete.
La vida cambia
Don Bernardo
An unhappy marriage is complicated when hubby starts an affair with his sister-in-law. Darkest before the dawn...
The Boy and the Star
Wanted to fly to the sky ...And one day he got it When a child dares to steal the keys to the orphanage, guarded by a soldier, is exposed to too many dangers. This is the story of that child, freeing his birds, he demanded to life and men, their own freedom. '
El Rey
Mexican Revolution era: a guerilla faction kidnaps two members of a governing family to negotiate a ransom.
El alegre divorciado
Don Felipe Aguirre
Ramón y Socorro, a 50-year-old couple, owners of a tavern, embarks on a long trip to Mexico to attend the wedding of their son, Carlos, with Gloria, the daughter of an important Mexican businessman. Upon arriving in Mexico, Ramón discovers that in this country there is a divorce. Fed up with his wife, he decides to divorce without taking into account that he will soon pay the consequences of this act.
A Home of Our Own
Hilario
The story of Father William Wasson, who founded and operated a home for abandoned and orphaned children in Mexico.
La presidenta municipal
Mr. Peppermint
La India Maria becomes the municipal president due to a ballot typo.
Don Herculano enamorado
Doddering old man makes a play for a married woman. Her husband gets practical joke-y in revenge.
Tivoli
Quijanito
While trying to save the famous Tivoli burlesque theater, the participants uncover a web of commercial corruption.
Cristo te ama
A young woman is fired by her lover from her job in a bookstore and meets a trafficker she falls in love with. She becomes a heroin and prostitutes to buy the drug. The trafficker is arrested and she surrenders to the supplier in exchange for drugs. He pretends to care for a cemetery and demands money from him. She desperately kills him. When the trafficker leaves, he decides to rebuild his life and goes as a doctor to the mountains with the young woman. She also wants to quit the drug and succeeds with her help, but when boarding a vehicle they are killed by four gunmen. Source: http://www.imcine.gob.mx/cine-mexicano/pelicula2425
Omen
Padre Ángel
While attending the birth of Isabel, the wife of foreigner Felipe, Mama Santos predicts that "something terrible is going to happen in the town." From this omen, calamities will torment the locals.
La Madrecita
Comisario
Those Years
Sr. Jecker
President Juárez fights against the conservatives, who have ordered an emperor to be brought from France to govern Mexico
Faith, Hope and Charity
Jacobo (segment "Caridad")
Three episodes. Faith: a woman is attacked. Hope: a fakir is crucified. Charity: a woman faces bureaucracy.
The Mansion of Madness
Pseudo-Marshall
The inmates of an insane asylum take over the institution, imprison the doctors and staff, and then put into play their own ideas of how the place should be run.
El bueno para nada
Benigno Saldaña (as Francisco Cordova)
Bumbling inventor/jack of all trades does sketch-comedy stuff for 65 minutes, then rescues Mexico City from a Mad Scientist triggering earthquakes.
The Cubs
Profesor de educación física
After having his genitals brutally mutilated during childhood, a man must face prejudice and himself.
The Long Goodbye
Doktor
In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.
Once Upon a Scoundrel
After falling for Alicia, greedy and powerful Mexican landowner Carlos has her fiancé thrown in prison on a bogus charge. To trick Carlos into releasing her man, Alicia teams up with her Aunt Delfina and tries to convince Carlos that he's a ghost.
A Twelve Year Old Pirate
In the sixteenth Captain Morgan pirate ship is sunk by the Spanish fleet. He and four companions make it to an island, but the beaches are occupied by the Spanish. The child Erick, son of John Goldark, King of the Pirates, who died trying to save his nephews Lady Harold and the Spanish prisoners, helping them into the jungle. Grateful Morgan and his friends save the captives. When it seems that children are lost flying the Spanish magazine. Then fight with cannibals and are again caught by the Spanish, but are saved by another pirate ship.
National Mechanics
Güero Corrales
A mechanic takes his family to a car race and a series of events occur which brings problems, betrayals, violence and the unexpected death of an elderly person.
El vals sin fin
Bibliotecario
El rincón de las vírgenes
Melesio Terrones
"Faith-healer" develops a cult-like following in 1920s Jalisco.
Doña Macabra
Octavio
The story of Armida (named ¨Doña Macabra¨ by her neighbors) and Demetria, two old women who live in an old house with Octavio, a kind of mad scientist. Their lives take an unexpected turn when the nephew of Armida, Lucila, recently married with Othón, arrive to the house looking for and old treasure, believed to be buried in the house. They will find a lot of dark and unexpected secrets.
Hay ángeles sin alas
Loose-living gal hires two guys to pose as her husband and son for a week, while her sister the nun is visiting.
The Wrath of God
Tacho
Set in the 1920s, several foreigners held by a South American military group are offered possible freedom if they accept to topple a local crazed military leader.
Tú, yo, nosotros
Julián's father
Three interwoven stories where the characters experience deception, passion, love and rejection.
Cayó de la gloria el diablo
Ingeniero
Subsistence-economy slum guy who sells used newsprint for a living breaks into showbiz with an inadvertantly-comical fire-eater act. The novelty of him wears off very quickly, and then...
Sucedió en Jalisco
Romantic conflicts set against a Mexican Revolution backdrop.
Apolinar
Tancredo, a poor man, is in love with a rich girl, who does not return his feelings. One day when she is bathing in a river, a flood sweeps her away and Tancredo is unable to save her. Mad with grief, he steals the sun. The gods call Apolinar to restore light to the earth, but he is obstructed by the magician of darkness, until by means of a telescope he is able to send a bag of light to Tancredo, now grown old. Tancredo goes to the seashore and opens the bag of light as an offering to his beloved, whereupon the sun returns to the earth.
El águila descalza
Writer
Shmuck makes a superhero costume, rides his bike to crime scenes. He gets involved with something big involving US capitalists taking over local Mexican businesses.
El águila descalza
Encargado de Manicomio
Shmuck makes a superhero costume, rides his bike to crime scenes. He gets involved with something big involving US capitalists taking over local Mexican businesses.
The Moderate Doctor
Hospital Director
Underqualified doofus tries to run a medical clinic.
Jesús, nuestro Señor
Doctor
Third movie in "Life of Christ" trilogy.
Siempre hay una primera vez
Javier's father (segment "Rosa")
Los destrampados
Director
Los destrampados
Paradise
Caguamo
Problems arise between the divers Román and Lauro when the former falls in love with a prostitute on the beaches of Acapulco.
Two Mules for Sister Sara
Juan's Father
When a wandering mercenary named Hogan rescues a nun called Sister Sara from the unwanted attentions of a band of rogues on the Mexican plains, he has no idea what he has let himself in for. Their chance encounter results in the blowing up of a train and a French garrison, as well as igniting a spark between them that survives a shocking discovery.
Tres amigos
Licenciado
Man accused of murder, and the dead man's daughter, try to find proof of the real murderer's identity.
Tres amigos
Writer
Man accused of murder, and the dead man's daughter, try to find proof of the real murderer's identity.
The World's Oldest Profession
Doctor
Having an example of piety and Christian devotion in their midst may help the girls in this whorehouse reform. Maybe.
The Door and The Butcher's Wife
Invitado (segment "La puerta")
A movie divided in two segments, the first "La puerta" (The Door) is about a high society gathering in which a door inside the mansion leads to a bizarre corridor where a naked and menacing human figure appears. The second "La mujer del carnicero" (The Butcher's Wife) is set during the Mexican revolution and is about horrifying hallucinations felt by a lieutenant after committing a murder.
Romance sobre ruedas
A sporty new car is gifted to two young men who work at an auto factory, and they have to time-share it between them.
Cuando los hijos se van
Remake of an archetypal 1940s melodrama about parents sacrificing their own well-being for the convenience of ungrateful adult children.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Bank Manager
In late 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy is the affable, clever and talkative leader of the outlaw Hole in the Wall Gang. His closest companion is the laconic dead-shot Sundance Kid. As the west rapidly becomes civilized, the law finally catches up to Butch, Sundance and their gang. Chased doggedly by a special posse, the two decide to make their way to South America in hopes of evading their pursuers once and for all.
Los Asesinos
Tom Foster
Starring Nick Adams in his final role, a lone cowboy rides into a small Western town that is besieged by a gang of hoodlums in search of treasure. The search leads to an all out war between the town bosses, a family of crooked ranchers and other unsavory characters. But when Shannon (Nick Adams) enters the picture, they may have met their match...
Agente 00 Sexy
Colonel Gomez
The beautiful Agent 00 is sent by the girlfriend of a mafia boss to catch his band of miscreants.
Agente 00 Sexy
Writer
The beautiful Agent 00 is sent by the girlfriend of a mafia boss to catch his band of miscreants.
Dangerous Game
Writer
Two dark-comedy stories involving blackmail, murder and love triangles in Rio de Janeiro
Rage
Old Man
Small-town doctor bitten by rabid dog, races the clock to get to the city and receive treatment.
Esta noche no
Don Agustín
Mexican feature film
Tirando a gol
Médico
Blended family comedy/drama -- the narrative hook is that the two original families are fans of opposing soccer teams.
Tirando a gol
Adaptation
Blended family comedy/drama -- the narrative hook is that the two original families are fans of opposing soccer teams.
¿Qué haremos con papá?
The funny story of a man who loses his memory in an accident and can not remember who was married to another woman, then meets another woman he marries and starts another life and lives alternately with a family 15 days and 15 days with the another arguing that their travel is for work in the Crown Brewery, which is in Veracruz where he lives with one family and one in Mexico.
Los Sánchez deben morir
An anxious father wants to trap the Sanchez brothers into marrying his two daughters.
The Mocking Ghosts
Writer
Two fake fortune-tellers at a carnival accidentally conjure up some real ghosts.
Los dos cuatreros
Two wandering cowboys are falsely accused of murder.
The Gangster
Ricky Rito
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.
Tarahumara (Further and farther)
Don Celedonio
An anthropologist goes to the mountains to study the problems of the indigenous people and finds out that they are being dispossessed of their lands.
History of a Scoundrel
Gerente
A woman betrayed and betrayed by a man falls into despair and ends up killing him.
Las hijas del Zorro
Two sisters. They ride horses, they wear black dominos, they carry bullwhips. Their dad was... Third of three movies in unofficial series; the first two didn't explicitly reference Zorro.
Un ángel de mal genio
La risa de la ciudad
Romanticized, glamored-up neorealism, life in a squatter's-rights shantytown.
En la vieja California
Bastard son kidnaps legitimate heir in attempt to suborn their father's estate... but a surrogate comes forward to impersonate the real heir while the other problem getss resolved.
Las vengadoras enmascaradas
Zorro-inspired sister act, black dominos and bullwhips. Second of three in unofficial series.
Aventuras de las hermanas X
Adventure film about two sisters looking revenge against the man who murdered their father.
Tlayucan
Rito, sacristán
Desperate because of his son's illness, the peasant Eufemio steals a pearl from the image of Santa Lucía in the village church.
Los bárbaros del norte
Townsfolk expect that when the dead sheriff's son comes home, people will quit doing crimes... but he turns out to be an inept comedian type bozo guy.
The Bloody Vampire
Justus
Count Cagliostro, whose family has tried for generations to rid the world of vampires, instructs his daughter and her fiance to protect several valuable documents.
The Exterminating Angel
(uncredited)
After a lavish dinner party, the guests find themselves mysteriously unable to leave the room.
La marca del gavilán
Masked hero fights crime on horseback. #3 in the series "El Latigo Negro."
Juan sin miedo
One-armed man tracks the people who killed his father.
My Son, the Hero
Hiring Man
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.
Besito a papá
A young man hires somebody to impersonate his father when it comes times to meet his girlfriend's parents.
Muchachas que trabajan
Don Joaquín, papá de Cora
Working in a department store exposes young ladies to corrupting influences.
Suerte te dé Dios
Two construction workers discover a stash of gold coins hidden in the walls of a building they're demolishing.
Dos criados malcriados
Don Antonio quiere casar a una de sus dos hijas Tere o Lorena con un conde. Para eso alquila una mansión y contrata a los criados Viruta y Capulina, para atender al conde y a sus invitados. Pero los criados descubren que el conde y sus invitados son unos rateros.
Tin Tan y las modelos
Ambitious non-starter gets a job as a bill-collector at a beauty-products company and tries to bluff his way into a management position, then tries a couple of other business schemes with minimal success.
Born to Love
Las coronelas
Two young women 'forced' to masquerade as soldiers in military troop.
Vivir del cuento
Writer
X has to postpone his marriage for 3 months in order to collect a huge inheritance... so he hires Y to keep his fiancee and her father busy during the hiatus.
Vivir del cuento
X has to postpone his marriage for 3 months in order to collect a huge inheritance... so he hires Y to keep his fiancee and her father busy during the hiatus.
El cariñoso
Romcom with music: owner of an auto-repair shop woos the owner of a beauty parlor.
La pandilla se divierte
Sabrás que te quiero
Famous singer becomes desperate to figure out which of three women helped to launch his early career with anonymous mentoring and support.
Vuelve Chistelandia
Collection of comedy sketches and blackout gags edited into feature-length movie. Laugh-In style.
Nueva Chistelandia
Sketch comedy and blackout gags -- format like Laugh-In. Number two in a series.
Chistelandia
Short-attention-span sketch comedy and black-out gags, assembled into a movie. Structured like TV show "Laugh-In". First of three in series.
Love Your Neighbor
Chofer cruz roja (uncredited)
This film tells several short stories that end up lapsing in the emergency room of a hospital, because it is dedicated to nurses. Cantinflas appears at the end of the film playing the role of Luis, a man who has five daughters and looks forward to a boy, but fate plays a trick and the child dies at birth, but history gives a nice twist and a message of hope.
Manos arriba
A tailor is mistaken for the leader of an agricultural union and gets tangled up in a price-fixing conspiracy.
Échenme al gato
Comical mix-up in the operating room: by mistake, a notorious gangster's arm is grafted onto an accident-victim's stump.
La esquina de mi barrio
Two young sweethearts get tangled up with a bad guy and a stolen necklace.
Nunca me hagan eso
Blowhard's mouth runs away with him and he's trapped into having to prove that he knows Maria Antonieta Pons, the big movie star and stuff.
El buen ladrón
Writer
La locura del rock and roll
Adaptation
Two rival colleges prepare for a Battle Of The Bands. Also malt-shoppes and football games.
La locura del rock and roll
don Rubén
Two rival colleges prepare for a Battle Of The Bands. Also malt-shoppes and football games.
The Champion Cyclist
Story
Cleto, a poor newspaper boy, dreamed of becoming a cyclist and inventor. His latest invention is delivering newspapers by rockets. When he finds the owner of the newspaper, dismisses him. But Cleto do not give up and shows Don Macario his latest invention: " The telemirófono ", a device that allows you to see the person talking on the phone...
Oh shorties… how many!
The reading of a will turns into a scavenger hunt among the heirs.
Si, Mi vida
Technical Supervisor
Dr. Castellanos is saved from bankruptcy.
Si, Mi vida
Executive Producer
Dr. Castellanos is saved from bankruptcy.
Si, Mi vida
Locutor (uncredited)
Dr. Castellanos is saved from bankruptcy.