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 (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

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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)

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1877 births

1969 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

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