# Arturo de Córdova

Arturo García Rodríguez (8 May 1908 – 3 November 1973), known professionally as Arturo de Córdova, was a Mexican actor who appeared in over a hundred films.

## Biography
### Career

Arturo García Rodríguez was born in Mérida, Yucatán on 8 May 1908. Most of Córdova's films were made in Mexico and he became a major motion picture actor in Latin America and Spain, winning three Silver Ariels and received four other nominations. Córdova starred in several American films during the 1940s including For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), Frenchman's Creek (1944), Incendiary Blonde (1945), and New Orleans (1947).

### Personal life and death

He was married to Enna de Arana and in a relationship with actress Marga López from 1964 until his death. Córdova died from a stroke in Mexico City in 1973. His grandson is producer Álex García.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1936 | Celos | Federico | |
| 1936 | Cielito lindo | Felipe Vélez | |
| 1937 | ¡Esos hombres! | Fernando de la Peña | |
| 1937 | Ave sin rumbo | Fernando Noriega "Juan Torres" | Alternative title: Wandering Bird |
| 1937 | La paloma | Capitán Montero | |
| 1938 | La Zandunga | Juancho | |
| 1938 | While Mexico Sleeps | Federico La Cierva | |
| 1938 | Refugiados en Madrid | Carlos | |
| 1938 | Hombres del mar | Emilio | |
| 1938 | Mientras México duerme | Federico La Cierva | |
| 1938 | Canto a mi tierra | | Uncredited |
| 1939 | The House of the Ogre | El gato encerrado | |
| 1939 | La bestia negra | Toño | |
| 1939 | El milagro de la calle mayor | Carlos | |
| 1939 | La noche de los mayas | Uz | |
| 1940 | Odio | | |
| 1940 | ¡Que viene mi marido! | Lázaro Bermejo | |
| 1940 | Mala yerba | Gertrudis | |
| 1940 | Hombre o demonio | | |
| 1941 | El secreto del sacerdote | | |
| 1941 | El milagro de Cristo | Rolando Miguel | |
| 1941 | Oh, What Times, Don Simon! | Miguel | |
| 1941 | Five Minutes of Love | Rafael de la Torre | |
| 1942 | ¿Quién te quiere a tí? | Manolo / Manuel San Juan | |
| 1942 | ¡Cuando la tierra tembló! | El escéptico | |
| 1942 | The Count of Monte Cristo | Edmundo Dantés / Conde de Montecristo | |
| 1942 | Alejandra | Ricardo | |
| 1943 | For Whom the Bell Tolls | Agustín | |
| 1943 | Hostages | Paul Breda | |
| 1944 | Frenchman's Creek | Jean Benoit Aubrey | |
| 1945 | Twilight | Alejandro Mangino | |
| 1945 | A Medal for Benny | Joe Morales | |
| 1945 | Incendiary Blonde | Bill Romero Kilgannon | |
| 1945 | Duffy's Tavern | Himself | |
| 1945 | Masquerade in Mexico | Manolo Segovia | |
| 1945 | La selva de fuego | Luciano | |
| 1946 | Su última aventura | Raúl Llanos | |
| 1947 | Five Faces of Woman | Roberto | |
| 1947 | New Orleans | Nick Duquesne | |
| 1947 | The Kneeling Goddess | Antonio Ituarte | |
| 1948 | Adventures of Casanova | Casanova | |
| 1948 | God Reward You | Mario Alvarez | |
| 1948 | Algo flota sobre el agua | Manuel | |
| 1948 | Passport to Rio | Ramón Machando | |
| 1949 | Midnight | Daniel Benitez | |
| 1949 | Yo no elegí mi vida | | |
| 1950 | Nacha Regules | Fernando Monsalvat | |
| 1950 | Fascinación | | Alternative title: Fascination |
| 1950 | The Yacht Isabel Arrived This Afternoon | | |
| 1950 | The Man Without a Face | Juan Carlos Lozano | |
| 1950 | Fuego sagrado | | |
| 1951 | María Montecristo | Hugo Galarza | |
| 1951 | In the Palm of Your Hand | Profesor Jaime Karin | |
| 1951 | Stolen Paradise | Doctor Carlos de la Vega | |
| 1951 | Red Fury | Don Pedro Álvarez | |
| 1951 | Stronghold | Don Pedro Álvarez | |
| 1952 | My Wife and the Other One | Antonio del Villar | |
| 1952 | The Absentee | Jorge de la Cueva | |
| 1952 | Te sigo esperando | Arturo Montesinos | |
| 1952 | Soledad's Shawl | Dr. Alberto Robles | |
| 1952 | When the Fog Lifts | Pablo | |
| 1953 | The Three Perfect Wives | Gustavo Ferran | |
| 1953 | Forbidden Fruit | Marcos Villarreal | |
| 1953 | Él | Francisco Galván de Montemayor | |
| 1953 | Reportaje | Bernardo, newspaper's owner | |
| 1954 | The Price of Living | | |
| 1954 | La entrega | Alejandro Gómez | |
| 1954 | Soledad | | |
| 1955 | Un extraño en la escalera | Alberto Nuñez | |
| 1955 | Amor en cuatro tiempos | Arturo Celis | |
| 1955 | The Red Fish | Hugo Pascal | |
| 1955 | Mãos Sangrentas | Adriano / Rick Marson | |
| 1955 | Leonora of the Seven Seas | | |
| 1956 | La herida luminosa | Dr. Enrique Molinos | |
| 1956 | Bodas de oro | | |
| 1956 | Canasta de cuentos mexicanos | Pierre Duval | (segment "Solución inesperada, Una") |
| 1957 | Feliz año, amor mío | Ricardo Caso | |
| 1957 | La ciudad de los niños | Padre Álvarez | |
| 1958 | A media luz los tres | Alfredo | |
| 1958 | Miércoles de ceniza | Dr. Federico Lamadrid | |
| 1958 | Ama a tu prójimo | Nicolás Ramiro Diez | |
| 1958 | El hombre que me gusta | Sergio Garza González | |
| 1958 | El hombre que logró ser invisible | Carlos / Charles Hill | |
| 1959 | Mi esposa me comprende | | |
| 1959 | Mis padres se divorcian | Fernando Guerrero | |
| 1959 | Isla para dos | Miguel Reyes | Alternative title: Island for Two |
| 1960 | El amor que yo te di | Andres Banister | |
| 1960 | El esqueleto de la señora Morales | Dr. Morales | Alternative title: Skeleton of Mrs. Morales |
| 1960 | La cigüeña dijo sí | | |
| 1961 | Hay alguien detrás de la puerta | Carlos | |
| 1961 | Los hermanos Del Hierro | Narrator | |
| 1962 | El amor de los amores | Fernando | |
| 1962 | Pecado de juventud | Lic. Gumersindo Durán | |
| 1962 | Cena de matrimonios | Carlos | |
| 1965 | El amor no es pecado (El cielo de los pobres) | Juan | |
| 1965 | El pecador | Mario | Alternative title: Sinful |
| 1965 | The Gangster | Antonio Paredes / Tony Wall | |
| 1966 | Despedida de soltera | Narrador | |
| 1966 | La recta final | Narrador | |
| 1966 | ¿Qué haremos con papá? | Juan José Gómez | |
| 1966 | Juventud sin ley | Licenciado Luis Ordorica | |
| 1966 | Matar es fácil | Ángel Urquiza | |
| 1967 | Los perversos | Padre Miguel Antonio | |
| 1969 | Cuando acaba la noche | Doctor Mario Salinas | |
| 1970 | La agonía de ser madre | Luis García | Alternative title: Agony to Be a Mother |
| 1971 | El profe | Gobernador | Alternative title: The Professor (final film role) |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Result | Category | Film |
| 1946 | Ariel Award | Nominated | Best Actor (Mejor Actuación Masculina) | La selva de fuego |
| 1950 | Ariel Award | Nominated | Best Actor (Mejor Actuación Masculina) | Medianoche |
| 1951 | Ariel Award | Nominated | Best Actor (Mejor Actuación Masculina) | El hombre sin rostro |
| 1952 | Ariel Award | Won | Best Actor (Mejor Actuación Masculina) | En la palma de tu mano |
| 1953 | Ariel Award | Nominated | Best Actor (Mejor Actuación Masculina) | Mi esposa y la otra |
| 1954 | Ariel Award | Won | Best Actor (Mejor Actuación Masculina) | Las tres perfectas casadas |
| 1958 | Ariel Award | Won | Best Actor (Mejor Actuación Masculina) | Feliz año, amor mío |