Joaquín Cordero
Born: 1923-08-16 in Puebla, Mexico
Died: 2013-02-19
Known For: Acting
Biography
Joaquín Cordero (August 16, 1923 – February 19, 2013) was a Mexican actor of the cinema, theatre and telenovelas. Shortly after his birth, Cordero’s family moved to Mexico City, and in the following years he studied in a seminary and even considered becoming a priest, but eventually he decided to pursue a law career. After three years of law classes, against his family’s wishes he decided to become an actor. He initially appeared in small roles but by his early fifties he was getting much larger roles. Eventually he became one of the most popular actors in Mexican cinema. Cordero also shown appeared in theatre and on television and in the latter medium in numerous telenovelas and winning numerous awards. His most recent telenovelas included La Madrastra and Destilando Amor. February 19, 2013, Lamb died in a clinic in the city of Mexico, victim of heart problems that ended his life at the age of 89 years. According to his family, the Mexican actor died of love, facing a deep depression over the death of his beloved wife, Alma Guzman, which occurred on July 18, 2012.
Filmography
2011
- The Misfits as Don Luis
2008
- Burning for Revenge as Don Agustín Acevedo
2005
- La Madrastra as Padre Belisario
- La Madrastra: Años después as Padre Belisario
2002
- ¡Vivan los niños! as Joaquín Castillo
- Las Lunas del Auditorio as Self
- No Limite da Paixão as Don Fernando Villarreal
2001
- Padres culpables as Ramón
2000
- Little Angel Face as Don Adolfo Valle
- Mi Destino Eres Tú as Ignacio Rivadeneira Orendáin
- Embrace Me Tightly as Don Severiano Álvarez
1999
- Por Tu Amor as Lázaro Robledo
- Para matar al presidente
1997
- Reclusorio as Juez (segment "La Prostituta violada")
- El sexenio de la muerte
1996
- Canción de amor as Aníbal
1995
- La paloma as Gilberto Bernal
1994
- La Pura as Padre Bernardo
1993
- Los Parientes Pobres as Evaristo Olmos
1992
- Baila Conmigo as Germán de la Reguera
1991
- Vacation of Terror II: Diabolical Birthday as Don Roberto
- Jóvenes perversos as Licenciado
1990
- Amor de nadie as Raúl Santiesteban
- Satanic Sect: Messenger of the Lord as Father Esteban
- A gozar, a gozar, que el mundo se va acabar
- Comando judicial
1989
- Un rostro en mi pasado as Armando Zertuche
1988
- Amor en silencio as Miguel Ocampo
1987
- Cómo duele callar as Rosendo Cisneros
- Conexión Criminal
1986
- El cafre as Pedro Rojas
1985
1984
- La niña de los hoyitos as Alberto
- Wild Dogs as Marcos 'El Gitano'
1982
1978
1977
- Fantoche as Augusto
1974
- Ha llegado una intrusa as Ingeniero Carlos Morán
1973
- ¿Quién? as Victor
- Justice is Twelve Years Old as Vicente
- Eva and Dario as Papá de Dario
1972
- Panic as First man on boat (segment "Soledad")
1970
1969
- La marcha a Zacatecas as Aparición especial (uncredited)
- Wrestling Women vs. the Killer Robot as Arturo
- El deseo llega de noche as Dr. Mario Lara
- The Book of Stone as Eugenio Ruvalcaba
- Love Traps
- Patsy My Love as Patsy's Dad
- No juzgarás a tus padres
- Perverse Doll as Ricardo
- El escuadrón del pánico
- Lío de faldas
- 24 horas de placer as Ruben
- The Dilemma as Mauricio Brandy
1968
- Dr. Satan vs. Black Magic as Dr. Satan
- Requiem por un canalla as Jorge
1967
- Un novio para dos hermanas
- El centauro Pancho Villa as Santos Patricio
- Estrategia matrimonio as Germán Andrade
- Los tres mosqueteros de Dios as Padre Ignacio
- Seis días para morir as Carlos Garibay
- Cómo pescar marido
- Los hombres de Lupe Alvírez
- Mi caballo prieto rebelde
1966
- El hijo del diablo
- Esta noche no as Carlos Martínez
- Dr. Satan as Dr. Plutarco Arozamena (Doctor Satan)
- Sangre en Rio Bravo as Rafael
- Matar es fácil as Jorge Campos
1965
- The She-Wolf as Dr. Alejandro Bernstein
- El pecador
- Los tres calaveras as Miguel Bermejo
- 100 Cries of Terror as Julio (segmento 'Pánico')
- Las tapatías nunca pierden as Manuel
- El rescate
1964
1963
- The Monster of the Volcano as Jorge Méndez
- The Terrible Giant of the Snow as Jorge Méndez
- México de mis recuerdos as Pablo Flores
- En la vieja California
- The Laughter Of The City
- Herencia maldita
- Los bravos de California
1962
- Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert)
- Los cinco halcones as Trini
- Asesinos de la lucha libre as Joaquin
- El rey de la pistola
- El asesino enmascarado
- Atrás de las nubes as Bandido violador
- Los forajidos
- Las recién casadas
- La moneda rota as Leonardo Moncada
1961
- Suerte Te De Dios
- Santo vs. Evil Brain as Dr. Campos
- ¡Que padre tan padre!
- Santo vs. Infernal Men as Joaquín
- Ay Chabela...!
- En carne propia as Gabriel Lozano
- Bonitas las Tapatias
- Tres tristes tigres
1960
- Orlak, the Hell of Frankenstein as Jaime Rojas / Orlak
- ¡Qué bonito amor!
- El tesoro de Chucho el Roto
1959
- Manicomio as Dr. Ricardo Andrade
- Kermesse
- La reina del cielo
- Flor de canela
- El derecho a la vida as Enrique
1958
- Music of Always
- Land of Men as Fernando
- El boxeador
- Sucedió en México
1957
- Five lives and one destiny as Marcos Navarro
- To the Beat of Rock and Roll as Tony
- La dulce enemiga as Nicolás
- The Marked Woman as Germán Álvarez
1956
- La faraona as Alberto Prim
1955
1954
- The River and Death as Gerardo Anguiano
- Venganza en el circo as Fernando
- Los aventureros
- Prisionera del pasado
- El gran autor as Fernando Medina
- Romance de fieras as Lic. Javier Ponce
1953
- Pepe El Toro as Lalo Gallardo
- Sandunga para tres
- El gran mentiroso
- Remember to Live as Jorge - adulto
- ¡Yo soy gallo dondequiera!
- Mi novio es un salvaje
1952
- A Woman Without Love as Carlos
- Prefiero a tu papá as Héctor del Puente
- With all my heart
- Una calle entre tú y yo
- Mamá nos quita los novios
- Las tres alegres comadres as Alberto
1951
- Monte de piedad as El nene
- Arrabalera as Luis
- Todos son mis hijos!...
- Tercio de quites as Luis Ponce
1949
- The Grand Champion as Jorge
- No me quieras tanto... as Reynaldo
- Revolt of the Ghosts as Romeo
- Venus de fuego
- Comisario en turno
- Yo maté a Juan Charrasqueado
1948
- Se la llevó el Remington as Rodrigo
- La santa del barrio
1947
- ¡A volar, joven! as Soldado mensajero (uncredited)