Joseph de Cordova

Joseph de Cordova

Born: August 27, 1918
Died: December 16, 1990

Movies for Joseph de Cordova...

An Actor Remembers
Title: An Actor Remembers
Character: Self
Released: April 7, 2006
Type: Movie
In 1988 and 1989, the late Cesar Hernando, writer Ian Victoriano and I started a series of interviews of LVN actors, directors and technicians with the intention of publishing a book on the story of LVN Pictures, one of the major studios of the studio era. One of our interviewees was the great character actor, Joseph de Cordova. In 2006 I made a short documentary using excerpts from that thoroughly engaging interview and included it as an added feature to the privately authored DVD of “Biyaya ng Lupa,” where Joseph plays Bruno, one of the actor’s most memorable roles.
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Apoy sa Lupang Hinirang
Title: Apoy sa Lupang Hinirang
Released: September 26, 1990
Type: Movie
A big-screen adaptation of D.G. Salonga's novel serialized in Tagalog Klasiks
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Alega Gang: Public Enemy No.1 of Cebu
Title: Alega Gang: Public Enemy No.1 of Cebu
Released: July 1, 1988
Type: Movie
In 1985, jeepney driver Ulysses "Boboy" Alega loses his vehicle just as he needed money to pay his rent and buy medications for his child. After he accidentally shoots and kills a person during a fight, Boboy is then imprisoned and tortured by the police. With his release from prison, Boboy eventually joins a group involved in arms smuggling, and after some time its members come to consider him as their leader.
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Ibulong Mo Sa Diyos
Title: Ibulong Mo Sa Diyos
Released: February 4, 1988
Type: Movie
When her boyfriend leaves for Japan on a singing contract, a dancer is so distraught she does not see the car that hits her. The driver pretends to be a helpful passer-by; they fall in love and gets married. Only bringing her to a more complicated life.
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Lost and Found Command: Rebels Without Because
Title: Lost and Found Command: Rebels Without Because
Character: Maj. Problem
Released: April 19, 1987
Type: Movie
A group of farcical elite of mercenaries made up of dysfunctional members was hired and formed to rescue a group of kidnapped beauty queens and a gay pageant organizer from the hands of a retarded rebel group led by an insane insecure queen Madame Butterfly whose initial plan was only to kidnap Angela Mo Ray from the Kingdom of Kwe Kwe for a hefty amount of money as ransom.
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Paradise Inn
Title: Paradise Inn
Released: December 25, 1985
Type: Movie
Paradise Inn is more than a watering hole, a gambling den cum-brothel frequented by the menfolk. It is a notorious landmark. Ester Paraiso, a retired prostitute, runs the place with help from her own daughter, Daria, whom she is preparing for the job, and from influential politicos. Her daughter, however, decides to run away but is later spurned by her suitor and his offer of a respectable life. Even the timely arrival of a two-beat magician, Rey, who hastily proposes marriage, fails to prevent the escalating tension as the mother-daughter conflict takes its worst turn culminating in the characters' fiery destruction.
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Isla
Title: Isla
Character: Lolo Kadyo
Released: April 25, 1985
Type: Movie
Isla, a island maiden who has all the males, including her father, lusting after her. Her dream was to leave her primitive surroundings and find another life in the big city. However, it would not be easy. To be able to escape, she must use her body to pay off all the men who would help her.
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Nagalit Ang Patay sa Haba ng Lamay
Title: Nagalit Ang Patay sa Haba ng Lamay
Released: April 19, 1985
Type: Movie
Two families are rivals in the funeral business.
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Mga Paru-Parong Buking
Title: Mga Paru-Parong Buking
Released: February 28, 1985
Type: Movie
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Huwag Kang Papatay!
Title: Huwag Kang Papatay!
Released: September 24, 1984
Type: Movie
"Thou shall not kill" is God's command that tortures the mind of David everytime he is in the brink of killing out of anger and revenge. But until when is the challenge of the said commandment?
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Lovingly Yours, Helen: The Movie
Title: Lovingly Yours, Helen: The Movie
Character: Andoy Sevilla
Released: July 19, 1984
Type: Movie
This dramatic anthology of true-to-life stories of love and domestic problems based on letters sent by to the TV drama program hosted by Helen Vela who gives advice to troubled viewers.
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Billy the Kid & The Sunshine Gid plus The Nevermind Company
Title: Billy the Kid & The Sunshine Gid plus The Nevermind Company
Released: May 16, 1984
Type: Movie
A 1984 Filipino film starring Jess Lapid Jr. and Redford White
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Wrong Ranger
Title: Wrong Ranger
Released: February 2, 1984
Type: Movie
A 1984 Filipino Western film by Angel Labra.
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Anak ng Sultan
Title: Anak ng Sultan
Released: September 22, 1983
Type: Movie
A 1983 Filipino action film about the Bangsamoro struggle and Mindanao.
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Anak Ng Tulisan
Title: Anak Ng Tulisan
Released: June 23, 1982
Type: Movie
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Viva Santiago
Title: Viva Santiago
Released: July 10, 1981
Type: Movie
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Takbo... Peter... Takbo!
Title: Takbo... Peter... Takbo!
Released: March 6, 1981
Type: Movie
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Ermitaño
Title: Ermitaño
Released: January 29, 1981
Type: Movie
His bad fate and past life drove him to find another life in the mountain. He obtained his power from an old hermit who gave him his magic cane before he died. He faced a lot of trials and saved the barrio from the mercy of bandits.
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Kristo Zapata
Title: Kristo Zapata
Released: August 1, 1980
Type: Movie
A 1980 Filipino action film starring Lito Lapid and Melanie Marquez.
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Kung Tawagin Siya'y Bathala
Title: Kung Tawagin Siya'y Bathala
Released: April 11, 1980
Type: Movie
A 1980 Filipino action film from Carlo J. Caparas
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Batang Salabusab
Title: Batang Salabusab
Released: April 4, 1979
Type: Movie
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Atorni Agaton: Agent Law-Ko
Title: Atorni Agaton: Agent Law-Ko
Released: November 14, 1969
Type: Movie
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The Omegans
Title: The Omegans
Character: Dr. Salani
Released: February 18, 1968
Type: Movie
When an artist discovers his wife is having an affair with their jungle guide, he lures them into posing for him in a radioactive jungle river.
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Because of a Flower
Title: Because of a Flower
Released: June 18, 1967
Type: Movie
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Ethan
Title: Ethan
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
Ethan, a missionary priest in the Phillipines, falls in love and falls from grace. He sinks into a world of alcohol, loneliness and self-doubt, but dies a hero fighting for the life of the woman he loved.
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No Man Is an Island
Title: No Man Is an Island
Character: Father Pangolin
Released: September 20, 1962
Type: Movie
The true story of George Tweed, an American sailor who became the only serviceman on the island of Guam to avoid capture by the Japanese during the early years of World War II.
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El Filibusterismo
Title: El Filibusterismo
Character: Father Florentino
Released: March 30, 1962
Type: Movie
Gerardo de Leon's masterpiece of an adaptation of Jose Rizal's gothic revenge novel.
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Adiong Sikat ng Tondo
Title: Adiong Sikat ng Tondo
Released: March 2, 1962
Type: Movie
A True-To-Life Story of "Adiong" The Terror of Tondo...A Story of Bravery in Action.
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Noli me Tángere
Title: Noli me Tángere
Character: Pablo
Released: August 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Based on the revolutionary novel by Jose Rizal.
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The Moises Padilla Story
Title: The Moises Padilla Story
Released: January 2, 1961
Type: Movie
About an aspiring Negros Occidental mayoral candidate (Leopoldo Salcedo) tortured and killed during election season.
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Walang Pangalan
Title: Walang Pangalan
Released: July 23, 1960
Type: Movie
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Blessings of the Land
Title: Blessings of the Land
Character: Bruno
Released: December 15, 1959
Type: Movie
Maria and Jose, a young married couple begin life together in an orchard in the countryside. It isn't long until they have four children: Miguel, Arturo, Angelita, and Lito. The eldest, Miguel, is a deaf-mute. Life is good for the family and the children grow up and bring joy to the community. But trouble enters their lives when Jose makes an enemy of Bruno, a widower, much feared in the village.
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Linda Mora
Title: Linda Mora
Released: September 12, 1959
Type: Movie
A story of two brothers and their fight for the love of a beautiful princess.
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Mr. Announcer
Title: Mr. Announcer
Character: Remote Control
Released: July 19, 1959
Type: Movie
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Cry Freedom
Title: Cry Freedom
Released: July 1, 1959
Type: Movie
A man and a woman fight for the freedom of their country Marking with his gun Yay with her typewriter. Thrown together by a cause greater than either of them they share the suffering of the flesh and the spirit among the country's guerrilla fighters. They emerge, out of the crucible of war, heroes-and lovers.
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Walang Takot
Title: Walang Takot
Released: January 15, 1959
Type: Movie
A story about two feuding families, whose loves and hates are as big as the great outdoors, a drama of cattle barong, of men fast on the draw and ladies just as deadly as they are charming.
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Kundiman ng Lahi
Title: Kundiman ng Lahi
Character: Teryo
Released: January 1, 1959
Type: Movie
A coming-of-age story of a barrio lass in a patriarchal archipelago.
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Venganza
Title: Venganza
Character: Peklat
Released: December 6, 1958
Type: Movie
Simon sets out to avenge his bride's death at the hands of the bandit Martinico and by accident, he captures Martinico's bride-to-be Belen and uses her to find Martinico.
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Casa Grande
Title: Casa Grande
Character: Second Story
Released: August 13, 1958
Type: Movie
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Barkada
Title: Barkada
Released: May 9, 1958
Type: Movie
Is society to blame for the bruised and twisted minds of a city's slums snarling, growling, and grumbling as they are? "Barkada" awaits your verdict.
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Bad Boy
Title: Bad Boy
Released: November 22, 1957
Type: Movie
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₱10,000 Pag-ibig
Title: ₱10,000 Pag-ibig
Released: September 7, 1957
Type: Movie
Claudo thought that money was everything until Loida taught him that love is not on a cash and carry basis.
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The Sea Gypsies
Title: The Sea Gypsies
Character: Datu Tahil
Released: June 3, 1957
Type: Movie
Hassan, the son of a tribe chief of the Badjaos, a pagan, sea-dwelling Filipino tribe, meets and falls for Bala Amai, the niece of the chief of the Tausugs, an Islamic, land-dwelling tribe. Although the Hassan is willing to give up his lifestyle for Bala Amai and vice versa, the Tausugs plot to break up the union of the happy couple.
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Dama Juana Gang
Title: Dama Juana Gang
Released: September 1, 1956
Type: Movie
A story about a mischievous youth group.
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Child of Sorrow
Title: Child of Sorrow
Character: Kardo
Released: March 20, 1956
Type: Movie
A war hero forced to participate in a smuggling ring meets a prostitute in the postwar ruins of Manila.
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Anak Ng Berdugo
Title: Anak Ng Berdugo
Released: December 11, 1955
Type: Movie
A king dreams, and his wisemen interprets his dream in which he will be overthrown. So his conniving jester suggests to kill all the babies but two survives, grows up and fulfills the king's dream.
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Sonny Boy
Title: Sonny Boy
Released: August 28, 1955
Type: Movie
A touching drama of parental love that prolific filmmaker Susana de Guzman adapted from her own serialized novel in Liwayway magazine.
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Pasikat
Title: Pasikat
Released: June 9, 1955
Type: Movie
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Banal o Makasalanan?
Title: Banal o Makasalanan?
Character: Haring Herodes
Released: March 31, 1955
Type: Movie
Salome, a seductive and alluring daughter of Herodias and stepdaughter to King Herodes, discovers faith and Christianity through her love for a Roman centurion named Cornelius.
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No Money No Honey
Title: No Money No Honey
Character: Attorney Magpayo
Released: January 15, 1955
Type: Movie
A spoiled man gets punished by his father and gets disinherited, so he learns the value of hard work and money.
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12 Pares
Title: 12 Pares
Released: August 29, 1954
Type: Movie
Twelve adventurers set out to seek the holy grail.
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Virtuoso
Title: Virtuoso
Released: April 17, 1954
Type: Movie
Glorious… as his love! Inspired… as his Music!
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Sa Paanan ng Bundok
Title: Sa Paanan ng Bundok
Character: Lukas
Released: August 18, 1953
Type: Movie
A doctor finds love in a remote resort when he was asked by a friend to be his best man at the wedding. Ric and Gloria met accidentally while fishing at the foot of the mountain. They soon fall in love.
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Huk sa Bagong Pamumuhay
Title: Huk sa Bagong Pamumuhay
Character: Maxi
Released: August 3, 1953
Type: Movie
Carding, the anti-Japanese guerrilla turned Huk rebel when his family's land is taken over by the greedy landlord while Maxie, the communist recruiter who assures Carding that only a communist can be a true Filipino; however it was Jesus, Carding's brother-in-law who shoots Carding in the arm foiling his attempt to escape the military.
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Hawayana
Title: Hawayana
Character: Ribo
Released: June 11, 1953
Type: Movie
Two people from two different Polynesian groups fall in love at first sight.
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Dagohoy
Title: Dagohoy
Released: June 4, 1953
Type: Movie
Dedicated to the valiant Boholano hero Francisco Dagohoy, this film shows the real causes that impelled the Dagohoy Uprising.
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Ganyan Lang Ang Buhay
Title: Ganyan Lang Ang Buhay
Released: May 13, 1953
Type: Movie
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Kambal Tuko
Title: Kambal Tuko
Character: Holdupper
Released: April 25, 1952
Type: Movie
Kambal Tuko is undoubtedly one of Pugo and Togo's best vehicles with the comic tandem as the conjoined twins Momoy and Popoy.
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Satur
Title: Satur
Released: January 1, 1951
Type: Movie
Cristina, a pretty young neighborhood girl, is pursued by the mysterious Satur, a wealthy but mysterious young man. Cristina, however, is engaged to Sendong, a young farmer. When Cristina's mother is taken suddenly ill and there appears to be no hope of recovery, Satur says that can cure her in exchange for Cristina being promised to him. Desperate, Cristina agrees and her mother pulls through. Cristina and Sendong soon find out that she may have well made a deal with the devil.
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Four Aces
Title: Four Aces
Released: December 20, 1950
Type: Movie
Four masked men fighting against the evils of this world. A costume picture about a medieval swashbuckler who redeems his family's honor.
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Tininti del Baryo
Title: Tininti del Baryo
Released: June 15, 1950
Type: Movie
A man in 50's Philippine society.
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Parola
Title: Parola
Released: February 20, 1949
Type: Movie
A story about an innocent man who was tried for murder but while being transported by ship to a prison sank and luckily he escapes to an island inhabited by another man and his daughters and a sister who abandon city life and settles on a quiet island to ease the pain and hatred.
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Enkantada
Title: Enkantada
Released: July 23, 1948
Type: Movie
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Sakay
Title: Sakay
Released: January 1, 1939
Type: Movie
The story of the life and death of Macario Sakay, the President of the Tagalog Republic and one of the last Filipino generals to surrender to the American forces during the American colonial period.