Rudolph de Cordova
Rudolph de Cordova (1860–1941) was a Jamaican-born British writer, screenwriter and actor.[1] He was married to the writer Alicia Ramsey and collaborated with her on several plays. Cordova was born in Kingston, the son of a prominent merchant. He went to London to study medicine in the 1880s, but soon abandoned his studies in order to become an actor.[2] His brother was the actor and film director Leander de Cordova.
Selected filmography
Actor
- The Greatest Power (1917)
- The Trail of the Shadow (1917)
- The Glorious Adventure (1922)
- The Secret Kingdom (1925)
Screenwriter
- Romeo and Juliet (1916)
- Trumpet Island (1920)
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References
- Rudolph de Cordova
- Hill, p. 139.
Bibliography
- Hill, Errol. The Jamaican Stage, 1655-1900, Profile of a Colonial Theatre. University of Massachusetts Press, 1992.
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