Rudolph de Cordova

Rudolph de Cordova in 1916

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 Glorious Adventure (1922)
• The Secret Kingdom (1925)

Screenwriter

• Romeo and Juliet (1916)
• Trumpet Island (1920)

References

1. Rudolph de Cordova
2. Hill, p. 139.

Bibliography

• Hill, Errol. The Jamaican Stage, 1655-1900, Profile of a Colonial Theatre. University of Massachusetts Press, 1992.

External links

• Rudolph de Cordova at the Internet Movie Database